If elephants were extinct, would we ever be able to figure out that they had trunks? Why or why not? What does this suggest about our current understanding of extinct organisms?
Elephants’ trunks are muscular hydrostats, which means they are made up of mostly muscle and have no bones or joints. An elephant’s trunk has over 40,000 muscles, which…
What is the life expectancy of the Empire State Building?
Well, you’ve asked the right person. My company just finished some work at the foundation. I have been up and down that place, I know it well. The…
What about European diet causes them to be slimmer than Americans?
You better ask the other way round: what about the American diet and eating habits cause the high prevalence of severe obesity in the US? Here they are:…
Did France build an aircraft carrier even though it does not have a navy to use it with?
They didn’t just build an aircraft carrier, they built a nuclear powered CATOBAR carrier. In terms how rare that is; the US and France are thus far the only nations…
Is it true that most Luftwaffe pilots would rather be sent to the Eastern Front than the Western Front?
I kicked up a bit of a storm previously by suggesting yes, Luftwaffe pilots preferred the East. The first reason was ‘neck-itch’ (halschmerzen), the desire of pilots to…
If Trump is 6′ 3″, why is Barron towering over him?
Everyone knows Trump isn’t 6′3″ , maybe he was years ago but he is no more than 5′11″ now , and with his famous 2 ‘ lifts ,…
Why is the Philippines such a terrible place?
I will start by saying that I’m an American expat and I have lived in several countries, but have lived in the PH for the last 12 years.Obviously…
Why did NASA astronaut Don Pettit say that we don’t have the technology to go to the moon, that we destroyed it? What was he intimating?
He meant exactly what he said. For example.. The memory used in the Apollo onboard computers used core store. This consisted of tiny ferrite beads threaded onto a…
What’s the most ridiculous design fault you’ve seen on a building?
Probably this one. Dubbed the “world’s tiniest skyscraper”. The building itself is structurally sound—that’s not the flaw. In fact, it has stood for over a century. But the…
How much salary per month is enough to live in the UK?
I live alone in a rented first floor one bedroom flat in a small non descript town about 12 miles from Nottingham City on one side, and Derby…