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  • it’s a bit hard to tell. of the buildings still standing and in use, the cathedral comes to mind, with was consecrated in 1238, but it stands on the site of the old mosque. this was torn down apparently in 1262, at which point construction on the cathedral began, but it would take centuries to finish everything.

    there is another church that was named a parish in 1245 and so was probably already standing then, so perhaps that building is the oldest? I don’t knoe how much of that original building is still standing though




  • But it does affect the downward force acting on the object. Given two objects of the same shape but with different masses, one will indeed fall slower than the other. This is because the ratio of weight to surface area differs a lot between the two. Here’s a calculator from NASA you can play with, and a relevant passage from the same page:

    If we have two objects with the same area and drag coefficient, like two identically sized spheres, the lighter object falls slower. This seems to contradict the findings of Galileo that all free-falling objects fall at the same rate with equal air resistance. But Galileo’s principle only applies in a vacuum, where there is NO air resistance and drag is equal to zero.

    https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/beginners-guide-to-aeronautics/termvel/








  • That’s very much not true. Workdays would typically last around 6 hours, not including multiple breaks during the day. Also, your employer would usually provide the food for lunch, and it was acceptable to have a nap in the afternoon.

    In winter, even shorter days were common to account for the reduction in daylight. If you were ill, you’d simply not show up and not get paid. In fact it was normal for people to only work for what they needed in the immediate future and stop showing up as soon as they had enough for the week









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    Stamford bridge is also a bridge though. And the location of a very important battle in English history. If you’re not a football fan, you might be familiar with the battle but not the stadium (as was my case).

    I think this example is more like if she thought scalloped potatoes involved scallops, but there were actually 2 dishes called scalloped potatoes, one of which does involve scallops