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    JULIE MOSS AT THE 1982 IRONMAN
Julie Moss entered the 1982 Ironman in Hawaii as research for her physiology thesis. With two miles left in the race, she found herself well in the lead but severely dehydrated. Pressing on in a painstaking battle between mind and body Julie was 30 meters from the finish line when she was passed by another female athlete. When others would have quit, she continued with awe inspiring determination crawling through the finish line on all fours. This moment—a second place finish—is considered one of the greatest moments in not only Ironman history but one of greatest moments in the history of ABC's long running World Wide of Sports.
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Julie Moss at the 1982 Ironman was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 The Krull Glaive  Don King  Underoos!  Bob Ross  Shrunken Heads  Easy Cheese  Journey's Arnel Pineda Julie Moss at the 1982 Ironman was voted LESS AWESOME than:  The Hamburger Bed  Wingsuit Base Jumping  Mr. Snuffleupagus  ANTS  Blue Whale  Big Wheel Racing  Saber Toothed Deer  Aurora Borealis  Corndog Pizza  Leeroy Jenkins!  Dramatic Chipmunk  Badass Mountain Men  Toodle Shooting Grandma  Major League Gaming
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       AURORA BOREALIS
3rd Place February 09 The Aurora Borealis is an astronomical phenomena in which energetic particles light up the upper atmosphere with a luminous glow. It is understandable that tribes of the past tried to make sense of this eerie, awe inspiring affect! Over the years the explanations of teh Northern Lights have varied greatly:
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Filename: Aurora_Borealis.jpgSource: United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang (Public Domain) Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polarlicht.jpg 
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Aurora Borealis was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Afros  Chewbacca  The Couch Dress  Moustache Balaclava  Shaved Ball Cap  Giant Nintendo Controller  Jesus Christ The Krull Glaive  Meat Suitcase  Sasquatch  Nikola Tesla  General Lee 01  Ghost Riding da Whip  Crop Circles  Mock Apple Pie Mock Apple Pie  El Chupacabra  BigDog Robot  Robocop on a Unicorn  Roller Derby  Dwight K. Schrute  Mister Rogers doing The Wave  Miracle On Ice Don King  President Obama  Velcro Shoes  Enclose by Bea Camacho The Hamburger Bed The Hamburger Bed The Hamburger Bed Wingsuit Base Jumping Mr. Snuffleupagus Blue Whale Bob Ross Bob Ross Big Wheel Racing Saber Toothed Deer  The Man with No Name Corndog Pizza Shrunken Heads Easy Cheese Julie Moss at the 1982 Ironman Leeroy Jenkins!  Flying Spaghetti Monster Flying Spaghetti Monster Dramatic Chipmunk Badass Mountain Men Badass Mountain Men Journey's Arnel Pineda  Plight of the Snowman  Beer Maids  Hedgehogs  Zombies  Rollerman  Space Invader Invasion  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton  Captain James T. Kirk The Man with No Name  Teddy Roosevelt  Library of Congress  Death Star  Literal Video Versions  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka  Hunter S. Thompson  MST3K  Extent of the Universe  Les Claypool Aurora Borealis was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Freerunning Wingsuit Base Jumping Wingsuit Base Jumping Major League Gaming Major League Gaming  Emperor Norton  Walking on the Moon
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Look, I didn't want to have to break this to anyone, but the Aurora Borealis is fake.
It was invented by the Canadian Governor General in 1890 as a way to promote tourism, and is created by spraying our clouds with kool-aid. Simple, really, but the hoax has taken on a life of its own.
The excess kool-aid is messy and kind of gross. It's wasteful, phony, and not that awesome.
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Actually, am I the only one who thinks that story makes it MORE Awesome?
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Science is so kool!
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I had never heard of Julie Moss before, but damn... that's impressive and awesome.
Simply because she's less famous than Krull, I think she will not win this match. But she should. That's damned awesome. reply  $('entrytextbox1040').style.overflow='auto';$('entryinfobox1040').style.overflow='auto';$('entrystatsbox1040').style.overflow='auto';initSlide('1040',1);$('entrytextbox1015').style.overflow='auto';$('entryinfobox1015').style.overflow='auto';$('entrystatsbox1015').style.overflow='auto';initSlide('1015',6);$('entriescomments').style.overflow='auto';currentEntryComplete=false;setRandomLoading();
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