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January 20, 2008

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Snow

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Snow by Susan Kruglinski

1 Snow is a mineral, just like diamonds and salt
5 At the center of almost every snow crystal is a tiny mote of dust, which can be anything from volcanic ash to a particle from outer space.
7 Freshly fallen snow is typically 90 to 95 percent air, which is what makes it such a good thermal insulator.

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3 Responses to “20 Things You Didn’t Know About Snow”

Ron Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Interesting! I was also amazed the other day when roaming around our university library. I found a bunch of conference books dealing in snow engineering, design for snow etc. Cool!
Lorna Says:
January 24th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Eww, think of all the people who likes catching snowflakes with their tongues!
Thanks for visiting my site, btw. You have some great posts here.
Jason Says:
January 24th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Very intersesting, Thank you