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I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink with a fan running all night anyway ironclad Send a noteboard - 06/01/2011 09:46:04 AM
# It is commonly claimed that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon.[42] This is false. None of the Apollo astronauts reported seeing any man-made object from the Moon, and even the earth-orbiting astronauts can barely see it. The misconception is believed to have been popularized by Richard Halliburton decades before the first moon landing. Shuttle astronaut Jay Apt has been quoted as saying "...the Great Wall is almost invisible from only 180 miles up."[43]

Glad to hear that. I always found it hard to believe that a wall only 10m wide could be seen from space, even if it's running for hundreds of kilometers.
Now what about the Belgian highways, which are lit 24-7? That's what I always hear.
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List of common misconceptions beetnemesis - 05/01/2011 04:33:16 PM 1062 Views
Nice link. *NM* Wulf`gar - 05/01/2011 08:16:18 PM 381 Views
I had great fun with that this morning Camilla - 05/01/2011 08:55:28 PM 544 Views
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The highway one surprised me, I thought that was true Isaac - 05/01/2011 10:27:42 PM 549 Views
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I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink with a fan running all night anyway ironclad - 06/01/2011 09:46:04 AM 629 Views
How could belgian highways be visible from space?? jh - 06/01/2011 12:22:58 PM 636 Views
It's all a matter of how you define "space". Legolas - 06/01/2011 07:49:27 PM 520 Views
Unpossible. *NM* jh - 06/01/2011 09:05:07 PM 240 Views
fans make great white noise generators random thoughts - 06/01/2011 04:43:25 PM 555 Views
Agreed. Joel - 07/01/2011 12:14:43 AM 607 Views
good old hurricane Alicia random thoughts - 07/01/2011 04:51:08 AM 484 Views
Sounds like you enjoyed it more than I did. Joel - 07/01/2011 07:06:06 PM 605 Views
I was 17 and had just found out how wondefully different they were random thoughts - 07/01/2011 07:12:34 PM 519 Views
Darned useful, they are. Joel - 07/01/2011 10:27:05 PM 631 Views
When I lived in Thailand, I slept with a fan blowing directly into my face beetnemesis - 06/01/2011 04:47:39 PM 559 Views
Not for long anymore, they're gonna turn the lights off I understand. *NM* Legolas - 06/01/2011 07:47:49 PM 244 Views
I cry, "foul!" on the senses one. Joel - 07/01/2011 12:12:16 AM 574 Views
That seems reasonable. beetnemesis - 07/01/2011 06:23:54 AM 502 Views
If we limit touch to pressure, yeah, pain and temp have to be separated. Joel - 07/01/2011 07:04:05 PM 542 Views
Ha! I think it's very important for men to be able to differentiate between the need to pee and poop Helene - 07/01/2011 11:07:03 PM 538 Views
Same sensation, merely in different areas. Joel - 07/01/2011 11:26:29 PM 550 Views
I'm not sure how you can equate the feeling of pain with touch. Legolas - 07/01/2011 11:40:36 PM 522 Views
Because I think of pain receptors as being grouped with tactile ones. Joel - 07/01/2011 11:58:48 PM 676 Views
Agreed. For the rest, I knew all the ones that had ever crossed my mind. They arent common at all Cannoli - 07/01/2011 11:52:48 PM 531 Views
Well, remember what Voltaire said about common sense. Joel - 08/01/2011 12:05:05 AM 631 Views
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