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Learn something new every day. Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown? 47 Mind-Blowing Psychological Facts You Should Know About Yourself. I’ve decided to start a series called 100 Things You Should Know about People. As in: 100 things you should know if you are going to design an effective and persuasive website, web application or software application. Or maybe just 100 things that everyone should know about humans! The order that I’ll present these 100 things is going to be pretty random.

So the fact that this first one is first doesn’t mean that’s it’s the most important.. just that it came to mind first. Dr. <div class="slide-intro-bottom"><a href=" Simple animation to explain complex principles - Electronics. 1, aircraft radial engine 2, oval Regulation 3, sewing machines 4, Malta Cross movement - second hand movement used to control the clock 5, auto change file mechanism 6, auto constant velocity universal joint 6.gif 7, gun ammunition loading system 8 rotary engine - an internal combustion engine, the heat rather than the piston movement into rotary movement # Via World Of Technology. 1, inline engine - it's cylinders lined up side by side 2, V-type engine - cylinder arranged at an angle of two plane 3, boxer engine - cylinder engine arranged in two planes relative.

I'llTakeTen.com :: Shut Up And Take My Money! Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile? Making Sense of Measurements. Why are there 5,280 feet in a mile, and why are nautical miles different from the statute miles we use on land? Why do we buy milk and gasoline by the gallon? Where does the abbreviation "lb" come from? Let's take a look at the origins of a few units of measure we use every day. The Mile The basic concept of the mile originated in Roman times. The Romans used a unit of distance called the mille passum, which literally translated into "a thousand paces If the mile originated with 5,000 Roman feet, how did we end up with a mile that is 5,280 feet?

The Nautical Mile So if the statute mile is the result of Roman influences and plowing oxen, where did the nautical mile get its start? Each nautical mile originally referred to one minute of arc along a meridian around the Earth. The Acre Like the mile, the acre owes its existence to the concept of the furlong. The Foot As the name implies, scholars think that the foot was actually based on the length of the human foot. The Gallon The Pound.