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This Instagram Account Shares Fascinating Fun Facts You Probably Didn’t Learn In School, Here Are 50 Of Their Best Posts
According to a survey from the American Historical Association, two thirds of people in the US consider history to be no more than a collection of names, dates and events. But we know that the story of our world is living, breathing and so much more than that. So regardless of whether or not history was your favorite subject in school, pandas, we’re certain we’ve got some fun facts down below that will pique your interest!
We’ve taken a trip to the Blowing Fact Instagram account, which shares historical information that you probably didn’t learn in school, so enjoy reading through these fascinating facts and be sure to upvote the ones that inspire you to do a deep dive into history’s archives. And keep reading to find a conversation between Bored Panda and history expert Jaunting Jen!
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CT 2 years ago
Hikmet Kaya started his career in Turkey’s Boyabat District. The Sinop Province, where he worked, is along the Black Sea and became well known for his afforestation endeavors. Throughout his long tenure as the chief of forest management, Hikmet Kaya, along with members of his team, planted over 30M saplings in over 25 hectares of land. He was ably supported by villagers in the region. Hikmet Kaya Continues His Work Even After Retiring.
scag$y 2 years ago
I genuinely think that there would be a lot more people doing this if they could. The trouble is that usually the people who own that much land are the people who are happily bleeding the planet dry of its resources in pursuit of riches. But kudos to this chap nonetheless. He's a hero.
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Pimpernell 2 years ago
I hope they great her well, because she a delicate creature to their standards.
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Corvus 2 years ago
354 years later... "But MuH FrEeDoMs! I can't breathe while wearing a mask, boo hoo!"
Spannermonkey 2 years ago
The version I got (while visiting Eyam [pronounced Eem,]) was that the town priest convinced the "leaders" of the moral and humanitarian benefits of stopping the plague getting further north. Guards were used to enforce the decision, but people from nearby, protected, towns delivered supplies by drop-off, which were paid for with coins left in a bowl of vinegar.
Jo Cooper 2 years ago
There is a fantastic fictional book about this called Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. One of my favourite books.
Nonesuch 2 years ago
Read this. Enjoyable read. Brooks is excellent author.
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AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
I have been there. The houses have plaques over the front door who passed away
Id row 2 years ago
You mean taking a plague seriously and acting responsibly is an option? I thought you had an obligation to spread it around and deny its existence while being as belligerent as possible as you slowly die from it.
Lyone Fein 2 years ago
I look at all the overworked nurses, doctors, underpaid grocery workers, etc. and what I see is that the most recent pandemic shows that most people are generous, community minded, and care about the well being of others.
Sonia M 2 years ago
"The plague ran its course over 14 months and one account states that it killed at least 260 villagers, with only 83 surviving out of a population of 350.[18] That figure has been challenged, with alternative figures of 430 survivors from a population of around 800 being given.[18] The church in Eyam has a record of 273 individuals who were victims of the plague.[21]"/ from Wikipedia.
Louise 89 2 years ago
I went here on a school trip once. They still have a lot of things left from that time. Just on the outskirts they have a little trough like thing. People from nearby places would put things in it for the villages, it had some sort of disinfectant in. It's also the place they believe it all started.
It’s always great to continue our education, pandas, so if you’re looking to learn something new today, you’re in luck. The Blowing Fact Instagram account has shared over 3,000 posts featuring fascinating information that you may have never heard before, and clearly, it’s a crowd favorite, as the page has amassed an impressive 3.9 million followers. From fun facts about celebrities to random tidbits of information about plants and animals, this page just goes to show that there’s no limit to what we can learn!
Blowing Fact is a great resource to add to your Instagram feed, so that while you’re scrolling through and liking all of your best friends’ pics, you can also learn that it’s probably not wise to feed a moose (unless it’s been fed before!) and that 7% of men for some reason believe they could beat a grizzly bear in a fight. You might even find out something that is important for your health to know, such as the fact that staying awake for over 260 hours can cause lifelong effects on your health. So get that rest, pandas!
#4
Loverboy 2 years ago
Wait so y'all don't keep a shotgun with you when you drive? This is America!
