Citing measurements made at the 1926 Iowa State Fair, they reported that the peak power over a few seconds has been measured to be as high as 14.88 hp (11.10 kW) and also observed that for sustained activity, a work rate of about 1 hp (0.75 kW) per horse is consistent with agricultural advice from both the 19th and 20th centuries […]

Sounds to me like the 1 hp unit is fair, after all.

I’m missing this one. What’s the joke here?

I met someone named McCool once. I thought that was pretty cool.

The one time when “swamp gas” is the answer, and you miss it. For shame…

Oh yeah, LockpickingCaveman, great channel. :-P (it’s actually LockpickingLawyer.)

Are these decay rates specified for isolated atoms?

I believe they would decay faster when bombarded by particles from fellow atoms, no? So we’d have to account for the mass, shape and density of the samples to get true rates. I don’t think that would change the rankings, but it might increase Simon’s troubles if the radon was frozen or otherwise really compressed, for example.

Tiny (and some of them are absolutely minuscule) flying daredevils that can zoom in three dimensions through wild air currents to avoid your hand every time and land wherever they please? Nah, I respect flies. They’re… perfected.

Awesome, thank you!

What extensions would you recommend?

It also feels like they intentionally picked that photo for contrast value: smiling so broadly when that is something “the original Spock” never did. They were going for the outrage factor, truth be damned.