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Horizontal Stabilizers

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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.
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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.
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rraszews
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Upon reflection, it was a mistake to trust an airplane company whose name is the onomatopoeia for bouncing.
Columbia, MD
Lythimus
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This is definitely one of those "we burn the trash, it goes into the sky and forms the stars" moments.
Destrehan, LA

Bottle

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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."
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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."
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Simple Machines

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It's hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee's wheel-and-axles are really good.
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It's hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee's wheel-and-axles are really good.
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Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.
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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.
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Husband and Wife

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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.
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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.
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Bend, Oregon

Border Message

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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.
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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.
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