Trump claims to be the healthiest and fittest President in history. Pelosi called him “morbidly obese”. Who is telling the truth?
Trump claims to be the healthiest and fittest President in history. Pelosi called him “morbidly obese”. Who is telling the truth? This counts as an actual stupid question.ever…
Why does charcoal cooked meat taste so good?
Sort Recommended Silk Road – The Second Act · Follow PolymathMay 26 Yea man, no lie. Charcoal burns hot, real hot. Five hundred degrees — Maybe seven hundred. The…
Why is the speed of light so small relative to the size of the universe?
That’s a good question since so many people imagine that the speed of light is very fast, when it is extremely, extremely slow in an astronomical context. And…
How did the Germans feel when they saw the fleets of warships at the D-Day landings?
There was an anecdote from a history professor who said that an officer that was in a bunker on D-Day looked out the front the concrete structure, which…
Can you blow my mind with a space fact?
Here’s one that blew my mind not that long ago when I read about it. I wrote about this before. As an amateur astronomer who has been looking…
Was the Battleship Yamato really that big compared to other WW2 battleships?
It was absolutely huge. The USS Texas that served in Both world wars was 532 feet long and 27,000 tons. The USS South Dakota and North Carolina classes…
What is the most remote monument on the planet?
Elephant island, in the Antarctic Ocean, has this one To the Chilean naval officer who rescued the survivors of a British 1914 Antarctic expedition. It is about 500km,…
Is China underestimating America’s capabilities and competency?
I am from Taiwan, and I have never lived in mainland China. So I can only estimate from what I read from Chinese sources. I believe people at…
How can Voyager send a signal strong enough for us to receive, in spite of its enormous distance from us? And how can it have the power to do so more than 20 years after its launch?
It’s better to reverse the question and ask not how Voyager can send a signal strong enough, but how Earth can receive a signal so weak. The signal…
China’s J-10C just shoot down India’s Rafale fighter jet. What is the position of J-10C in China’s air fighters?
The J-10C does not hold a very high position in the Chinese Air Force, and its role is similar to that of the F-16V in the U.S. Air…