Does anyone remember this amazing story? On July 2, 1982, a truck driver from California flew 16,000 feet into the sky in a lawn chair. Larry Walters, 33, from San Pedro, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard. He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet. He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet. For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall. Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, California, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around." The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Larry — and inspired the movie Up.
@TheCineprism Damn, as per Homer, Trojan Horse was prepared using ship pieces and was not this artistic. Nolan definitely worked hard on people and diversity pleasing work through his Odyssey.
India’s IT ministry banned Telegram for one week because some users shared leaked exam questions.
This punishes 150M+ ordinary Telegram users in India — not the insiders who leaked the exam materials.
And the ban hasn't stopped anything. The leaks just moved to other apps.
🇺🇸 Miami’s Mutra became the first kosher restaurant in the world to receive a Michelin star.
The Israeli-inspired restaurant, opened just over a year ago by Jerusalem-born chef Raz Shabtai in North Miami.
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Strangers walk in… family walks out.
Hosted by Debashish Chakravarty where every dish tells a story.
@DealsDhamaka Tried: I was could feel sugar in Podi. Idli could have been fluffy, internally it had no pores so I chewed morsels of batter then feel its lightness. & ghee had to eat lot to get the taste. Pocket friendly but +20% of bill you get better at The Rameshwaram, +30% at Ghatti Chutney
They killed my mother for being too old to be a sex slave. They killed all my brothers for refusing to convert to Islam.”
Nadia Murad:
I was raped and tortured everyday for 6 months.
This is life for non-Muslims in Middle East.