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Thursday, 27 June 2019
quote [ On December 26, 1783, a crowd gathered outside the observatory in Montpellier, a French city near the south coast on the Mediterranean Sea. They were about to witness the world’s first successful jump in a parachute. ]
Take your parachute and jump
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slaytanik said @ 4:16pm GMT on 27th Jun
I'm honestly amazed that we're in 2019 and this has only now been attempted
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mechanical contrivance said @ 4:57pm GMT on 27th Jun
No, dude. 1783.
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arrowhen said @ 9:10pm GMT on 27th Jun
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No, dude, I'm like 75% certain it's 2019.
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Silent said @ 7:56am GMT on 28th Jun
No, it clearly says today is December 26th 1783.
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slaytanik said @ 8:10am GMT on 30th Jun
Oh you guys are using the Gregorian calendar ?
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C18H27NO3 said @ 8:24pm GMT on 27th Jun
Cool. I was just in Montpellier a couple of years ago and walked right past this. An older french guy approached us right in front of this building and we had a great convo. He gave us highlights, but it didn't include the fact that the first parachute jump happened right behind us.
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