The United States recognizes Pastafarianism as a religion. In January, a town councillor in a New York town was sworn in while wearing a colander on his head. French: Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. Coconuts falling from their tree and striking individuals can cause serious injury to the back, neck, shoulders and head; and are occasionally fatal.
The three holes on a coconut are germination pores where the seedlings would eventually emerge. Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe.
However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search.
Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis March 29, What is the average speed of an unladen swallow Monty Python quote? What is the African Swallow quote from Monty Python? What are the three questions asked in Monty Python? By averaging all 6 values, we can estimate that an average European Swallow flies at cruising speed with a frequency of roughly 15 beats per second, and an amplitude of roughly 22 cm. For a European Swallow flying with our estimated wingbeat amplitude of 22 cm, the predicted pattern of cruising flight ranges from a Strouhal number St of 0.
Airspeed can also be predicted using a published formula. By inverting this midpoint Strouhal ratio of 0. Taylor et al. With some further study, it became clear that these estimates are accurate, though perhaps coincidental. An actual study of two European Swallows flying in a low-turbulence wind tunnel in Lund, Sweden, shows that swallows flap their wings much slower than my estimate, at only 7—9 beats per second:.
Although a definitive answer would of course require further measurements, published species-wide averages of wing length and body mass, initial Strouhal estimates based on those averages and cross-species comparisons, the Lund wind tunnel study of birds flying at a range of speeds, and revised Strouhal numbers based on that study all lead me to estimate that the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second , or 24 miles an hour.
There is a very detailed blog on style. But, the real question is not about swallows at all. King Arthur in the movie had two coconut shells that he banged together to simulate the sound of a horse galloping.
No one seems to know where he got them. So, the real question is how did the coconut get to medieval England? Is it possible that a swallow carried it over? However, the swallow would have a very hard time even carrying the smallest of coconuts. Now, the legend of King Arthur takes place in about the 12th century and evidence suggests coconuts did not get to England until the 16th century as I just stated. So, there is a very distinct possibility that the whole thing is just a mistake on the part the writers of Monty Python.
Visit Saratoga. Despite the incredible improbability of the scenario, it would theoretically be possible for a large European swallow to somehow come across an incredibly small coconut and carry it to the destination where King Arthur would have found it.
As it turns out, Monty Python has a little bit of truth in it, but only just barely. Chances are there are a few other angles to this problem as well. If anyone out there who lives in Europe wants to find a swallow and measure its airspeed with absolute certainty, we could probably answer the original question more accurately. Even better, if anyone out there wants to train a swallow to carry a small coconut, you likely would have a viral video on your hands.
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