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Wan Hu – the first ever astronaut

Or at least, the first guy trying…

…He had a chair built with forty-seven rockets attached. On the day of lift-off, Wan, splendidly attired, climbed into his rocket chair and forty seven servants lit the fuses and then hastily ran for cover. There was a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, Wan and the chair were gone. He was never seen again…

…like the part “…he was never seen again…” LOL! Read it all here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu

Golf is dangerous – duck killing!

Inger Marie, a colleague of mine, was out playing golf here the other day when she missed with one of her strokes. The ball flew out over a nearby small lake where some ducks where swimming, and it hit a small duck right in the head. The small duck started to croak and swim in circles before it passed away…RIP

Boot-thrower’s house

In men’s series the official throwing equipment is a rubber boot of the size 43, left or right foot boot, of which the strap in the top of the leg has been removed. The weight of the boot may be 1 kg (880 – 1050 g) and the height up to 44 cm (measured from the heel up to the top rim of the leg)….

Read more about boot throwing here http://www.saappaanheitto.com/. Why did I find this? I read the this article (in Norwegian) “Lam etter støvelkast” http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/06/28/435959.html

Baba O’Riley by The Who

This began as part of Townshend’s “Lifehouse” project. He wanted to make a double album with music that would interact with the audience. The idea was to select fans, enter their vital information (height, age, etc.) into a synthesizer, and use the information to program the synthesizer. Townshend created this by using Meher Baba’s information. He never finished Lifehouse, but the songs he wrote were used on Who’s Next

Read more about this song at http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=1529

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