May Day Strike and Mayhem. Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what you will.. --A slogan of the Eight-hour Day movement. May 1, 1886, was the deadline that unions and other worker organizations set for a national general strike.
On January 31, 2008 the US Navy tested a railgun that fired a shell at 10.64 MJ with a muzzle velocity of 2,520 m/s (8,270 ft/s). Its expected performance is a muzzle velocity over 5,800 m/s (19,000 ft/s), accurate enough to hit a 5-metre (16 ft) target over 200 nmi (370 km) away while firing at 10 shots per minute.
Contrary to what some think, thunder is not caused by the lightning bolt âbreaking the sound barrierâ. If this were true, then every time we turned on a light in the house we would hear a sonic boom! The speed of light is about 186,282 miles per second. The speed of sound is about 0.211 miles per second at sea level.