50 Bits Of Information From The ‘Unusual Facts’ FB Page That May Raise Eyebrows
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Bored Panda got in touch with Hazel Lindsey, the founder of SwH Learning, an online educational platform for students aged 11-18 with a passion for all things science- and math-related. We were curious if the tutor could share an unusual or lesser-known scientific fact from her area of expertise that has the potential to amaze or intrigue our readers. Hazel said: “There are more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels (veins, arteries, capillaries, etc.) in the human body. If they were laid end-to-end, that's enough to wrap around the Earth at least twice.”
If she had sued the state for pain and suffering due to losing her husband to unwarranted and extended jail time and causing tge breakdown of their marriage, I would understand that, but to go after HIM? No way biatch
She sued the state. And won. https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/judge-says-ex-wife-of-exoneree-steven-phillips-entitled-to-a-portion-of-his-millions-7143647
Load More Replies... A man in the uk was in prison for 27 years for a crime he didn’t commit, he was only given £1 million and told he might need to pay the prison for staying there! It was overturned by the justice secretary thankfully.
The UK doesn't have a "punitive damages" culture. Only a "financial loss" culture. If he was expected to have earned £10k per year for ten years he would have been awarded £100k.
Load More Replies... What kind of hallucinogenic substance did she take to imagine she had even the slightest right to part of that money?
Greed and selfishness are a horrible mix.
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She more than tried. She was successful. https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/judge-says-ex-wife-of-exoneree-steven-phillips-entitled-to-a-portion-of-his-millions-7143647
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The UK rubs salt into the wound of false convictions and compensation by deducting money for being fed and housed whilst in prison. Changes could soon be brought in to stop this. I’d try and sue the government for loss of earnings and the police for perjury.
Yeah, that seems over the top ridiculous. Falsely convicted and imprisoned...oh yeah, here's your bill for the crappy food and prison cell! Will you be paying with cash or card, sir?
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I don't think it was so obvious that she should not have been entitled to part of that compensation, not as a matter of blame but because she and their child were also victims of the wrongful conviction. Yes they divorced but after several years, during which time she and their son had to live under the stigma of being the family of a convicted multiple rapist, as well as suffering financial hardship. It must have been hellish. The fact that the statutory compensation excludes family seems a greater injustice, and one that will disproportionately affect women and children.
A horrible situation all around, but she gave up her family compensation when she divorced him. Yes, their child should get something from the state and child support from the father IMO. If she had stuck by him "for better or for worse" then she would have gotten her share of the settlement.
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I wouldn't say HIS money, but she could sue arguing his wrongful conviction screwed up her life too.
That’s only $250,000/yr. Well above national median income, but still a little low for losing 24 years of your life.
$6 million for 24 years in chokey - $250k a year doesn't seem that much, and he probably got taxed on it !!
The man loses a huge portion of his life (due to an unfair or corrupt justice system) and his ex-wife BEEATCH wants to come back and get her greedy hands on it, pi$$ off! I’m so happy she did get squat!!!!
A rare example of the justice system working in favour of the man regarding divorce
She actually received $114,000 on top of back child support the state paid. She received quite a few pennies.
The Court of Appeals held that “(1) no portion of the amount [Phillips] was awarded under the Act is for lost wages, and (2) his right to compensation under the Act did not exist at the time the parties divorced.” For those reasons, Tucker was not entitled to a portion of the compensation award. This paragraph is from prisonlegalnews.org
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Greedy a*s gold digging cur! She couldn't stand by her husband while he was incarcerated but then wants a cut of the money he got for his years of suffering?? I hope the lawsuit costs her plenty!!
We were curious if Lindsey ever encountered any scientific mysteries or enigmas that still puzzle the scientific community. Hazel provided us with some insights about the teenage stage in human life: “We're still not completely sure why humans seem to be the only species that go through a teenage stage in their life. One of my lecturers at Cambridge University, Dr. David Bainbridge, wrote a book on this (Teenagers: A Natural History). He believes that adolescence evolved between 800,000 and 300,000 years ago, extremely close to a great leap forward in human brain size when our ancestors’ brains grew to the size of those of modern humans. However, there is also a large reorganization of the brain during the teenage years, as it doesn't grow much between the ages of 12 and 20, so it could be that the teenage years allow our brain to develop more than other species.”
What happens to the sunflowers after they die? If they're storing radioactive contaminants in their stems and leaves, do they need to be stored somewhere after they die to prevent the contaminants from leaching back into the soil? Is there a science panda who knows?
