Wow, that is a lot of wax! At 4 crayons a foot, there are 142,000 miles in 3,000,000,000 crayons => Almost 6 times the distance (24,900) around the world!
Circumference of earth 24,901.460 miles x 5280 ft per mile x 4 crayons per foot(approx) x 6 times around the world= 3,155,513,011.2 crayons; if I figure this right. There must be some machines working overtime. I actually thought it would be more crayons than that. Gives you an idea of how much a billion is.
The Wright brothers were aviation genius’, no doubt, but there is pretty strong evidence that they were actually the 3rd and 4th men to “fly”. The American press, then as now, likes to create “heroes” to sell newspapers. Similar to Columbus “discovering” America, when he actually never got closer than the Bahamas, and there were already thousands/million of people here before him, both living and visiting.
Leroy over 3 years ago
Um, not being seen is kind of their thing.
Fritzsch over 3 years ago
Chameleons are masters of camouflage, that’s why he hadn’t been seen! He blended into the background.
flashdrive1988 over 3 years ago
Wow, that is a lot of wax! At 4 crayons a foot, there are 142,000 miles in 3,000,000,000 crayons => Almost 6 times the distance (24,900) around the world!
whahoppened over 3 years ago
Proof of how good this chameleon was!
therese_callahan2002 over 3 years ago
And many of those crayons have been discontinued.
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
We are almost as far from Mr Armstrong’s small steps as he was from the Wright Brother’s first flight.
Caldonia over 3 years ago
Neil Armstrong accidentally left the plane pieces behind on the moon, and Buzz Aldrin teased him about it for years. Believe it or Not.
Gent over 3 years ago
Holy Crayola! Hope they’re non-toxic.
Gent over 3 years ago
I’ll bet that chameleon was hiding in plain sight all this while.
Gent over 3 years ago
If Elon Musk was around back in those days, then Neil Armstrong would’ve driven a Tesla on the moon. Believe it or not!
Byron Spears over 3 years ago
Them kameellions hide real good
artmer over 3 years ago
That’s one crafty chameleon.
jpayne4040 over 3 years ago
The chameleon was always there. That particular species are just elite at what they do! :-)
khmo over 3 years ago
I hope neil didn’t become the first Earthling to trash the moon? We have left a lot of crap up there and in orbit.
FrankErnesto over 3 years ago
That’s the thing about chameleons, they can disappear.
notjimothy over 3 years ago
Did ARMSTRONG leave the pieces there?
gsharpe over 3 years ago
Anyone think that maybe the Chameleon hadn’t been seen for that long because it’s ability to camouflage was just that good?
J Short over 3 years ago
The chameleon was discovered riding on the back of a zebra.
Casey Jones over 3 years ago
Now that is a chameleon with some talent for camophlage!
artegal over 3 years ago
You mean an animal that uses camouflage to blend into the back ground wasn’t seen? Shocking!
J Short over 3 years ago
Circumference of earth 24,901.460 miles x 5280 ft per mile x 4 crayons per foot(approx) x 6 times around the world= 3,155,513,011.2 crayons; if I figure this right. There must be some machines working overtime. I actually thought it would be more crayons than that. Gives you an idea of how much a billion is.
joefearsnothing over 3 years ago
Looks like that rare chameleon is flipping us the “bird”! ;o]
ncorgbl over 3 years ago
My grandson produces 1.3 million broken crayons per year.
Fortunately, all systems were A-OK and Armstrong didn’t need the spare parts.
The chameleon came out when Boy George did but blended in with his surroundings and wasn’t noticed.
dv1093 over 3 years ago
The Wright brothers were aviation genius’, no doubt, but there is pretty strong evidence that they were actually the 3rd and 4th men to “fly”. The American press, then as now, likes to create “heroes” to sell newspapers. Similar to Columbus “discovering” America, when he actually never got closer than the Bahamas, and there were already thousands/million of people here before him, both living and visiting.
PaulAbbott2 over 3 years ago
3,000,000,000 crayons and no Prussian Blue : (
Gerard:D over 3 years ago
He is not happy been seen again after 100 years. He’s giving us the bird.
Stephen Gilberg over 3 years ago
Maybe crayons are the reason the camo failed.
Jogger2 over 3 years ago
A species formerly believed to be extinct.
Scott S over 3 years ago
The Wright Brothers flight & the Apollo 11 mission both occured within my grandfather’s lifetime.
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
They were never ‘gone’, they’re just good at what they do…
gozar over 3 years ago
Crayons around the planet: Believe it.
Chameleon re-appearance: Or not!
Neil taking plane parts to the moon: Believe it.
May the board be with you. (Like maybe some nice knotty pine.)
sdismukes over 3 years ago
Bet those chameleons concealed themselves in plain sight
pbr50138 over 3 years ago
And there’s still A LOT of “people” that don’t believe we’ve been to the moon. Or that the world is round.
pbr50138 over 3 years ago
In the 50s, I remember there was a Crayola shade called “flesh”.