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else if (RandomNo < 450) {document.write(" According to an Old English system of time units, a moment is considered to be one and a half minutes. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 500) {document.write(" The earth rotates on its axis more slowly in March than in September. ");}
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else if (RandomNo < 650) {document.write(" Joseph Swan invented the light bulb in 1879, one year before Thomas Edison did. However, Swan didn't patent the idea and was widely accused of copying Edison, who did patent the idea and was therefore recognized as its inventor. Swan continued to be denied recognition until some time later when it was shown that both light bulbs were produced using different processes. Edison and Swan later formed a joint company using the best of both technologies. ");}
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else if (RandomNo < 800) {document.write(" The average marathon runner's heart beats about 175 times per minute during a race. A typical adult's heart beats 68 times a minute at rest. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 850) {document.write(" Thomas Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 900) {document.write(" In July, 1950, a patent was issued for an automatic spaghetti-spinning fork. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 950) {document.write(" Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets. Although it has a circumference of 280,000 miles compared with Earth's 25,000, Jupiter manages to make one turn in 9 hours and 55 minutes. ");}
else                     {document.write(" While fighting with the French underground during World War II, Jacques-Yves Cousteau invented the aqualung, the self-contained device that supplies air under pressure for underwater divers. ");}
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