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TIL that only two people survived a fall through a cumulonimbus cloud. One of the cases suffered severe frostbite and decompression injuries and was trapped in the cloud for more than 30 minutes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is kind of terrifying though. Suddenly, my irrational fear of clouds doesn't seem quite so irrational any more.

[โ€“] Rhoeri 1 points 1 year ago

Good lord that must have been insane!