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Extraplanetery adventures in today’s Reddit digest
Today we learn about stratospheric sky dives, trips to Mars, and the physics of Batman’s cape.
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How plausible is Batman’s cape from the Christopher Nolan franchise? (r/AskEngineers)
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Joe Kittinger has jumped from the stratosphere to Earth, and holds the record for highest skydive. He was nice enough to stop by for an AMA yesterday. (r/IAmA)
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Speaking of amazing acts of extraplanetary adventure: Here’s that AMA from the NASA Curiosity rover engineers. (r/IAmA)
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“The Game of Moderators” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. There’s got to be a better term for this fascinating coup d’etat drama in r/Fallout. (r/SubredditDrama)
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I love this question: “Is there a scientific explanation for the satisfying sensation of rubbing one’s eyes when tired?” (r/askscience)
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Were decapitations common on medieval battlefields? (r/AskHistorians)
Pic of the day: I made a simple camera out of a whiskey box and strapped it to my bicycle. This is one of my favorite images. What do you think? (r/photocritique)
Photo by 2TOP/Flickr
