Wednesday 13 February 2013

Fact Hunters: Indian Postal Service & Comets

Tommy Terry 
We are rightly proud of the Royal Mail… but did you know that the Indian Postal Service is the largest postal network in the world? It also has the world’s highest post office at 15,500ft above sea level!

George
Did you know that the secret of the Japanese bullet train’s speed is that they run on straight tracks? If there are bends, the train has to brake or slow down.

Johnny Ferguson
In March 1968 – during the first docking of the Gemini 8 space craft – Neil Armstrong saved the vessel from an uncontrollable spin by using the re-entry thrusters!

Tommy Lee Floyd
Did you know that a comet may look like a fireball but underneath all the flames is is just a big chunk of ice?



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