Saturn's Hexagon gets a name:
The judges very nearly went for the Jesus Nut, which was suggested by the novelist Christopher Buckley. That’s what soldiers call the hexagonal nut on top of a helicopter that that keeps the main rotor from falling off. According to Wikipedia, the term was coined by soldiers in the Vietnam War who figured that if the nut came loose, you would spend your final seconds praying to the Lord.
2 comments:
I also like Jesus Nut better. If it falls off the planet might fall out of the solar system. :)
I still think we just discovered Nathan Brazil's homestead ... :-)
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