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Did you know that our Solar System has a new dwarf planet? Astronomers have officially categorized Haumea as a dwarf planet.

Did you know that, in Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess Nut married the Earth god Geb, and that the Sun god Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?

 

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Pleistocene
xPleistocene : The time period between about 10,000 years before present and about 1,650,000 years before present.

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Mysterious Clouds Produced When Aircraft Inadvertently Cause Rain or Snow

As turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently "seed" mid-level clouds, causing narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and fall to...Read more


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