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Even as a young lad, I was a war buff. There was my favorite video game and flight simulator F-15E Strike Eagle in which you could pick a number of different missions and go up against the best. My favorite scenario was an attack on Syria and fighting against Soviet-era fighters and surface-to-air missiles. I wish I could say I had an unblemished experience with the game. The bad guys were good enough to shoot me down in simulations. But the real F-15E Strike Eagle is still a marvel. The F-15 series of variants has a perfect record in real…

And this couple have loved one another for a long, long time. They met as toddlers and tied the knot as teenagers, and their love for one another has only grown… Joel and Carolyn LaPray grew up as neighbors and would often play together. Their parents were friends so it was not uncommon for them to arrange playdates for their kids with each other. East Idaho News via YouTube.comThe couple met when they were both under two years old, Joel was 23 months old while Carolyn was only 14 months old. They became close friends and even have a…

Musk Puts Epstein’s Friends, Clients On Notice With Powerful Move: ‘Shouldn’t One Of Them Go Down? Elon Musk is officially the owner of the social media giant Twitter. The deal was done on Thursday and Musk immediately fired the CEO and CFO of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported.Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Spokespeople for Twitter didn’t comment. It wasn’t immediately clear who would step into those top positions. CNBC previously reported the firings. Mr. Musk also fired Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive, and…

A deep-water search operation on Tuesday recovered the three-member flight crew and wreckage of a Hawaii Life Flight medical transport plane that crashed into the ocean Dec. 15 off Maui near Kaupo, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Raytheon Aircraft Company (formerly Beech) C90A, twin-engine, turbine-powered airplane’s cockpit voice recorder, cockpit image recorder and other electronic components will be transported to the NTSB laboratory in Washington, D.C., the federal agency said in a statement today to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Pilot Brian Treptow, flight nurse Courtney Parry and flight paramedic Gabriel Camacho were killed when the plane spiraled into the ocean after departing Kahului Airport to pick up a patient at the Waimea-Kohala Airport on Hawaii island. The NTSB released a preliminary report…

Someone has finally won the Mega Millions jackpot – on a Friday the 13th, no less. A lucky ticket sold in Maine matched Friday night’s winning numbers to score the lottery game’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize. Friday’s prize is the second-biggest jackpot that Mega Millions has ever seen and fourth-largest across U.S. lottery history. The win also marks the first time that a Mega Millions jackpot has ever been won in Maine, according to Mega Millions. After no jackpot winner for 25 consecutive drawings, Mega Millions’ top prize has climbed higher and higher in recent months. Friday’s winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame the extremely…

One ticket sold in Maine beat the eerie odds of Friday the 13th and is set to claim the Mega Millions jackpot of about $1.35 billion, the lottery said. Friday night’s winning numbers were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14. Officials said the estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion while the potential lump sum cash payout is $724.6 million. “Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,” said Pat McDonald, who heads the Ohio lottery and serves as lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium. “It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions…

Hundreds of stone discs dating from about 10,000 to 12,000 years old and spiral grooves with small love letters on them. The content is about a spaceship from another world. This is believed to be evidence that the UFO crashed a long time ago. During excavations in the Baian – Kara – Ula mountains (Tibet) in 1938, an archaeological expedition led by Dr. Chi Pu Tei found hundreds of Dropa stone discs. These artifacts are believed to be evidence of a UFO crash from 12,000 years ago. The reason is because the Dropa rock disks are about 10,000-12,000 years old. Each is about 21…

A video of an alien-like creature captured by two British tourists in the Amazon jungle has attracted the attention of netizens after being uploaded to YouTube.This supposed alien creature is hiding behind a tree and not far from the crowd standing to film. While the video mainly shoots a group of children, the forest in the background has dim shimmering lights. The video focuses on the children, but there are strange details appearing in the forest in the background The image of a creature believed to be an alien appearing in the video was discovered by Michael Cohen, a reporter specializing…

Antarctica – an icy continent that hides many mysteries with giant pyramids buried deep under thick ice as evidence of an ancient civilization that once existed, with ancient maps showing where This used to be without ice, with secret bases of governments and aliens…. The Antarctic hypothesis is more than just a frozen wasteland that has intrigued scientists, writers and conspiracy theorists for decades.  What makes this icy continent the focus of debate? Some people argue that, because this land is separate from the rest of the world, and to reach Antarctica not everyone can want to come. Antarctica is one…

If it is said that aliens have come from distant places in the universe to come to Earth, then the question is how did they come? Many scientists around the world have tried to put forward a number of hypotheses. Many scientists have tried to hypothesize about the method of movement of UFOs. (Photo via Snopes.com) The presence of aliens and unidentified flying objects (UFOs) on Earth seems too obvious with official disclosures from countries. Mainstream media sources also confirm this.Dr. Brian O’Leary, former NASA astronaut and professor of physics at Princeton University once stated: “There is a lot of evidence that they…

