"TIL that while impressed by his book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", the UK's science academy couldn't publish Isaac Newton's book due to being nearly bankrupt from spending all of its money printing the "History of Fish". Thankfully, scientist Edmond Halley's funded the printing."
which is why i left 9gag
i mean: it was my best _rated_ post. i thought it was stupid, and that nobody would buy it
I remember that generator. Very funny! wasn't it the BOFH tool?
Not true. The lack of pressure outside the body would cause immediate and gory death. Pressure suits are absolutely required for pilots at altitudes above 60,000 ft.
Yes, they did. This is while they were snowboarding the 9 miles home from school, a trip that was somehow uphill in both directions.