The first United States Weather Bureau was established in 1870. General
Albert J. Myer was the first chief of the United States Weather Bureau.
It is estimated that we are 250,000 miles from the moon.
At high altitudes, the cover of a kettle must be weighted down in order
to boil an egg hard. This is to enable the pressure of steam to allow
temperature high enough for boiling. In other words, it would be
impossible to boil an egg in an open vessel at a high altitude.
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