Silly Facts Database - 6
The usual thermal efficiency of reciprocal steam engine is 15%. That of steam turbine is over 40%.
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The Space Shuttle always rolls over after launch to alleviate structural loading, allowing the shuttle to carry more mass into orbit.
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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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Animals also are either right-handed or left-handed. Polar bears are left-handed - and so is Kermit the Frog.
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In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam.' Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.' Captain Kirk never said 'Beam me up, Scotty,' but he did say, 'Beam me up, Mr. Scott.'
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