Of course we all knew this before…but these photos were particularly interesting to me. Not even going to get into it…y’all can imagine what I think…

http://history.verdeserve.com/the-official-american-flag-salute-used-to-be-a-hitler-salute/

Also…notice how we stuck it to those Communist Pigs in 1954…HA!!!

Versions of the Pledge:

• 1892 to 1923: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”
• 1923 to 1954: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”
• 1954 to Present: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.”

This is obviously a cultural bias, but THIS is a tad odd in my opinion.

This question just came up a minute ago here at work – anyone have any insights?

Imagine you have a single tic-tac suspended in the air somehow. An infinitely small string or something – doesn’t matter, it’s just magically floating in one spot and not acted on by an outside force. We’re talking standard Earth air and normal gravity in the picture also.

It would be possible to horizontally swing a baseball bat hard enough to shatter the tic-tac where it is as opposed to having it bounce off and fly somewhere else, correct?

I assume that it would be related or proportional to the amount of air resistence that would prevent it from moving plus the standard force it would take to crush a tic-tac – but that’s as far as I can get. What would have to be known or determined to figure out exactly how hard (fast?) you’d have to swing?