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Planck
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The earth's rotational speed at the equator is 1670 kilometers/hour ( 1037 miles/hr). This decreases by the cosine of your latitude.
The Concord had a maximum speed of Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude).
The earth is moving through space at 1.900,000 mph (530 miles/second), fast fast. :)
The Concord had a maximum speed of Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude).
The earth is moving through space at 1.900,000 mph (530 miles/second), fast fast. :)
Marlon Rando
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The Gustav!
The Largest Gun ever built, at 12 meters high, 47 meters long, weighing 1,350 tonnes and was firing 10 tonnes shells through a 30 meters long pipe. 22 people could sit aligned on the barrel of the gun.
Two guns of this type were ordered, the second one being named Dora. Dora was the second gun produced. and It was deployed briefly against Stalingrad, but the Germans had quickly withdrawn it when the Soviets threatened to encircle the weapon. Dora was broken apart before the war ended and was discovered in the west by American troops
The Largest Gun ever built, at 12 meters high, 47 meters long, weighing 1,350 tonnes and was firing 10 tonnes shells through a 30 meters long pipe. 22 people could sit aligned on the barrel of the gun.
Two guns of this type were ordered, the second one being named Dora. Dora was the second gun produced. and It was deployed briefly against Stalingrad, but the Germans had quickly withdrawn it when the Soviets threatened to encircle the weapon. Dora was broken apart before the war ended and was discovered in the west by American troops
For 13 thousand dollars, Englishman Brandon Grimshaw bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there forever. When the Englishman Brandon Grimshaw was under forty, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.
By this time, no human had set foot on the island for 50 years. As befits a real Robinson, Brandon found himself a companion from among the natives. His Friday name was René Lafortin. Together with Rene, Brandon began to equip his new home. While René came to the island only occasionally, Brandon lived on it for decades, never leaving. By oneself.
For 39 years, Grimshaw and Lafortin planted 16 thousand trees with their own hands and built almost 5 kilometers of paths. In 2007, Rene Lafortin died, and Brandon was left all alone on the island.
He was 81 years old. He attracted 2,000 new bird species to the island and introduced more than a hundred giant tortoises, which in the rest of the world (including the Seychelles) were already on the verge of extinction. Thanks to Grimshaw's efforts, the once deserted island now hosts two-thirds of the Seychelles' fauna. An abandoned piece of land has turned into a real paradise.
A few years ago, the prince of Saudi Arabia offered Brandon Grimshaw $50 million for the island, but Robinson refused. “I don’t want the island to become a favorite vacation spot for the rich. Better let it be a national park that everyone can enjoy.”
And he achieved that in 2008 the island was indeed declared a national park.
Planck
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-Unvaccinated Czech singer Hana Horak deliberately got herself infected with COVID, and has died of COVID
While I'm not vaccinated & I may agree with her sentiment. Her actions here were with out wisdom.
There are always PM's. I've no issue explaining my thoughts on this. It's really very simple. My issue though is when some begin to question others intelligence based on decisions made on this. Beyond that I can disagree with out being disagreeable.
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