MrBallen

My new book is available for pre-order 👇

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Happy Flag Day!

Growing up in Quincy, Massachusetts, Flag Day was actually a huge deal. The big parade and then the fireworks at Faxon Field that night, it was always one of my favorite times of the year.

These days, the flag reminds me not only of those memories, but also of the men and women who have served our country. I'm proud to have served alongside them.

Thinking about home today. 🇺🇸

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Do you think you could have lasted 14 hours in freezing cold water?

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4 facts related to the Spanish Fork River rescue most people don't know.

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Doctors have a rule for cold-water drowning: "not dead until warm and dead." They don't stop until the body is rewarmed, because the cold can hold someone in a survivable state long after the heart stops.

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Almost 1 in 10 people say they've seen a ghost while driving. Have you?

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3 facts beyond the A3 Ghost Crash most people don't know.

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H.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds while living in Surrey, and set the alien invasion right there. He wanted comfortable English readers to feel an invasion would be like in their own backyard.

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Tying torn newspaper to trees is an old way to "blaze a trail." You mark a path so you can find your way back.

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4 facts related to the Mount Miaofeng disappearance most people don't know.

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While searching for one missing hiker, searchers found 10 bodies on the mountain. Some skeletal, some recent. Several had their bones stuffed into pants and tied to trees.

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I go back and forth on this one. What do you think really happened to her?

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4 facts related to the Amelia Earhart mystery most people don't know.

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4/4 Coconut crabs can carry up to 60 pounds and will eat almost anything, including bone. Researchers think that's why Earhart's remains, if she died on that island, were never found.