What are the most extravagant and least known animals on the planet?
This is the Aye-Aye. It only lives in Madagascar. The dumbo octopus. The gerenuk, an antelope from East Africa Cantor’s giant soft-shell turtle The Panda ant. Its bite…
Was it really necessary to rename the Gulf of Mexico?
Let me start with the elephant in the room. I am neither American nor Mexican so I have no stake in the naming/renaming game. My opinion about the…
Is Steven Seagal really a martial arts expert?
Let’s start out by saying that Steven Seagal is extremely cocky, extremely overweight and has been proven to tell lies. I won’t go into all of them, but…
When people fire guns into the air to celebrate New Year’s eve, is there a risk or danger from the bullets coming back down? Or not so much anymore because of the speed and gravity as well as velocity compared to when first fired?
Yea pretty stupid idea. People who do this don’t understand physics—Let me tell you why it’ll kill you—just as dead as a direct shot. A bullet fired straight…
Can a Boeing 747 do a barrel roll?
Never knew a pilot training on the 747–400 to not roll the airplane while in the simulator. None of us were completely sure of the simulation’s fidelity but the control…
If horsemen could be countered with pikes and spears (among similar use weapons) why is it said that mounted knights were so undefeatable in medieval Europe? Could you not train for an equal amount of time some pikemen to fight in thick formation?
From the 14th Century on, Swiss pikemen were famous as great soldiers and much in demand as mercenaries. But wait, why would King Bob hire expensive Swiss mercenaries…
Who is the worst scientist who ever lived?
Oh, man. I can’t believe no one has mentioned the name that came to me in half a second. How about the only man in history who can…
Why do pilots say, “Roger”? What does Roger mean in aviation?
Pilots use the phrase “Roger that” when they are in the air. Have you ever thought who the Roger is and why his name appears in the conversations…
How did the astronauts just wipe the Moon dust off their skin/eyes with a cloth, when in 2022, we now recognize that moon dust is sharper than fresh shattered glass, and would instead embed itself into our skin causing lacerations?
The last person on the moon was Gene Cernan. After three moonwalks totaling a little under 22 hours he was dirty. Despite being sealed inside a space suit…
Can an octopus overpower a human?
This little guy is called a blue-ringed octopus. Their maximum size is around eight inches – about the size of a golf ball, and they live near coral…