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The Eddy current is so called because Lenz had a friend called Eddy Foucault, and his unfortunate surname sounded too much like a slang term for 'absolutely nothing', which might have been misleading,
Apparently, he also had a magnetic personality.
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The world's second and third largest sportwear manufacturers in the world were formed by two brothers, who fell out during WW2.
One brother, Adi Dassler, formed Adidas
The second brother, Rudi Dass, formed Ruda, before changing two letters and naming the company PumaDespite being a member of the Nazi Party, Adi Dassler gave running shoes to Jesse Owens, which he wore in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Adding my new word to this thread.
Guyot: A flat-topped, extinct submarine volcano having an elevation of over 1,000 m (3,280 ft) above the ocean floor. Guyots are thought to form as volcanos in sea-floor spreading zones and to become extinct as they move away from the spreading zones through plate tectonic forces. Here is a picture of a guyot in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia. The Awash River is seen across top left.
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@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.
That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
https://www.speedgolfusa.com"Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes." -
@Horace said in Mildly interesting:
@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.
All the more impressive when one considers that you fit 250 shots into those 75 minutes.
Not true, he only had 4 shots!
Oh, you meant swings.
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@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
"Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."Thus FUBARing golf's major attraction. (Eyeroll.)
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@taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:
@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.
That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
https://www.speedgolfusa.com"Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."That would be fun, but I haven't tried anything like that yet. That world record of 65 strokes plus 42 minutes was 107.
My 75 minutes with 81 strokes would be 156, not really competitive. Maybe if there was an old man competition.
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