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      <title>The Japanese Bombed West Michigan with a Balloon in World War II</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Balloons shot down over the U.S., allegedly from China, are not the first to come down from east Asia over North America. <a href="https://wgrd.com/world-war-2-japanese-balloon-bomb-over-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Wayland BalloonFest is coming back for the second year this weekend. <a href="https://wgrd.com/see-big-ol-balloons-at-wayland-balloonfest/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Wayland BalloonFest is coming back for the second year this weekend. <a href="https://wgrd.com/see-big-ol-balloons-at-wayland-balloonfest/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Its orange & full of hot air. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-baby-trump-balloon-is-coming-back-to-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its orange &amp; full of hot air. <a href="https://wgrd.com/the-baby-trump-balloon-is-coming-back-to-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[The other day, Metalhead Ned brought a balloon into my office, having found a giant bag of them in a closet he was looking through. 
That sparked the idea for today's challenge. So, I grabbed a bunch of oven mittens, gathered together the usual suspects, and turned on the camera for this week's Dumb Internet Challenge! <a href="https://wgrd.com/wgrds-dumb-internet-challenge-7-oven-mitten-balloon-popping-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The other day, Metalhead Ned brought a balloon into my office, having found a giant bag of them in a closet he was looking through. 
That sparked the idea for today&apos;s challenge. So, I grabbed a bunch of oven mittens, gathered together the usual suspects, and turned on the camera for this week&apos;s Dumb Internet Challenge! <a href="https://wgrd.com/wgrds-dumb-internet-challenge-7-oven-mitten-balloon-popping-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan State University Launches Space Balloon From Grand Rapids, Balloon Recovered In Holland [Video]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 30, a Michigan State University class launched a weather balloon to outer space from Grand Rapids.
The balloon traveled over 100,000 feet high before coming back down and landing in a tree in Holland. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-state-university-launches-space-balloon-from-grand-rapids-balloon-recovered-in-holland-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On June 30, a Michigan State University class launched a weather balloon to outer space from Grand Rapids.
The balloon traveled over 100,000 feet high before coming back down and landing in a tree in Holland. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-state-university-launches-space-balloon-from-grand-rapids-balloon-recovered-in-holland-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[These guys fill a mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen in a balloon and just as they cause it to explode their professor walks back into the room. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hydrogen-filled-balloon-explosion-in-classroom-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[These guys fill a mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen in a balloon and just as they cause it to explode their professor walks back into the room. <a href="https://wgrd.com/hydrogen-filled-balloon-explosion-in-classroom-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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