Bright Side

There you are, at the airport, sitting in the departure lounge waiting for your flight. Then, you see them walk by in their crisp uniforms. Pilots – they’re the epitome of “cool”! And when you see those pictures on social media showing pilots taking epic selfies tens of thousands of feet in the air, then you’re really convinced! It’s hard to imagine what their life is really like, but it might be way different from what you think!

Do you know, for example, what happens if one of the pilots does get sick or needs emergency medical assistance? Or if a pilot needs to leave the cockpit and get some rest? Or what are the health risks associated with the job? Or have you ever wonder why the plane takes so long to land? Like, why are we doing circles around the airport? Let's find out!

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Sleepwalking is one of the most bizarre and terrifying phenomena out there! The human body is incredible, but it can be a real challenge too! Imagine someone looks you straight in the eye and says that you were eating, cooking, talking, walking, even driving (yes, there have been cases!), yet you don’t remember a thing.

You might deny it just because it sounds like utter nonsense. But if you’re a sleepwalker, there’s nothing to be ashamed of! What causes sleepwalking varies from person to person, and experts still aren’t even 100% sure why it happens. But some common culprits include depression, OCD, insomnia, sleep apnea, night terrors, and problems with the nervous system. What do all those have in common? Yep, they’re all out of your control.

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Imagine you’re going on a hike with a few of your friends to the Grand Canyon. You’ve planned to spend the night, camp like boy scouts, and most importantly, have fun. As you’re on the trail towards your destination, your fastest buddy is a few hundred feet ahead. Suddenly, you see him tripping, and just as he’s about to hit the ground, he vanishes into thin air, right in front of your eyes.

What would you do? Would you trust your eyes, or think of it as a hallucination? That's exactly what happened to James Burne Worson 126 years ago. He simply vanished. Nobody could explain this incident using logic. His friends were in utter shock...

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In the summer of 2014, Viktor Kazachenko was riding his motorcycle across the steppe of Northern Kazakhstan. He was headed to a nearby town to run some errands, but he never arrived. Kazachenko was hit by a mysterious illness that made him black-out and fall asleep while riding. He woke up 4 days later in the hospital, with no memory of what happened. And, he wasn’t the only one.

The village of Kalachi, in Kazakhstan, has been struck by a true medical enigma that’s causing people to fall asleep for days at a time. Interestingly, when they come out of it, they have no recollection of what happened. Forty-six-year-old Taisiya, from Kalachi, experienced this sleepy hollow 3 times in just a few years.

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Humans seem to have seen everything there is to be discovered on Earth. But is it really so? In fact, not in the least. Our planet hides so many secrets that we might spend another thousand years and still not see it all. And yet, recent discoveries make scientists all over the world ring the alarm bells: the Earth might be in more danger than we thought.

As you know, the deepest point on the planet is the Mariana trench in the Pacific Ocean. There have been many attempts to explore it. We have only found about 5% of creatures dwelling under the sea, and we’ve no idea what else can be lurking down there. And yet something has been found there. Something disturbing.

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From time to time, we all face different insignificant issues while cooking. Overcooked chicken, lumpy sauce, or a piece of beef that you forgot to take out of the freezer to defrost for dinner can easily spoil your mood. And if the question "What’s for dinner tonight?" makes you feel a little uneasy -- because you don't consider yourself the best cook in the world, turn off those competitive cooking shows – and tune in here!

You're about to find out how to make crispy fries even crispier, peel tomatoes effortlessly, whip cream with no blender, and many other useful tricks! Here are some really cool cooking tricks. Having them under your sleeve will make cooking easy-peasy for you, help you to save time and avoid many problems while cooking!

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Each of us has held worn clothing in our hands and wondered if we should wear it one more time or put it in the washing machine. Not everyone knows all the rules for washing. For example, you need to wash some clothing inside out, because it absorbs bodily fluids which are primarily inside. And sometimes our stuff is much dirtier than it looks.

Of course, we shower and stay up on our hygiene, but our skin has natural oils and sweat, and they get the clothes dirty! And what about bed sheets and pillowcases? They should be washed every at least 2 weeks. Remember that you shed dead skin while you sleep, and you know what loves to munch on that? The dust mites in your bed! (Good luck falling asleep tonight! Heh-heh!)

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When Marine Second Lieutenant Walter Osipoff was boarding a plane on May 15, 1941, he didn't know yet that the flight would almost become his very last. Shortly after the takeoff, an accident that no one could have predicted left the man dangling high in the air, tangled in his parachute and hanging from the aircraft's tail in midflight.

It was another regular sunny morning in California, and everything was calm at the North Island Naval airbase. There were no warning signs to the drama that was about to unfold in just a couple of hours. His parachute's ripcord got tangled with the automatic-release cord of the cargo cylinder, and the next thing he knew - his parachute was deploying inside the plane!

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The airport is one of those special places that can be a mix of pure excitement, childlike wonder, and unbearable stress! Traveling can be fun and all, but most people wanna get through the airport part of it as quickly as possible.

The 3-1-1 rule (3 oz per container inside a transparent plastic bag) tells you how to pack liquids to get through the security checks at the airport. But there are many other ways of making sure that your airport experience is smooth, and one of them is to be ready for any situation. Here are 14 tips that will help you become an expert.

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We’ve all been there – it’s one in the morning and you’re still hungry. You get out of bed and make your way to the kitchen for a late-night snack. Because who can sleep when they’re hungry? But are there any health consequences to late-night snacking? We probably don’t even think about it, but maybe we should.

We shouldn’t go to bed hungry! Eating a huge bowl of cereal at 1 AM isn’t great if you’re trying to lose weight. But we’re more prone to this, though, if we’ve gone to bed hungry. At night we tend to crave foods that are either salty or sweet. So, if you have to get out of bed and curb that hunger, or satisfy that craving, try to choose something healthy to eat. Are there even more consequences of going to bed on an empty stomach?

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