Arunika R. 2 years ago
Thankfully, it's not America for a majority of the world
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Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
I love learning about the origin of common sayings!- like "don't look a gift horse on the mouth!"
Chris Jones 2 years ago
Not common outside of the US though - for many this is learning a new saying and it's origin and the same time.
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Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
Dude driving in this picture is an actor. He used to play Cookie Bullfincher in the old westerns. He was hilarious!
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago
Do people who seek to revoke/support revoking rights count as thieves?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Depends on what's claimed as a right - and its effects.
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John L 2 years ago
Walter was in heaven talking to God. I don't know why you hated me so much, but at least you can't strike me a fourth time. God said, here hold my beer.....
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Tiny Tiger 2 years ago (edited)
They've done studies, and have shown that lightning is just attracted to some people more than others. Look it up. It's actually quite fascinating!
aartdesigns 2 years ago
...especially to the people with this peculiar attraction!
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 2 years ago
No. This is an example that is literally used in seminars on "Don't Believe Everything that you Read on the Internet" for a reason. This is tripe.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
https://www.historydefined.net/walter-summerford-the-man-struck-by-lightning-four-times/ Here is an article about him. Do you have evidence it is bunk? Sincerely interested.
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
Zeus and Thor really had a vendetta against poor Walter.
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 2 years ago
What to do if you encounter a wild bear: If it's black, fight back If it's brown, lie down If it's white, say good night
Cam Jodouin 2 years ago
Bear scientist here. While I love this rhyme, it’s not 100% accurate. Following it can even be dangerous as a couple people [got unalived] from brown bear mailings because they laid down when they should have fought back. What do to when you encounter a bear only depends on its behaviour and how it reacts to you, not its colour/species. The Parks Canada website actually does a pretty good job explaining what to do, leaving this link here for anyone who needs it! https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety/ours-humains-bears-people
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Id row 2 years ago
Yet people don't show the appropriate amount of fear when they come in contact with one, which is just amazing to me.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
It shouldn't surprise you. We have all been brought up to think, that a teddy bear is cute, so the natural reaction to one would be "Oh how cute" and afterwards be afraid.
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Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I learned this in Alaska: Bears will usually move away if you are making noise on the trails, so experts recommend wearing little bells on your shoes. You can tell if a bear is nearby because their poop will be pretty obvious. It's full of little bells.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
So a Polar Bear is a little more than 2 Staceys tall. (And yes, I'm pretty sure her name is Stacey.)
I’m not proud to admit it, but personally, I was never a fan of history class in school. I found it extremely boring, and I could not for the life of me remember important dates or names. I didn’t see the point! But now I wish I had payed closer attention, because apparently today, American kids know less about history and geography than previous generations. The Nation’s Report Card found that 8th graders in the United States have been scoring lower and lower in recent years on history and geography tests.
But 8th graders aren’t the only ones struggling, as their scores are indicative of the rest of the nation’s declining knowledge of history and geography. “Many teenagers may not know what the American Revolution was all about, how a city differs from a state, or how to locate the United States on a map of the world,” Natalie Wexler writes for Forbes. “Undergraduates at Texas Tech asked their peers questions like ‘Who won the Civil War?’ and got answers like ‘The South.’ Jimmy Kimmel showed randomly selected adults a blank map of the world and asked them to identify just one country. Not a single person in the video, including at least one with a college degree, was able to comply.”
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Raven Sheridan 2 years ago (edited)
Not entirely true. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is found in the Neotropics. With populations present in the southern keys region of Florida.
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Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
In other news Florida man still missing, last seen floating in canal with pool noodle.
Coyote Osborne 2 years ago
Pretty sure crocodiles and alligators swim just fine without pool noodles. It is more likely the animal (probably an alligator, based on the dark grey color in the image, though it is grainy), just got the pool noodle stuck under it and didn't care. Alligators are actually pretty chill.
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Shark Lady 2 years ago
I love River Monsters, I wish someone would come up with a new show for Jeremy.
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I have seen him host a show about the ocean's greatest mysteries or something to that effect
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Ericthedead 2 years ago
His voice used to make me fall asleep. Sunday evening either golf or river monsters to fall asleep to.
mysterious(all pronouns) 2 years ago
Some of these fish are crazy. I got to see an arapima in real life, and it was absolutely massive.
