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If food is not a problem, and all the offspring survive, a single bacterium left to its own devices will divide, feed, grow, divide, feed, grow, etc.

The thing is, within only 185 generations, it will weigh as much as the Milky Way Galaxy!
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Baryon: A relatively heavy elemental particle,
like the proton or neutron
Both about 1,836 times more massive than the Electron, which is "Lepton"(lightweight).
Baryons are "Fermions"



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Due to two factors, the Vernal Equinox arrives at 18:26UTC 032006 today.
It will be the 20th or 19th for the rest of this Century.

The adjustments of the Greggorian Calendar

The gravitational perturbations of planet Earth
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Family: Anabantidae
Genus :Anabas Cuvier and Cloquet
Anabas testudineus is almost as at home on land as it is in water
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A 'Strange Number' is a cardinal number whoose sum of divisors exclusive of itself excedes it by 12.
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Hydrogen trapped in weld joints causes embrittlement and micro-fissures in welded assemblies.
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Unless the outer oxide layer is cleaned off before welding aluminum will melt from the inside out.
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The human ear senses audible frequencies between 20Hz and 20kHz
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It is impossible to properly cut aluminum & most stainless steels with an oxy-acetalene torch.
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Manganese and zinc are the leading causes of health problems (second to burns) in welding personel.
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