This Day in History - The Hindenberg Disaster

Hindenburg disaster: 6 May 1937 - This Day in History
On this day in 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on its first transatlantic crossing of the year, the German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames and was destroyed, killing 36 of the 97 persons aboard.

Also today:

1840: The “penny black” stamp, issued in Great Britain, went into circulation as the first prepaid postage stamp in history.

1915: American motion-picture actor and director Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

1931: American baseball star Willie Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama.

1954: Roger Bannister of Britain became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.

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Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

An interesting little list of factoids can be found HERE. Here are a few samples:

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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What Mythological Creature Are You?

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What mythological creature are you?

UR PEGASUS: "No one is listening.Now you may sing the selfsong,as the bird does, not for territoryor dominance,but for self-enlargement.Let something come from nothing....Pegasi (Pegasus) are the infamous winged horses of Greek mythology. Bellerephon is the one that tamed Pegasus with the golden bridle, a gift from Athena. Youu wish to break the chains that bind you. You especially hate love because you feel that it traps you. Your motto is "love is like dying." You love music and dancing. You hate friends and people that weigh you down. You have a poetic soul and an inner child. Yet, you fight like a warrior and never give up. You always put your heart and soul into everything you do.
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Eh. I don't agree, let's say I disagree so strongly with some parts of this so as to make the whole thing a bunch of B.S. Too bad. I'm also not a believer in astrology but at least the whole general Virgo type bears some passing resemblance to me.