There's no better way to beat the heat on your next beach vacation than to hold on for dear life while being blown around by the power of a jet engine.
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Oct 8, 2018
Standing in front of a jet engine is a great way to cool off
Nearly 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses
Pakistan has 860 pilots working for Pakistan International Airlines and other carriers. Turns out, 30% of those people aren’t actually qualified to fly and their licenses aren’t legit. “They don’t have flying experience,” said aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan. According to CNN, the pilots paid others to take the required exam. image: Airplane!
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Listen to Muzak for airplanes (1960s)
Last century, the Muzak company created custom mixes of soft music for locations ranging from doctor’s office waiting rooms and restaurants to barber shops and, yes, elevators. Muzak were self-proclaimed “specialists in the physiological and psychological applications of music.” Two decades before Brian Eno riffed on this environmental music concept with his phenomenal “Music for […]
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Passengers with mobile WiFi network named "Remote Detonator" removed from plane
At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, police removed two passengers from a GoJet/Delta Connection flight because they apparently wouldn’t turn off a mobile phone that reportedly had a WiFi network name of “Remote Detonator.” From the Detroit Free Press: …Flight attendants announced that they’d be calling police if personal WiFi wasn’t turned off, (passenger Aaron) Greenberg said. […]
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The GOpure Pod Water Purifier is a whole new way to drink safe, clean water every time
There was already enough concern about the healthy state of our drinking water before COVID-19. And while there’s no evidence that the coronavirus has ever been detected in the water supply, the general sense of fear surrounding any type of contamination is obviously at a fever pitch everywhere. Contaminants like lead, chromium, arsenic, copper, mercury, […]
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The ClearUP can whisk away sinus pain from allergies in just 5 minutes
Allergies are brutal, affecting about 30 percent of all American adults. While many only saddle sufferers with mild irritations like coughing, sneezing, a runny nose or watering eyes, some symptoms can be even more intrusive and significantly more painful. Sinus pressure is one of those unholy side effects, causing a pain that can stretch from […]
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This 8-inch Japanese Style chef's knife might be your next step toward true culinary mastery
“I probably use my chef’s knives more than any other tool in the kitchen.” – Bobby Flay, celebrity chef Cooking at home has taken on a whole new life in the wake of COVID-19, and even with restaurants slowly reopening across the US, there’s heavy reason to suspect that more of us preparing more meals […]
