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  2. Drinking bird - Wikipedia

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    Video of a Drinking Bird. The drinking bird is a heat engine that exploits a temperature difference to convert heat energy to a pressure difference within the device, and performs mechanical work. Like all heat engines, the drinking bird works through a thermodynamic cycle. The initial state of the system is a bird with a wet head oriented ...

  3. The ‘drinking bird’ makes a comeback and could power your ...

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    Scientists in Hong Kong and China have used the famous toy, also known as the “Dippy Bird,” to develop an engine capable of using the power of water evaporation to generate electricity ...

  4. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    An area of a truck stop, generally located in the back of the property, where prostitutes congregate. Bambi: Wildlife on the road, primarily deer (from Bambi). Bear bait An erratic or speeding driver. [7] Bird-dog Radar detector. Bird-dog is barking Indication that Radar has been detected ("My bird-dog is barking"). Billy-Bunn Funny driver

  5. Dipper - Wikipedia

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    White-throated dipper (C. cinclus). Dippers are small, chunky, stout, short-tailed, short-winged, strong-legged birds. The different species are generally dark brown (sometimes nearly black), or brown and white in colour, apart from the rufous-throated dipper, which is brown with a reddish-brown throat patch.

  6. Trucking industry in American culture - Wikipedia

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    In the early days of trucking culture, truck drivers were more frequently portrayed as protagonists in the popular media. In Trucking country: The road to America's Wal-Mart economy, author Shane Hamilton explores the history of trucking and how developments in the trucking industry helped the so-called big-box stores dominate the U.S. marketplace.

  7. Food Truckin' - Wikipedia

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    Gene proceeds to destroy the truck this way, and Teddy fixes it up again. Bob and the kids work from inside the truck and Linda is forced to stay inside watching the restaurant. The food truck is doing well and Bob decides to take it on the go to get more money. Soon after, Linda shuts down the restaurant to join them on the road.

  8. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives - Wikipedia

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    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (often nicknamed Triple D and stylized as Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives) is an American food reality television series that has aired on the Food Network since April 23, 2007. It is hosted by Guy Fieri , and in recent episodes Hunter Fieri has joined his dad in exploring cuisines and restaurants.

  9. Birds in a truck riddle - Wikipedia

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    The birds in a truck riddle is a riddle that asks whether a container or a truck carrying birds changes in weight when the birds inside are flying. [1] The television series MythBusters investigated the question in a 2007 episode, testing it both with a box of pigeons and again with a model helicopter. They concluded that the contents being in ...