In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, butnochannel 1.

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit.

In one day, a full-grown oak tree expels 7 tons of water through its leaves.

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