“In order to maintain airspeed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?”
Actually, wrong. By comparing the European Swallow with bird species of similar body mass, we can estimate that the swallow beats its wings 18 times a second with an amplitude of 18 cm… Jonathan Corum —Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow (Style)
This pop-cult reference is, of course, to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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