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The first pig to fly. 1909. (lemmy.world)
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[-] mykl@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We stayed in Sheerness (where this flight took place), and when my girlfriend saw this she immediately asked “Did pigs fly before women did?”. And the answer turned out to be no, women beat pigs by two weeks: “Sarah Van Deman … was the woman who flew with Wilbur Wright on October 27, 1909” source

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So women are a bit better than pigs.

[-] ARk@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

He doesn't look like he had a choice though

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

"When pigs fly"

I bet a lot of unprecedented things happened after that.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

You can't tell me that some medieval jerks never launched a pig with a catapult back in the day.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Ballistic trajectories don't count as flying.

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure pigs will have taken hot-air balloon flights before this, too.

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Does it count if they are dead already?

[-] JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Took me a minute to stop looking for the badge.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Stupid sexy pig.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Pioneer pig.

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