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Many times in the past I have lost myself by pretending or wanting to be someone I'm not just to belong. After many moments of solitude I have come to the conclusion that I need to accept my uniqueness and just be myself. Some people will like me and some won't. Such is life!2
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TIL everyone seems to know a whole lot more about rhubarb than me. I'm starting to doubt my conservative Utah public education. Apparently they skipped Sex Education AND Rhubarb Science.2
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Well yesterday I learned that America was not discovered by Christopher Columbus my mind was blown sounds really stupid but that was what I was taught0
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TIL that Nicholas Alkemade jumped from his burning plane at 6km (4 miles) without a parachute. He got a sprained leg.
On the night of 24 March 1944, 21-year-old Alkemade was one of seven crew members in Avro Lancaster B Mk. II, DS664,[1] of No. 115 Squadron RAF. Returning from a 300 bomber raid on Berlin, east of Schmallenberg, DS664 was attacked by a German Ju 88 night-fighter, [Note 1] caught fire and began to spiral out of control. Because his parachute was unserviceable, Alkemade jumped from the aircraft without one, preferring to die by impact rather than burn to death. He fell 18,000 feet (5,500 m) to the ground below.
His fall was broken by pine trees and a soft snow cover on the ground. He was able to move his arms and legs and suffered only a sprained leg. The Lancaster crashed in flames, killing pilot Jack Newman and three other members of the crew. They are buried in the CWGC's Hanover War Cemetery.
Alkemade was subsequently captured and interviewed by the Gestapo, who were initially suspicious of his claim to have fallen without a parachute until the wreckage of the aircraft was examined. (Reportedly, the Germans gave Alkemade a certificate testifying to the fact.)[2] He was a celebrated prisoner of war, before being repatriated in May 1945.2 -
TIL that I cannot fit 27 cherry tomatoes in my mouth.
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Will_Run_4_Food wrote: »MissDeeDee78 wrote: »TIL that I cannot fit 27 cherry tomatoes in my mouth.
But 26 will fit?
Hmmm let me try.....
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I just learned that UPS trucks do not make left turns2
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thedcubed1 wrote: »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/world/ups-trucks-no-left-turns/index.html
They save 10 million gallons of gas a year!!2 -
thedcubed1 wrote: »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/world/ups-trucks-no-left-turns/index.html
They save 10 million gallons of gas a year!!
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thedcubed1 wrote: »thedcubed1 wrote: »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/world/ups-trucks-no-left-turns/index.html
They save 10 million gallons of gas a year!!
So would you say you learned something..... today?1 -
thedcubed1 wrote: »thedcubed1 wrote: »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/world/ups-trucks-no-left-turns/index.html
They save 10 million gallons of gas a year!!
So would you say you learned something..... today?
Indeed...
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BowlingForHollars wrote: »Wait what?
Today I learned that an old, deactivated account that's still signed in on a browser can post.
Yeah, that is a glitch but it never lasts.1
https://youtu.be/DSVFz06rPAs
https://youtu.be/mXHSz-1pkCM
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