The Kamov Ka 52 helicopter ejection system sounds more like some Rube Goldberg, Wile E. Coyote nonsense, but low and behold, it was the first helicopter designed to have an ejection seat. The system even blows up the spinning blades just before firing off. Granted it's a lot better than launching a pilot straight into a blender, the engineering involved in shooting someone out of a helicopter is... a lot.
You hear stories about how much force is released during a tire blowout, and this test goes to show that a big enough tire can become a rolling bomb.
The point of school is to learn, so it would make sense that a test could itself be a learning experience rather than an opportunity to fail. We've seen cultures collide over grading scales, and the idea of a test taking on a different kind of role is an interesting concept. Lord knows they're stressful as hell.
Apparently it's pretty hard for people to guess the difference between flirting and just regular goofing around. So don't feel bad for being horrible at seeing the signs, you might just be bad at identifying them like the rest of us. Tumblr is a creative powerhouse of funny nuggets of gold, including poking fun at the adorable quirks of humans.
School and colleges can have some pretty draconian rules when it comes to mandatory attendance for testing. This can lead to some tense situations, and pretty interesting stories like this guy who had to show up looking scary sick to a test. In this case it was the teacher themselves who battled with the system.
There are a lot of ways to fail a driving test. You could roll through a stop sign or forget how to use your blinker. If you're really bad, you could even hit the instructor. We're not sure why you'd want to fail a driving test. Maybe you're afraid of the scary things you could see while driving at night.
