Animals first went aloft in 1783, when the Montgolfier Bros. sent a sheep, a duck & a rooster up in one of these
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the one the Montgolfiers sent up for the French royalty 233 years... [DOC] [TLE] Artificial Clouds and Inflammable Air: The Science and Spectacle of ... [PAR] The first balloons, both hot-air and hydrogen powered, drew spectacular crowds 
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