• Question: What is the most interesting fact you can think of?

    Asked by Kizzy to Andres, Andy, Emma, Shahil, Sheryl, Zoe on 10 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Andy Woods

      Andy Woods answered on 10 Mar 2017:

      It can take over 1 mile to stop a train moving at 125MPH. There are hundreds of trains in the UK that regularly go over 100 MPH .

    • Photo: Andres Rivero

      Andres Rivero answered on 12 Mar 2017:

      Hi Kizzy,

      This is one that I learned recently.

      Did you know that, for every 40 kg of weight in a 737 aeroplane (like the ones Ryanair fly), one extra kilogram of fuel gets burned during flight? So, that’s two suitcases! This means that an extra suitcase could cost the airline about 1.5o pounds extra in fuel.

      Andres

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