by steve | Dec 6, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainable Energy
Did you know that Space missions have been using solar energy to power spaceships since 1958, including the International Space Station?
by steve | Dec 6, 2020 | Business, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know in 2009 after the housing market crash a small business filed for bankruptcy every eight minutes?
by steve | Nov 15, 2020 | Business, Did You Know? (DYK), Environment and Climate, Funny & Interesting
Did you know that Global warming is causing the sea level to rise in two ways??? First: the glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are melting and adding water to the ocean. Second: the volume of the ocean is expanding as the water...
by steve | Nov 15, 2020 | Business, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that there are 30.2 million small businesses in this country? Small businesses comprise 99.9% of all United States businesses
by steve | Oct 18, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know that volcanoes and geysers are examples of geothermal energy? Geothermal energy is plentiful, but geothermal power is not. Temperatures increase below Earth’s surface at a rate of about 30 °C per km in the first 10 km (roughly 90 °F per mile in the...
by steve | Oct 12, 2020 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago is generally considered the world’s first skyscraper? Completed in 1885, it was the first to use a curtain wall construction on a steel frame!
