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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt
Australian PM, lost at sea. They named a swim centre after him!
Australian PM, lost at sea. They named a swim centre after him!
Edited by Fer on Thursday 8th October 10:53
slybynight said:
not on Wikipedia, but I heard this theory a little while ago that the concept of God might have come about from a supernova in our galaxy. Imagine you're a proto-human doing something naughty and the next day this appears in the sky
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=eye+nebula+image
you can bet you're ass that "do not covet thy neighbors bananas" is going to get passed on to your children for all eternity!
Entirely plausible, since most of the traits of religion appear to come from activities in astrology/astromony.http://lmgtfy.com/?q=eye+nebula+image
you can bet you're ass that "do not covet thy neighbors bananas" is going to get passed on to your children for all eternity!
What a great article, love past history and what a character
Brother D said:
not wiki but the bbc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34484972
'The pilots who risk their lives flying tiny planes over the Atlantic
Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents - distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34484972
'The pilots who risk their lives flying tiny planes over the Atlantic
Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents - distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.'
The Crack Fox said:
Fantastic. Love stuff like this. 
Here's a little one from me; A plane, designed to shoot down Zeppelins, that was useless;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Nighthaw...
That must be the only nine-cylinder engine I've ever heard of... apart from a poorly Phaeton TDI of course.Here's a little one from me; A plane, designed to shoot down Zeppelins, that was useless;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Nighthaw...
Paul Bennewitz, arguably the father of the tin foil hat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bennewitz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bennewitz
Don't know if we have had this one before; The H-4 Hercules, better know as the Spruce Goose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
Mainly because its only 6 meters shorter than an A380 and has a wingspan nearly 18m wider.
This was in 1947...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
Mainly because its only 6 meters shorter than an A380 and has a wingspan nearly 18m wider.
This was in 1947...
kiseca said:
Holy guacamole 
! Got to be a contender for sure.
The only other aircraft I could think of that might have beaten it was the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, but that has 6 engines of the same configuration, so I'd guess at the 'Spruce Goose' being able to take the title of the most cylenders on one aircraft. I'd hate to have to change the 488 spark plugs on t'Goose ! Got to be a contender for sure.
PanzerCommander said:
The only other aircraft I could think of that might have beaten it was the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, but that has 6 engines of the same configuration, so I'd guess at the 'Spruce Goose' being able to take the title of the most cylenders on one aircraft. I'd hate to have to change the 488 spark plugs on t'Goose
Seems changing plugs was a common job!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-...
eldar said:
Love how that article says it was mechanically reliable, then follows it up with "but developed a reputation for inflight fires"!! Not the sort of reliability I'd be after in an engine
Bum - hole bomb assassination attempt on Muhammad bin Nayef 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Nayef#A...
...and the podcast that brought it to my attention. The would - be assassin ended up insulating the walls
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Nayef#A...
...and the podcast that brought it to my attention. The would - be assassin ended up insulating the walls
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...
Not a wiki but an amusing writeup on women's periods (I sound like Rimmer!) and why they're so different to other animals:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-evolutionary-ben...
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-evolutionary-ben...
glazbagun said:
Not a wiki but an amusing writeup on women's periods (I sound like Rimmer!) and why they're so different to other animals:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-evolutionary-ben...
And there was me thinking the mothers body willingly made sacrifices for the unborn baby. Turns out it's a bit of a war.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-evolutionary-ben...
TTmonkey said:
"Much of the time I agree with the "he had a death wish" camp because I don't know how else to reconcile what we know of his ordeal. Now and then I venture into the "what a dumbs
t" territory" 
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