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The only key shaped like an exit, used by Houdinis and Excel users alike.
means To break free from confinement, danger, or an unwanted situation — or, the act of doing so.
from From Old French eschaper, rooted in Vulgar Latin excappare — literally 'to get out of one's cape.' The image is wonderfully physical: a pursuer grabs your cloak, you slip the clasp and bolt, leaving them holding empty fabric. The ex- means 'out of' and cappa means 'cloak' (the same cappa that gave us 'cape' and 'chapel'). So every escape, at heart, is a coat left behind in someone else's hands.
- keyboard origin
- Escape key was invented to interrupt commands
- animal masters
- Octopuses squeeze through gaps the size of coins
- velocity
- Leaving Earth requires 25,000 miles per hour
- prison reality
- Most escapees are recaptured within days
- psychology
- Daydreaming is the brain's tiny escape hatch
shawshank prison escape 1962 — frank morris and two others escaped from alcatraz island federal penitentiary
berlin wall escapes — over 140 people died attempting to escape east berlin between 1961-1989
escape from colditz castle — british pows executed multiple successful escapes from this german fortress during wwii