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It also leaks fuel like a sieve until the metal heats up and expands in flight. Andrew Jackson owned a parrot that was removed from his funeral because it cussed too much.
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The SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, one of the most advanced aircraft ever produced during the 20th century, was built to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Due to the extreme stresses the Blackbird's speed and altitude put on the airframe, much of the airframe was built out of titanium, a metal very seldom used at the time and difficult to obtain in large quantities. Most of the titanium used in the Blackbird was covertly purchased from the Soviet Union, the very nation the Blackbird was designed to spy on.
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goose fleet posted:That.. somehow makes it better..? The best part was they didn't edit anything else into the scene, so the horses are just freaking out about nothing. It's pretty surreal.
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hard counter posted:TLC was another causality of ratings. It taught me that Pharaoh Snefru of the Old Kingdom built 3 pyramids during a period of innovation and prosperity and worked on developing the smooth sided pyramid vs earlier step-sided designs. Though one of his pyramids, el-heram el-kaddaab, collapsed probably before completion due to construction errors and design changes, another came out kind of lovely, the famous bent pyramid, from these attempts the ancient Egyptians probably learned how to make better pyramids with more stable incline angles and better construction techniques that would not compromise the structure. Snefru's next attempt, the Red Pyramid, came out much better and is considered the first successful smooth-sided pyramid. Pfft, everyone knows Jesus's dad built em to store grain. Apparently that one was just one of the early versions before he had all the bugs worked out.
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Say Nothing posted:Talking of historic cosmetics, the plant deadly nightshade used to be used in eyedrops by women to dilate the pupils of the eyes to make them appear 'seductive'. They also used to use a shitload of lead as the basis for their face powder.
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The Mentalizer posted:I can kind of understand this one, since there have been plenty of times I wanted to beat Ron Paul and Paul Ryan to death with a golf club. Add Rand Paul to the mix and would you kindly pass me a 9 iron?
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