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10th February 2016

This super-predator bird darts at 241 kilometres per hour!

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the largest birds of prey, a predator bird. It is mostly found in America and Mexico. The golden eagle is are very swift, and can dive upon its prey at a speed of more than 241 km per hour. All eagles have very sharp eyesight—four to ﬁve times stronger than a human with perfect vision. They can spot movement long distances away. An eagle can easily see a rabbit on the ground from 3 km away.

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10th February 2016

Add the odds and get the squares!

1 + 3 = 4, 1 + 3 + 5 = 9, 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 16, 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 = 25,

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10th February 2016

Guess the last and next totally odd-numbered date

The last totally odd numbered date any of us had seen in our lifetimes is 19.11.1999. It was the last calendar date composed of all odd digits that would occur for a very long time. The next odd day will be 1.1.3111, which is well over a thousand years away.

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10th February 2016

Tokyo to Honolulu – Fly back in time and relive it!

There is a massive gap in time zones between Honolulu and Tokyo. Honolulu is 19 hours behind Tokyo. Subtracting the 7 hours and 45 minutes ﬂight time between these two cities gives us a trip difference of 11 hours and 15 minutes. Therefore, you would actually reach Honolulu more than 11 hours before you left Japan.

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10th February 2016

What does the word ‘robot’ mean?

A robot is a machine that sometimes resembles humans and carries out routine mechanical tasks on command with human-like skill. The word robot has its origins in the Czech word robotnik, which means a serf or a slave. Robots are used mainly in factories and in those activities which a human might ﬁnd difﬁcult to handle, such as deep sea exploration, mining, etc. It is also used in space.

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10th February 2016

What does ZIP in ZIP code stand for?

The Zone Improvement Plan code, abbreviated as the ZIP code, is a system of postal codes that was introduced in the USA in 1963 to improve the efﬁciency of postal services, such as sorting and delivery. It comprises nine digits: the ﬁrst three digits are assigned to a speciﬁc part of the USA, the next two digits refer to the speciﬁc post ofﬁce or zone, the next two digits refer to a particular area or street or a cluster of buildings, and the last two digits refer to a block or a single ﬂoor or a group of post ofﬁce boxes, e.g. PO Box 58001, Washington DC 20037-8001.

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