Amazing Facts About Everything

WORST NUCLEAR SUBMARINE DISASTERS

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There are always risks when technology advances into weaponized areas. These are the submarine accidents that had the most fatalities…

	Submarine	Country	Disaster	Date	Injured	Fatalities
1	USS Thresher (SSN-593)	USA	Sank	Apr 10, 1963		129
2	K-141 Kursk	Russia	Sank	Aug 12, 2000		118
3	USS Scorpion (SSN-589)	USA	Sank	May 22, 1968		99
4	K-8	Russia(USSR)	Fire	Apr 11, 1970		88
5	Eurydice	France	Sank	Mar 4, 1970		57
6	K-278 Komsomolets	Russia(USSR)	Sank	Apr 7, 1989		42
7	K-152 Nerpa	Russia	Unknown	Nov 8, 2008	21	20
8	K-431	Russia(USSR)	Explosion	Aug 10, 1985		10
9	K-27	Russia(USSR)	Reactor damaged	May 24, 1968		9
10	Greenville	USA	Collision	Feb 9, 2001		9

LARGEST BATTLESHIPS

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These floating fortresses are astounding examples of engineering. Check out the weight of these oceanic titans.

	Name(s)	Country	Weight (Tonnes)
1	Yamato	Japan	72809
2	Musashi	Japan	72809
3	BB-61 to BB-64	USA	55710
4	Bismarck	Germany	50153
5	Tiipitz	Germany	50153
6	Richelieu	France	47500
7	Jean Bart	France	47500
8	HMS Hood	UK	46200
9	B-55, BB-56	USA	44800
10	King George V	UK	44780

Yamato Hit by Bomb While Transiting the Sibyan Sea, October 1944

During the 3-day battle, Yamato is hit by a total of about 7 armor-piercing bombs.

Yamato avoids torpedo attacks, most of which are concentrated on her sister, Musashi, which is sunk.

Yamato ships 3000 tons of water as several bombs penetrate the deck and blow out holes in the sides of the ship on the way to Leyte (Note the blow of smoke coming out sideways in the photo.)

A 5 degree list to port develops but is corrected by counter-flooding the 'blisters' along the starboard side of the ship, righting her to a 1 degree list. Down slightly at the bow, she continued onward. Source: IJN Yamato Record of Tabular Movement, linked on index page.

This photo was taken Oct 26, 1944, when Yamato was returning home.

MISSILES WITH THE LONGEST RANGE

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Nations around the world have developed some mighty missiles capable of travelling extraordinary distances as part of their defense systems…

	Name	Country	Range(KM)	Range (MI)
1	Taepo Don-2	North Korea	15000	9320.6
2	DF-5A	China	13000	8077.8
3	Minuteman III	USA	13000	8077.8
4	DF-5	China	12000	7456.5
5	DF -31A	China	11270	7002.9
6	SS-27	Russia	11000	6835.1
7	SS-25	Russia	10500	6524.4
8	SS-18/19	Russia	10000	6213.7
9	M51	France	8000	4971
10	SS-N-18	Russia	8000	4971

BATTLING MOVIE ROBOTS

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When it comes to Team T-10’s love of the movies, we adore all things robotic! Here are the ’bot fights that we have watched over and over again, MANY times...

	Robot War	Movie	Date
1	Rodimus Prime vs Unicron	Transformers: The Movie	1986
2	Sentinel Prime vs Optimus Prime	Transformers: Dark Of The Moon	2011
3	Atom vs Zeus	Real Steel	2011
4	Megatron vs Optimus Prime	Transformers: The Movie	1986
5	T-XvsT-800	Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines	2003
6	EVE & WALL*E vs Axiom’s Robots	WALL-E	2008
7	T-800 vs Marcus Wright	Terminator Salvation	2009

ATOM Vs ZEUS

To make the robot boxing fights in Real Steel look as realistic as possible, a lot of the action was based on motion captured from actual boxers’ moves.