We also wanted to know what areas of science or scientific theories have been widely misunderstood or misrepresented and would benefit from clarification. The founder of SwH Learning shared with us: “This is a tricky one! In my experience, it's not necessarily certain scientific theories that have been misrepresented, but more how science in general is reported in the press, on social media, etc. Everything is geared towards clicks, meaning scientific advances and breakthroughs are often hyped up well beyond what they actually mean in a practical sense.”
In Australia, we use horses instead of opossums in the production of snake antivenins. Rabbits and sheep are also sometimes used.
Good. That makes a lot more sense than the usual story of fish eggs hitching a ride on the legs of the ducks. PS. Tomato seeds remain alive when eaten by humans.
Finally, Hazel added: “The discovery of a new compound that could potentially be used to fight cancer 15-20 years in the future, for example, will be revealed as a miracle cure on an Instagram post, leading to a lot of false hope and skepticism about science in general when inevitably nothing more is heard for a long time.”
Perhaps Bruce Lee was indeed a dragon reincarnate and a being that was out of this world. A legendary man, mad respect *bows*
For similar reasons, the Chinese can read texts that are two thousand years old. Despite the profusion of mutually-incomprehensible spoken dialects, written Chinese has remained exceptionally stable. For comparison, The Canterbury Tales are six hundred years old and are all but unintelligible to an unprepared reader.
Gosh, I hope the love letter was addressed to her mom...
PBS American Experience did a great documentary on her. She's often portrayed as a butch woman, but she was extremely ladylike and had a penchant for dressing well and being well groomed. She married a man who was pretty great. Considering Victorian morays about women, he was a chill guy.
If only his cousin was called Roll...just so you could have Rock and Roll
Yet we have local governments who are putting in more restrictions, more lights causing more pollution and claim they do it for green issues. How can closing a section of road 200 meters long causing vehicles to drive an extra 3 KM environmental, especially when it now goes through a residential area and held up at several junctions.
They make most of their money selling gifts (like mugs and t-shirts), coins, stamps, and peerages (you too can become a baron for $50).
Interesting thing: All branches of a tree bound together would be as thick as the stem. Or to say it in other words: If a branch branches into two other branches, those other branches would each be 50% as thick as the original branch
If this is true, no man anywhere gets to tell a woman she should smile more ever again.
Well, technically everything is edible, it's just that some things are edible more than once.
If someone is interested, I can sell it to you... some assembly required after delivery of the parts
I'm so glad Disney's Finding Nemo wasn't accurate. That would be a whole different kind of movie.
I think it's enough to cut down on meat consumption, there are so many tasty options that don't require meat, we maybe consume more than we need to but our taste buds will rebel if we try to cut it out altogether. I just try for meat free days or 2 out of 3 main meals being meat free, I don't think I could stick to much more than that, at least right now, maybe I'm getting there slowly.
The Mediterranean used to be a lot shallower because of ocean level decrease during the last ice age. The Strait of Gibraltar is high enough that when the water level in the Atlantic dropped enough, it cut the Mediterranean off. There are entire villages that are now underwater. When the ice age ended and sea levels began rising again, the Mediterranean began refilling. There was likely a point at which this caused catastrophic flooding, and this is a very good potential source for the biblical flood story.
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Why don’t you just use the website? In 2-3 years of near daily use, I’ve never had an issue other than a couple of brief server errors. If it’s to avoid the adverts they aren’t that intrusive (for me).
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Gabija Palsyte - most of your posts and your profile are broken links for app users.
Y'all- it says I got an upvote on my comment but I don't see it- what dose it say again lmao
I cannot believe that humans is the only species that goes through a troublesome teenage phase. If you go to a catshelter you will undoubtedly notice that a lot of owners "have developed allergy to cats" when their cat is 9-11 months old! I don't believe that, because I have had kittens growing up, and noticed the desire to get rid of that little monster when they are about that age. Fortunately they become sweet little kitties again at about a year.
Why don’t you just use the website? In 2-3 years of near daily use, I’ve never had an issue other than a couple of brief server errors. If it’s to avoid the adverts they aren’t that intrusive (for me).
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Y'all- it says I got an upvote on my comment but I don't see it- what dose it say again lmao
I cannot believe that humans is the only species that goes through a troublesome teenage phase. If you go to a catshelter you will undoubtedly notice that a lot of owners "have developed allergy to cats" when their cat is 9-11 months old! I don't believe that, because I have had kittens growing up, and noticed the desire to get rid of that little monster when they are about that age. Fortunately they become sweet little kitties again at about a year.
