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[kluurs]

1910 Gyro Monorail -

Link to video

[Mik]

What could go wrong?

[George K]

Fascinating.

The gyroscopic stabilizer is the basis for the Segway, isn't it?

Also, the tilting during curves is accomplished in modern trains by what's called "superelevating" the rail, with the outside rail being just a bit higher than the inside rail.

The Acela's route is not superelevated along most (if any) of its route. Traveling at 135 mph around curves would be uncomfortable for passengers. The builder of the train solved that problem by allowing the body of the car to tilt "into" the curve while the trucks and wheels remained level.

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[Mik]

Roman Army Knife (201-300 AD); has a spoon, knife, fork, spike, spatula and pick allowing the user to even clean between their teeth after eating. It was part of the equipment of Roman legions.

This folding eating gadget has a three-pronged fork, a spoon,a spatula,a pick, a spike and an iron knife that has eroded away.

There is a hinge to allow each item to be folded out when it was needed, or folded away for ease of transporting it.

The spike might of helped in extracting the meat from snails, and the spatula in scraping sauce out of narrow-necked bottles. Some have even suggested the pick with the tiny spoon on the end could have been used to remove earwax.

Material : Silver and Iron

[kluurs]

[Copper]

@kluurs said in Mildly interesting:

If he had instead invented the EV, he could have saved us all a lot of trouble .

[George K]

@Copper said in Mildly interesting:

If he had instead invented the EV

I got yer Diesel-Electric vehicle right here:

[jon-nyc]

Leet level counting

[Mik]

How often does one need to count that high using fingers? I can do similarly in my head for all practical purposes.

[jon-nyc]

Shepherds of old would count by touching their thumb to the segments of the four fingers, starting with the top of the index finger and moving down, then to the middle finger, etc.

That counted 12, and they’d keep track of how many sets of 12 they had counted with the other hand the same way.

That’s how base 12 entered our world (time of day, dozen, gross).

[Horace]

We talked about this about a year ago:

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Today a grand jury decided not to charge the shooter.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/03/harris-county-grand-jury-declines-to-charge-customer-who-shot-killed-robber-during-taqueria-heist/

[Horace]

When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:

[Mik]

Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

[George K]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.

Damn, that's interesting.

[Copper]

And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

[George K]

@Copper said in Mildly interesting:

And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

[Mik]

Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.

[George K]

As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...

[taiwan_girl]

[George K]

Smooth ride.