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For those people who have a problem with genuine mink coats, perhaps we could change their minds. All we have to do is take the amount of live minks that make up a full-length coat, put them in their home, and close the door.
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The F you sign in UK and Ireland is 2 fingers in a V, like the peace out sign, but with the back of the hand facing the person you are gesturing at, the v pointing up and the hand vigorously gestured up while shouting the phrase. And yes it was to show the French that they still had their fingers and could draw a bow.
 

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There was a guy who had a Spitfire restored, and converted to a 2-seater. He died in a car crash in 1988 and his widow, Carolyn Grace, learned to fly the plane. She has been flying it regularly and giving people rides.
Around 2018 2011, with Mrs. Grace over 50 years old, someone in the area complained that her Spitfire was too loud.

People in her home town got over 3400 signatures on a petition basically telling the complainer to stuff it.

Mrs. Grace said: "It's reflective of how supportive Suffolk people have been in general, they are very patriotic and so proud of the Spitfire."

Among the 211 "beautifully worded" e-mails and 22 handwritten letters, I bet someone told the complainer to move. ...To Germany. 'Cause when you're in Britain you like Spitfires or you shut up.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...aft-community-overturned-noise-complaint.html
 
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What is now known as the "Grace Spitfire", and is known for a woman flying it, is also known for a woman flying it first.

A woman named Jackie Moggridge was the first pilot to fly it, and delivered it from the factory to a combat squadron just in time for the Normandy invasion.

After Jackie died and was cremated, her daughter rode in the Grace Spitfire to scatter mum's ashes. 🥺

https://www.jackiemoggridgespitfiregirl.com/a-return-to-the-skies
 
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Maybe someone else thinks this is interesting, too:

Remember when astronomers found a red dwarf that had like, 7 planets, and a few of the planets were at a distance that they might have water in liquid form?

The star is called "TRAPPIST-1" and the planets are all "TRAPPIST-1b", "TRAPPIST-1c" and so on.
TRAPPIST-1e is likely the one most similar to earth.

They've started a project called TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) to try and figure out if the planet has an atmosphere, and what the weather might be like.

This is also the planet that takes 6 earth days to orbit the star.

If this planet has a rotation, an axial tilt, and weather,
summer isn't a "season" so much as a day of the week.

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Maybe someone else thinks this is interesting, too:

Remember when astronomers found a red dwarf that had like, 7 planets, and a few of the planets were at a distance that they might have water in liquid form?

The star is called "TRAPPIST-1" and the planets are all "TRAPPIST-1b", "TRAPPIST-1c" and so on.
"TRAPPIST" is an acronym for "TRAnsiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope" and refers to a pair of automated telescopes run by Belgian astronomers.

"Trappist" is also a kind of beer, brewed by Trappist monks.

While most astronomers are referring to those planets as TRAPPIST-1b, TRAPPIST-1c, etc., Belgian astronomers have named the first six planets Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, and WestVleteren, for the 6 Trappist breweries in Belgium.

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/earth-like-planets-named-after-belgian-beer/

...So, I'm guessing Rochefort is the one most like Earth.

To elaborate on the hardware and methods that found TRAPPIST-1, there's a follow-on project called SPECULOOS, which stands for "Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars",
but is really named for a European cookie. 😆

Speculoos, cookie with a telescope named for it.jpg
 
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