A Blast From the Past
Although this is archaic in modern times, and we can remote control rockets with ease, these attempts to make self-propelled rockets were very impressive for the time period.
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A Mini-Submarine Discovers Classified Canadian Technology at the Bottom of Lake Ontario
The More You Know
- Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
- Nintendo was founded in 1889. Before it sold video games, the Japanese company specialized in playing cards.
- Your dog knows when someone isn't trustworthy.
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.