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The next day, a second vehicle would take off, Soyuz 2, with three more crewmen aboard. Vladimir Komarov was chosen to fly the Soyuz 1 mission. Both Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin were close friends. They socialized, hunted and drank together. The Brezhnev administration wanted the docking to take place on or around May Day. But the Soyuz vehicle was far from being done. In fact, it was riddled with exactly 203 structural problems that made this machine unworthy of space travel....

Bens Soft Pretzelswill offer a free pretzel on Veterans Day. BJs Restaurant & Brewhousewill offer military members a free entree from alimited menu, for dine-in only. Bob Evansis offering a free entree from alimited menu, for dine-in only. Buffalo Wild Wingsis giving a free order of ten boneless wings and fries, for dine-in or takeout. California Pizza Kitchenwill hand out a free dine-in entree from alimited menu, with non-alcoholic drinks included....

Just follow this guide and youll be fine. Some of this can be deduced from their usual drink order at the bar. Whiskey Taste in whiskey is complex. A great example is theBalvenie Doublewood, which is a smooth Scotch thats aged in bourbon barrels. One overall note is toignore age statements on bottles. What might sound impressive on a bottle of Scotch doesnt mean much for rum. For an English rum, tryDoorlysout of Barbados....

The poster was alluding to air attacks that Britain was being subjected to. For the very first time, civilians were under threat. The German Zeppelin LZ 18 at Berlin-Johannistal, 1913. Zeppelins were first flown commercially as passenger airliners in 1910. Then the Germans discovered goldbeater’s skin, made from the intestines of cattle. The cleaned gut is then stretched over a frame. The living tissues in the sheets grew together making a seamless and Hydrogen proof join....

I once lived on a bog. Come fall, the bogs of Cape Cod are filled with water. Gigantic wheeled machines agitate the vines, and the cranberries float to the top. Breathtaking is an insufficient word to describe the color. My appreciation for the cranberry knows no bounds. I am the rare fan of unsweetened cranberry juice, the kind that makes your face pucker. I brew cranberry iced tea in summer, and I make cranberry edibles....

Flint and steel was a common combination. Later on, chemicals were used to induce fire and the first self-igniting match was born. When the match tip was dipped into a vial of sulfuric acid, the match ignited. Phosphorus bottle pocket matches, circa 1828. Joseph Allen Skinner Museum. Many users of the match used to crush the vial with their teeth. These first matches were extremely difficult to ignite, and they frequently erupted in a shower of sparks....

macOS Monterey brings one of iPadOS 15’s most interesting features to the Mac: Quick Notes. Apples Notes app is already a robust note-taking solution, but its now more integrated into the OS. Using the new Quick Notes feature, you might start taking notes from anywhere on the Mac. All it takes is a gesture or a keyboard shortcut. Heres how it works. How to create a Quick Note from anywhere Want to jot something down in a hurry?...

This practice was known as hitobashira or da sheng zhuang. Two rivers named Kitakawa and Mamuta kept flooding and causing all sorts of damage and loss of life. Both Kowakubi and Koromono-ko were found and captured. But Koromono-ko was clever. On the day of his sacrifice, Koromono-ko brought two gourds with him and addressed the river god directly. Of course, the gourds did not sink and Koromono-ko walked free. TheYasutomi-ki, a diary from the 15th century, documents the famous tradition of Nagara-no Hitobashira....

To access and add passwords, youhadto use Safari, and there was no reliable way to export passwords. But slowly, iCloud Keychain (or iCloud Passwords) is becoming less of a walled garden. For instance, you could now useiCloud passwords on a Windows machine, including third-party browsers. This change means its now easier to move in and out of iCloud Keychain, depending on your needs. Heres how it works. hit the three-dottedMenubutton in the bottom toolbar, and choose the Import Passwords option....

In January 2018, it had 55 million global users. TikTok is just for dancing and lip-syncing Nope. Granted, it started out this way, with its owner ByteDance merging with lip-syncing platform Musical.ly in 2017. you’re free to follow (or be!) (OK, you cant be a dog. Can you dance and lip-sync, too? You have to be hot to be successful Wrong. On TikTok, looks alone do not rule; talent, expertise, and relatability do....

The first nuclear test, codenamed Trinity, was scheduled for July 16, 1945. The Trinity test of July 16, 1945. Requests for further postponements had to be refused because they would have affected the schedule for the main test. The 100-ton test went off at 04:37 Mountain War Time (MWT), on May 7, 1945. The explosion also seemed to arouse little comment in neighboring towns. The radioactive tracer, though not highly dangerous, was not something in which one wanted to get soaked!...

Chocolate cake is never just delicious; itsdecadent. Popcorn cant be merely tasty; itsguilt-free. But there is no such thing as good or bad food, at least according toDr. Below are some common words and phrases that equate fueling yourself with some kind of character judgment. Guilt-free Enjoying a pint of ice cream is not a moral wrong. You will not have to stand trial in calorie-counting court. Im having secondsdont judge me....

Relationships are tricky things. Your friends probably hate to see you in that emotional tug-of-war. But you still have to tell them. The reasoning here is simple. One: You shouldnt have lies between you and your friends. Its just not good for the relationship. Two: They will find out anyway. Do they have your location on Find My Friends or Snapchat? Do you and your reunited beau go out to bars your friends might spot you at?...