The use of propellers for extracting power from the wind provided early civilizations with an important alternative to human or animal based stationary power sources. The photograph shows a windmill ...

The vehicle in the video below the break is a sleek and lightweight machine with a large propeller above it, which we are told is not the windmill power source we might imagine it to be.

The propeller of Paris' iconic Moulin Rouge windmill has fallen off. A Parisian resident saw the blade lying on the ground while walking to work at 3am, taking to social media to share the sight.