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[vmax]

It takes about 700 grapes to make 1 bottle of wine

 

[Vaquero]

You can pressure wash insulators on an energized power line and not get electrocuted.

It takes distilled water and special cyclic rate pumps, but it gets done daily.

 

[popsgarland]

 

[popsgarland]

 

[General Zod]

During his 63 combat missions flying F9F Panthers with VMF-311 "Tomcats" in the Korean War, USMC pilot John Glenn earned the nickname "Old Magnet Ass" for the sheer amount of flak damage he flew home with after a couple of notable missions, including one where an anti-aircraft shell blew a hole in his vertical stabilizer a man could almost crawl through, and another where a napalm bomb on his wing was hit and detonated, engulfing the wing with fire before Glenn nursed the aircraft home. Glenn was unscathed, but the Panther was a write-off and had to be scrapped.

Later in the war he served an exchange tour with the USAF, flying F-86 Sabres in combat over MiG Alley. His aggressiveness earned him the nickname "MiG Mad Marine", which was emblazoned on the side of his Sabre. He would shoot down three MiG-15s during his 27 combat missions in the Sabre.

Glenn would later become a test pilot and set a cross-country speed record in the F-8 Crusader for "Project Bullet". His average speed from California to New York was 725.55 mph, refuelling 3 times from tanker aircraft over the 3hr 23min flight which was mostly flown in full afterburner. Along with being a PR operation, it was also a test of the Crusader's engine under extreme use. After the flight Pratt and Whitney tore down the engine from Glenn's aircraft, inspected it, and based on its condition removed all afterburner use restrictions for the F-8 Crusader fleet flown by the USMC and the Navy.

The Project Bullet flight was a factor in Glenn being selected for Project Mercury and his later achievements as an astronaut.

 

[kbaxter60]

You can pressure wash insulators on an energized power line and not get electrocuted.

It takes distilled water and special cyclic rate pumps, but it gets done daily.

It's like getting paid for the old "Hey, Sonny, take a leak on that hot wire." dare

 

[Axxe55]

You can pressure wash insulators on an energized power line and not get electrocuted.

It takes distilled water and special cyclic rate pumps, but it gets done daily.

Pure water can be used for an electrical insulator as well.

 

[TipBledsoe]

It's like getting paid for the old "Hey, Sonny, take a leak on that hot wire." dare

Pure water can be used for an electrical insulator as well.

... Because it is the elements in water (in addition to H2O) that conduct electricity.

 

[TipBledsoe]

Today is the #th anniversary of my 49th birthday.
Where's my cake?

 

[Axxe55]

Today is the #th anniversary of my 49th birthday.
Where's my cake?

You're still a youngster! But Happy Birthday!

 

[vmax]

China only has one time zone

 

[Katydid1984]

Your body can make new veins around your heart to bypass a blocked heart valve. In the long run you will need a bypass but that's your bodies way of trying to keep it alive.

 

[Katydid1984]

Today is the #th anniversary of my 49th birthday.
Where's my cake?

Happy Birthday!

 

[popsgarland]

Today is the #th anniversary of my 49th birthday.
Where's my cake?

Happy Birthday.

 

[Army 1911]

My hypoallergenic dog has allergies.

 

[baboon]

Happy Birthday!
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I now know I’m old because I see a shitload of sugar.

 

[vmax]

The Duck Billed Platypus has no stomach

 

[General Zod]

The Duck Billed Platypus has no stomach

But male platypuses (platypi?) do have venomous spurs on their hind legs.

 

[kbaxter60]

Armadillos always bear four young , all of the same sex.

 

[popsgarland]