Wit and Wisdom
* Two Firsts
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first "airplane" (Kitty Hawk). This first flight lasted 12 seconds was 20 feet off the ground and covered 120 feet. This is 40 yards, which is less the half the length of a football field. Three more flights were made that day. Orville's brother Wilbur piloted the record flight lasting 59 seconds covering a distance of 852 feet.
A little over 65 years and 7 months later (July 20, 1969) Apollo 11 was the first manned space craft to land on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the Lunar Module while Michael Collins piloted the Command Module around the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin returned to the Command Module on July 21, 1969. On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 returned to Earth. The distance to the Moon for the "Apollo 11 Mission" was 240,250 miles. The entire "Apollo 11 Mission" lasted 195 hours 38 minutes and 12 seconds.
There is at least one similarity between these "Two Firsts." It is 12 seconds.
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first "airplane" (Kitty Hawk). This first flight lasted 12 seconds was 20 feet off the ground and covered 120 feet. This is 40 yards, which is less the half the length of a football field. Three more flights were made that day. Orville's brother Wilbur piloted the record flight lasting 59 seconds covering a distance of 852 feet.
A little over 65 years and 7 months later (July 20, 1969) Apollo 11 was the first manned space craft to land on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the Lunar Module while Michael Collins piloted the Command Module around the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin returned to the Command Module on July 21, 1969. On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 returned to Earth. The distance to the Moon for the "Apollo 11 Mission" was 240,250 miles. The entire "Apollo 11 Mission" lasted 195 hours 38 minutes and 12 seconds.
There is at least one similarity between these "Two Firsts." It is 12 seconds.
* Palindrome
(A special "Thank You" to Larry for this item.)
A Palindrome is a word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that may be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers. Some examples of common palindromic words are civic, level and kayak (Palindrome definition is from Wikipedia). If you have a Palindrome, please submit it to "Smiles and Information." Following are Palindromes.
Never odd or even (A special "Thank You" to Larry for this item).
Live not on evil (A special "Thank You" to Larry for this item).
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Tillit - The Swedish word for trust (A special "Thank you" to Anna for this item)
* Words
Let us and lettuce. They sound the same.
Here and hear. Can you use here and hear properly is a sentence?
There and their. Can you use there and their properly is a sentence? There is a new blue car. Their new car is blue.
Never odd or even (A special "Thank You" to Larry for this item).
Live not on evil (A special "Thank You" to Larry for this item).
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Tillit - The Swedish word for trust (A special "Thank you" to Anna for this item)
* Words
Let us and lettuce. They sound the same.
Here and hear. Can you use here and hear properly is a sentence?
There and their. Can you use there and their properly is a sentence? There is a new blue car. Their new car is blue.
* Poem
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By Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son. |
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