Interesting Facts - Page 66

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In Massachusetts, it is legally allowed for a 12 year old girl to marry with parental consent.
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Every U.S. state except one has recorded a temperature of at least 100° F. The one exception? Hawaii.
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In the last 100 years, the height of the average person born in South Korea has increased by 17 cm (6 inches). This is the greatest increase of any country in the world.
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China exports three times as much to the United States as it imports. In 2019, the total difference was over $320 billion.
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Humans aren't the only organisms to change the climate. It first happened about 2.4 billion years ago when photosynthesizing microbes evolved. They changed the Earth's atmosphere by sucking up carbon dioxide and emitting oxygen. The changes were so extreme that the entire Earth became covered in ice. The equator was colder than Antarctica is today. This phenomenon is known as "Snowball Earth".
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May 3, 2020
In case you are wondering, the average South Korean person born in 1996 stands about 168 cm (5′6), which is now only slightly below the United States.
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Level 46
Jul 31, 2019
You should talk about the crazy heat wave that is happening in Europe this summer. In fact, 5 European countries' weather records were broken on the same day (July 25th, 2019).
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Level 61
Apr 24, 2020
thats my birthday :)
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Level 46
May 20, 2021
you are one year old?
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Level 59
Apr 27, 2023
~4, now
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Level 50
Jun 10, 2022
global warming?
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Level 86
Aug 18, 2019
Must've been a wild day when Alaska got up over 100.
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Jan 6, 2021
June 27 1915, Fort Yukon
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Jan 6, 2021
Hawaii is on the Equator, where temperatures are consistent, plus the volcanoes is probably why
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Jan 13, 2020
https://weather.com/news/climate/news/hottest-temperature-recorded-50-states

'Also of interest is that Alaska and Hawaii share the same record high temperature of 100 degrees. Alaska's record was set in Fort Yukon on June 27, 1915, and Hawaii's record occurred on April 27, 1931, near Pahala on the Big Island.'

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May 7, 2020
WRT #326, there are also some athletic skills and sports where women outperform men!

Sit-ups: Women’s lower center of gravity makes sit-ups easier for women than men; basically, we carry more weight around our hips and our pelvises are wider, thus we’re more “anchored” to the floor. Men have more size & musculature in the chest, so repeated sit-ups take more effort. (The military made their fitness sit-up requirements the same for men & women back in 1999.)

Ultra-endurance anything: The longer a race (upwards of 6+ hours only, the more the tortoise women excel over the hare men, but for different reasons. Ultra-distance swimming is dominated by women (think swimming the English Channel), due to the extra body fat that keeps heat in and muscles warm. In cycling & running though, women’s edge is a little more mysterious: researchers believe it is due to a greater distribution of slow twitch muscle fibers, evolved perhaps to tolerate childbirth.

There ya go!

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Dec 15, 2020
I'd be interested in seeing data. I want to believe, but some of this isn't true. In running, men are about 10% faster than women at all distances, including ultras.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon

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Level 71
May 2, 2021
It is called " The Illusion of Truth'
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Level 67
May 28, 2021
Men (on average) are faster than women, but I don't see a ton of data that points to women having distinctly more endurance.
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Sep 14, 2020
Are we still allowed to acknowledge that there are physical differences between men and women?
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Level 67
May 28, 2021
Depends. Are you on Jetpunk, or Twitter?
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Level 59
Aug 13, 2021
I wish we were. Recognizing biological differences should not be considered sexist, nor transphobic. I don't hate trans people just because I think biological women should be able to compete without having to go up against biological men who have physical advantages that no surgical procedure can undo.
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Oct 4, 2021
Too bad Dan changed the fact to about marital age in Massachusetts.
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Sep 14, 2020
Please accept Grand Danois as a valid answer.
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Level 46
May 20, 2021
lemme guess, dog knowledge quiz?
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May 2, 2021
The highest temperature ever recorded on the Hawaiian islands was 100 °F (38 °C) on April 27, 1931 in Pahala.
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Feb 1, 2022
My whole life is a lie.
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Level 47
Aug 23, 2021
I'm pretty sure it gets much hotter than 100°F on Mount Kilauea! LOL!
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Mar 19, 2022
Me in Georgia, USA, who has had it raining practically all month here because March is the RAINEST MONTH HERE SO IT EXPLAINS IT, but also really hot in summer, like REALLY REALLLY HOT OVER HERE: AAAAAAAAAA
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Apr 24, 2022
Is that the Cambrien explosion?
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Level 59
Apr 27, 2023
I think #326 is no longer true. You can change it to "until 2022". Idk still looking it up
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Aug 30, 2023
Changed it.