From: "kris" Subject: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:14:39 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Mailing List ========= Hello and welcome to another addition of the Useless Facts Mailing List. This weeks addition contains the following 1) 15 new facts 2) Top Ten List 3) News 4) Recommended Links 5) Feedback 1 New Facts ========== Meteorites are broken bits of comets or asteroids which fall to earth. The biggest one ever found was 2.7 meters long and weighed 59 tonnes. it was found in nambia. africa 1920 The heavist halestones ever to fall from the sky fell in Bangladesh in 1986 they weighed a kilogramme and killed 92 people. X-Rays were discovered in1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen Denmark is the smallest Scandinavian country it is made up of a peninsula and about 400 islands Jambo is Swahili foe Hello Ni hao is Cantonese for hello Pablo Picasso produced more works of art than any other artist Top Ten List ========== This weeks top ten list is Top 10 most common elements in Seawater 1 Water* 2 Chlorine 3 Sodium 4 Magnesium 5 Sulphur 6 Calcium 7 Potasium 8 Bromine 9 Carbon 10 Strontium A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen If you would like a specific top 10 list email me and i'll try and find it News ==== The facts page has now been completely refurbished (by me) thats why I havent updated for 3 weeks but everything will be back to normal 100 new facts added to the page Recommended Links ================ Funfacts UK www.funfacts.co.uk The Jokes Vault www.jokesvault.co.uk recommend the fact page to a friend http://surf.to/facts-and-trivia FeedBack ======== Any suggestions email me at Listcomments@jobmtkk.globalnet.co.uk Till the next time