You cannot see the 'Great Wall of China' from space. No, seriously you can't. Since the Olympics have started this one is being bandied about fairly often. You can see the GWoC from low altitude orbit, but from that height you can also see that KFC advertisement in the desert on Google maps, and highways, and just about anything.
Seasons are not caused by the Earth being closer to the Sun in the summer and farther in the winter. If that were true Northern and Southern hemisphere's would not have alternating seasons. The seasons are caused by the tilt of the world axis meaning that during different sections of the Earth's orbit, various parts of the Earth receive more sunlight.
The operation of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) will almost certainly not create a black hole that will destroy the Earth. In the unlikely even that a miniature black hole is created it will very quickly dissipate into Hawking radiation, that Hawaiian high school science teacher who filed an injunction with his local court can calm down now.
Voltaire never said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Marie Antoinette never said "let them eat cake"
And saying "i think therefore i am", or god forbid, "cogito ergo sum" does not make you look intellegent, any intelligent person within earshot will immediately decide to avoid you and begin mocking you. However saying "cogito ergo sum" is acceptable if immediatly followed by "Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur"
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