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- Ocean found on Mars
- The related Beach found on Mars
- Earthlings pack for a vacation on Mars
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On This Day In History for February 13, 2013
This is February 13, 2013 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining in 2013.
- It was on this date in 1633 that Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
- Also on that same date in 1880, Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
- Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls today in 1955.
- February 13,1961 – A 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
- The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies just 13 years ago today.
- Today in 2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe’s largest known diamond, a white dwarf star (designated BPM 37093.) Astronomers named this star “Lucy” after The Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
- Four years ago today at 23:31:30 UTC the Unix system time (time_t) number reaches 1234567890 seconds.
- and exactly one year ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Happy birthday goes out on this date to German mathematician Peter Gustav Dirichlet, born today in 1805
- also born on this date in 1834 – German Chemist Heinrich Caro
- The man who broke the sound barrier, American fighter plane test pilot, Chuck Yeager is now 90 years old
- Norwegian computer scientist Arne Sølvberg, turns 73.
- Born in 1942, American musician and actor Peter Tork from “The Monkees” is 71
- sharing his birthday is American astronaut Donald E. Williams
- and another American astronaut, Stephen G. Bowen turns 49
Finally, this is World Radio Day
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 13, 2013
News
- How many elephants does Thor’s hammer weigh?
- New unit of measure: 1 “Tyson” = 300 billion elephants = Thor’s hammer
- Speaking of numbers, the worlds longest prime number is found to be 17 million digits long.
- Seti calls long distance and gets no answer.
Hacks & Strange Stories
- That spark plug from 1961
- The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173
- Goodbye terra firma, Hello Kitty | The Verge
Media Corner
Geek Library
Note from Kreg
- Harrison and I saw the ISS last night going across the sky
- Spot the Station – Email or SMS notification of when the ISS is in your area
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- http://www.isstracker.com/
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