Author: Tom Faranda
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Never good: When the pilot tells the passengers to start praying
YIKES! A flight from Australia to Malaysia. From CNN –
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Elephants rescue baby calf from drowning
Here's the raw footage first and then more extended stuff below. Look how distressed the third elephant in the background gets. Who doesn't love elephants? This occurred in Seoul, Korea.
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Nine year old saves 3 year old from drowning
Scary. But a good ending as the boy and his RN mother step up.
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“The most interesting man in the world” is back – but he’s upgraded from Dos Equis
He's moved on to Tequila –
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Study: Don’t stop exercising … Because … you’re BRAIN KNOWS
Here's an interesting study of older (master) athletes. "More research is needed."
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Rugby: “Essex RFC, The Story of ’76”
Yup, 41 years today. I posted this on the 40th anniversary. The whole story, just hit the link. Tedious to many, glorious to some … Rugby: Essex RFC, "The Story of '76"
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Last surviving pilot of Battle of Midway – 75th anniversary
The Battle of Midway – June 4-7, 1942. Here's the last dive bomber pilot – a great, brief video interview.
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The “Hillary Step” on Mt. Everest has collapsed
the Hillary Step; named for the first person to summit Mt. Everest, it was the last obstacle from the top. Evidently the 2015 Nepal earthquake caused the collapse. This from the Guardian (UK). “It’s a piece of mountaineering history that has disappeared. Even non-mountaineers know the name and the association of the infamous Hillary Step,”…