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05/06/2024

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12/19/2023

Moai statues are massive megaliths at Easter Island, and these are what this island is famous for. The moais were built in approximately 1400-1650 A.D. by the natives of this island also known as Rapa Nui.

Many know them as the Easter Island heads. This is a misconception from having seen photos of statues in the volcano Rano Raraku partitially covered up with soil. Truth is that all of these "heads" have full bodies.

There are around 1000 statues, up to 86 tons tons in weight and 10 m in height, though average is around half of that. 95% of the moais were carved from the volcano Rano Raraku. This location was chosen since it consists to a great extent of tuff, which is what the moais from this volcano consist of. Tuff is compressed volcanic ash and is easy to carve, which was necessary since the natives had no metal to carve with, but used only stone tools; the so called toki.

11/05/2023

10/21/2023

Lockheed was given the official go-ahead on the A-12 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft on 29 August 1959. The A-12’s design was dominated by the aircraft’s propulsion system, which would give it the power needed to set the world speed and absolute records for its class. The single-seat A-12 was the forerunner of the SR-71. This photo shows the YF-12A, a two-seat interceptor variant for the US Air Force, being built in a cordoned-off section of the facility in Burbank, California. https://planehistoria.com/lockheed-a-12/

10/19/2023

Did you know that in 1884 the first production standard electric car in the world capable of being reproduced and sold to the public was revealed?
Did you know that by early 1900 1/3 of all vehicles on the road were electric?
They started to disappear rapidly around 1920 with the introduction of gasoline by Henry Ford.
Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of the eponymous sports car, produced an electric vehicle named the 'P' in 1898, before creating the world’s first hybrid offering, which was powered by both electricity and an internal combustion engine.
So whats new that all the present generation of EV fanbois are harping about when some companies could make them way back in 1884. However, gasoline fired engines killed EVs from the face of America then!
Mercedes-Benz also offered an electric model called the Mercedes Mixte, in 1906.
This car was adopted as a taxi in the cities and even became a race car in 1907.
Therefore, there's nothing so novel in EV.