AEROSPIKE

Etymology

Noun

aerospike (plural aerospikes)

Any of several forms of rocket engine having specialized nozzles.

A spike, protruding from the nose cone of a missile, designed to decrease supersonic drag.

Source: Wiktionary



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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