Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 2, 2016 Author Posted June 2, 2016 TIL that coca leaves, the plant used to make cocaine, are sold at as little as $1.30/kilo, but the finished product (cocaine) fetches as much as $200,000/kilo. CBF
Beerball Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Nope. Today you learned that SH is an aerospace design engineer.Even better!
BUFFALOKIE Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Today I learned that sickle cell does not affect only black people. Seriously, I thought it did. I learned that greeks, Italians and other Mediterranean people are considered high risk too.
Chef Jim Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Conserves fuel. You'd think but it actually allows them to squeeze more planes at the gates because their wingspans are less. Edited June 2, 2016 by Chef Jim
BUFFALOKIE Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) You'd think but it actually allows them to squeeze more planes at the gated because their wingspans are less. Nope. Why do my four gulfstreams have winglets? Performance. The additional wingspan would actually reduce performance. You read the Airbus A380 in Atlanta article today, me guesses. Winglets convert the wing tip vortices, created by a flat tip wing, to useful energy. Btw. You don't see winglets on fighter Jets because they also increase stability. Increased stability equals reduced maneuvarability. Edited June 2, 2016 by SAMMY HANDWICH
Chef Jim Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Nope. Why do my four gulfstreams have winglets? Performance. The additional wingspan would actually reduce performance. You read the Airbus A380 in Atlanta article today, me guesses. Winglets convert the wing tip vortices, created by a flat tip wing, to useful energy. Btw. You don't see winglets on fighter Jets because they also increase stability. Increased stability equals reduced maneuvarability. Squeezing a few more fully loaded jets at every terminal makes a lot more economical sense than fuel efficiency.
BUFFALOKIE Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Squeezing a few more fully loaded jets at every terminal makes a lot more economical sense than fuel efficiency. Of coarse that makes sense, but that is not why Jets have winglets. Terminals are built to host aircraft of all sizes (except for the A380, in Atlanta for example). Why put winglets on a gulfstream? Greater DISTANCE. Airlines do it for fuel economy, nothing else. TIL that coca leaves, the plant used to make cocaine, are sold at as little as $1.30/kilo, but the finished product (cocaine) fetches as much as $200,000/kilo. CBF Today I learned that CBF didn't watch Narcos. Edited June 2, 2016 by SAMMY HANDWICH
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 I am in the process of getting all new kitchen appliances. When it came to the gas range, it has "Sabbath Mode." I had to Google that one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_mode Today I learned that sickle cell does not affect only black people. Seriously, I thought it did. I learned that greeks, Italians and other Mediterranean people are considered high risk too. On that subject... You wonder why things like sickle cell ever came to be? I never knew that it aids in defending the person against malaria.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 TIL that although Porsche is owened by Volkswagon Group, Volkswagon Group is owned by Porsche Holdings CBF
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 TIL the Wachowski brothers who both directed the Matrix, have BOTH transitioned to female CBF
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 TIL that although Porsche is owened by Volkswagon Group, Volkswagon Group is owned by Porsche Holdings CBF Didn't Ferdinand Porsche invent the VW Beetle? How can the VW-Porsche connection be a new revelation? As I stick my tongue out @ you... ;-) TIL the Wachowski brothers who both directed the Matrix, have BOTH transitioned to female CBF Okay... Cut you slack there... WOW, YIKES! :-P
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 TIL There's a water reservoir in space that's 100,000 times bigger than our sun with 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans. TIL that Iceland does not have ANY mosquitos CBF
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 TIL that comedian Ron White regularly smoked so much weed on his private jet that the pilots had to wear oxygen masks Also... The White House is not free for the President. He receives a bill for food and expenses every month CBF
Chef Jim Posted June 8, 2016 Posted June 8, 2016 Also... The White House is not free for the President. He receives a bill for food and expenses every month CBF I didn't know that either.
BUFFALOKIE Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 TIL: Bobby McGee, made famous by Janis Joplin, was written by Kris Kristofferson.
unbillievable Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 I learned that there are thug (looking) people in my neighborhood. I wonder if they rode the bus?
Beerball Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 Today I learned that I don't know why some dress shirts come with the bottom button hole cut parallel to the belt rather than perpendicular. I wonder why that is?
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