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Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago, approximately one-third the age of the universe, by accretion from the solar nebula. [4] [5] [6] Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean, but the early atmosphere contained almost no oxygen.
Four decades ago, a rare earth processing plant on France's Atlantic coast was one of the largest in the world, churning out materials used to make colour televisions, arc lights and camera lenses.
Before 1 million years ago 500 million years of climate change Ice core data for the past 400,000 years, with the present at right. Note length of glacial cycles averages ~100,000 years. Blue curve is temperature, green curve is CO 2, and red curve is windblown glacial dust (loess). Scale: Millions of years before present, earlier dates ...
Longest-lasting light bulb. The world's longest-lasting light bulb is the Centennial Light located at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California. It is maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. The fire department claims that the bulb is at least 121 years old (installed 1901) and has only been turned off a handful of times.
“It’s a little bit weird,” says the founder and former CEO of the empire, who stepped down in 2022 after 44 years at the helm. “I don't feel relief,” he says. “I don't think I really ...
George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles ...
The owner, shown as a limited liability company in public property records, has the White House replica listed for $36.9 million on the traditional real estate market. SAN FRANCISCO MANSION FOR ...
Minimum legal purchase age as of 1975 (when most states had their lowest age limit): Detail on dual age limits. Minimum legal purchase age as of 1983 (one year before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed): Minimum age is 21. Minimum age is 20. Minimum age is 19 and 21. Minimum age is 19.