Thursday, June 01, 2006

Wiki Treasures # 3

Janus, Oceanus & Leverrier were three names considered for planet number 8. Finally on December 29, 1846, the scientific world chose Neptune.

Quick Trivia # 0

Chixalub is the name of the asteroid that's believed to have killed the dinosaurs some 60 million years ago.

Wiki Treasures # 2

The sentence, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' was developed by Western Union to test its telex machines.