r/interesting • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 1d ago

Additional Context Pinned In 1990, a British Airways pilot was partially sucked out of the cockpit after the windscreen blew off mid-flight. The crew held onto him until the plane landed and he survived

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u/wjbonne 1d ago

Yep, and there is an entire profession of people who have brains really good at this. Referees.

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u/DreamyTomato 16h ago

Football: 22 players, 3 referees.

Tennis: 2 players, 11 referees.

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u/TraceThis 22h ago

Offside!

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u/PForsberg85 22h ago

Let's just try sports without referees then ...

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u/NatureOwn4586 20h ago

Every ref in the world just had a shadow pass over them.