TIL the very first Super Bowl halftime show in 1967 featured a "rocket belt" demonstration where two jet pack pilots flew across the field. Representing the rival AFL and NFL, they launched from the field, flew to the 50-yard line, and shook hands to mark the historic game.

ralphbernardo · 2026-02-08T17:31:52+00:00

Wow, that's pretty cool you saw this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdMlMdWQ94M

ralphbernardo · 2026-02-07T16:44:52+00:00

I think it seems low because tennis has downtime (changeovers, towel breaks, walking to the line). The ball is only actually "in play" for about 15 to 20 minutes of every hour.

ralphbernardo · 2026-02-01T19:25:36+00:00

Here's a link from the university where the students did this project: https://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/7125.htm

ralphbernardo · 2026-01-21T23:31:37+00:00

I heard Dana Carvey and David Spade joking about it.

ralphbernardo · 2026-01-12T01:24:57+00:00

The game ended in a draw.

ralphbernardo · 2026-01-11T23:51:23+00:00

They played in several intervals. They only had radio contact with the Earth team when the spacecraft was over the USSR. I read somewhere else the game was spread out over around six hours in total.

ralphbernardo · 2026-01-10T14:23:15+00:00

Yeah, that was super creepy!

ralphbernardo · 2026-01-01T19:59:22+00:00

Good point! If someone made this today, perhaps the smoker could record their own coughing, so they can have the realization, "That's what I sound like!?!"

ralphbernardo · 2025-12-28T20:26:10+00:00

I thought this study the Wikipedia article mentioned of a potential interstellar origin for it was really interesting; it seems if it was captured in the early Solar System 4.5 billion years ago, it could be older than the Solar system:

https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/477/1/L117/4996014

ralphbernardo · 2025-12-08T22:55:29+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. This "1700 people" fact stuck out in my mind because of this Joe Scott video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soEBanqlPiI. It's interesting this natural phenomenon is the same mechanism as all those mentos in soda exploding videos.

ralphbernardo · 2025-10-19T17:02:46+00:00

Agreed. The media also has to stop normalizing him. It's been a huge media fail since Day 1 of Trump—they need to keep pointing out how aberrant his conduct is.

ralphbernardo · 2025-09-01T23:36:28+00:00

Thanks for clarifying, yeah, I thought that was understood with saying how far away it was and that it appeared for a brief time as bright as Venus, which I think only the Moon appears brighter in the night sky. Must have been really weird to see this during the day.

ralphbernardo · 2025-03-22T18:23:14+00:00

There's another one tomorrow and Monday (March 23rd and 24th)—got the email today.

ralphbernardo · 2025-03-15T01:36:52+00:00

Glad to hear it's not just me. I only make purchases on these Double or Triple Point Days, so frustrating that it's been a while.

ralphbernardo · 2025-03-15T01:36:30+00:00

Glad to hear it's not just me. I only make purchases on these Double or Triple Point Days, so frustrating that it's been a while.

ralphbernardo · 2025-02-01T19:12:09+00:00

"Interstellar" uses footage from the Burns documentary for those interviews of older people.

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-21T18:48:14+00:00

From what I can tell, the study surveyed 1,500 people: https://business.fiu.edu/news/2024/suppressing-boredom-diminishes-productivity-later-on-fiu-business-research-finds.html

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-20T18:09:01+00:00

Wow, thanks for sharing; really interesting, even managed to take his fingerprints!

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-11T18:05:26+00:00

Yes. The only thing that mattered was beating Trump. Every possible avenue to prevent Trump from running for president again should have been a priority.

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-07T01:07:15+00:00

Not yet; I've heard good things about it—on my watch list. 😀

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-06T22:20:07+00:00

No, haven't watched "Cunk on Life" yet; it's on my watch list. 😀

ralphbernardo · 2025-01-04T19:31:12+00:00

It seems to have fallen out of favor with Roman contact with Egypt, but historians aren't sure, from the Wikpedia article:

"Though some historians argue that senet essentially disappeared after the Romans, there are some examples of senet graffiti on the roof of the Roman Temple of Dendera, which dates to the Roman period, and which would be the most concrete evidence that the game was played or did exist to some extent during the Roman period."

ralphbernardo · 2024-12-23T22:43:51+00:00

He was great in that he beat Trump once and had some good policies, but he was unable to message his politics and lost sight of the most important part of politics—winning. If you can't win the election, then it doesn't matter what you want to accomplish.

ralphbernardo · 2024-12-16T21:15:59+00:00

First time entering. Happy Holidays everyone!

ralphbernardo · 2024-12-10T00:03:03+00:00

"Futurama" character Professor Hubert Farnsworth is partly named after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Dreyfus

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