Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades? Why not two? Or five? Or eight? Turns out that three is sort of a Goldilocks sweet spot for blade count due to physics, engineering, and aesthetic reasons.
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Wondering why the blades of those turbines look bumpy? I just found out that the bumps were inspired by whale flippers.
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