An all video version of 4 things this month!
Happy 🎃!
Happy 🎃!
- The Richter scale (now known as the "moment magnitude" scale goes negative. Tapping on a key on a lightweight keyboard is approximately a -6 earthquake.
- In the spanish version of The Terminator 2, Arnold says "Sayonara, baby." instead of the classic "Hasta la vista, baby."
- Modern whales used to be able to walk. They're descended from a 4-legged carnivorous animal called pachycetus, and their legs evolved into flippers.
- 3 letter airport codes mean there can be only about 17,000 different permutations, but there are over 40,000 airports worldwide. While the International Air Transport Association (IATA) takes care of the 3 letter codes for commercial airports, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has 4 letter codes for everything (known collectively as "aerodromes"). The first letter of the code represents roughly on Earth where the aerodrome is located. The letter "J" is reserved for Mars.