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TIL The prototype of the Rolls Royce Ghost was so quiet inside that it made test drivers sick. The engineers had to remove some of the noise-isolating material, and create seats that vibrated at specific frequencies to introduce some noise into the interior.

by whatilearned March 8, 2023, 8:01 pm

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TIL there are no bridges that cross the Amazon River, and it’s not because the river is too wide for engineers to build one. It’s because there are too few roads or cities to connect to as most of the river flows through the Amazon Rainforest. Ferries are used to cross the river when needed.

by whatilearned March 5, 2023, 1:02 pm

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TIL while trying to perform a magic trick to amuse his children, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (generally cited as one of the most important engineers ever) inhaled a coin which stuck in his windpipe. After a machine Brunel devised failed, his father proposed turning him upside-down, dislodging the coin.

by whatilearned March 1, 2023, 4:08 pm

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Three engineers were discussing who created the human body.

by cringeyjokesman February 18, 2023, 6:42 pm

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Sound engineers of Reddit – why the fuck are action scenes so loud and speaking scenes so quiet?

by QuestionGuy February 16, 2023, 3:05 am

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How many engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

by cringeyjokesman January 14, 2023, 5:28 am

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TIL a secret United States intelligence program (named Operation PaperClip) in which more than 1,600 NAZI German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.

by whatilearned December 29, 2022, 10:43 pm

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You have 500 of the world’s smartest engineers and a budget of 5 billion, what are you building?

by QuestionGuy December 18, 2022, 1:00 am

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You have 1000 of the worlds smartest engineers and a budget of $5 billion. What do you build?

by QuestionGuy December 6, 2022, 5:55 pm

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TIL, Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.

by whatilearned November 30, 2022, 11:13 pm

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TIL The computing term “debugging” originated from the time when engineers had to remove moths (and other bugs) that the vaccum tubes attracted

by whatilearned October 12, 2022, 6:32 am

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Three engineers were arguing.

by cringeyjokesman October 5, 2022, 10:34 am

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