The English phrase means, "to make it difficult for someone to win a game or contest by trying hard and playing or performing well." Does Italian have any similar phrases?
I'm collecting a bunch of specifications on WWII planes for a personal project, but I've had a very hard time getting data for different Ju 87 versions that agree with one another. I've seen 6,600kg listed at the loaded and/or maximum takeoff weight for both D and G variants, which is either an astonishing coincidence or an error.
Ideally, I'd like to have the empty, loaded, and maximum take off weights for the Ju 87 B, D, and G versions, but at this point I'd take anything I can get with some source to back it up.
In northwest Connecticut, USA. About an inch (2.5cm) from the tips of the antennae to tips of the wings
I'm coming up with a fantasy world that was essentially supernaturally created ~200,000 years before its equivalent to the bronze age. I was created with a functioning ecosystem, but not any fossils and thus no fossil fuels. It would still have charcoal and peat, and I am thinking of implementing fantasy elements as workarounds for metallurgy, firearms, flight, etc. Still, what things would be missing from this world. I've already thought of:
combustion engines
plastics (I guess plant-based plastics are possible, though)
more difficult metalworking
paraffin candles and heaters
more difficult home heating
I'm creating a fictional world similar to Earth, but it has one moon in the L1 Lagrange point. I am aware natural satellites in L1 are uncommon; this solar system has essentially been supernaturally constructed.
However, I want the physical processes of the planet itself to be similar to our reality. What differences would a moon like this have on the tides? I realize that having the star and moon always working in concert would increase the tidal forces, but would there be any other significant differences, such as an increase in either diurnal or semidiurnal forces?