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Three amateur scientists from Enna, Sicily, decided to compete with NASA engineers by…launching a Sicilian cannolo into space. The typical Sicilian pastry – a model made of synthetic material as a real one couldn’t have survived the journey - was placed on a weather balloon filled with helium and equipped with a miniature camera to document the enterprise. The launch, which had to be officially approved, took place on February 2, despite adverse weather conditions.
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