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Behind-The-Books Blog
One small step for man…
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
This week the whole world is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing, and in honour of that great event, here are some little-known but fascinating facts I came across…
Did you know?
- As late as 1988, a stunning 13% of the population believed that some portion of the Earth’s moon is actually comprised of cheese.
- The average desktop computer contains 5-10 times more computing power than was used to land a man on the moon.
- Flying once around the moon is the equivalent of a round trip from New York to London. (Earth is about four times the size of the moon.)
- There is evidence that many people gain and lose weight in accordance with the cycles of the moon. (Great, no need to diet – just wait for the new moon to come round!)
- The now infamous Apollo 13, which was aborted while en route to the moon in 1970 because of an exploding fuel cell, left the launch pad at 13:13 (CST) hours military time and the accident occurred on April 13 (Spooky!)
Enjoy all the moon-madness this week and for more moon-related fun factoids like this visit Moon Trivia.
Louise Watson, Editor
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