A 100-year-old veteran in Maryland just got his college diploma.
He's a former pilot named Jack Milton who served in World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam.
He had enough credits to graduate from the University of Maryland in the mid-1960s before he left for Vietnam. But he never did. The school surprised him with a diploma for his 100th birthday last week.
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Denver's Water Department Did a Spot-On Backstreet Boys Parody
Denver's water department employees did a Backstreet Boys parody about water conservation. And for what it is, they kinda nailed it.
It's the song "I Want It That Way" but with lyrics like "Tell me why / Don't water in the daytime". Extra props to the girl who's in it for her spot-on Kevin Richardson goatee.
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Forest Workers Dressed Up as Bugs to Act Out a Cicada's Life Cycle
Forest workers in Illinois decided to educate the public about cicadas . . . by dressing up as them and acting out their life cycle.
First, a worker climbs out of the ground and makes her way up a tree while a guy narrates. Then another worker dressed as a male cicada "sings" to attract a female. They used a bongo-style thing to simulate the sound they make.
It ends with a new cicada hatching, feeding, and burrowing into the ground to feed on roots for 17 years. (Here's the video and an interview about it. For some reason, they didn't cover the part where the cicadas pee everywhere.)
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