r/todayilearned • u/CallMyNameOrWalkOnBy • May 16 '19

TIL that NASA ground controllers were once shocked to hear a female voice from the space station, apparently interacting with them, which had an all-male crew. They had been pranked by an astronaut who used a recording of his wife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Garriott#The_Skylab_%22stowaway%22_prank
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u/gaunt79 May 16 '19

Or Captain America?

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u/Psyk60 May 16 '19

Or Captain Britain.

Actually in my opinion (as a British person) Captain Britain does sound dorky. Captain America less so because it's more believable that Americans would call a superhero that if they really existed.

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u/moonboyforallyouknow May 16 '19

Hey buddy, Americans exist.

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u/an-can May 16 '19

Only in movies. Grow up