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Point-blank range doesn't mean 'close range' or 'near' in gun ballistics. It means the bullet is expected to strike the target without having to adjust the guns elevation.

i.e. a Sniper could shoot a target 2 miles away at point blank range.

In forensics / movies / TV however, it has come to mean something/someone being shot very close.
 
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The House of Commons has a line on the carpet which you're not allowed to cross as it's seen as being too aggressive towards the other side of the chamber. This is where the term "to cross the line" comes from.

Similarly, a new vote has to pass two stages, a vote in the House of Commons and then in the House of Lords. It's extremely unlikely for a law to pass the first vote stage and not the other, and once it has passed the House of Commons the papers are carried to the House of Lords in a bag. This is where the term "it's in the bag" (ie relatively certain) comes from.

Probably missed some factual details but you get the gist :p
 
Russinating said:
The House of Commons has a line on the carpet which you're not allowed to cross as it's seen as being too aggressive towards the other side of the chamber. This is where the term "to cross the line" comes from.

Similarly, a new vote has to pass two stages, a vote in the House of Commons and then in the House of Lords. It's extremely unlikely for a law to pass the first vote stage and not the other, and once it has passed the House of Commons the papers are carried to the House of Lords in a bag. This is where the term "it's in the bag" (ie relatively certain) comes from.

Probably missed some factual details but you get the gist :p
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Where does "you get the gist" come from?
 
Physicists plan on teleporting photonic qubits to a satellite as a secure communications link, so far they have managed to transmit an entangled qubit over 143km

(The Space station orbits at 370km)
 
The Term Wednesday comes the Norse god Woden. Woden's day.

I knew Thursday was Thor's day but now I'm off to find out who this Woden was

Perhaps his first name was Terry
 
Some of the brightest objects visible with telescopes in the universe are not star's but black holes that have a massive ring of dust around them, The tidal friction makes the dust glow well over the intensity of any sun, This only happens for a very brief period of time (possibly as little as 1 year long).
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
This is also true of a dog.
If you hit a dog, you must report the collision, nothing else needs to be done you don't have to stop or similar, if you hit a cat, don't worry about it...
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Ok, I'll bite. Whilst the law may say you don't have to stop if you hit a cat, that doesn't mean you should just "not worry about it".

If you hit a cat, the chances are you were going too fast down a pedestrian road, so how about you stop safely and if needs be you get the cat to a vet. Better still, drive more responsibly and keep an eye out for all wildlife because it is a moral thing to do and not just a legal obligation?
 
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