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Ancient Chinese official Wan Hu strapped 47 firecrackers to a chair to travel the space, made his servants light them all at once, and disappeared in a massive cloud of smoke. (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To travel the space

[โ€“] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 2 points 45 minutes ago

It would be ridiculous to say you are traveling TO space, considering the obvious fact that we are already there.