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8: No Such Thing As A Swear Word On The Moon

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Importance of Hypnosis in Space

The als is a good example of just a continuing tradition of highly inventive solutions. They use taco sauce to secure debris on the ISS and inside the space suits they have a little bit of Velcro that they used to itch their nose with because they can't itch their nose and stuff like that. Charlie Duke, who was on Apollo 16, he had such a problem with swearing that he had to be hypnotized before heading into space so that he wouldn't swear once he was on the moon.

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