Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers
The Dangerous Sports Club at the Golden Gate Bridge
Article source.
Their Wikipedia page.
Article about other bungee-ers at the bridge.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 18, 2020 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Architecture, Crime, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
The Devil’s Toy
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 25, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Crime, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Fads, Sports, Teenagers, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #445
Yes, it's perfectly safe to drive your one-ton car on the same surface as the 150-lb iceboat.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 22, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Sports, 1960s, Cars
Asbestos-Clad, Fireworks-Laden Boxers
Original is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 12, 2019 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Explosives, Foreign Customs, 1930s
Astra No. 8
Weirdness galore, plus cheesecake! What more could you ask? All sponsored by the UK Air Force.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 08, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Movies, Sex Symbols, 1950s
The Handsome Little Devils
Okay, artists are often intentionally weird, but some are weirder than others.
Their home page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 03, 2019 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Performance Art
Mad Mouse/Wild Mouse Roller Coaster
This old-school ride looks scarier than the new ones, because tinier and more vulnerable.The history of the ride.
Order yours here!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 16, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, 1940s, 1950s
“Breakfast” by Cyriak
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 19, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Destruction, Food, Highways, Roads, Streets and Traffic, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Fictional Monsters, Cars
Spikehorn Meyer, Friend to Bears
One of the forerunners of those folks who cuddle up to bears. Luckily, Spikehorn was never hurt.Article here.
Find-a-grave site.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 21, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Cult Figures and Artifacts, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Eccentrics, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Nuking the Moon
Project A119, also known as A Study of Lunar Research Flights, was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force. The aim of the project was to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon, which would help in answering some of the mysteries in planetary astronomy and astrogeology. If the explosive device detonated on the surface, not in a lunar crater, the flash of explosive light would have been faintly visible to people on Earth with their naked eye, a show of force resulting in a possible boosting of domestic morale in the capabilities of the United States, a boost that was needed after the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race and was also working on a similar project.
The project was never carried out, being cancelled primarily out of a fear of a negative public reaction, with the potential militarization of space that it would also have signified, and because a Moon landing would undoubtedly be a more popular achievement in the eyes of the American and international public alike. A similar project by the Soviet Union also never came to fruition.
Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 10, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Explosives, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Government, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s, North America, Russia
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