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In a world full of diverse interests and passions, it's no surprise that people have formed clubs and societies to celebrate even the most peculiar and

Thisisengineering, Pexels This year proved, once again, that discoveries in science, history, and virtually every other sphere simply never stop—not even during a pandemic. On the latest episode of The List Show, Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy counts down (or up, rather) an epic list of 100 fascinating things we learned in 2020. Don’t worry, it’s not all about zoonotic diseases and the efficacy of face masks. We recently found out, for example, that Bob Odenkirk almost nabbed ...

Did you know theres a club for people who have been ejected out of a plane, and an organization for people who are just ... happy? Read on to find out about those clubs and more in this list adapted from The List Show on YouTube. 1. Martin-Baker Ejection Tie Club Pilots who activated their Martin-Baker ejection seats and lived to tell the tale are officially inducted into the Martin-Baker Ejection Tie Club. After surviving their harrowing ordeal, pilots receive a tie, tie pin, patch, certificat...

Its the reality of it. every operation, every hostage rescue attempt presents its own difficulties. and we have the best trained personnel in the world in trying to conduct these operations. but i think weve gotten to this place in our lives where the administration and everyone else wants a zero risk world. >> all right. >> but it doesnt work that way. >> i understand, mike, that you want to take that side. i think when you tell the world that, you know, we tried and we lost twice, theres in po...

Situation. intel is never perfect in any of these things. we tend to be conditioned by feature films and beach book to think this is a simple thing, you find your target, go and rescue them. weve had a good success rate. but things go wrong and you can never guarantee success when youre talking about an operation like this. >> steve, same question. is it good to say that we couldnt find the guy twice? >> well, you know, its not good to say it, but on the other hand, i will give them credit for a...

Stagnant. its going to shift and youre not going to be able to rely on it when youre on the ground immediately. however, the reality is were put in a position where were seen as a paper tiger now. now theyre going to take precautions to make it impossible now to rescue other hostages. >> that was my point, steve and mike. theres in point in saying we tried but didnt get them other than to tell the enemy were coming after our guys. the group behind this team is al qaeda. were not talking isis now...

Every operation, every hostage rescue attempt presents its own difficulties. and we have the best trained personnel in the world in trying to conduct these operations. but i think weve gotten to this place in our lives where the administration and everyone else wants a zero risk world. >> all right. >> but it doesnt work that way. >> i understand, mike, that you want to take that side. i think when you tell the world that, you know, we tried and we lost twice, theres in point in it. >> of course...

American hostage luke somers, a freelance photographer was killed late friday during a rescue attempt by u.s. special forces. somers was abducted last year and being held by al qaeda in yemen. the murder raises new questions about how the u.s. military will be able to respond to a spike in overseas kidnappings by terrorists. with me now the founder of the investigative project steve emmer son and mike baker. all right, mike. weve got two rescues attempts, the american hostage dead. is there some...

Situation. intel is never perfect in any of these things. we tend to be conditioned by feature films and beach book to think this is a simple thing, you find your target, go and rescue them. weve had a good success rate. but things go wrong and you can never guarantee success when youre talking about an operation like this. >> steve, same question. is it good to say that we couldnt find the guy twice? >> well, you know, its not good to say it, but on the other hand, i will give them credit for a...

American hostage luke somers, a freelance photographer was killed late friday during a rescue attempt by u.s. special forces. somers was abducted last year and being held by al qaeda in yemen. the murder raises new questions about how the u.s. military will be able to respond to a spike in overseas kidnappings by terrorists. with me now the founder of the investigative project steve emmer son and mike baker. all right, mike. weve got two rescues attempts, the american hostage dead. is there some...