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Malcolm in the Middle – 2.11: Old Mrs. Old

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Linda Friesen 'The Stardust 2.0 version' Haute Couture Gown

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sketchpage comm for @void-tech

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Godrick the Tryhard 💛

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The Marvels (2023), dir. Nia DaCosta

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Something simple to get me out of artblock

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Transcript

Everyone's talking about Artemis II, the first humans to travel to the moon in 50 years

Historic, right? BUT nobody's talking about the Deaf people who made it possible.

In the late 1950's, NASA had a problem.

They needed to understand what weightlessness did to the human body but every test subject kept getting violently motion sick

NASA needed to figure out FAST during the space race!

So, they went to Gallaudet University. They recruited 11 Deaf people.

Because a number of Deaf people had lost their hearing to spinal meningitis as children which also damaged their vestibular system.

Their inner ears couldn't be overwhelmed. They were immune to motion sickness.

NASA put them in centrifuges. Put them on zero gravity flights. A room for 12 straight days.

(All caps) It rotated the entire time.

One experiment on a ferry in choppy Nova Scotia waters, the researchers got so seasick they had to cancel it. The Gallaudet Eleven? They were playing cards.

Their bodies gave NASA the data and research it needed to send humans into space.

No Gallaudet Eleven? No Mercury. No Apollo. No Artemis II.

They stood on the shoulders of 11 Deaf people most people have never heard of.

Now you know!

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@ayronaught is a gem in the wasteland, thank you providing transcript! 💐

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I really love these colors for a landscape. It's such a cozy feeling with a subtle, magical tone to it. Daily drawing 2494.

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Jimothy

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The crossover at LEAST half a dozen people inquired about.

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— In the gentle fall of rain from heaven I hear my God. But in the thunder I still hear Thor. That is my agony.— I hope that someday our gods can become friends.

VIKINGS (2013-2020). 2.09 - The Choice