The "I never knew that" thread

[Somebody Else]

Mongolia has a navy.

[R'as al Ghul]

About the Moon landing.
There is something I never understood about how they took
care of the photographic film but I'm quite satisfied with this explanation:

Ionizing radiation and Heat
Claims and rebuttals

1. The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation from the Van Allen radiation belt and galactic ambient radiation.

*The Moon is ten times higher than the van Allen radiation belts. The spacecraft moved through the belts in just 30 minutes, and the astronauts were protected from the ionizing radiation by the metal hulls of the spacecraft. In addition, the orbital transfer trajectory from the Earth to the Moon through the belts was selected to minimize radiation exposure. Even Dr. James Van Allen, the discoverer of the Van Allen radiation belts, has rebutted the claims that radiation levels were too dangerous for the Apollo missions. Dosimeters carried by the crews showed they received about the same cumulative dosage as a chest X-ray or about 1 milligray. [2]

*The radiation is actually evidence that the astronauts went to the moon. 33 of 36 of the Apollo astronauts have early stage cataracts that have been shown to be caused by radiation exposure to cosmic rays during their trip. (see Ms. Irene Schneider on The Space Show).

2. Film in the cameras would have been fogged by this radiation.

*The film was kept in metal containers that prevented radiation from fogging the film's emulsion.

3. The moon's surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film would have melted.

*There is no atmosphere to efficiently couple lunar surface heat to devices such as cameras not in direct contact with it. In a vacuum, only radiation remains as a heat transfer mechanism. The physics of radiative heat transfer are thoroughly understood, and the proper use of passive optical coatings and paints was adequate to control the temperature of the film within the cameras; lunar module temperatures were controlled with similar coatings that gave it its gold color. Also, while the moon's surface does get very hot at lunar noon, every Apollo landing was made shortly after lunar sunrise at the landing site. During the longer stays, the astronauts did notice increased cooling loads on their spacesuits as the sun continued to rise and the surface temperature increased, but the effect was easily countered by the passive and active cooling systems.

Source:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...landing%20hoax

At the bottom I found this which is absolutely priceless:

Flat Earth Society
The Flat Earth Society lodged one of the earliest complaints about the veracity of the Apollo missions. They argued that the various "earthrise" photos from Apollo 8, with the Moon in the foreground and the Earth in the background, was a fake. The primary basis of their claim was that it did not square with their belief that the Earth is flat.

[discovery1]

awesome moonhoax debunking site

keeping with the moon.....

Did you know that the Soviet moon rocket was called N1 and had 30 engines in the first stage arranged in a circle? If an egine was to fail, a safety system would should down the engine opposite to the trust symmetrict. However, on it's first flight, the system failed and shut down all engines after a fire broke out in the tail compartment. The main body impacted 45 km donwrang, although the crew escaped system did work and the uncrewed capsel was recovered. It was launched 3 more times, and failed 3 more times.

[Viking]

Mongolia has a navy.

Doesn`t Switzerland have it too?

[Quid]

Doesn`t Switzerland have it too?

Does, but then we have two fairly large border lakes. On the other hand, I wouldn't exactly call it a navy...

Quid

[Meneldil]

Mongolia has a navy.

Actually, Mongolia has one of the biggest trade navy on earth.

[Oaty]

A human has more hair than an ape

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

10% of all humans ever born are alive at this moment.

[Beirut]

90% of all humans ever born are dead at this moment.

C'mon... it's all I could think of.

[Craterus]

The people killed most often during bank robberies are the robbers.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a phone call.

The average human eats eight spiders at night during their lifetime.

Smokers consume more sugar than non-smokers.

All the chemicals in the human body have a combined value of approximately £4.

In Ancient Sparta, married men were not allowed to live with their wives until they were 30.

50% of the world's population is under 25.

[Ludens]

The average human eats eight spiders at night during their lifetime.

IIRC that's an urban myth. Spider's aren't completely stupid.

[Dutch_guy]

The average human eats eight spiders at night during their lifetime.

Isn't it 8 spiders a year ?

[Ianofsmeg16]

All the chemicals in the human body have a combined value of approximately £4.

Hate to tell you this...but that's w...w...wr...wrong!

Right, Let's start with the compostition of the human body by weight (ignoring some of the smallest trace elements):
%
Oxygen 65
Carbon 18
Hydrogen 10
Nitrogen 1.5
Calcium 3
Phosphorus 1
Potassium 0.35
Sulphur 0.25
Sodium 0.15
Chlorine 0.15
Magnesium 0.05
Iron 0.0004
Iodine 0.00004

Now, let's assume we have someone weighing 70kg (thats around 11 stone, your average person). That means by weight we have the following amount of elements:
Oxygen 45.5kg
Carbon 12.6kg
Hydrogen 7kg
Nitrogen 2.1kg
Calcium 1.05kg
Phosphorus 0.7kg
Potassium 0.245kg
Sulphur 0.175kg
Sodium 0.105kg
Chlorine 0.105kg
Magnesium 0.035kg
Iron 0.00028kg
Iodine 0.000028kg

Now, we need to know he prices for these commodities, I've looked up the prices in a chemical catalogue i found at school, and assumed chemicals of average quality because most of us are average people!

Oxygen 45.5kg 13.66 pounds for 3,264kg = 0.19 pounds
carbon 12.6kg 6.90 pounds per kilo = 86.94 pounds
Hydrogen 7kg 28.05 pounds for 115.6kg = 1.70
Nitrogen 2.1kg 15.53 pounds for 2525.6kg = 0.01 pounds
Calcium 1.05kg 3.70 pounds per 25g = 155.40 pounds
Phosphorus 0.7kg 6.90 pounds per 100g = 48.30 pounds
potassium 0.245kg 6.90 pounds per 100g = 339.14 pounds
sulphur 0.175kg 6.90 pounds per 100g = 1.15 pounds
sodium 0.105kg 17.35 pounds per 100g = 18.22 pounds
chlorine 0.105kg 68.18 pounds per 33kg = 0.22 pounds
Magnesium 0.025 68.18 pounds per 33kg = 0.83 pounds
Iron 0.00028kg 4.65 pounds per kilo = 0.001302 pounds
Iodine 0.000028kg 6.00 pounds per 100g = 0.0017 pounds

This gives the value of the human body as 652.10 Pounds Sterling