BIGGEST TANKS EVER

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There have been many kinds of tanks created for the military, but these 10 are the largest that man has conjured up…

	Tank	Country	Year	Length (M)	Length (FT)
1	Landkreuzer P 1500 Monster	Germany	1942(Concept)	42	137.8
2	Landkreuzer P 1000 Ratte	Germany	1942(Concept)	35	114.8
3	K-Wagen	Germany	1917(Concept)	13	42.7
4	T-28	USA	1933(503 built)	11	36.1
5	FCM F1	France	1940(Concept)	11	36.1
6	Panzer VIII Maus	Germany	1944(Two prototypes)	10	32.8
7	E-100 Tiger-Maus	Germany	1944(Concept)	10	32.8
8	0-1	Japan	1944(One built)	10	32.8
9	TOG2	UK	1940(One prototype)	10	32.8
10	A39 Tortoise	UK	1945(Six built)	10	32.8

BILLIONAIRE OWNERS & THEIR HARDWARE

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	Name	Expenditure
1	Sultan of Brunei	1900 cars
2	Bill Gates	Classic Porsches
3	Richard Branson	Galactic plane: the SpaceShipTwo
4	Samuel Truett Cathy	Original Batmobile from the 1989 batman movie
5	Roman Abramovich	Submarines
6	Donald Trump	Private Boeing 747
7	Frits Goldschmeding	Three-mast tall ship
8	Sultan of Brunei	Star of India Rolls-Royce
9	Steven Spielberg	The sled from the 1941 movie Citizeb Kane
10	Vijay Mallya	State of the art yacht

MOST EXPENSIVE PRODUCTION CARS

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There are bank breaking cars and then, way up the charts of bling, there are these extravagant ways of getting around…

	Name	Purchase Cost($)
1	Bugatti Veyron Super Sports	2,400,000
2	Aston martin One-77	1,850,000
3	Pagani Zonada Clinque Roadster	1,850,000
4	Lamborghini Reventon	1,600,000
5	Koenigsegg Agera R	1,600,000
6	Maybach Landaulet	1,380,000
7	Zenvo ST1	1,225,000
8	Hennessey Venom GT Spyder	1,100,000
9	McLaren F1	970,000
10	Ferrari Enzo	670,000

MOST EXPENSIVE PLANES TO BUILD

2014-06-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

The days of planes being exclusively propeller-driven are long gone. These days, they’ve almost got artificial intelligence level computer systems. Here are the costliest…

	Name	Production Cost ($)
1	B-2 Spirit	2.4 billion
2	F-22 Raptor	350 million
3	C174 Globemaster III	328 million
4	P-8A Poseidon	290 million
5	VH-71 Kestrel	241 million
6	E-2D Advanced Hawkeye	232 million
7	F-35 Lightning II	122 million
8	V-22 Osprey	118 million
9	EA-18G Growler	102 million
10	F/A-18 Hornet	94 million

MOST EXPENSIVE PRIVATE BOATS

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When money is no object, some people just spend, spend, spend…Even on something like a boat! Check out the insane cost of these.

	Name	Owners	Cost($)
1	History Supreme	Anonymous Malayasian businessman	4.8 billion
2	Streets of Monaco	Unknown	1.1 billion
3	Eclipse	Roman Abramovich	1 billion
4	Dubai	Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum	350 million
5	Superyacht A	Andrey Melnichenko	323 million
6	Al Said	Sultan Quaboos bin Said Al Said	300 million
7	Dilbar	Alisher Usmanov	263 million
8	Al Mirqab	Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber al-Thani	250 million
9	Lady Moura	Nasser Al- Rashid	210 million
10	Rising Sun	David Geffen	200 million

Allegedly costing over $200 million, the super-yacht Octopus is owned by Paul Allen, who you may not know, but you’ll certainly know his products…He’s the co-founder of Microsoft.

MOST EXPENSIVE RAILWAY SYSTEMS

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From the days of the humble steam train, technology has transformed the railways into high-speed wonders, with tunnels under oceans and even magnetic hover-trains!

