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@OnDisasters episode on youtube youtube.com/watch?v=Zlvjr0…

The "Kee Bird" fire May 21 1995: a former USAF B-29 [45-21768 – “Kee Bird”] is destroyed by a fire in Greenland, no victims. Plane had been abandoned since 1947 after a non-fatal accident. A team of aircraft restorers attempted to repair and fly it out of the location, but a fire broke out while it was still on the ground. The Restoration team´s efforts were the subject of a PBS Nova documentary, entitled “Frozen in Time”, and hence this footage exists, as they were filming what would be the aircraft´s engine startup. The fire was not the worst setback on this restoration: one of the project team´s engineers, Richard Allen 'Rick' Kriege, perished from illness during the restoration process. It was later determined that the conflagration began in the aircraft´s APU – Auxiliary Power Unit

Sean Murray from Skibbereen, Ireland, unlocked 91 bra buckles with one hand in 60 seconds officially setting the new Guinness World Record

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thunderstorms rolling in from Michigan

🇨🇳China's grain imports in the first four months of 2026 were up from the same period last year, especially in wheat. Meanwhile, pork imports fell 30% amid strong domestic output. Soybean imports were up 8% year-on-year but below the period's 5-year average.

Everyone believes every time...it's incredible.

🎬🍿 What started as a gritty action movie somehow evolved into one of the biggest cult classics of all time. Patrick Swayze made Dalton iconic, but the late addition of Sam Elliott as Wade Garrett gave the film a level of cool that audiences still talk about decades later. Elliott walked into the movie with that effortless swagger, calm confidence, and old-school toughness that instantly made every scene better. Wade Garrett felt authentic — like a guy who had already lived a hundred bar fights before the cameras even rolled. The fights were chaotic.
The one-liners became legendary.
The atmosphere was pure late-80s insanity. And somehow it all worked perfectly. 37 years later, ROAD HOUSE is still one of those movies people stop and watch the second they find it playing on TV, to this day.

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

Here's that segment shortly before it possibly produced a tornado, causing damage to North Lambeth #ONSTORM #ONWX

Trump just defended Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, warning that banning it would hurt American farmers financially.

Corn stubble going into notill soys

🇺🇸The U.S. in 2026 is set to harvest the smallest wheat crop in 54 years. Weather has challenged winter wheat this year and condition ratings have plunged. Pairing low yield with low planted area, USDA projects the smallest U.S. winter wheat harvest since 1965.

🇺🇸U.S. corn, soybean and wheat ending stocks in 2026/27 are all set to decline from the prior year. Wheat stocks came in well below expectations because of a shockingly small winter wheat crop.

lake still cold

How am I supposed to CHIP with that going on, Doug?

This is a brutally honest interview by Amos Hochstein, former Energy Advisor to Biden. "Every day that goes by with fake headlines...","The Strait of Hormuz is under Iranian control forever." Must watch. youtube.com/watch?si=oCqW7…

Dec Corn Highs by Month Since 2005 🌽 A few takeaways: The last two years were unconventional. Featuring 2 of the only 3 tops ever before spring The last decade has been led by May and June. With 6 of the last 10 years We haven’t printed highs in July since 2017 The last and only August highs were back in both 2011 and 2012 The last few times we saw our highest price of the year in November, much higher prices followed over the next 1-2 years (2010 and 2020) *** Need some help deciding when it’s a good time to take risk off the table in grain marketing? Try our updates and signals free 👉 dailymarketminute.com/freetrial

🌽These two corn fields in southern Illinois demonstrate the impact of recent cold & wet weather in the U.S. Corn Belt. The April 7 planted corn was up within a week and it's currently thriving. The April 21 planted corn isn't poking through yet and it may need a replant.

Opposite stories for corn and soybeans last week. Corn inspections were the marketing year's 2nd largest weekly volume while soybeans were a marketing year low (but still consistent with average levels for the date).