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Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes was an amateur rocket builder and daredevil. In 2016 he started a fundraising campaign, claiming to be a flat Earther seeking to prove that the world is flat by flying one of his steam powered rockets into the atmosphere. These wild claims and stunts earned Mike the attention of the producers of the Science Channel TV show Homemade Astronauts. On February 22, 2020 Hughes was set to launch his home-made rocket when disaster struck; the emergency parachute included in the rocket was destroyed by the force of the launch, leaving Hughes with no safe way out of the rocket when it enviably crashed. Hughes was instantly killed when the rocket hit the ground.
After Hughes death, his PR team claimed that he was never a true Flat Earther and only claimed to be in order to gain funding for his project. Homemade Astronauts, the show in which Hughes was a major contestant was cancelled after four episodes since they couldn't continue filming after his death.
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Super Typhoon "Nanmadol".
It is claimed that no typhoon of this type has made landfall in Japan since 1951!
It has since moved out into the Pacific Ocean after battering Japan, killing four people, injuring over 100, and leaving thousands of homes without power.
More Information: https://www.dw.com/en/japan-cleans-up-after-typhoon-nanmadol-leaves-4-dead/a-63177872
Hope you liked my little "Disaster-Short-Film" ๐
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