	Train	Type	Place(s)	Cost ($ Billion)
1	CRH Beijing-Shanghai	High-speed railway	China	33.1
2	CRH Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong	High-speed railway	China	18.46
3	Toei Oedo Line	Subway	Japan	18.4
4	Channel Tunnel	High-speed railway	UK, France	15.4
5	Barcelona Metro : Line 9	Metro rail system	Spain	8.9
6	Channel Tunnel Rail Link	High-speed railway	UK	8.4
7	Oresund Bridge	Railway and road bridge	Sweden, Denmark	5.7
8	CRH Beijing-Tianjin Intercity	High-speed railway	China	3.2
9	SMT (Shanghai Mahlev Train)	High-speed magnetic levitation railway	China	1.33
10	Transrapid	High-speed magnetic levitation railway	Germany	1.33

The Most Exclusive Limited Edition Car

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The Koenigsegg CCXR packs an acceleration punch, aided by its six gears and a supercharged 4.7 L engine. For the uber-extravagant, the limited edition Trevita Model comes with a diamond-weave carbon fibre bodywork. But even for those who love to collect expensive cars, the $4.85 Million Trevita is not being mass produces...Only three have been made so far!!!!!!

MOST AERODYNAMIC CARS

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None of these makers are a drag as they are the 10 most aerodynamic cars around !

	Model	Origin	Year Built	Drag Area(SQ FT)
1	GM EV1	USA	1996	3.96
2	Honda Insight	Japan	1999	5.10
3	Opel Calibera	Germany	1989	5.40
4	Ferrari 308 GTB	Italy	1980	5.54
5	Mazda RX-7	Japan	1993	5.61
6	Mc. Laren F1	UK	1993	5.61
7	Bugatti EB110	France	1990	5.64
8	Honda CRX	Japan	1990	5.71
9	Honda NSX	Japan	2002	5.74
10	Toyota 2000GT	Japan	1968	5.76

MOST POWERFUL CAR ENGINES

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For gearheads who only care about their car having the power of over 1000 horses under the hood, these are the cars for you…

	Model	Horse Power
1	SSC Ultimate Aero	1287
2	2010 Hennessery Venom GT	1200
3	Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse Veyron	1200
4	Bugatti Super Sport	1200
5	2004 Lotec Sirius	1200
6	Koenigsegg Agera R	1140
7	Zenvo ST1	1100
8	Koenigsegg Trevita CCXR	1018
9	2006 Bristol Fighter T	1012
10	2005 Bugatti Veyron 16.4	1001

Top 10 Fastest Cars

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Did you know that the expressways in Germany don’t have aped limits? However, it would be madness to try to reach THESE speeds anywhere other than a race track…

	MODEL	YEAR BUILT	TOP SPEED (KPH)	TOP SPEED (MPH)
1	Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport	2010	415.21	258
2	Bugatti Veyron 16.4	2005	408.5	253.8
3	MclarenF1	1993	372	231
4	Jaguar XJ220	1992	343	213
5	Bugatti EB110 GT	1991	336	209
6	Ferrai F40	1987	326.2	202.7
7	Porsche 959	1986	314	195
8	Ferrari 288 GTO	1984	303	188
9	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona	1968	280	174
10	Lamborghini Miura P400	1967	275	171

FASTEST MOTORBIKES ON EARTH

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Street Hawk, the fictional superbike from the 1985 TV series could reach 300 mph (483 kph). But until that becomes a reality, those are the quickest....

	MODEL	MODEL YEAR	TOP SPEED (KPH)	TOP SPEED (MPH)
1	Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R	1999-2000	312	194
2	Ducati Desmosedici	2007-08	307.3	191
3	BMW S1000RR	2010-present	303	188
4	MV Agusta F4 R 312	2007-present	303	188
5	Kawasaki ZX-14	2006-present	299.3	186
6	Kawasaki ZX-12R	2000-05	299.2	185.8
7	Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird	1996-2007	290	180
8	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11	1990-2001	282	175
9	Bimota YB6 EXUP	1989-90	270	168
10	Kawasaki GPZ900R Ninja	1984-96	254	158

Top 10 MOVIE VEHICLES

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Batman's car was built from scratch and was a 2.5 tonne working beast of a machine. It could go 110 mph (117 kph) and jump distance of upto 30ft (9m)! Simply amazing..isn't it?

