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Two questions:

1) How much damage did you body have when you came back to earth? Could you walk, did you find yourself nauseous, etc.

2) Where do you see manned spaceflight going in the future? Do you think we could ever have a moon base, or a mars base, or even make it out of the solar system.

Thanks, and I want to thank you and your mustache for being so awesome.

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I think you vastly underestimate the desire universities have to curate a diverse class. While that largely means racial/gender/whatever demographics diversity, it also means they love interesting people.

Yeah, if you're applying to BSU BYU it's a terrible idea to mention this. But certainly liberal arts schools might love this. Don't mention it in every application, but definitely do in a few. You'd be surprised how much they'll value your work ethic and initiative, even if it is in a more controversial field.

Also, props to a truly impressive accomplishment. Not many people have created something as well done as this.

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Two questions:

1) As someone who has a crazy impressive list of accomplishments, is it annoying to be best known for drinking your own piss?

2) How awesome does it feel to stand on top of Mt. Everest?

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I have to ask, did you read the books (no shame if you didn't; most actors don't). Because the original Flitwick who you said was "quite endearing" is closer to the book's description of Flitwick. The first movies were amazingly close to the books in terms of characters and dialogue, but as the series went on the drifted farther away.

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holy hell that's a brutal way to die. Probably painless though.

Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient, violently exploded due to the rapid and massive expansion of internal gases. All of his thoracic and abdominal organs, and even his thoracic spine, were ejected, as were all of his limbs. Simultaneously, his remains were expelled through the narrow trunk opening left by the jammed chamber door, less than 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter. Fragments of his body were found scattered about the rig. One part was even found lying on the rig's derrick, 10 metres (30 ft) directly above the chambers.