Fifty years ago, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins made history by landing on the Moon. Though they received the fame and adoration of the country, their voyage may never have been accomplished if it weren’t for one woman—Margaret Hamilton. Inventing Software Engineering One of many …
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The urban legend that some people have scattered the ashes of their loved ones at the Disney World and Disneyland parks is actually much truer than we think—and it happens so often that the employees have a specific code word for it! If you’ve ever been casually walking down Main …
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History details some truly unbelievable great escapes. One of the most incredible brushes with death involved Joan Murray. In 1999, both of Joan’s parachutes failed while skydiving, leaving her to free-fall 14,5000 feet above North Carolina. It would have been certain death if it weren’t for her landing on a …
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