The Spirit of Troy, also known as the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band (TMB), has over 300 members. Given a variety of instruments ranging from a piccolo (1.5 pounds) to a Tuba (25 pounds)Estimated instrument weight: 3900 lbs.Estimated…

My sister sent me a link to this amazing video today: Why not take a few minutes to take a look.  I promise it will be worth your while.  Bring Kleenex. In no way do I wish to compare one…

Weights of Typical American Tanks: 1. 6 tons WW1 M1917 Renault Tank 2. 30 tons WW2 M-4 Sherman Tank 3. 52 tons Vietnam War M-48 Patton Tank (Vietnam War: 17 tons M-551 Sheridan Light Tank) 4. 67 tons M-1 Abrams…

So all the month of January, we’ve been travelling around the Big Fat Cycle.  So far we’ve discussed   Step One: Panic–(“Oh my gosh, I got fat over the holiday–I need to lose 50 pounds by Valentines day”) and Step…

The rain has finally stopped and we got some of that glorious CA sunshine this morning.  It got me thinking about the size of that bad boy… Specs: Diameter: about 865,000 miles (about 109 x earth) Mass: (equal to 99.86%…