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On the second day of the mission, Wang floated over to his experiment and sought to activate the Drop Dynamics Module. But it didn't work. He asked the NASA flight controllers on the ground if he could take some time to try to troubleshoot the problem and maybe fix the experiment. But on any Shuttle mission, time is precious. Every crew member has a detailed timeline, with a long list of tasks during waking hours. The flight controllers were reluctant.

After initially being told no, Wang pressed a bit further. "Listen, I know my system very well," he said. "Give me a shot." Still, the flight controllers demurred. Wang grew desperate. So he said something that chilled the nerves of those in Houston watching over the safety of the crew and the Shuttle mission.

"Hey, if you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back," Wang said.

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So in the immediate aftermath, someone at NASA, probably within the crew office, initiated the capability of a commander to lock the hatch if he or she felt uncomfortable about a crew member. It was used frequently in subsequent missions involving payload specialists.

TL;DR from Atlas Obscura:

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now just a giant skeleton.

Originally built in 1933, the huge hangar covers eight acres of land and stands almost 200 feet high, and could cover six football fields beneath its canopy.

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod that severs the blood vessels in a fish's tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub of tongue and the parasite itself effectively serves as the fish's new "tongue"

Enhance!

It would appear there's currently a battle on /r/place between pro-spez users, anti-spez users and admins as the guillotine is being perpetually drawn and erased

Video in action hosted here

https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/154wiwk/admins_clearly_messing_with_things/

Source:

/r/interestingasfuck /u/XyRow666

I honestly found this one googling around, but XyRow666 presented a far nicer collage than anywhere else I could find.

more info: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/blood-falls

Roughly two million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist in a place with no light or free oxygen and little heat, and are essentially the definition of “primordial ooze.” The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the waterfall its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within.

The Rainbow Mountains of China within the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park are a geological wonder of the world. These famous Chinese mountains are known for their otherworldly colors that mimic a rainbow painted over the tops of rolling mountains.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2016/03/02/rainbow-mountains-china-earths-paint-palette/?sh=223d61af3e5e

There are a lot of hoax or fake weather pictures on social media, but the viral pictures of a rose-colored cloud in Turkey are legitimate. On January 19th, 2023, a strange cloud appeared above the Bursa province.

Origin /r/interestingasfuck /u/vectorix108

top comments:

MaadMaxx - So you're saying sea cucumbers are tatted up with sailor's anchors on their whole bodies?

rodrifran - I want this pattern on some swimming trunks

Solid_Bake4577 - I genuinely thought this was a screen grab from Spongebob until I zoomed in!

These are Amazing and a little terrifying :)

origin: /r/interestingasfuck

original poster: /u/SonicAkshay_26

Just tryin to spice the place up a bit, if the original poster wants to repost this here to claim it, I’d be more than happy to remove the content. Moderator if you have objection to pulling some of the top stuff from the old site, say the word.