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You can't make this stuff up: Crazy stories ripped from the headlines

LiquidFeet

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Images from Dukes of Hazzard.
They used smoke bombs.
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James

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Because dirt that isn't either carried by the car or within the boundary layer has a much higher drag/mass ratio and effectively gets stopped in its tracks once it leaves the boundary layer.

If that wasn't the case, all the dirt would land at the same spot the car did, instead of leaving a plume in the air.
Ok, so the car is basically Pig Pen with a good dirt reservoir, that gets launched. So if we launched a Pig Pen with fluorescent dirt, in a black light lit stadium, we’d get a nice plume?


Is it time to rename that car?
Bubba Watson paid like $125k for one of those.
 

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It sure took a long time for anyone to run over and check on the driver...
That’s what I thought! Two adults were in the car with the dashboard cam and one could‘ve gotten out. That was the most horrifying part of the video to me, that they just sat there instead of running to check on the driver. At least they called 911 right away.
 

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The weirdest thing (and Lehto failed to mention it) is that there is no financial gain to the cops who issued but did not hand out the tickets, what exactly was their motive? And are these cops an example of the low hiring standards for police officers in Hialeah? Its like these guys failed an IQ test.
 

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Meanwhile, in Florida:
Man in contraption washes up in Florida after trying to run on water https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57983648
Gotta add that the guy who tried this is an Iranian immigrant with a remarkable story who’s done some amazing stuff. This stunt, however, is a little loony and not so benevolent when the Coast Guard has to repeatedly rescue him.
 

John Webb

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Dukes of hazards have nothing on this yuba city woman ! When the General Lee was parked in Sperryville VA we bought a used exercise bike (4 th of 6) at a yard sale across the street. I keep telling her not to redonate the bikes. She doesn’t listen! All good skiers need crutches. I’ve hidden the last set !
 
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In Germany we have a 84 yr man fined for keeping a WWII battle tank and an anti aircraft gun in his basement !
Took 9 hours to remove all the ammunition !

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I can't count the number of times I've been stuck in traffic, wishing I had one of those.
 

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