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Why is it illegal to die in a Norwegian city?

On the territory of the Norwegian town of Longyearbyen, located on the island of Svalbard, it is forbidden by law to die. This is due to the fact that in permafrost conditions, buried bodies do not decompose and attract the attention of polar bears. Therefore, all seriously ill patients are sent to other parts of Norway, and if the death was nevertheless recorded in Longyearbyen, the deceased will still have to be buried elsewhere.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What is a sound barrier?

The term "sound barrier" does not correctly describe the conditions that occur when an aircraft is moving at a certain speed. It can be assumed that when the aircraft reaches the speed of sound, something like a "barrier" appears - but nothing of the kind happens!

To understand all this, consider an airplane flying at a slow, normal speed. As the aircraft moves forward, a compression wave forms in front of the aircraft. It is formed by an aircraft moving forward, which compresses air particles.

This wave travels ahead of the aircraft at the speed of sound. And its speed is higher than the speed of the aircraft, which, as we have already said, flies at a low speed. Moving ahead of the aircraft, this wave causes air currents to flow around the plane of the aircraft.

Now imagine that an airplane is flying at the speed of sound. There is no compression wave in front of the aircraft, since both the aircraft and the waves have the same speed. Therefore, the wave is formed in front of the wings.

As a result, a shock wave appears, which creates large loads on the wings of the aircraft. Before aircraft reached and exceeded the sound barrier, it was believed that such shock waves and g-forces would create something like a barrier for the aircraft - a "sonic barrier". However, there was no sound barrier, as aeronautical engineers developed a special aircraft design for this.

By the way, a strong "bang" that we hear when an aircraft passes the "sonic barrier" is the shock wave that we have already talked about - at an equal speed of the aircraft and the compression wave.

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