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  • Adam Dayton
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    • Jan 2008
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    Interesing Facts Thread

    Hey guys, do you have any interesting information about the world you think most people don't know about and want to share? This is the thread. Here are a bit of mine-

    - Bigfoot existed at one point in time. (Google Gigantopithecus)

    - The youngest person to ever give birth was barely 5 years old (Google Lina Medina)

    - A blue whale's tongue weighs as much as an elephant

    - The most times one man was struck by lightning on completely seperate occasions? 7 (Google Roy Sullivan)

    - Wanna see a guinea pig the size of a small cow? (Google Capybara)

    - A Russian experiment featured a severed dog head that was kept alive by artificial circulation. The face was fully animated without a body, licking drooling etc, and......responding to stimuli
    (see experiments in the revival of organisms on wikipedia, there is also a video of it)

    - The man who took the world's first photograph was born in......1760.

    - To elaborate, the world's first photograph was taken in 1826 (google Joseph Nicephore Niepce)

    - In 1960, a man skydived from space onto earth. And yes, there is video of it. (Google Joseph Kittinger)

    - During world war II, Japanese soldiers were ambushed and fled into a swamp. Over one thousand were eating by crocodiles making this the most costly animal/human killings in the history of civilization. (Google Ramree Island).

    - Total distance travelled by bullets shot by high velocity guns upon entering water- 14 inches before breaking apart. Case in point, if somone is shooting at you, submerge yourself a couple of feet down and you're straight.

    It is always fun learning about interesting facts. Please share yours.
    Last edited by Adam Dayton; 03-25-2009, 09:48 PM.
  • superjames1992
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    Re: Interesing Facts Thread

    Originally posted by Adam Dayton
    - In 1960, a man skydived from space onto earth. And yes, there is video of it. (Google Joseph Kittinger)
    Yep, I've heard of this before. He jumped from 102,800 feet in altitude and technically was the first man in space. It was also the longest free fall, the highest a balloon has traveled, and the fastest a person has fallen during free fall. There's even some debate that he may have reached the speed of sound.

    Here's the video. Pretty awesome.

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    • rubisco43
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      • Feb 2003
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      Re: Interesing Facts Thread

      Originally posted by superjames1992
      Yep, I've heard of this before. He jumped from 102,800 feet in altitude and technically was the first man in space. It was also the longest free fall, the highest a balloon has traveled, and the fastest a person has fallen during free fall. There's even some debate that he may have reached the speed of sound.

      Here's the video. Pretty awesome.

      <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81gn2oLeC_U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81gn2oLeC_U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
      not saying it isn't true... but wouldn't the human body reach terminal velocity, meaning that it can't hit the speed of sound? I'm no physicist so someone please explain.l
      http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=805002

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      • Adam Dayton
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        • Jan 2008
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        #4
        Re: Interesing Facts Thread

        Originally posted by rubisco43
        not saying it isn't true... but wouldn't the human body reach terminal velocity, meaning that it can't hit the speed of sound? I'm no physicist so someone please explain.l
        That' not what terminal velocity means. Plus, the speed of sound is over 700 miles per hour, his body got only like 200 miles per hour on the free fall form what I remember.

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        • rubisco43
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          • Feb 2003
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          Re: Interesing Facts Thread

          Originally posted by Adam Dayton
          That' not what terminal velocity means. Plus, the speed of sound is over 700 miles per hour, his body got only like 200 miles per hour on the free fall form what I remember.
          Correct, I agree that it's not what terminal velocity means. Without defining t.v., I made the assumption that since t.v. is probably less than the speed of sound, a human in free fall couldn't break it.
          http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=805002

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          • Adam Dayton
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            • Jan 2008
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            Re: Interesing Facts Thread

            Originally posted by rubisco43
            Correct, I agree that it's not what terminal velocity means. Without defining t.v., I made the assumption that since t.v. is probably less than the speed of sound, a human in free fall couldn't break it.
            Gotcha. But why do you think he never reached it? I would guess the reason he's moving faster than the speed one moves when skydiving on earth is because the atmosphere in space is way thinner and thus the drag (resisting force) was different.
            Last edited by Adam Dayton; 03-25-2009, 10:11 PM.

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            • rubisco43
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              • Feb 2003
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              Re: Interesing Facts Thread

              Originally posted by Adam Dayton
              Gotcha. But why do you think he never reached it? I would guess the reason he's moving faster than the speed one moves when skydiving on earth is because the atmosphere in space is way thinner and thus the drag (resisting force) was different.
              based on this



              and this



              he came damn close.
              http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=805002

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              • Adam Dayton
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                • Jan 2008
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                Re: Interesing Facts Thread

                I don't understand how any of this brings into question whether this is real. He was free falling from space in an entirely different atmosphere so there are alot of variables going.

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                • rubisco43
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                  • Feb 2003
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                  Re: Interesing Facts Thread

                  Originally posted by Adam Dayton
                  I don't understand how any of this brings into question whether this is real. He was free falling from space in an entirely different atmosphere so there are alot of variables going.
                  I guess you didn't get down this this part...

                  "Competition speed skydivers fly in the head down position reaching even higher speeds. The current world record is 614 mph (988 km/h) by Joseph Kittinger, set at high altitude where the lesser density of the atmosphere decreased drag.[2]"
                  http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=805002

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                  • Adam Dayton
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                    • Jan 2008
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                    Re: Interesing Facts Thread

                    Originally posted by rubisco43
                    I guess you didn't get down this this part...

                    "Competition speed skydivers fly in the head down position reaching even higher speeds. The current world record is 614 mph (988 km/h) by Joseph Kittinger, set at high altitude where the lesser density of the atmosphere decreased drag.[2]"
                    So then that answers your question about where his free fall lies in relation to the rules of terminal velocity. The free fall was legit and as I predicted the higher atmosphere decreased drag and allowed him to fall at amazing speeds. I forgot it was that fast. That is damn fast and as you said, near the speed of sound.

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