the other reply didn't exist yet when I started writing mine. sorry that I took longer because I tried to provide more detail about the thing you seemed interested in
there's actually new research saying prototaxites may not have been fungi, but belonged to an entirely separate kingdom that's now extinct. one of the defining characteristics of fungi are that their cell walls contain chitin, the same stuff that makes arthropod shells. prototaxites was found not to contain any chitin, while other ancient fungi of the same age as prototaxites already did, so it's not a feature of fungi that was adapted later. prototaxites was also found to contain microscopic structures that don't exist in any known fungus species
edit: damn, someone beat me to it while I was trying to find the details
technically yes, the issue is eventually you run out of atmosphere to push off of to maintain that speed, and if you don't have enough momentum at that point to take you the rest of the way, then you'll fall back down. but I suppose if we're already assuming that they can fly without atmosphere, then that doesn't matter
that "movement" has been mainstream for the entire 400-year history of the country and its predecessors. hell, the guy who wrote "all men are created equal" participated in it
incorrect, you don't owe them shit. if you would like to use them for references, it is a good idea to give two weeks' notice, otherwise you can just leave any company property behind (laptop, keycard, etc.) and walk out the door and never talk to anyone there again
and in the same vein there's the premise that all these works are just translations of manuscripts he found as part of his work as a linguist. so in canon everything we know comes from a translation of a copy of a single source with limited information
the Tolkien legendarium is a lot more loose than most people think. it's got a reputation for a high degree of specificity and detail, but that's more true for some things than others, and sometimes those details are contradictory between different versions of the same story throughout the editing process, with no clear indication of which one should be considered canonical
what does that even mean? the whole point of the tech industry is for tech-literate people to work to provide products and services to the broadly tech-illiterate public. the goal of a tech product is to be used with as little tech-literacy as possible. why would you assume that someone is highly tech-literate just because they use the product of a tech company?
this is Lombard Street in San Francisco
you think anyone's ever broken the 25mph speed limit on that section of street?