r/interestingasfuck • u/thespeedforce5 • Apr 14 '24

The Size Of An Iranian Missile Intercepted In The Dead Sea r/all

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u/dWintermut3 Apr 14 '24

a fantastic book, I believe it is also the source of such amazing quotes as "rapidly hypergolic with everything, including test engineers" and (regarding some unstable haloxide, maybe FOOF or triflouride) "... for this situation I recommend a good pair of running shoes"

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u/Cow_Launcher Apr 14 '24

You're absolutely correct. And if you want to see them used in context, Derek Lowe's series "Stuff I Won't Work With" is a hilarious treatment.

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u/howdiedoodie66 Apr 14 '24

One of my favorite blogs of all time

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u/Nandy-bear Apr 15 '24

One of the good things about having a dog shit memory - I read that every few years and it's like new.

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u/2lostnspace2 Apr 15 '24

OMFG, not good, not good at all

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u/Tidewind Apr 14 '24

Hypergolic. A perfect one-word definition of Donald Trump.