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Astronomy: Perseids Meteor Showers August 9-14, 2011

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The Perseids is the name of a meteor shower which appears to originate from the constellation Perseus and is associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle.  Meteor showers occur when the...
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All 27 Moons of Uranus are Named After Shakespeare & Alexander Pope Characters

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Uranus has 27 known moons. The names for these moons were all chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. The five main satellites...
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Lucy in the Sky: The Largest Diamond

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The largest diamond ever found is not on Earth, but in the burned out corpse of a star named BPM 37093.  It is located...
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Super Full Moon

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On March 19, 2011, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It’s a super “perigee moon”...
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Gutenberg Bible

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The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed in the Western...
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The First Television Commercial

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The first television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941. The watchmaker Bulova paid $9 for a placement on New...
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Trichobezoar: Rapunzel Syndrome

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Trichobezoar is a rare intriguing disorder in which swallowed hairs accumulates in the stomach. First reported in 1779, trichobezoar is a combination of “trich”...
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