You know Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and a few others, but what about the very first man in space? His name was Yuri Gagarin, and he was from the then-Soviet Union, getting strapped into a big bomb that would make him leave the planet way before it was cool. Or, let’s be real here, all that safe.
At only five-foot-two, that didn’t stop him from carrying his huge cojones into one of the first rockets to leave the surly bonds of Earth. He completed one orbit of the world on April 12th, 1961, landing safely to become an international hero.
Smile for the Camera, Princess
A photo ID is just another part of the school year for many teachers. Most of them just show up in some nice duds, give the camera a grin, and move along. For some strange reason, one teacher decided the proper thing to do one year was to dress up like Princess Leia from “Star Wars.”
He was likely already bald on top – guys named Brian Dennert usually are – so he grabbed a white robe, a little hair bun, and a Star Wars laser and looked ready to overthrow the Empire. Right after he is done teaching AP World History.
Seems Like a Fun Class
For our money, a no-nonsense teacher is the best kind of teacher. The one that tells you to shut up, get your butt in your seat, put your phone away, and pay attention, or he might just start throwing things around the place. This Professor Brown seems like one of those guys.
He is a physics professor, and they come in two stripes: the aforementioned no-nonsense style and the kind that is so loopy and weird you might as well not be taking a class at all. Professor Brown is the kind that forges people that come up with new theories.
Not Most People, Anyway
Maybe you have pants made of newspaper cartoons; we do not know. But, for the most part, this teacher is correct – kids think they are so sneaky, but they are as transparent as the glass in your living room sometimes.
Once you hit your thirties, you start to realize you didn't really get away with anything – teachers and parents just decided they had to pick their battles if they wanted to get through the day. They want you to pay attention, but fine, go ahead and text. Only three more hours until school is over. Then they get to go home.
A Physics Problem From 2010
The Biebs was a big joke for a long time, but he has faded away into pop star obscurity – he appears in the rumor mags and on tabloid sites and on TMZ, but rarely elsewhere in the minds of most people.
Still, that did not stop one physics teacher from using Justin as part of a word problem that asks people to find out how fast he would be falling by the time he reaches the ground. You know, we could do this problem once, but that knowledge has been lost to time. At least two miles per hour, probably.