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Interesting Facts - Page 54

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China only has one time zone. This means that the sun can rise 3 hours earlier in the eastern part of the country than in the west.
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For a long time, Frank Beard was the only member of ZZ Top that didn't have a beard. But he finally relented and grew one in 2013.
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Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
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Peruse means "To read completely". It also means "To look over casually; to skim".
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Inhaling helium can make your voice sound high. But there is a gas that does the opposite and makes your voice sound lower - sulfur hexafluoride. It is potentially dangerous so don't try it at home.
26 Comments
scrumpyone
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Level 44
Jul 18, 2019
'Inflammable means flammable? What a country'
alberici
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Level 74
Aug 15, 2019
Thanks Dr. Nick!
bentshaggyoil
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Level 61
Sep 23, 2022
hi everybody
Geographystar
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Level 68
Nov 17, 2019
In case anybody was wondering, sulfur hexafloride is not poisonous per se, but because it is so dense, it goes down, stays in your lungs, stops oxygen from getting in, so you suffocate, and... yeah. Not good.
YellowJacket
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Level 80
Feb 27, 2020
So it isn't a poison, but it is a suffocant. (I'm not sure that is a word)
morcaca
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Level 59
Sep 18, 2020
It’s also a greenhouse gas.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Oct 14, 2020
That's what most people would be worrying about as they suffocate from an excruciating buildup of heavy gas in their lungs, that they had just contributed 0.000000000000001% to everybody else's global pollution.
Dimei
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Level 63
Nov 15, 2022
Saffroncat!
Finnisme
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Level 59
Oct 10, 2020
Simple way to get out of this is is to only breath a little at a time and hang upside down every now and then until you breath and speak normal. Lots of videos on YT about people breathing this stuff in, and other noble gases
Malbaby
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Level 70
Nov 30, 2021
'The simple way!'
MeMeMe333
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Level 71
Sep 6, 2025
AKA not having the gas pumped out of you from a hospital. You'd probably be dead by then
kiwikiwiNZ
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Level 39
Mar 7, 2020
so if someone says peruse you will have no idea which one they mean
AntiMatter8192
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Level 78
May 18, 2020
I guess so. Maybe ask them ;)
tzhg
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Level 58
Jul 21, 2020
The context may help you figure out which one it is.
Malbaby
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Level 70
Sep 15, 2021
I'll bet you have never heard anyone say 'peruse' in your lifetime. It is usually in reading material where the meaning is obvious.
Fianchetto
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Level 78
Feb 13, 2024
My teacher uses it quite often, but she believed it only meant to read thoroughly. I tried to explain that it could mean both, but she ignored what I was trying to say and heard me saying that the skim through definition was wrong.
Frost5697
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Level 27
Jun 22, 2020
prefix: am I a joke to you
Marquee
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Level 52
Nov 6, 2020
i don't think that China having one time zone causes the sun to rise 3 hours later. That's just due to the size of the country.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 78
Oct 8, 2021
If you use the official time zone, then it's true.
Kazakhstankitten
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Level 32
Nov 9, 2020
Aight imma head out-
theCOOLESTkid
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Level 24
Mar 2, 2022
peruse used to mean read thorougly and now means to skim, nobody uses the former anymore

also people now use inflammable to mean not flammable

ilikegeography18
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Level 29
May 5, 2022
Inflammable used the prefix, "in-"

Normally it means in/out/not.

BUT...

In it, the prefix means, "to cause to"

Flammable means to set fire.

So, inflammable means to cause to set fire to...

...which is basically the same thing.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

PhilDaBirdMan
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Level 55
Oct 10, 2023
Good job
maariaw
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Level 56
Aug 7, 2022
If something is flammable it means it can be set fire to, such as a piece of wood. However, inflammable means that a substance is capable of bursting into flames without the need for any ignition.
SpencerGT
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Level 68
Jan 17, 2024
Fwiw, the sun will rise earlier in the Eastern part of the country regardless of the number of timezones.
SMFlex
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Level 54
Feb 7, 2024
Yes, but in the US, the sun theoretically can both rise in California and Florida at 6:00 because of time zones. If we did it like China does it with only one time zone, the sun in Florida would rise at 9:00 instead of 6:00.
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