However travelling at that speed will irreparably warp the airframe.
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However travelling at that speed will irreparably warp the airframe.
That surprises me, i'd have expect the US to build an ultrafast jet solely so the Russian's weren't best at something.
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They built the F-15 as a counter to the Mig-25 and it wasn't until a Soviet pilot defected in the 1970s that they realised the Eagle was more than a match for the 25 and was a far far superior warplane.
Perhaps even the Americans don't see the need for a Mach 3 fighter ?
wannabedamned just watched QI
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I was bored the other day so thought I would have a look at some random stupid facts on the internet.
One that made me laugh a lot was
'The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines'
Its just so true
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I don't believe this for a second.
Every day of your life you spend 2 hours and 24 minutes on average in a queue, including whena baby and when at school etc, I simply don't believe it.
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I suppose it could mean other things like waiting for a download to finish, or a queue to download something. Still it does seem a bit much.
I was bored the other day so thought I would have a look at some random stupid facts on the internet.
One that made me laugh a lot was
'The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines'
Its just so true
Post your pointless facts here!
Thats because we live in a world where everyone has to go to the Postoffice at some point, then when you get to the front of the very long queue they ask you if you want to top your phone up or need car insurance and tell you that you can take money out of your bank account!
I really would like to know what the people in the post office are on.
Not true. Most primates do. Chimpanzees, and Orangutans in particular.
Ahhh beaten to it, :/
If you wanted to create a blackhole using the earth, you would need to crush it to the size of a pea before the mavity would be great enough to form one. (thanks steven)
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The Russians also have the fastest strategic bomber.... the tu160, the largest cargo plane... the an225.
They also have better submarine launched ballistic missiles, and bigger nuclear warheads. The Russian aerospace engineers are just as good, if not better than the Americans.
Oxygen, Hydrogen, and crabon make up 90% of the human body.
Newborn babies are given to the wrong parents 12 times a day worldwide.
If all americans used one third less ice in thier drinks, the USA would become a net exporter instead of importer of energy.
All children are born without knee caps, they form between the ages of 2-6.
I love my weird facts app on my android desire. I could go on forever, and it never repeats.
Newborn babies are given to the wrong parents 12 times a day worldwide.
If all americans used one third less ice in thier drinks, the USA would become a net exporter instead of importer of energy.
All children are born without knee caps, they form between the ages of 2-6.
I love my weird facts app on my android desire. I could go on forever, and it never repeats.
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Over 1500 species practice homosexuality. I'm sure at least some of them enjoy it!
Eh?
Well they can 'jump' ie when they come out of the water
That's not jumping. That's just getting some air. I bet an elephant can get some air if it ran off a ramp!
If you condense the amount of time the Earth has existed [4.5 Billion years or so] into a single year, Dinosaurs existed for around 28 minutes. Humans have existed for 2 seconds.
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If you fold a piece of paper in two, the thickness of the paper will double
if you fold it again it would be 4 times thicker than unfolded.
If you fold it 42 times it would be thick enough to reach the moon, obviously keep in mind that you cannot fold a piece of paper 42 times
It's why I was confused. You're lucky to get past 7 with a normal sheet of paper. Mythbusters did more, but they had a hangar!
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When I was a little lad it was easy to bet someone they couldn't fold a piece of paper 10 times. 7 was just the norm.
I made an effort with a 1 metre by 100 metre piece one time. 6 was the most I got out of it.
Mythbusters rule!
