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The Fire Bird: 🦃Do NOT deep-fry a frozen turkey 🦃#Oil has a higher boiling point than #water 🦃When a #frozen turkey is dropped into hot oil the ice turns to #steam 🦃The rapidly expanding steam causes the oil to boil over 🦃BLEVE = Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

The Fire Bird: 🦃Do NOT deep-fry a frozen turkey 🦃#Oil has a higher boiling point than #water 🦃When a #frozen turkey is dropped into hot oil the ice turns to #steam 🦃The rapidly expanding steam causes the oil to boil over 🦃BLEVE = Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

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Antler Velvet: 🦌That fuzzy layer isn’t fur — it’s antler velvet 🦌Reindeer antlers are one of the fastest-growing tissues in the animal kingdom, and the velvet is packed with blood vessels and nerves that feed the growing bone 🦌Once the antlers finish growing, the blood supply shuts down, the velvet dries out, and the reindeer rub it off

Antler Velvet: 🦌That fuzzy layer isn’t fur — it’s antler velvet 🦌Reindeer antlers are one of the fastest-growing tissues in the animal kingdom, and the velvet is packed with blood vessels and nerves that feed the growing bone 🦌Once the antlers finish growing, the blood supply shuts down, the velvet dries out, and the reindeer rub it off

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It’s a beaut, Clark! It’s a beaut! 🎄

It’s a beaut, Clark! It’s a beaut! 🎄

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Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia: 🎢200 ft tall; top speed 70 mph 🎢6 airtime hills: 175, 129, 118, 79, 56 & 48 ft 🎢Airtime hills can lift riders against their lap bars 🎢Camera after final 3 hills, before final banked left turn 🎢Witnesses say Oct 12 photos show rider displaced from his seat

Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia: 🎢200 ft tall; top speed 70 mph 🎢6 airtime hills: 175, 129, 118, 79, 56 & 48 ft 🎢Airtime hills can lift riders against their lap bars 🎢Camera after final 3 hills, before final banked left turn 🎢Witnesses say Oct 12 photos show rider displaced from his seat

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1931 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: 🎈Back then, the parade ended with Macy’s releasing the giant helium balloons into the sky 🪁Each balloon had a reward tag, so whoever found it when it came down could return it 💵In 1931, people — and even pilots — chased the balloons across NY and NJ to claim the cash prize

1931 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: 🎈Back then, the parade ended with Macy’s releasing the giant helium balloons into the sky 🪁Each balloon had a reward tag, so whoever found it when it came down could return it 💵In 1931, people — and even pilots — chased the balloons across NY and NJ to claim the cash prize

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The boy brought the basketball, but the elk brought the actual game ... 🦌 📹 via amazlngnature (X)

The boy brought the basketball, but the elk brought the actual game ... 🦌 📹 via amazlngnature (X)

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