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netcan on July 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flappi...

Isn't the condor still much more efficient. How many calories does a cyclist need to travel 100 miles?

linuxftw on July 14, 2020 | [–]

Humans in orbit for long periods seem like they'd be the most efficient.

DannyB2 on July 14, 2020 | [–]

I'm just repeating it as I remember it after nearly 40 years. :-)

Back in the day, there wasn't Google, Wikipedia, Snopes, etc. or I would have looked it up back then.

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