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Ordinary objects that have been sent into "space" by weather balloons: an iPhone, a Lego man, a toy train, and most recently, a burger. With the help of Boston-area burger chain b.good, five friends from Harvard conducted their burger launch on October 27 from Sturbridge, Massachusetts. To keep the burger solid and stable, they coated the two-day old burger with spray-on varnish, glued it together, and screwed it to an acrylic board. They attached the board to a box containing a GoPro Hero and an HTC Rezound phone, and secured the box to a helium-filled, 600 gram weather balloon.

The burger reached a maximum altitude of 30,000 meters—technically not entering the standard definition of space, but reaching the stratosphere, which is still damn high and makes for an awesome video (and, admittedly, "First Hamburger In the Stratosphere" doesn't sound as good).

The burger landed about 130 miles away in Byfield, Massachusetts...stuck 100 feet up in a tree. The team tried shooting it down with a bow, but eventually got it down by hiring someone to climb the tree.

"Operation Skyfall: First Hamburger In Space"

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About the author: Robyn Lee is the editor of A Hamburger Today and takes many of the photos for Serious Eats. She'll also doodle cute stuff when necessary. Read more from Robyn at her personal food blog, The Girl Who Ate Everything.

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Insufferable 8-Year-Old Won't Stop Chanting 'Romney'

Thiiis is hooow you dooo iiiit...

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Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it…

Now you can play this and many other tunes from Super Mario Bros. on the piano.

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September 22nd was the 25th Anniversary of the premiere of Full House (yes, you ARE that old), so the full cast got back together (except for the Olsen twins because, like, who cares?) and they all look adorable (pictures mostly ffrom John Stamos’ Facebook). Funnily, the ladies all look like the soccer moms you’d have expected their characters to grow up to be, even the former meth addict. Lots more photos (and a picture of the Full House cake) in the slideshow after the links.

5 Reasons Why Birthday Boy Bruce Springsteen Might Be The Coolest Musician Ever — (UPROXX)

James Franco’s new band sounds hella James Franco-y — (Film Drunk)

These NBA Doppelganger GIFs Are Pretty Terrifying And Accurate — (With Leather)

6 Reasons The Wii U Could Win The Upcoming Console Race — (Gamma Squad)

The 5 Most Interesting People From The “American Juggalo” Documentary — (Smoking Section)

Philip Rivers Handles Season’s First Loss With Typical Maturity — (Kissing Suzy Kolber)

But I Think That God’s Got a Sick Sense of Humor: Five Things You May Not Have Heard About This Week – (Pajiba)

10 Oddly Insured Body Parts — (Buzzfeed)

12 Bizarre Cat-Related Patents — (Mental Floss)

That’s not a mustache. THIS IS A MUSTACHE — (Fark)

The 10 Biggest Cruise Ships In The World — (Complex)

More Accurate Titles for the New TV Shows of Fall 2012 — (College Humor)

6 Great Underrated Movie Roles Of Jennifer Jason Leigh — (Unreality)

“…Two Kinds of People In This World…” — (High Definite)

The Best Thing About The 2012 NFL Season — (Ugly Fours)

Watch Matt Schaub Get Absolutely Decked by Joe Mays — (Brobible)

10 Ironic ‘Speak English’ Signs — (HuffPost Comedy)

The post Adorable Pictures Of The Reunited ‘Full House’ Cast (And The Morning Links) appeared first on UPROXX.

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My unemployment benefits ran out and I have to downsize, so I won't be able to take the shrine with me. No more reeling around the fountain, indeed. Comes from a home where smoking was previously allowed and 2 cats lived but they both died this summer. And I might as well tell you that I had to exchange all the stuff my ex-fiancee and I had at each other's places this morning, since he ended our relationship just as things were looking most grim for me, so I might be sobbing when you come by.

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Filmmaker Chris Tangey was just chillin' in the Australian Outback when a 100-foot-high "fire devil" kicked up nearby -- so he decided he'd better record the rare event for posterity.

"It was like a dance of giants, really," Tangey says. "There was a red one, a black one, a white one and one made of fire."

Yeah. No big deal.

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Cupcakes are helluva drug. 

Rufus was practicing for his run at the big balls on ABC’s Wipeout.

Piper loves to burrow. When my husband came home and found her like this, she ran to the back door like normal, walked around the back door like normal, literally pretending like she wasn’t stuck in a pillow.

If today's camera-nabbing seagull wasn't enough for you, here's a compilation of birds stealing food.

Those thieving bastards.

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Kamchatka is home to 160 volcanos. Photo by @fosterhunting (Taken with Instagram)

With great beards come great responsibility. 

La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Bunol, located inland from the Mediterranean Sea, that brings together thousands of people for one big tomato fight – purely for fun! It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Bunol. One theory – the most popular of many theories - about the origins of the “fight” dates back to 1945, when (during a parade) young men staged a brawl in the town’s main square, the Plaza del Pueblo. There was a vegetable stand nearby, so they picked up tomatoes and used them as weapons. The police had to intervene to break up the fight and forced those responsible to pay the damages incurred. -- Paula Nelson (26 photos total)
A reveler wipes tomato pulp from his face during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Aug. 29, 2012. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the 'Tomatina,' now in its 64th year. (Alberto Saiz/Associated Press)

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TAMPA, FL—Excitement on the floor of the Republican National Convention reached a fever pitch Tuesday, as attendees were treated to a rally at the Tampa Bay Times Forum featuring the savage beating of an openly gay Marine. Amidst the deafening roar ...

