Fun Facts
These Fun Facts pages are some nerdy things that I think are interesting. The research I have done would suggest that these entries are objectively factual. Any representation that they are also fun is merely subjective and probably deluded. Read on at your own risk... of being bored stupid or being turned into a geek.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, launched on June 18, 2009 aboard an Atlas V from Launch...
Sunday, June 30, 2002
“There is always hope” - Banksy, 2002
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than...
Tuesday, January 28, 1986
Challenger started out as Structural Test Article STA-099; later converted to space flight it was...
Saturday, March 1, 1980
On June 5th, 1978, a mathematics conference at Stony Brook began at which Robert Brooks and Peter...
A Fascination with Electronica
Thursday, December 2, 1976
A weekly BBC science programme called Horizon screened an episode on time-lapse photography...
Wednesday, September 1, 1976
The Vangelis track “Albedo 0.39” released in Sept 1976, told us that the obliquity of the ecliptic was 23°27′8.26″
But apparently that is no longer true!
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Sunday, July 20, 1969
The six Apollo moon landings spread across a big part of the face of the moon, mostly not too far...
Tuesday, December 24, 1968
Apollo 8. Christmas Eve, 1968. On the fourth orbit (out of 10) around the moon the CSM was in nose...
Wednesday, June 21, 1967
The mouse was reportedly conceived by Douglas Carl Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute during a...
Saturday, February 1, 1964
Quantum Chromo-Dynamics. QCD, was proposed by physicist Murray Gell-Mann and in a short paper...
Saturday, November 23, 1963
Do you know the TV show “Dr. Who”? It first aired on BBC in Nov 1963. The Dr Who theme music was...
Monday, September 14, 1959
On September 14th, 1959, (UTC) Luna 2 crashed on the Moon impacting the surface at about 7,400mph....
Monday, July 28, 1958
Lego is, as of 2022, the world’s biggest toy company. The company was started in 1934, by Ole Kirk...
