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TIL of Lt. Col. William Rankin, a pilot who ejected from his jet at 47,000 feet directly into a violent thunderstorm. The storm's updrafts were so strong they kept him trapped in the air for 40 minutes, subjecting him to frostbite, decompression, and near-drowning in the rain before he survived.

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