shhr311

shhr311 t1_ja6h3i6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:52 AM

Reply to comment by AnyFeed907 in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78

It gives some context when you’re talking sometimes lol

shhr311 t1_iwfc5r4 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 5:14 AM

Reply to comment by KillerJupe in TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur

Lifeguard from hell

shhr311 t1_iuze8gb wrote on November 4, 2022 at 3:17 AM

Reply to TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain

This reminds me of buzz aldrin yelling at the moon on 30 rock