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    ÜMLäüTS!
An umlaut is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of hard rock or heavy metal bands - for example those of Mötley Crüe and Motörhead. Amongst English speakers, the use of umlaut marks and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a Teutonic quality—denoting stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly attributed to ancient northern European peoples, such as the Vikings and Goths.
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Ümläüts! was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Dancing Chicken Man Ümläüts! was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Babe Ruth  The Greatest Letter Ever Printed On An NFL Team Letterhead  Apollo 13  Mitch Hedberg  Indian Thriller  The Tick  The Old Negro Space Program  Jeremy Bentham  Paul Erdős  Fire Cuts  Microscopic Photography  Between Two Ferns  The Kenora Thistles  Bad Translations
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       APOLLO 13
Apollo 13 was the third Apollo mission intended to land on the Moon. The craft was successfully launched toward the Moon, but the landing had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system. The flight was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to German measles. The mission was launched on April 11, 1970 at 13:13 CST. Two days later an explosion crippled the service module upon which the Command Module depended. To conserve its batteries and the oxygen needed for the last hours of flight, the crew instead used the Lunar Module's resources as a "lifeboat" during the return trip to Earth. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water and the critical need to jury-rig the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth on April 17. NASA called the mission a "successful failure". (Wikipedia) This was a true story of survival that left the entire country in heated suspense to see whether or not the three astronauts would make it back safely or not. The fact that they were resourceful enough to survive in space in such conditions and land successfully makes this one of the most awesome stories in history.
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Filename: apollo135.jpgSource: Apollo 13 liftoff Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_liftoff-KSC-70PC-160HR.jpg 
Filename: apollo13.jpgSource: The actual Apollo 13 lunar landing mission prime crew from left to right are: Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr.and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise Jr.The original Command Module pilot for this mission was Thomas "Ken" Mattingly Jr. but due to exposure to German measles he was replaced by his backup, Command Module pilot, John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Actual_Apollo_13_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001167.jpg 
Filename: apollo134.jpgSource: Apollo13 - view of the crippled Service Module after separation. Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo13_-_SM_after_separation.jpg 
Filename: apollo131.jpgSource: Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module Odyssey while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz, and Glynn S. Lunney. Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_Control_celebrates_successful_splashdown_of_Apollo_13.jpg 
Filename: apollo132.jpgSource: The Apollo 13 Lunar Module "Aquarius" is jettisoned above the Earth after serving as a lifeboat for four days. It eventually reentered Earth's atmosphere over Fiji and burned up. Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_Lunar_Module.jpg
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Apollo 13 was voted MORE AWESOME than:
The Greatest Letter Ever Printed On An NFL Team Letterhead  Channel 4 News Team- From Anchorman  Special Olympics Indian Thriller Microscopic Photography  Snakes on a Plane  Ruth Stout Mitch Hedberg  Knute Rockne Indian Thriller The Tick  Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter  The Hong Kong Cavaliers The Old Negro Space Program Jeremy Bentham  Man makes own Iron Man Suit  Rick Estrin and the Nightcats  Ümläüts!  Word Lens The Kenora Thistles Apollo 13 was voted LESS AWESOME than: Babe Ruth
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Apollo 13 is not the story of the Astronauts. Apollo 13's Awesome is found in the story of the teamwork that had to take place on Earth to return those brave men home. The very real possibility existed that those men may have died in space, and that their bodies would have ended up in orbit forever. A gruesome reminder of the dangers of space travel. But NO! Engineers on Earth came together without sleeping for days, developing techniques that previously did not exist to bring men back from the brink of death from as far away as humans have ever dared to go. Apollo 13 is AWESOME!!!
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Walking on the moon = awesome. Apollo 13 did not equal walking on the moon. Ergo, I vote for Anchorman.
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... I had kind of hoped to see this up against Ugnaughts.
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