Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 13, 2012
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Transcript:
Woodpeckers have a third eyelid that keeps their two eyeballs in place as they ram trees with their beaks at forces in excess of 1000 Gs! Tom Stuker, a sales consultant from Bloomingdale, Ill., USA, has collected 10 million airline frequent flyer miles! Mizuna lettuce was the first plant to successfully grow through two generations in space- aboard the Mir space station.
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Hmmmmm … 1,000 G’s ? Sounds a bit exaggerated, but perhaps the techs that design helmets for fighter pilots could learn from the structural integrity of the woodpecker’s cranium?