Showing posts with label Jet Engine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jet Engine. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 July 2009

San Diego Menaced by Jumbo Squid

No, it's not like something from a B-movie! Apparently, divers off the coast of San Diego have reported unnerving encounters with Humboldt Squid which grow up to 5 ft long! Is this an El Nino effect, something to do with global warming or just seasonal variation? Who knows, but it's intriguing nonetheless!

Your Saturday questions are: -
  1. Who was born today in 1811 and wrote the novel "Vanity Fair"?

  2. Who married singer Whitney Houston (right) today in 1992?

  3. Which country developed the first jet-powered fighter plane that took its maiden flight today in 1942?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. River Thames; 2. Germany; 3. Juan Antonio Samaranch