I notice that a solar powered aeroplane managed a 20 hr flight across the states setting some sort of record on the way. I suppose solar records are a bit thin on the ground and therefore set whenever they fly. The wingspan is the same as an Airbus 340 (i.e. big) but only weight 1.9 tonnes. There's no mention of the speed, but must be very slow. Interestingly, the picture within the news article shows it with it's lights on (plenty of them) - so this must because they are showing off it's battery capacity or warning other aircraft.
The average UK income tax payer pays about £4,300 and some bored people at the ONS (Office for National Statistics) has helpfully listed averages per town. Very interesting, but essentially a waste of time surely. I cannot think of any reason this data would be useful unless people draw wrong conclusions about e.g. low levels of tax = tax avoiders = send in the taxman. Maybe we should have a statistic about how relevant ONS statistics are - statistically speaking.
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