💡 Trivia In 1783, the very first hot air balloon took off with a sheep, a duck, and a rooster on board

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The Montgolfier brothers, who invented the hot air balloon, were inspired by their laundry lifting from a fire’s heat. The inaugural flight took animal passengers, as it was unknown how flying at high altitudes would affect humans.

The animal passengers landed safely, but the sheep ended up on top of the rooster.

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