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They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.
Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.
I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!
That makes sense, by the time people got there, their bags would be there already, so there’s no sitting around and waiting for them
Load More Replies...I'd rather wait than run through the airport afraid I'm going to miss my flight.
doesn't work in klia. i still walk fast enough to wait for the luggage. the real reason i believe is they want you to walk through the shops and spend money.
We have two international airports, both do this. It's to give the employee time to get the luggage there. You'll still wait about 20 minutes before it starts.
Instead of feeling like you are wasting time waiting for your luggage, the time is spent with you walking to the luggage while the carriers transport it over. Plus you are not standing around where the other passengers ar trying to board.
Load More Replies...A. Which airport and B. What's the purpose (outside of the speculations below)...
And make sure you have to go through the dutty free to go from anywhere to anywhere
It's because people would arrive early and complain they had to wait. So if you moved baggage far away, the ground crew has time to get the bags to baggage claim. Passengers still "waited" the same amount of time, but because most of that time was spent getting to baggage claim, they perceived they got their bags sooner, and hence, less complaints.
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Load More Replies...Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies...Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies...Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk