|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Aug 27, 2017 21:04:09 GMT -5
One of the bits of information I like to collect is REAL stuff that nobody else knows about. We'll start with a very good example.  MECHANICAL television. "Mechanical TV uses rotating disks at the transmitter and the receiver. These disks have holes in them, spaced around the disk, with each hole slightly lower than the other."  MUCH more: www.earlytelevision.org/mechanical.html. |
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Aug 27, 2017 21:20:33 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Aug 27, 2017 21:41:44 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Aug 31, 2017 14:07:22 GMT -5
To continue.... How about a "Bog Iron Foundry", in Marylland? (quoted) Furnace Town Living Heritage VillageDedicated to preserving the Nassawango Iron Furnace and engaging the public in the culture of our shared past.  NASSAWANGO IRON FURNACE From 1828-1850 the Nassawango Iron Furnace was in its heyday. Many workers – miners, sawyers, colliers, molders, draymen, and bargemen – labored to make iron. They gathered bog ore from Nassawango swamp, brought clam and oyster shells up the canal via the Pocomoke River from the Chesapeake Bay, and made charcoal in the Pocomoke Forest. These raw materials were loaded into the Iron Furnace from the top, heated to 3,000 degrees, and the two resulting liquids were drawn off at the bottom of the furnace. Slag was cooled and tossed into the swamp. Iron was poured into molds and loaded onto barges which were towed down the canal by mule to waiting ships for transport to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. (end quote) www.furnacetown.org/. |
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Sept 16, 2017 15:10:39 GMT -5
"40 maps that
explain the internet" 1982: the ARPANET community grows As the ARPANET entered its second decade, it was still largely confined to the United States. Academic institutions depended on federal funding to join the network, so the number of nodes expanded slowly. By 1982, the network only had about 100 nodes. www.vox.com/a/internet-maps.
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Sept 16, 2017 15:13:39 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Sept 23, 2017 11:38:34 GMT -5
 (quoted) As far as great drunkards go, there is Andre the Giant, and then there is everyone else. The big man loved two things: wrestling and booze—mostly booze—and his appetites were of mythic proportion. First, consider the number 7,000. It’s an important number, and a rather scary one considering its context, which is this—it has been estimated that Andre the Giant drank 7,000 calories worth of booze every day. The figure doesn’t include food. Just booze. 7,000 calories. Every day. ... ... ... .... You won’t find it in the Guinness Book of World Records, but Andre the Giant holds the world record for the largest number of beers consumed in a single sitting. These were standard 12-ounce bottles of beer, nothing fancy, but during a six-hour period Andre drank 119 of them. (end quote) more: www.drunkard.com/10_06_andre_giant/
One can (12 oz) of regular beer is about 150 calories.
One shot of 100 proof bourbon has about 100 calories.  As he aged, and his condition worsened, he seldom stood straight, as can be seen in later images. . |
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Oct 5, 2017 14:12:29 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Oct 7, 2017 10:26:37 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Oct 13, 2017 14:39:36 GMT -5
There are the 'whackjob tinfoil hat, stop and be friendly' UFO people, and then there are these guys:
--
MUFONAs the world's oldest and largest UFO phenomenon investigative body we aim to be the inquisitive minds' refuge seeking answers to that most ancient question, "Are we alone in the universe?" Whether you have UFO reports to share, armchair UFO investigator aspirations, or want to train and join our investigation team, MUFON is here for you. Won't you please join us in our quest to discover the truth? www.mufon.com/-- and -- The Disclosure ProjectThe Disclosure Project is a research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. We have over 500 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret. www.disclosureproject.org/ no longer exists. . |
|
Tanya
Forum Owner
🐭 TypoQueen 🐭
Posts: 5,828 
Forum Relationship: Evil Eye💙
|
Post by Tanya on Oct 13, 2017 16:10:03 GMT -5
That ^ might have been handy a year or so ago when I was asked about that kind of thing. ^
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Oct 19, 2017 6:42:33 GMT -5
That ^ might have been handy a year or so ago when I was asked about that kind of thing. ^ Sorry, I missed that. . |
|
Tanya
Forum Owner
🐭 TypoQueen 🐭
Posts: 5,828
Forum Relationship: Evil Eye💙
|
Post by Tanya on Oct 19, 2017 14:22:22 GMT -5
No worries Doc. It was part of the old 'LostnFound' forum. I'm sure if you had been a member rather than an occasional reader there, you wouldn't have missed it. xx
|
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Dec 14, 2017 20:22:06 GMT -5
I remembered this one when I saw a screaming, panic-riddled headline on a news service about a solar storm that was going to hit us and do all.... ... .. well No. (quoted) Solar wind speed: 371.7 km/sec density: 6.5 protons/cm3 more data: ACE, DSCOVR Updated: Today at 0106 UT X-ray Solar Flares 6-hr max: B1 2208 UT Dec14 24-hr: B1 2208 UT Dec14 explanation | more data Updated: Today at: 2359 UT Daily Sun: 14 Dec 17 The sun is blank--no sunspots. Credit: SDO/HMI  -- THE NEXT SOLAR WIND STREAM: A hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth, and it is spewing a stream of solar wind toward our planet. Estimated time of arrival: Dec. 17-18. Arctic sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the gaseous material arrivals. (endquote)  spaceweather.com/. |
|
|
|
Post by DrLeftover on Dec 24, 2017 20:23:06 GMT -5
|
|
/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/Bosnian-Pyramids-631.jpg)
