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Dodge celebrates 50 years of the winged Daytona with 501 special edition Chargers

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To make the special edition a bit more special, the team at Chrysler took the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world and made it even faster and more powerful. Chrysler's engineers have recalibrated the Hellcat's supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8 to produce a bit more power, 717 hp, the same as the Hellcat Challenger and. That’s up 10 horses compared to the 707 in most other applications. The automatic transmission has also been recalibrated to shift at engine speeds as high as 6100 rpm, to better use the extra power.

In addition to the extra thrust, the new Widebody Daytona gets 20x11-inch “Warp Speed” alloy wheels finished in Satin Carbon and low-profile Pirelli 303/35ZR20 all-season performance tires (high-performance summer tires are optional), along with black Brembo brake calipers with six pistons up front and four in the back, working on vented rotors.

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But, of course, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is no mere mortal, and in a recent Instagram post, he revealed that he drinks an astounding amount of water . . . four gallons (512 oz.) a day, to be exact.
Drinking too much water is far worse than not enough. It can cause water intoxication with all kinds of bad side effects. This can dilute the electrolytes in your blood, especially sodium. When sodium levels fall below 135 mmol/L, it is called hyponatremia. It will also swell cells. Excess fluid accumulation in the brain is called cerebral edema, which can affect the brain stem and cause central nervous system dysfunction. There have been cases of death caused by drinking between 2.5 and 5 gals of water in a short period of time.
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Drinking too much water is far worse than not enough. It can cause water intoxication with all kinds of bad side effects. This can dilute the electrolytes in your blood, especially sodium. When sodium levels fall below 135 mmol/L, it is called hyponatremia. It will also swell cells. Excess fluid accumulation in the brain is called cerebral edema, which can affect the brain stem and cause central nervous system dysfunction. There have been cases of death caused by drinking between 2.5 and 5 gals of water in a short period of time.
As I posted . . . But, of course, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is no mere mortal. That 4 gallons a day is over a 24 hour period. He is on a 5000 calorie/day 7 meals per day "diet."
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Long before Lincoln became synonymous with the 1-cent coin, a fictitious person graced the front. Miss Liberty, a gal with long, flowing locks, became the face of the penny after a conference held in the U.S. House. The decision was made against the wishes of the Senate, who wanted George Washington on the front.
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Today, pennies are about the same size as dimes — America’s smallest coin — but they weren’t always that small. In fact, the original penny was about the size of today’s half dollar.
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From 1793 to 1857, the 1-cent coin was made out of pure copper, but due to the increasing price of the metal, other elements were added to the mix. Over the years, nickel, tin, zinc and steel have all been used. Today, the penny is made with mostly zinc and only 2.5% copper.
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The U.S. Mint first released pennies into circulation in March 1793. There were 11,178 coins — $111.78 in sum.
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In 1792, artist William Russell Birch designed some of our earliest pennies, which featured Miss Liberty on the front and a laurel wreath on the back. The design of the penny ended up changing before it formally went into production, so the so-called “Birch Cents” or “Birch Pennies” are exceedingly rare. In fact, in October 2018, one of the historical coins was put up for auction at Stack’s Bowers Galleries in California for $1 million.
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Miss Liberty’s coin received the unfortunate nickname “Silly Head” because the public thought the woman’s appearance was odd. Later versions of the coin gave her a ribbon to wear in her hair and eventually a cap of sorts. Her curls also became far less unkempt.
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The penny gets its name from the British “penny,” which Americans had been accustomed to using, having immigrated from the Kingdom of Great Britain. However, while we call multiple 1-cent coins “pennies,” the British call multiples of their penny “pence.”
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