What’s that goofy saying from the 70s?

“If you love something, set it free. If it belongs to you, it will come back to you.”

Something like that.

So I’m guessing people who throw boomerangs really believe that.

These are also the folks who were curious about what happens to a boomerang when it’s thrown in zero gravity.

Japanese astronaut Takao Doi answered that question recently on the International Space Station’s Harmony Module. Pink Tentacle has more info on how a boomerang traveled into space here.

Here’s the video of the experiment.

While we’re in a boomerang mood here at PopFi, we’ll throw a few more videos at you.

Let’s check out a trick performed before a studio audience.

How about a boomerang cat. (LOL)

And of course, probably the most famous boomerang scene from a movie. Who doesn’t root for the Feral Kid when he does the backflip in this one? I heart the post apocalypse.

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