ITT: facts that blow your mind
If we had birds similar to horses in pulling power, planes would have been possible before the invention of the internal combustion engine.
>>7761332
>fact thread
>OP contributes nothing
>>7761332
If we had coal with an energy density of uranium, nuclear fission would never have been invented.
>The more you know.
>>7761338
>humans dont explore and invent for the hell of it
If you start a random facts thread, idiots will fill it will bullshit in no time.
>>7761337
think of how it would have changed human history though
>>7761338
1 mole of uranium-235 contains 19296614548860 joules of energy.
for comparison, a bullet from a 50 cal bullet contains only 4,000 joules
>>7761349
you're comparing the wrong values. That bullet value is the kinetic energy when in flight, not the energy achievable when you split its atoms.
Coal might have just as much energy as uranium in this sense btw.
>>7761332
That's a pretty big "if" OP
If every mole and freckle had the same energy as a flying uranium coal miner, we could shoot 50cal bullets using internal horse combustion.
>>7761332
but why wouldn't you just ride the bird?
>>7761387
because you could have several horsebirds chained together similar to santa claus and transport goods that have a larger mass than what a single horsebird could transport.
>>7761357
>use the heat of uranium fission to turn water into steam
>use the heat from 50 cal bullets being shot to turn water into steam
energy is energy no matter what form, it can always be transformed into another.