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
Again with the over achievers. This show was interesting, tho, and so is Jeremy Wade.
Seth Stephens 2 years ago
Goliath Tigerfish from the Congo River. They have smaller, similarly terrifying cousins elsewhere in Africa that attack in packs
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TheDemonicCat 2 years ago
Yea I should probably quit the FBI as well if those are the requirements
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Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
It's because it's against federal law, and the FBI is, of course, a federal organization. States can make marijuana legal, but they're in contravention of federal law.
Load More Replies... Dana Trahan 2 years ago
Well that’s just stupid. Especially now since it is becoming more and more legal. I would think since that isn’t someone who will be out in the field they would compromise. Also if they need these people even more so.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I assume they ask the applicants, and they also probably perform a background check. These days, people are idiots and post all kinds of junk to social media, so maybe some applicants used to post on Snapchat how they were smoking a blunt, etc. They probably also do character background checks and talk to friends and family, etc. who might happen to mention if you were a regular weed user.
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OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
This is an older requisite and may be a little more fluid today. Actual criminal record and type of crimes is more important. Also, this may apply to an employee, but definitely doesn’t (always; often) apply to contractors, for which most “hackers” are.
To learn more about how exciting studying history can be, we reached out to blogger, traveler and history teacher Jaunting Jen, who was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about her lifelong love of the subject. “From making paper pyramids in elementary school to my childhood collection of National Geographic magazines, history has always been a part of my life,” Jen shared. “One of my earliest memories is visiting the Town Creek Indian Mound site in North Carolina. It was fascinating! I love studying history because it's like opening the door to another world. No one is too old or too young to enjoy history. There will always be something to learn.”
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Brian Fargo himself has debunked this. It's just an internet rumour which seems to have started on Reddit. Vault Boy is just meant to be a cheery inspirational mascot who's doing a thumbs up and a wink to encourage people.
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Additionally, if the skin and flesh of your thumb incinerate while measuring, you are too close, and need to evacuate...
Sue User 2 years ago
Dont worry. You will be completely gone in a couple of seconds.
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Abur Felix 2 years ago
If the mushroom site is within my vision, I'm getting the hell out of there regardless of thumb size
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
You aren't supposed to look at the nuclear flash, or you've been irradiated. Duck and cover.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Frank Hayes was only 22. :( It's thought that his extreme weight loss before the race contributed to his death. He was attempting to lose weight to meet the jockey weight requirements.
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glowworm2 2 years ago
This is honestly kind of creepy. The jockey's body remained in the saddle when Sweet Kiss, the horse crossed the finish line. Nobody even knew that he was dead until the horse's owner and the officials came over to congratulate him shortly after the race. Sweet Kiss never raced again and it was rumored that she was nicknamed "Sweet Kiss of Death" the rest of her life.
Bryn 2 years ago (edited)
What's even more impressive about the jock is that a)this was his first and only race as a jockey; he'd only ever been a trainer before and b)this was a steeplechase race (not a flat race like the Kentucky Derby)!
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
We just got back from the Kentucky Derby, and oddly were just talking about this incident. Such an unfortunate set of circumstances 😕
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Bryn 2 years ago
and in fact the horse earned that nickname and never raced again.
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Seabeast 2 years ago
"On June 4, 1923, jockey Frank Hayes rode Sweet Kiss to a 20-1 victory in a 2-mile, 12-jump race at Belmont Park. Only afterwards did anyone realize that Hayes had died of a heart attack in the saddle, probably before the last jump when Sweet Kiss swerved slightly before correcting herself. The filly earned the nickname of Sweet Kiss of Death and never ran again." __ Surprisingly, there are no progeny listed for her. You'd think she'd have been retired to broodmare duty after that.
#12
StretcherBearer 2 years ago
They saved the flamingos but Florida is still there so....draw? /j
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Reminds me of the segment in Disney's movie, 'Fantasia 2000', which "answers that age-old question, 'What happens if you give a Yo-Yo to a flock of Flamingos?' ", to the music of the finale of 'Carnival of the Animals', introduced by James Earl Jones.