Ethan Moriniti, 20, immediately began CPR and used an AED before first responders arrived Ethan Moriniti rushed to an unconscious man’s aid last fall at the Liberty Lake Golf Course, started chest compressions and shocked him with a defibrillator to help save the 67-year-old’s life. Moriniti, 20, credited a first aid course he completed in June at Spokane Falls Community College for the skills he applied the afternoon of Oct. 2. “Never thought I’d actually have to use it but four months later, I had to use it,” he said. Moriniti, a Central Valley High School graduate, said he arrived for his 2 p.m. job shift where he…

“A fossil like this comes up every 50 years or 100 years,” geologist and paleontologist John Calder told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the discovery It’s not every day that fossils are found on Prince Edward Island in Canada, but one woman did just that while walking her dog on the beach. School teacher Lisa Cormier was venturing down the shoreline at Cape Egmont in August when she came across what she initially believed were intertwined roots poking out of the sand, according to the Canadian Press. But upon further inspection, she realized she had come across something unique. “When I…

Molly Sampson told her mother that she wanted to find an extinct “meg” fossil while searching for at a local beach on Christmas morning — then did just that A 9-year-old Maryland girl came across the discovery of a lifetime while visiting a local beach this month. Young Molly Sampson was walking in the waters of Calvert Beach on Christmas Day when she came across something that caught her eye — a large, dark-colored tooth. Turns out, the palm-sized tooth belonged to an animal that died at least 3.5 million years ago: an Otodus megalodon shark. “She told me she…

Bodega cats are the New York City version of farm cats and are often used by bodega and convenience store owners to help keep mice and rats at bay PHOTO: BRIDGET MOYNAHAN/INSTAGRAM Bridget Moynahan is doing her part to reunite a bodega with their cat –– who just happens to be her namesake! The Blue Bloods actress, 51, shared a photo of a black and white missing poster taped on a wall and shared the picture to her Instagram Story. The poster shows the tabby cat standing on top of an ice cream freezer in front of a line of various candies like Butterfingers…

Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft this week from its Greenville, South Carolina, production line. The fighter completed final assembly, checkout, and painting at Greenville on November 21 and is expected to undergo flight trials at Edwards Air Force Base, California, early next year. The F-16 Viper is one of 16 the company is building for Bahrain as part of a $1.1-billion contract signed in 2018. The Gulf nation is expected to receive the first batch of four Block 70/72s by the first half of 2024 and the last by 2025, Breaking Defense revealed, citing a Bahrain air force…

Coloѕѕаl 100,000 Tonne 13 Billion Dollar Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Leaves Harbor and Begins Sea Trials. This most іmргeѕѕіⱱe ship brings many design, technological and systems enhancements to the foгсe projection capabilities of the United States Navy. With the skillful assistance of the tᴜɡ crew, the magnificent, brand new 1,100-foot-long, 100,000-tonne пᴜсɩeаг-powered supership USS Gerald R. Ford has left port to begin sea trials. Overhead view of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Atlantic Ocean. US Navy Photo CVN 78 sailed from Newport News for several days of grueling open water…

Newborn of Fallen Soldier is “Adopted” by Father’s Army Brothers As we approach Thanksgiving, we need to remember to be thankful for our military forces that keep us safe and defend our freedoms. Their lives are full of struggles and sacrifices–many of them won’t make it home for the holidays and some won’t make it home at all. Here’s one of those stories. The video below is poignant and devastating. U.S. Army Chris Harris received a package from his wife revealing she was pregnant. Unfortunately, Chris died a week later in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy. Suddenly,…

“A gift?” a boy said when he noticed a present with his name near his father’s grave. The teenager came to the graveyard to tell his father how awful his life was, unaware that the gift would change his life forever. “Albert! Dinner’s ready!” Albert’s grandmother called him from the dinner table. The 14-year-old boy was sitting in his room, thinking about his late father. He had just turned nine when his mother told him his father was no more. Her horror-stricken eyes were still fresh in his memory, and he couldn’t forget how his mother burst into tears after…

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Mυshrooms may be able to commυпicate electrically throυgh what is kпowп as the myceliυm пetwork. They seem to have a vocabυlary of υp to 50 ‘words’. Wheп mυshrooms talk. Image credit: Heпk Sijgers Αccordiпg to пew research, differeпt mυshroom species might actυally talk to each other throυgh their owп laпgυages, IFLScieпce reports. Αпd they do so throυgh traiпs of electricity spikes, eqυivaleпt to words, with each “laпgυage” typically haviпg aboυt 50 sυch traiпs. The пew stυdy pυblished iп Royal Society Opeп Scieпce пotes that “almost all creatυres withoυt пervoυs system prodυce spikes of electrical poteпtial.” Iп fυпgi, this happeпs throυgh clυsters of spikes…

The SR-71 Blackbird: The Fastest Plane, the Most Repairs Needed?: It was a mystery. The SR-71 Blackbird was built of titanium and other space-age alloys to handle the excessive heat caused by high-altitude and high-speed flight. But for some reason, some of the titanium parts were corroding. Various elements showed corrosion in the summer, but no problems were found during the winter months. This was just one of many odd problems found on the SR-71, still the fastest plane ever to fly. And, even stranger, it sits retired in a museum. Here are just a few of the issues the Blackbird encountered during…