Neil Armstrong — astronaut, engineer, professor, Navy pilot, and first man on the moon — has died at the age of 82. He is best known for the words he spoke just after he set foot on the moon. Contrary to popular belief, Armstrong said (emphasis added): “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” That word “a” was garbled in the satellite feed heard by the world. Regardless of our ability to hear him, Armstrong was a man of powerful words. Here are a few more to remember him by.

The Moon Plaque

Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin left a plaque on the ladder of their moon lander, Eagle. The plaque read: “Here men from the planet Earth / First set foot upon the Moon / July 1969 A.D. / We came in peace for all mankind.” It bore the signatures of the Apollo 11 crew members and President Nixon. He also left a small silicon disc bearing tiny messages of goodwill from various world leaders, as well as the names of various American dignitaries. You may enjoy this video of Armstrong placing the plaque and then reading its text to the world (his reading starts around 1:30):

In addition to that plaque, the messages of goodwill on the disc were mixed. Most were fairly bland messages of congratulations. But the message from Poland made it clear that the Cold War was in full swing:

“Although we are not suggesting any message from the Polish Head of State, please be assured that the achievements of the U.S. astronauts are followed by us with great interest, appreciation and best wishes for the success in their endeavor.”

Sincerely,
Jorzy Michalowski
Ambassador, Poland

And in this short clip at the Apollo 11 40th anniversary celebration in 2009, Armstrong discusses how the space race functioned politically. “I’ll not assert that it was a diversion which prevented a war, but nevertheless, it was a diversion.”

The Congressional Gold Medal

Armstrong was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on July 21, 2009. In this video, he shares some memories of the journey. He starts the speech: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am in the position of a pilot without his checklist, so I’ll have to wing it. … [Prior to the Apollo missions,] no one knew what kind of person could be persuaded to take the trip. Prisoners were suggested. Soldiers could be ordered. Photographers could take pictures — and they’re expendable. Doctors understood the limits of human physiology. Finally, both sides picked pilots.” Watch the rest for an explanation of how the Apollo missions worked.

Tranquility Base & “About to Turn Blue”

Eagle‘s touchdown was tricky. The autopilot was sending the lander into a crater that Armstrong didn’t like the looks of, so he took manual control and steered the vehicle to a new location, which he dubbed Tranquility Base — apparently the first time Mission Control had heard the name. With seconds of fuel remaining (and people around the world holding their breath), Armstrong landed and announced the name of the first place where humans set foot on the Moon. Capcom Charlie Duke was audibly relieved, and just a bit flustered. The exchange:

Armstrong: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”

Duke: (Momentarily tongue-tied) “Roger, Twan…(correcting himself) Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot.”

You can read the full lunar landing transcript from NASA, including several audio clips in MP3 format.

The BBC Interview

In 1970, Armstrong was interviewed by the BBC about what it was like to be on the Moon. “I’m quite certain that we’ll have such [lunar] bases in our lifetime, somewhat like the Antarctic stations and similar scientific outposts, continually manned.”

The 60 Minutes Interview

Armstrong was a very private man. Here’s a rare profile at age 75 on 60 Minutes. Highlights: he got his pilot’s license at 15 — before his driver’s license; video showing his last-minute ejection from a near-fatal test flight (after which he walked back to his office and finished some paperwork); the dicey last-second landing of Eagle (and laughing with Walter Cronkite remembering that landing).

The biography mentioned in the video above is First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.

NASA’s Remembrance

NASA has posted an obituary, including this quote from Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (the man who did not get to walk on the Moon during that mission):

“He was the best, and I will miss him terribly.” — Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot.

NASA also posted this image showing Armstrong on the Moon. Most of the iconic astronaut-on-the-Moon photos are actually of Buzz Aldrin, taken by Armstrong. But this is the man himself:

A Glamour Shot

Here’s Neil Armstrong in a Gemini G-2C training suit. Photo courtesy of NASA, via Wikipedia.

New York Times Archival Coverage

The New York Times has posted archival images and text from their coverage of the first moonwalk, with its famous, gigantic “MEN WALK ON MOON” headline. You may recall The Onion‘s profane-but-true spoof (warning: curse words, lots of ‘em!) of that page. Here’s a nice bit from the real NYT coverage:

Tentative Steps Test Soil

Mr. Armstrong’s initial steps were tentative tests of the lunar soil’s firmness and of his ability to move about easily in his bulky white spacesuit and backpacks and under the influence of lunar gravity, which is one-sixth that of the earth.

“The surface is fine and powdery,” the astronaut reported. “I can pick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots. I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch. But I can see the footprints of my boots in the treads in the fine sandy particles.

After 19 minutes of Mr. Armstrong’s testing, Colonel Aldrin joined him outside the craft.

The two men got busy setting up another television camera out from the lunar module, planting an American flag into the ground, scooping up soil and rock samples, deploying scientific experiments and hopping and loping about in a demonstration of their lunar agility.

They found walking and working on the moon less taxing than had been forecast. Mr. Armstrong once reported he was “very comfortable.”

And people back on earth found the black-and-white television pictures of the bug-shaped lunar module and the men tramping about it so sharp and clear as to seem unreal, more like a toy and toy-like figures than human beings on the most daring and far-reaching expedition thus far undertaken.

Armstrong Smiles After a Walk on the Moon

Finally, here’s a photograph taken by Aldrin of Armstrong, after they returned from their walk on the Moon. That grin is infectious — you can see the exuberant sense that “we did it” is on his face, along with the weariness of how hard it was. But we went to the Moon not because it was easy, but because it was hard. Rest in tranquility, Neil Armstrong.

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