Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

papa tiger said:
I don't choose Yellow or Green apples either but do like Crab "Apples"
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The packaging problems of round fruit can be solved by making them square. In Korea, some apples are grown in plastic moulds so they take on a square shape.
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The most forceful rollercoaster in the world is “Tower of Terror” at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the bottom of the ride’s huge drop, people experience a G-force of 6.3g, twice the G-force of a space shuttle launch.
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Mike said:
The River Amazon, is 4,300 miles long and passes
through 3 Countries, Peru, Colombia and Brazil,
30 Million people live in its basin, yet there are,
no bridges!
Why are there no bridges over the Amazon River?

Mike.
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Why are there no bridges over the Amazon River?

"There is no sufficiently pressing need for a bridge across the Amazon," Walter Kaufmann, chair of Structural Engineering (Concrete Structures and Bridge Design) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, told Live Science in an email.

"Of course, there are also technical and logistical difficulties," Kaufmann noted.
 
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The hydnellum peckii mushroom, which is found in Europe and North America's Pacific Northwest, looks like it's oozing drops of blood. That's why it's also called the Bleeding Tooth fungus.

"Despite its horrific appearance, the mushroom isn't poisonous," according to National Geographic. "We still wouldn't recommend eating it—the taste has been described as very bitter pepper." But that's not all that makes this mushroom creepy. It also has tooth-like spines on the underside of the cap. Yikes!
 
DEEP IN THE LURAY CAVERNS of Virginia, in the Eastern United States, sits the largest musical instrument in the world.

The Great Stalacpipe Organ appears at first to be a normal organ, but instead of using pipes, the organ is wired to soft rubber mallets poised to gently strike stalactites of varying lengths and thicknesses. When the keyboard is played, the entire subterranean landscape becomes a musical instrument.

In order to achieve a precise musical scale, the chosen stalactites of the organ range over 3.5 acres, but due to the enclosed nature of the space, the full sound can be heard anywhere within the cavern. The organ was invented and built in 1954 by Leland Sprinkle, a mathematician and electronic scientist. It took him over three years to complete it.

 
Dustbunny said:
DEEP IN THE LURAY CAVERNS of Virginia, in the Eastern United States, sits the largest musical instrument in the world.

The Great Stalacpipe Organ appears at first to be a normal organ, but instead of using pipes, the organ is wired to soft rubber mallets poised to gently strike stalactites of varying lengths and thicknesses. When the keyboard is played, the entire subterranean landscape becomes a musical instrument.

In order to achieve a precise musical scale, the chosen stalactites of the organ range over 3.5 acres, but due to the enclosed nature of the space, the full sound can be heard anywhere within the cavern. The organ was invented and built in 1954 by Leland Sprinkle, a mathematician and electronic scientist. It took him over three years to complete it.
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I just spent some time watching this and a related YouTube video. Absolutely amazing. Bless Mr. Leland Sprinkle for this rare gift to the world.
 
StarSong said:
I just spent some time watching this and a related YouTube video. Absolutely amazing. Bless Mr. Leland Sprinkle for this rare gift to the world.
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Thanks. I thought so too. I wish I had gotten to go there on a past vacation. At least we can view/listen to videos for the experience. Yes, some videos were of music pieces played there.
 
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