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Alaska is the western, northern and eastern most state.
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I did NOT know that.
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How do you figure? Isn't that like saying Maine is the western most state?
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part is east of the international date line
I've never thought of the IDL as delineating east/west that way... the line doing that would be the prime meridian, wouldn't it?
Technically no, the line is called the 180th meridian (antimeridian of the International Reference), but your point is well made - the IDL doesn't control east/west.
Yet another po(case)int for why I think we should forget time zones altogether and only use meridians for east/west.
https://posts-cdn.kueez.net/6bMyIbi5H6VLN6d2/U5cZJh39ZboSE5Tp.png. I did not know the tic tac would do this
And what units for speed? Rods per second?
I wouldn't put much stock in that equation; it doesn't match up with reality. Maybe all things being equal the relationship holds, but all things are never equal. My Michelin Pilots have higher hydroplaning speed than the Bridgestone Ecopia plus tires they replaced. My tires get lower hydroplaning speeds as the tread wears out. Tread design and depth are the main factors the formula doesn't account for.
I suppose you could increase your hydro-planing speed by pumping up your tires. Probably only worth it if you were in a race.
Arrowsmiths are more commonly called fletchers.I did not know that Aerosmith is actually spelled Arrowsmith.
We need to be careful. By the Tudor period ( think Mary Rose garrison arrows), separate crews -sometimes at at separate workshops - did the smithing of the heads (often someone else did the case hardening), shaft turning and fletching.
Talking of garrison arrows, I am not sure that the workers who did wooden flights instead of feather ones were actually called fletchers at all.
Assembly line production was very much figured out by the 15th century - possibly a lot earlier say in Byzantium - they just didn't have conveyor belts. Or interchangeable parts
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Being from New Hampshire, I spent 30+ years of my life not knowing that people didn’t know this.
I did not know that people did not know that NH has an ocean front.
I didn’t realize it until I started traveling for work. The looks/comments I get during small-talk conversation when I say I’m from the seacoast of New Hampshire can be priceless.
Do they no longer teach basic geography in U.S. elementary schools? (Things are worse than I feared!)
The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill.
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I used to think JayWalking was a parody
More stuff I didn't know.We need to be careful. By the Tudor period ( think Mary Rose garrison arrows), separate crews -sometimes at at separate workshops - did the smithing of the heads (often someone else did the case hardening), shaft turning and fletching.
Talking of garrison arrows, I am not sure that the workers who did wooden flights instead of feather ones were actually called fletchers at all.
Assembly line production was very much figured out by the 15th century - possibly a lot earlier say in Byzantium - they just didn't have conveyor belts. Or interchangeable parts
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The Handicap rating on a golf course will have the even numbers on one 9 and the odds on the other and is not simply rating the holes by difficulty on that course.
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