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Will12239 t1_jadha6y wrote
Reply to Putin tells FSB security service to raise its game against Western spy agencies by northern_hero
They are salty about that William Burns interview where in the end he kind of implies they basically know everything about every gov
Will12239 t1_isyl52a wrote
Reply to TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing. by Key-Code-4296
Not always. I was on a flight last month that took off with the wind. I was very surprised when I saw the wind sock while turning onto the runway. Probably much safer to do with powerful airliner engines compared to GA engines.
Will12239 t1_jadjk0m wrote
Reply to comment by SterlingArcherTrois in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne
Religion was a great way to transition from tribalism to modernism. It melded society into a cohesive unit. A natural phenomena, we would be in the stone age without it. To dismiss it is ignorant.