Re: SCIENCE TRIVIA

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

At 10:55 AM -0400 5/10/01, Tim O'Donnell,  you wrote about SCIENCE TRIVIA:


> Is there a good source of science trivia, such as the
> following?
> Thanks Tim O'Donnell
>
> SCIENCE TRIVIA
>
> If you yell for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you
> will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup
> of coffee.
>
> The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six
> inches for each gallon diesel that it burns.



These sound like the 'usual' Fermi questions that someone has
pontificated the 'correct' answer to.

Pardon the preposition at the end.

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