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Filed under: Sports, Video, Mantastic Here’s a skydiving tip: If you’re plummeting towards the ground and the sign to pull your parachute cord doesn’t come, just pull the damn thing anyway. That’s a lesson 31-year-old James Boole recently learned the har
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In this image supplied by Adrenalin.com.au, bevy of skydiving Santas fly through the air at Picton, near Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 for a festive free fall to promote excitement for their special Christmas adventures.
