Mind Blown
May 24th, 2017 at 7:57:45 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | From the "obscure historical facts" file: The FBI was founded in July 26, 1908, originally as the Bureau of Investigation, by Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte, who was the great-nephew of Napoleon I, Emperor of France. Mind Blown. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
May 24th, 2017 at 9:27:06 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | The Osage Murders involving oil-rich Indians came under Federal jurisdiction because one corpses fell with its arm extending four inches into an Indian Reservation. Originally forbidden to carry arms it was a sleepy little jerkwater agency until Attorney General Palmer appointed his favorite agent J. Edgar Hoover to the helm due to Hoover's penchant for seeing Socialists and Syndicalists everywhere. See David Grann Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. |
June 21st, 2017 at 3:18:35 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | From the "obscure technological facts" file: Jet engines are at more efficient and deliver more thrust at sea level than at cruising altitude. Mind Blown. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
June 21st, 2017 at 4:38:07 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Why did that surprise you? "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
June 21st, 2017 at 7:41:58 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4972 |
Although i didn't know that it seems to make sense as there is more oxygen to burn. I assume planes are more efficient at altitude because the air is thinner and causes less drag. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
June 21st, 2017 at 8:55:12 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 | Speaking of mind blown stuff, I remember enjoying reading about the experiences of the first pilots of the SR71. So looked it up to see if it was on the web.
https://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/7/5447310/sr-71-blackbird-pilot-interview You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 22nd, 2017 at 6:46:15 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Because anywhere between 90% and 99% of the time, these engines are operating at high altitude, at their most inefficient. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |