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The General Purpose Simulator (GPS) analog computer was used during development of NASA's Apollo Saturn V rocket to implement a 12 degree of freedom simulation of the first stage, taking effects like dynamic winds, bending of the rocket structure, and fuel slosh into account. These simulations could be run 3,000 times faster than real-time. The system contained 50 integrators, 50 summers, 350 coefficient potentiometers, 20 quarter square multipliers, and 15 function generators (containing an additional 70 operational amplifiers). Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 1966.

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Eshima Ohashi Bridge, Japan
Located in Western Japan, the Eshima Ohashi Bridge looks more like a roller coaster than a road. It links the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture to Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture and is basically a highway to outer space, a shortcut to vomiting from nausea, making driving over this thing one seriously thrilling car ride. The bridge is a two-lane concrete road. It rises so sharply that it gives the bravest drivers fear, featuring a ridiculously steep slope that allows ships to pass underneath it.

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Originally Posted by masraum

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May 23: American Nobel-winning physicist the late John Bardeen was born in Madison, WI in 1908.
He is the co-inventor of the transistor and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N. Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity (BCS theory).
Bardeen, Shockley, and Brattain (L-R in the photo) invented the transistor while they were members of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs in New Jersey. Bardeen died in Boston, MA on Jan 30, 1991; he was 82.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Knoxville's area code is 865...for the Tennessee Volunteers (VOL = 865)

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One more layer of JB weld, and some duct tape, and it is fixed.


The inside of a CNG tanker.




When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, "What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet the world understands you."
"It's true." Replied Chaplin, "But your fame is even greater. The world admires you, when no one understands you."

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

^Based on actual events^

But not exactly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_321

Area code 321 is the area code serving Brevard County, Florida, Space Coast Region and Seminole County, Florida. The area code has been in use since November 1, 1999; it was assigned to Florida (instead of suburban Chicago) after a successful petition led by local resident Robert Osband to commemorate the Space Coast's impact on Brevard County. The code refers to the countdown sequence which has launched many spacecraft from Cape Canaveral.[1][2][3]

When it was activated in 2000, area code 321 was used as an overlay for most of area code 407 in the Orlando area, except for the small portion of Volusia County that includes Deltona which was in 407 at the time (it is now in 386). However, no 321 numbers were issued in the 407 area from 2003 until 2015, when 321 numbers were issued for cell phones in Osceola, Orange, and Seminole counties due to high demand. With the 407/689 overlay, 321 remains frozen in the Orlando area with new 321 numbers again being assigned only in Brevard County.

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“Things You May Not Know About the Beatles”
Shirley Temple was the only celebrity to insist on hearing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" before giving the band permission to use her likeness on their album cover.
Actress Mae West, upon learning of the Beatles’ request, said, “What would I be doing in a lonely hearts club?”
Leo Gorcey, who starred in the Bowery Boys films, wanted $400 for his likeness, thus taking himself out of the mix.
“John, of course, got far-out, as usual,” said Paul.
“He put Hitler and Jesus [on the list]”
Along with Gandhi, Hitler and Jesus were not included on the cover.
“Take Gandhi out,” said one EMI executive.
“We need the Indian market. If we show Gandhi standing around with Sonny Liston and Diana Dors, they’ll never forgive us in India.”
Thanks to Boris.






Before Bluetooth helmet intercoms.

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Here is a great story about "Fred Newton of Clinton, OK" along old Route 66 in 1930.
"On the morning of July 6, 1930, Fred Newton waded into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis and started swimming. He told reporters he planned to reach New Orleans in 90 days. An athletic 27-year-old from Clinton, Oklahoma, Newton aimed to be the first person to swim the river’s length, hoping the exploit would bring wealth and fame. His younger brother Byron followed in a rowboat, carrying supplies and taking notes to document Fred’s torturous journey.
On the second day, Newton encountered floating mats of manure and stinking animal parts dumped off the stockyards of South St. Paul. But he kept swimming, even amid the Upper Mississippi’s treacherous whirlpools. Along the way, Newton stopped in riverside towns. A talented artist, he sometimes painted signs for local businesses in exchange for a meal or a bed.
By December, the water was frigid, so Newton donned wool underwear and slathered himself in axle grease for insulation. When he reached New Orleans on December 29—three months behind schedule—a crowd gathered to greet him, and the New Orleans Athletic Club offered him a hot bath.
Though Newton’s feat earned him a world record, it didn’t bring him riches. He went on to make a living as an insurance salesman and later founded a company that sold orthopedic products. He died at age 89 in 1992 in Gainesville, Texas, where, according to his son Phil, he mostly preferred to watch other people swim."
This is courtesy of Steve Gundstrom.


Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona......

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I spoke to Fred Newton many times before he passed away. The company he founded is Relaxobak and still family owned.

Random photo.

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Big fire at the Los Angeles Motorshow in 1929.


The Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge, in Japan, is an example of how to build a bridge from one mountainside to another when the sides of the mountain are so steep that it is not possible to build a road at the same elevation on both sides. It's one of the most spectacular bridges in the world.
This double spiral brings cars up and down a full 45 meters (148 feet) while being seemingly suspended in a valley between two mountainsides.
Some other stats:
- 1.1 km long
- 80 meters in diameter
- speed limit: 30 km/h (19 MPH!!!!) I wonder what the record speed is?




That is accurate!

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98 feet across and 36 feet high
traveled in four semis and required 21 people and an entire day to load in
a total of 586 JBL 15-, 12-. and 5 inch speakers & 54 Electo-Voice tweeters
housed in Hard Trucker style birch plywood cabinets
all powered by 48 McIntosh MC-2300 amplifiers with a total of 28,800 watts

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Life before the hydraulic clutch!








This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties.
Records of payments were entered in the Cathedral archives from 1305 to 1467, the penny a week being enough to buy food to supplement a heavy diet of rodents.