Systemic weed-killer, like those made with glyphosate, should be applied directly to the weed you want to get rid of. Do not apply these products to your entire lawn. Glyphosate products kill all vegetation and should only be applied directly to the leaves of the dandelion.
That's one giant leap! Alan Eustace, a senior vice president at Google, set a new world record today by completing the highest-altitude skydive yet--parachuting from 135,908 feet (or 25 miles) above Earth. The record was previously held by daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner, who leaped from 24 miles above Earth in October 2012.
The X-15: A different kind of high. It doesnât seem fair. On July 17, 1962, American test pilot Robert White took the X-15 to an altitude of 314,688 feet. But itâs Russian pilot Alexandr Fedotov who holds the world altitude record, set on August 31, 1977, when his MiG E-266M reached a mere 123,523 feet.