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    0 starsgravitymax | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 10 2008 | history, video, awesomeness
    the real first man in space - Joseph Kittinger

    in 1960, joseph kittinger jumped from the edge of space.

    from 31,330 miles above sea-level, kittinger free fell for almost 5 minutes, reaching the speed of 614 mph (that's < > close to hitting sound barrier), before opening his chute for safe landing.

    btw, he's also mccain's pow buddy. for rills. this guys rulez. so is the video.

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    0 starsgravitymax | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 13 2007 | design, history
    the monobloc plastic chair

    Quoted: an essential history of monobloc plastic chairs

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    0 starsgravitymax | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 15 2006 | news, animals, nature, history
    Flying Mammal Found From 125 Million Years Ago - New York Times

    Quoted: Scientists have discovered an extinct animal the size of a small squirrel that lived in China at least 125 million years ago and soared among the trees. It is the earliest known example of gliding flight by mammals, and the scientists say it shows that mammals experimented with aerial life about the same time birds first took to the skies, perhaps even earlier.

    prehistoric squirrel melts!

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    0 starsgravitymax | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 28 2006 | art, news, history
    Early sketch of Stonehenge found

    Quoted: The little sketch is a bird's eye view of the stones, and shows the great trilithons, the biggest stones in the monument, each made of two pillars capped with a third stone lintel, which stand in a horseshoe in the centre of the circle. Only three are now standing, but the drawing, found in Douai, northern France, suggests that in the 15th century four of the original five survived.

    good thing they got the measurements right... =P

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    This is a must-read for NBA fans and a great article in general. My favorite part is when Elgin goes Clay Davis on chartered flights and the pampered NBA lifestyle and then asks casually, "You ever hear about the time we crashed in a cornfield?"

    Also, Mike Dunleavy is a cheater. Tell your friends.

    Quoted: But Elgin's 38-19-5 makes no sense whatsoever. I don't see how this happened. It's inconceivable. A U.S. Army Reservist at the time, Elgin lived in a barracks in the state of Washington, leaving only whenever they gave him a weekend pass ... and even with that pass, he could only fly coach on flights with multiple connections to meet the Lakers wherever they happened to be playing. Once he arrived, he would throw on a uniform and battle the best NBA players alive on back-to-back nights.

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