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mike · 4458 days ago

Two Canadian teens send up a lego guy on a weather balloon with a video camera in a styrofoam box with mitten warmers. Cost: $400 CAN. Awesomeness value: Priceless

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mk · 4458 days ago · link ·

I am going to admit some borderline teenage animal cruelty...

When I was a teen, my pal and I modified a model rocket that could hold a payload. Above plenty of padding, we added a frog with a parachute.

The rocket launched, the frog ejected hundreds of feet above us, and parachuted down. He looked no worse for wear. We kept him overnight for observation, and let him go the next day.