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It's called a Megamouth Shark. First discovered by the U.S. Navy in 1976 it's a very rare shark. There have only been 70 sightings around the world since then. It's a filter feeder and is very small (17 feet) compared to other filter feeders: Whale Shark and Basking Shark

LN tail code F-100D/F, F-15C/D/E, F-111F, HH-60G…492nd “Bolar Madhatters”,493rd “Grim Reapers”, 494th “Black Panthers” , 495th “?”, 48 FW (USAFE), RAF Lakenheath, UK

Do you recall the decommissioned bomber that sat off the expressway that ran perpendicular to Larpenteur near Lauderdale (now Roseville)? Recall it as smaller than a B-25 but sure loomed large beside passing traffic.

The misplaced grille emblem really bugs me!
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Only 3 Fighter Squadrons assigned there. Next year, Nov 2021 they will get 2 full squadrons of F35A Lightnings. I never knew Libya was an acronym until I spoke with a 111 pilot from Lakenheath years ago. Libya= Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass!

That was in fact a B25. It sat on a pole at a steel mill if I recall correctly. I am pretty sure that airplane was removed and restored to flying condition but cannot find the information on it.

These shots were taken around 1977 when myself and another group went backpacking in the Big Horn Mountain range of Wyoming. We came across a monument regarding a crash of a B17 (now called Bomber Mountain) and hiked to the crest at 12,840 feet where a B17 crashed on a training mission in 1943 when they hit the very tip of the mountain range in fog. If they had only gained another 100' they likely would have cleared the mountain summit. I actually found a leather helmet and a boot with a bone in it at the site. Both were returned where I found them. Sadly, looking at current photos of the site today, much of it has been stolen or rearranged from when I saw it.

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Named "Jungle Queen". This one is displayed at the Big Kahuna Water Park in Ft. Walton Beach (Destin) in northwest Florida. Ex USAF 44-86844. Has '362436' on its remaining stabilizer.

fwiw, this B25 is now dismantled and in storage in Oklahoma. I hope it's restored and made airworthy again.

It will depend on how bad the corrosion is which in this case I am pretty sure it is bad. Also, I understand getting turrets for this airplane is next to impossible.

I though I remember someone telling me that another B25 had been damaged while towing it out of a hanger and it severely damaged the vertical stabilizer. Perhaps this airplane donated it to get the other back flying. I will have to ask around.

"Interesting" armament for sure...but you can still make out the package gun and fairing mounts.

That's awesome

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Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympic Games awarded medals in sculpture, music, painting, and architecture, according to Smithsonian magazine.

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You can literally call someone a fathead, but it's still unkind: According to Psychology Today, 60 percent of human brain matter is made of fat.

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Oranges may be an iconic fruit, but they are not a naturally occurring one, as The Telegraph points out. In fact, oranges are a hybrid of tangerines and pomelos, also known as "Chinese grapefruit," and they were originally green—not, well, orange.

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In 1922, the American Association of State Highway Officials met to determine a standard design for stop signs, and that's where they decided on the color—yellow. Wait, what? Yes, according to Business Insider, stop signs were yellow because they thought that would grab drivers' attention. They'd also considered red, but there was no dye available at the time that wouldn't eventually fade. By 1954, however, sign makers had access to fade-resistant porcelain enamel, and could finally start making stop signs the red color we recognize today.

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Black sapote has another irresistible name: the chocolate pudding fruit. According to Good Morning America, the fruit—native to Central and South America—tastes like sweet custard with a hint of chocolate. When it's fully ripe, the flavor (and consistency) has been described as a dead ringer for chocolate pudding.

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The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 2 billion degrees kelvin. To give you a sense of how hot that is: The interior of our sun is only about 15 million degrees kelvin. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories produced the record-breaking temperature in their lab using a superheated gas, equal to about 3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit

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Every one hundred years, the moon adds approximately 1.4 milliseconds to a day. While this may be minuscule, it does add up: When dinosaurs roamed the planet, days were 23 hours long, according to NASA.

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As the The New York Times reports, water on our planet may have originated from ice specks floating in a cosmic cloud 4.6 billion years ago. Not impressed? It follows that "the same liquid we drink and that fills the oceans may be millions of years older than the solar system itself." Something to keep in mind while you're staying hydrated!

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The familiar bowler hat may look fashionable, but it began as a purely practical item—a riding helmet meant to protect riders from branches and other obstacles, according to The Telegraph. It was designed by London hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, hence the name.