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Is it possible to drive a car faster than sound?

On October 15, 1997, for the first time in history, a land vehicle broke the sound barrier.

The pilot of the British Air Force Andy Green on a specially built jet car developed a speed of 1229,78 kilometers per hour. A 21-kilometer path was marked at the bottom of a dry lake in Nevada (USA). Green's car weighed 10 tons and was powered by two Rolls-Royce jet engines with a total capacity of 110 horsepower.

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Are there groups of giants?

We all know about the existence of pygmies. But is there a group of people above average height, like the pygmies below? The answer will be negative.

Different nations in the world have different average heights. Some peoples, such as the Eskimos, Laplanders, and certain South American Indian tribes, are short in stature. Some native tribes of East Africa have an average height of 1,8 m, or even more. But they are not giants. In reality, giants exist only in myths and folklore.

In many countries of Europe and Asia there are legends about giants that existed in antiquity. But there is no scientific evidence that such people actually existed. We all know about the giants performing in circus and variety performances. How did they get tall? Unfortunately, as a rule, these are people who have some kind of deviation in the development of their body. In most cases, this is due to a malfunction of one of the most important glands in our body - the pituitary gland.

The pituitary gland regulates the functioning and growth of many organs. Sometimes a tumor may appear, due to which the gland increases in size and then begins to produce too many hormones that are a product of this gland.

One of these hormones is growth hormone, which affects the size of the internal organs of the body and the skeleton. If an excess amount of the hormone is released when the bones are still in the process of growth, then they will continue to grow. A person with whom this happens can reach a height of 2,4 meters. This condition is known as gigantism. But such a person is a giant only because something is wrong in his body.

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