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The crocodile's bite is outstanding as it

holds the record for the most powerful

bite force in all of the animal kingdom.

The Nile crocodile, in particular, has

the most powerful bite of any other

living creature in the world. The Nile

crocodile's bite goes as high as 5,000

pounds per square inch (psi); to put that

in perspective, that's approximately five

times the bite force of a lion and about

30 times of an average human being.

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Leonardo da Vinci had many ideas with

his innovative, engineering mind that

employed pulleys, weights, and gears.

Certainly, these three components

were crucial to many of his mechanical

inventions, including his versions of

the clock, air conditioner, and hydraulic

power saw.

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NASA'S Super Guppy is an aircraft

explicitly built to ferry large cargo.

The idea for the Super Guppy was

introduced in 1965 after the agency

created Aero Spaceline Industries'

Pregnant Guppy in 1961. Retired U.S.

Air Force pilot Jack Conroy pitched the

idea to NASA following a conversation

with aircraft broker Leo Mansdorf

regarding reselling Boeing Model 377

Stratocruisers.

#factz #america #canada

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As the highest mountain in Africa,

Kilimanjaro itself is pretty outstanding.

But as a free-standing mountain whose

climate zones become progressively

less like the ground-level landscape

the further you ascend, Kilimanjaro is

especially remarkable as an incubator

for isolated, mutated, or rare species

found almost nowhere else. One of the

most striking of those species is the

giant groundsel varietal Dendrosenecio

kilimanjari.

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The Coca-Cola Company's formula for

Coca-Cola syrup, which bottlers combine

with carbonated water to create the

company's flagship cola soft drink, is a

closely guarded trade secret. Company

founder Asa Candler initiated the veil

of secrecy that surrounds the formula

in 1891 as publicity, marketing, and

intellectual property protection strategy.

While several recipes, each purporting

to be the authentic formula, have been

published, the company maintains that

the actual formula remains a secret,

known only to a very few select (and

anonymous) employees

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El Salvador has become the first country

in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal

tender. Announcing the decision on

Tuesday, the government of El Salvador

claimed that the move will give many

citizens of the country access to bank

services for the first time. In addition,

trading in cryptocurrency will help the

country save around $400 million in fees

that are levied by banks and financial

institutions on the money sent home by

ex-pats.

The acceptance of Bitcoin as a legal

Currency by El Salvador follows a law

approved by the country's parliament in

June. At the time, the country allowed

Bitcoin to be accepted as tender for

all goods and services. The bill was

approved within 24 hours of being

presented to Congress by President

Nayib Bukele.

Following the decision, Bukele

announced on Monday evening that

El Salvador had bought its first 400

Bitcoins. The Bitcoins were bought

in two tranches of 200. Bukele

even promised that more of thee

cryptocurrency will be coming to the

country.

To widen the acceptance of Bitcoin

within the country, the government is

also installing over 200 Bitcoin teller

machines. AFP reports that some of

these machines are even guarded by

soldiers to prevent possible arson.

In addition, Bukele has announced

$30 for each citizen who adopts the

cryptocurrency.

With the widespread use of Bitcoin

within the country, El Salvador

government is wishing to tackle two

major financial problems. One, it

hopes that the use of cryptocurrency

will provide banking access to more

citizens than ever before. Since Bitcoin

is decentralized, it is not dependent on

any particular institution to be made

available to the public. Anyone can join

in and trade Bitcoins through an internet-

enabled device.

Another big factor that works in favor

of El Salvador is that Bitcoin will help

the country prevent the enormous fee

on banking transactions when over 1.5

million citizens living in other countries

send money home. AFP notes that such

remittances comprise more than a fifth

of the country's GDP and amounted to

over $5.9 billion in 2020 as per data

by the World Bank. With the country's

economy struggling after the Covid-19

pandemic, the government hopes that

the acceptance of Bitcoin will let it retain

more of its money through an entirely

new channel.

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