	Vehicle	Movie
1	The Tumbler	The Dark Knight movies
2	Speeder Biker	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of Jedi
3	DeLorean DMC-12	Back to the Future trilogy
4	Serenity	Serenity
5	SHIELD Helicarrier	The Avangers
6	Ecto-1	Ghostbusters
7	The Batpod	The Dark Knight movies
8	Aston Martin DB5	James Bond Movies
9	X-Jet	X-Men movies
10	Nautilus	20000 Leagues under the sea

FASTEST PRODUCTION CARS

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Did you know that the expressways in Germany don’t have aped limits? However, it would be madness to try to reach THESE speeds anywhere other than a race track…

	MODEL	YEAR BUILT	TOP SPEED (KPH)	TOP SPEED (MPH)
1	Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport	2010	415.21	258
2	Bugatti Veyron 16.4	2005	408.5	253.8
3	MclarenF1	1993	372	231
4	Jaguar XJ220	1992	343	213
5	Bugatti EB110 GT	1991	336	209
6	Ferrai F40	1987	326.2	202.7
7	Porsche 959	1986	314	195
8	Ferrari 288 GTO	1984	303	188
9	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona	1968	280	174
10	Lamborghini Miura P400	1967	275	171

FASTEST ON LAND

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Mankind has always been fascinated with travelling at terrific speeds. When it comes to land-speeds records, engineers would often bring out the big boys… Rocket engines!

	Vehicle	Type	Driver	Date	Location	Top Speed(KPH)	Top Speed(MPH)
1	ThrustSSC	Rocket Car	Andy Green	Oct 15, 1997	Black Rock Desert (USA)	1223.66	760.34
2	Thrust2	RocketCar	Richard Noble	Oct 4, 1983	Black Rock Desert (USA)	1020.41	634.05
3	Blue Flame	RocketCar	Gary Gabelich	Oct 28, 1970	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	1014.66	630.48
4	Spirit Of America: Sonic 1	RocketCar	Craig Breedlove	Nov 15, 1965	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	955.95	594
5	Green Monter	Rocket Car	Art Arfons	Oct 5, 1964	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	927	576
6	Lockheed F-104C Starfighter	Rocket Car	Craig Breedlove	Aug 5, 1963	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	846.96	526.28
7	Bluebird CN7	Car	Donald Campbell	Jul 17, 1964	Lake Eyre (Aus)	690	429
8	Wingfoot Express	Car	Tom Green	Oct 2, 1964	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	664.66	413
9	Railton Mobil Special	Car	John Cobb	Sep 16, 1947	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	634.40	394.20
10	Top 1 Oil-Ack Attack	Motorcycle	Rocky Robinson	Sep 25, 2010	Bonneville Salt Flats (USA)	605.7	376.36

FASTEST IN THE AIR

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If you’ve ever flown in an airplane, you may have experienced a sense of great acceleration on take-off, but nothing like speeds these craft can achieve.

	Aircraft	Pilots	Date	Location	Top Speed(KPH)	Top Speed(MPH)
1	Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird	Eldon W Joersz, George T Morgan	Jul 28, 1976	Beale Air Force Base, CA(USA)	3529.6	2193.2
2	Lockheed YF-12A	Robert L Stephens, Daniel Andre	May 1, 1965	Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)	3331.5	2070.1
3	Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-166	Georgii Mosolov	Jul 7, 1962	USSR (Russia)	2681	1665.9
4	McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II	Robert G Robertson	Nov 22, 1961	Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)	2585.1	1603.3
5	Convair F-106 Delta Dart	Jose Rogers	Dec 15, 1959	Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)	2455.7	1525.9
6	Lockheed F-104C Starfighter	WW Irwin	May 16, 1958	Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)	2259.5	1404
7	McDonnell F-101A Voodoo	Adrian Drew	Dec 12, 1957	Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)	1943.5	1207.6
8	Fairey Delta 2	Peter Twiss	Mar10, 1956	Chicgester (UK)	1822	1132
9	F-100C Super Sabre	Horace A Hanes	Aug 20, 1955	Palmdale (USA)	1323	822.1
10	Douglas F4D Skyray	James B Verdin	Oct 3, 1953	Salton Sea (USA)	1211.5	752.8