FACTS 1. The coat hanger was invented by Thomas Jefferson. 2. Designed in 1897, the steam turbine was meant to be a new and improved engine. The first turbine powered an experimental British ship called the Turbinia that reached speeds of nearly 40 MPH and shattered world speed records. 3. The first patent for rolled toilet paper was made in 1883. Some of the things used to wipe before toilet paper was put into mass-production included mussel shells, corn cobs, wool, leaves, the left hand, moss, snow and even sticks. 4. The bread slicer was 1st patented by American Otto Frederick Rohwedder the same year the 1st loaf of sliced bread was sold, 1928. 5. The 1st patent on the automatic popup toaster was in 1919. The highest a human has flown from the earth upward by balloon is approximately 128,097 feet which is over 23 miles (39 kilometers) above sea level and it was done by Felix Baumgartner of Austria. The balloon was 55 stories tall, helium filled and strung to a capsule that Felix sat in. Baumgartner was wearing a full body, high technology, oxygen supplied, fully pressurized and heated suit with helmet. 6. Felix Baumgartner is the only human to break the sound barrier in a free fall surrounded by only a suit without the aid of any type of vessel protecting him while falling. Baumgartner’s world record free fall speed is recorded at 833.9 miles per hour at mach 1.24 and since he was traveling at a speed faster than the speed of sound he didn’t hear the sonic boom. The planning of this mission took over 5 years with a total of about 300 people including 70 engineers, scientists and physicians. 7. Did you know that the awesome sounding crack of a bullwhip in the air is a supersonic boom? The crack of the whip occurs when the sound barrier is broken. 8. Six astronauts have driven a lunar rover on the moon. If you’ve ever wondered how fast the earth orbits through space, we travel at an average of about 67,000 miles per hour every day and night on earth. 9. The international space station is traveling at an astonishing 17,500 miles per hour. 10. Is it true Windmills all over the world go counterclockwise but the ones in Ireland go clockwise. It is true and that’s a fact. It’s true, the match was invented after the cigarette lighter. Interesting and kinda strange!
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 04:00:01 +0000
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