DDE Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Every ten-year-old tank enthusiast: "Why not an armored land train?" Late 1930s French: Spoiler Alternative: And it had progressed into mockup stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, DDE said: And it had progressed into mockup stage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BvS_10 Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerben Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Crocodile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Sirona Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 There is a city in Iran called Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 There is also Kerbala. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) Sputnik 1 literally means satellite 1. One of the things China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, was supposed to do was blast the song "The East is Red". Edited January 30, 2023 by Kerbalsaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 The Apollo XIII failure was caused by the exploding tank falling (from a height of like five centimeters) and breaking something, somewhere in the mid-sixties. The problem was detected several times, but was never fixed! Spoiler That's Kerbal lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Also by non-standard voltage, iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Just now, kerbiloid said: Also by non-standard voltage, iirc. Oh yes, sorry, forgot about that (I read the article a while ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kerbalsaurus said: One of the things China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hing 1, was supposed to do was blast the song "The East is Red". Dong Fang Hong(东方红), and it's still in the orbit: nowadays, it even usually become the first satellite to be tracked by kids in the astronomy hobby groups in numbers of Chinese primary and secondary schools, led by their teachers who observe it. Well, another fun fact about Dong Fang Hong: nowadays, the DFH is still the name for the satellite platform, such as Shijian-20 which based on DFH-5, and the Apstar-6E based on DFH-3E, which the first Chinese full electrically propulsion satellite platform. Edited January 29, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 We have removed a number of posts which were pro or con with regard to conspiracy theories. Those are not fun facts. And if you think a post is a problem, please report it rather than arguing against it. Arguing about it just further derails threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Overlapping fact threads have been merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Looking the officer's reaction, why do I get the feeling he's not the first to do this (and probably not the last) hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5796537 The overall cryptomining power in Russia broke the record, having grown up to 500 MW this year. (Mostly in the Urals, Siberian and Far East regions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbalsaurus Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) In 1980, all of Philadelphia’s 4 main sports teams went to their respective playoffs. Only one won, though. That’s how we roll, I guess. I thought this one was fairly on topic, considering the Eagles just won. Edited January 30, 2023 by Kerbalsaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickTC Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5796537 The overall cryptomining power in Russia broke the record, having grown up to 500 MW this year. (Mostly in the Urals, Siberian and Far East regions). I wonder what they mine on there if most inhabitants do not even own a simple PC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, VickTC said: I wonder what they mine on there if most inhabitants do not even own a simple PC... The inhabitants own simple PC everywhere (the consoles aren't popular). And these 500 MW mostly belong to several biggest mining companies (300 MW to BitRiver, having 8 facilities). *** Fusion reactors will turn the whole world into one big Bitcoin mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Fun fact: when you're stuck in a traffic jam, a GPS map is a form of social media. "If you hear the howling of a wounded boar, that's just me screaming in desperation" Spoiler "I need to drive my mother-in-law to the train station! Let me through!" Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 4 hours ago, DDE said: Fun fact: when you're stuck in a traffic jam, a GPS map is a form of social media. "If you hear the howling of a wounded boar, that's just me screaming in desperation" Hide contents "I need to drive my mother-in-law to the train station! Let me through!" Reveal hidden contents How do they measure traffic jams? my guess is by the rate mobile phones are moving. You tag phones who are moving at driving speed and then slows to an crawl. You need to filter out people walking but think that is only an issue for busses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 9 hours ago, magnemoe said: How do they measure traffic jams? https://yandex-ru.translate.goog/company/technologies/yaprobki/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Hopefully this will embed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Those Venusians will think about that the next time they get froggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Don't worry, the Indians have been watching for six months: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23455128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Another fun fact (thanks to @steve9728 's link) - Magenta isn't real. Magenta: The colour that doesn't exist - BBC Reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 4 hours ago, DDE said: Hopefully this will embed Well if you want to shoot down Venus you need to upgun the battleship some others of magnitude. During WW 2 Japan tried to send balloons with bombs to the US from Japan, it failed as in killing an family and causing some minor forest fires. US sent balloons over the Soviet union at the start of the cold war. USSR used the film from one of these balloons to take images from the backside of the moon as the film was very insensitive to cosmic rays flying high for weeks. Don't think the Chinese balloons are spy something as they has spy satellites and you can simply arrange an flight pretty much everywhere in the US and have an camera in the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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