Author: Theodore Lee

Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.

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Life Isn’t All Sunshine And Rainbows

January 12, 2023

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – A plane with almost half of its ceiling torn apart could land with just one causality

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue.

The plane was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui. The one fatality, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, was ejected from the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured.

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Answers

What Would It Be Like To Sink To Crushing Depths Inside a Submarine?

January 12, 2023

sinking submarine

Reaching crush depth wouldn’t be a slow crushing. Once the first deformations appear in the pressure hull, the whole thing caves very very fast, likely over the course of a couple seconds at most, depending on the pressure when it finally gives (44psi per hundred feet, at 1800 ft would yield almost 800psi, that’s a lot of pressure, and a massive release of energy once the hull finally gives.).

The strength of the hull comes from its shape more than material strength (though that does play a massive factor).

What feels slow, and would feel like an eternity, would be everything that leads up to crush depth.

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Picture Of The Day

Picture of the Day

January 12, 2023

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Dracula’s Armor designed by Eiko Ishioka for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Faced with a limited budget, Francis Ford Coppola declared early on that “the costumes will be the set.” For its costume designer, he picked Eiko Ishioka, an art director and graphic artist whose poster for Apocalypse Now (1979) he had loved a few years earlier. Something of an unexpected choice, Ishioka had never before seen a vampire movie and had limited costume design experience in feature films.

Mixing Eastern and Western cultural influences, she drew upon everything from insects and lizards to armadillos and red-blood corpuscles for inspiration, creating costumes that evoked haute couture, superhero attire, and traditional Japanese formal wear.

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Life Advice

15 Tough Lessons I’ve Learned From Life

January 12, 2023

1. Be Proactive, Not Reactive

So many times I found myself being too complacent, or too “easy-going”…so much so that it wasn’t what I did that cost me; it was what I didn’t do that created more difficulties.

Often my thinking was that I could wait for some perfect opportunity, perfect timing, or perfect people to conveniently fall into place for me to do anything from getting better women, to a better job, to a better place to live, and so, so much more.

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Links

Linkage

January 11, 2023

How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day – The Verge

Kevin Costner Passed On One Of The Greatest Movies Of All Time To Be In This Box Office Bomb – Ned Hardy

Most Audiophiles Agree This Is The Best “Bang For Your Buck” Amp Under $200 – Amazon

Texas grand jury weighs whether Houston armed diner who shot, killed robbery suspect will get criminal charges – Fox News

The psychological traps of online shopping, explained – VOX

Ke Huy Quan Tears Up During Emotional Golden Globes Speech, Thanks Spielberg for First Movie Role – Variety

Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $1.35 billion for the next drawing – CNBC

In-N-Out to open restaurants in Tennessee by 2026, company says – CBS

20 Clean Jokes That Are Actually Funny – Linkiest

Three Spreadsheet Tips to Make Beginners Feel Like Pros – Popular Science

An amazing budget choice for a gaming mouse – Amazon

The Best Sci-fi Movie You’ve Never Seen – Ned Hardy

The Daily Picdump – Leenks

How Do Stocks & Bonds Perform Following Big Down Years? – Wealth of Common Sense

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to Keep Sportswashing by Buying WWE? – Inside Hook

Why Woman Flake On You | #1 Most Common Lie Women Tell Men – Wing Girl Method

A Week In Portland, ME, On A $100,000 Salary – Refinery 29

Prediction Consensus: What the Experts See Coming in 2023 – Visual Capitalist

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The Dumping Grounds

January 11, 2023

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Life Experiences

Confessions of a $100 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Winner

January 11, 2023

Can you retrace us to the day you bought the ticket? What were u doing the day u saw you won? Did you run out of the store? What did u do after?

I buy $20 worth of picks whenever the jackpot exceeds $100 million. I always play the same numbers.

That particular day was just a day like any other: I left work, bought my ticket, and went home. It was a few days before the drawing and the drawings happen later in the evening so I check my numbers in the morning.

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Answers

How Did Sex Workers Prevent Themselves From Getting Pregnant Before Contraceptives?

January 11, 2023

First of all, they didn’t always manage to prevent themselves from getting pregnant. A famous historical person who was the child of a prostitute was Nell Gwynn, born in a London in 1650. Her mother had at least 2 daughters who she raised in the brothel and quite likely prostituted from an early age.

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Picture Of The Day

Picture of the Day

January 11, 2023

Woman Who Won $43 Million At Casino Offered Steak Dinner Instead Of Winnings

Katrina Bookman was playing the slots at the Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens when she secured what would have been the largest slot machine jackpot in U.S. History – $42,949,672.

She took a selfie with the machine to mark the moment, and later said her whole body went “numb” when she saw the life-changing figure. Bookman was told to come back the next day to discu

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Life Advice

How To Get Over The Fear Of Being Punched In The Face

January 11, 2023

The fear of getting punched in the face can severely limit your ability to defend yourself and your loved ones. Imagine walking outside and bumping into some idiot who doesn’t know to step out of your path. He pushes you back and shouts, “Stay out of my way!” No matter what you do, this aggressive psycho has already decided to get revenge for imagined disrespect. Suddenly, he swings a wild haymaker at your jaw. What do you do?

If it’s your first time reacting to a punch, your instinct might be to flinch, close your eyes, or turn your back to protect your face, but this puts you in even more danger as you don’t know exactly where the aggressive psycho is.

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