scientificfeed.com http://www.scientificfeed.com Did you know? en daily 1 The first patent for a field-effect transistor was filed in Canada by Julius Lilienfeld in 1925. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/56 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/56 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:03:36 -0700 Technology Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/41 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/41 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:51 -0800 Space Saturn's interior consists of a small core of rock and ice, surrounded by a gaseous outer layer. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/42 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/42 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:28 -0800 Space Some species of bamboo grow at a rate of 1.2 meters per day. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/14 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/14 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:02:15 -0800 Plants Isaac Newton published his 'Principia' explaining the laws of gravity in 1687. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/19 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/19 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:02:25 -0800 Space Mars' surface area is only slightly less than the total area of Earth's dry land. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/38 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/38 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:50 -0800 Space The average height of an adult male human is about 1.8 m (5 feet 11 inches) tall. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/43 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/43 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:22 -0800 Human body The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the ear. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/5 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/5 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:01:21 -0800 Human body Aspirin was first discovered in 1853 by a French chemist named Charles Frederic Gerhardt. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/35 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/35 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:02:39 -0800 Medical The leopard is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/51 http://www.scientificfeed.com/fact/51 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:03:57 -0800 Animals