On April, 1974, John Massis of Belgium managed to move 2 passenger cars belonging to the new york?s railways.
He did so by clamping his teeth
Down on a bit of rope that was attached to the cars and then leaning backwards. The cars together weighed more than 80 tons. How??
The cars required a low acceleration and a force of about 2000N this could be supplied by a good middle weight-lifter quite easily.
Cats who enjoy sleeping on window sills, r often kept in apartment buildings.
When a cat accidentally falls, the extent of injury decreases with the height of the fall if the fall is of more than 6 floors. How ??
The reason is explained thus: a cat must fall about 6 floors to reach the terminal speed. Until this it accelerates. Its body is an accelerometer, not a speedometer, so the cat sensing acceleration keeps its feet under the body and head tucked in making it to reach terminal velocity in lesser time, after reaching terminal velocity it senses no acceleration and stretches out increasing surface drag. So velocity decreases and the landing is safer.
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