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Articles
Monday Apr. 1, 2002
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Middle East peace goal of Saturday campus rally
Speakers call for Israelis and Palestinians to work to end violence
Representatives from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths spoke at a rally Saturday calling for Israelis and Palestinians to take steps toward peace in the Holy Land.
The rally was meant to show a common call for peace by members of both the Jewish and Arab communities, and comes in the midst of escalating violence between the two groups in the Middle East.
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Fast facts:
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A fetus in the womb can hear. Tests have shown that fetuses respond to various sounds just as vigorously as they respond to pressures and internal sensations.
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A bowl of lime Jell-O, when hooked up to an EEG machine, exhibited movement which is virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult man or woman.
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A three-week old embryo is no larger than a sesame seed. A one-month old fetus's body is no heavier than an envelope and a sheet of paper. Its hand is no bigger than a teardrop.
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A "nullipara" is a woman who has never given birth to a child.
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25 trillion cells travel through the bloodstream - a stack of 500 would only measure 0.04 inches high.
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On this date:
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In 1889, the first dishwashing machine was marketed in Chicago.
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In 1927, the first automatic record changer was introduced.
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In 1935 , the first radio tube made of metal was introduced in Schenectady, N.Y.
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In 1946, a tsunami generated by a quake in the Aleutian Trench near Alaska struck Hilo, Hawaii causing millions in damage and killing 96 who, thinking the warning siren was an April fool's joke, ignored it.
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In 1952, the Big Bang theory was proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow.
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In 1963, the soap operas "General Hospital" and "The Doctors" premiered on TV.
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