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In 1982, Larry Walters tied 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair and soared 16,000 feet into the air after his tether snapped. He drifted into the approach path of LAX, prompting stunned airline pilots to report a “guy in a lawn chair” floating through federal airspace.

On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters took flight in a contraption he made out of a lawnchair and 42 weather balloons. Though he'd planned to go only a short distance, the tether holding him to the ground snapped and he ultimately soared to 16,000 feet before finally descending safely back to Earth.

Discover the full outrageous story: Larry Walters, The Man Who Flew To 16,000 Feet Using Nothing But A Lawnchair And Balloons

u/Cubedtails — 10 days ago

What is a moment you experienced not necessarily about you that had a sad reflection?

Recently when I was driving to work, the radio hosts were having a discussion with music and how it relates to often traumatic or sad experiences; one of the callers on the phone spoke about how to the song Christina Aguilera - Beautiful; their late mother whom had cancer would listen to, to make herself feel beautiful in the most difficult part of her life. To me, it had a moment of sad reflection, as there was a woman whom was dying of cancer but yet like many of us; it was evident she still cared about her looks and feeling beautiful maybe not just to others but also to herself as well.

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u/Cubedtails — 3 months ago

I know people are going to want to post spoilers and other information once it airs; but I believe unwanted spoilers ruin the experience; I seen too much spoilers on other shows. Even Titles to post may be spoiler if it contains a spoiler. So maybe make a rule that saids "Spoilers must be under spoiler tag, title must not contain spoilers"

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u/Cubedtails — 4 months ago

For me, I remember growing up and watching Cm Punk; he always was dwarfed by wrestlers like John Cena, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar and many others in terms of height and weight; I was always under the impression that CM Punk was a short guy and quite skinny weight wise-however it shocks me that CM Punk is not short by any means. Billed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) and weight generally around 218 lbs (99 kg); I realize he is even taller than me and weighs more than me. Any Wrestler you were shocked to find out the image of their weight and height shocks you, due to the perception of it in the ring with other Wrestlers skews it?

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u/Cubedtails — 4 months ago