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Ohhhhh! I thought it was just the hallucinatory drugs kicking in! Silly me!
Nadine Bamberger 2 years ago
And flamingos only. Imagine a world exclusively populated by flamingos.
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Sassawrasse 2 years ago
Every year, zoo birds go in bathrooms for major storms down here. Nearly all zoo birds. This is a cool shot, but we've got pics from every storm since then on the news or social media. It's just a thing.
We were also curious if there are any parts of history that Jen is partial to, and she shared, “My favorite time periods are ancient Greece and Rome and the ancestral pueblo people of the Southwest U.S.A. Many people don't know we still have buildings standing in America that are over a thousand years old.”
And as for why it’s so important that we educate ourselves about the world’s past, the history expert says, “First, it helps us understand and process current events. Second, history absolutely repeats itself. If we don't know where we came from then we won't know where we're going.”
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Fish On The Table 2 years ago
Can confirm, am sleep deprived . . . my school is starting later next year, thank goodness.
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KnightOwl 2 years ago
American schools seem to start really early in the morning, (I've heard of some schools starting at 7:30, which is just insane.) In the uk and most European countries schools start around 9am and finish between 3pm & 4pm and people still complain that it's too early!
Toni Kay 2 years ago
I am 42, my 9th grade high school started at 6:50, 10-12th started at 7, my vocational school started at 8. My kids schools start at 7:25 and 8. They get home at 2:45.
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Andy Frobig 2 years ago
I'll never understand how adults completely forget what it was like to be a kid or a teenager. Or maybe they just think "I had to go through it, so do you"
Dan Farther 2 years ago
"Just go to sleep earlier" except I can't because I had homework :)
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Zophra 2 years ago
I hear this a lot as a USA high school teacher. The problem with this is would make all the after school activities (such as the beloved sports programs) start later too - students would be getting home from practices and especially games far too late.
SUPASAAB 2 years ago
I've heard this point many times but I don't think it's fair to make everybody wake up earlier just for the kids who are in sports and have in school extracurriculars
Load More Replies... Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
I totally support this! Those little rugrats are up at the crack of dawn anyway, send them to school and let the teenagers sleep
Jennifer Ness 2 years ago
I've thought this should be obvious to school boards and superindents since learning about circadian rhythms in 10th grade Biology in 1984. Also would reduce the time the teens have alone before their parents get home. Start the little kids early and you'd need fewer buses too.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
My middle school and high school started at different times to use fewer buses, but the high school started an hour before the middle school
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
That'll happen after the 4-day work week, universal health care and mandated paid vacation.
Rostit . 2 years ago
Get out and vote and make your friends vote. It's the only way things are going to change
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Rifdoule 2 years ago
Edison won by using a better wheelchaIr which he stole from someone else, whilst Ford blamed the jews.
Justin Trouble 2 years ago (edited)
Probably not far off, they were both pretty terrible piles of s#!t.
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Kira Okah 2 years ago
Aside from "fact slides" an unsourced "knowledge nuts" article, and an atlas obscura entry that is also unsourced, I can't find a source for this. Where does this come from? Ordinarily I would say yes to atlas obscura but they don't source it, the article isn't about this claim, and it's not on the plate for the item the article is about.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I don't see anything about it either. On the Wiki article for Edison (I know Wiki isn't the best place for true facts all the time, but it's a good place to start) it states Edison died in 1931, and there's a photo of him from 1929 standing just fine next to Ford and Harvey Firestone. It doesn't look like he needed a wheelchair then, and I'd say 1929 counted as one of his "final years" if he died in 1931. The only references I see to an Edison wheelchair are recursive, no "original" facts or proof to be found anywhere.
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Bewarethere@gmail.com 2 years ago
Why does the most horrible people live so long? Where's God (which I don't believe there is-and if there is he's doing a s****y job!!!) During their horrible things that they do?!
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Lily Mae Kitty 2 years ago
they're both 5'10" but it's the angle he's sitting. His butt is much further back and Edison's right at the edge.
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Why, isn't that a cute story about Edison and his anti-Semitic, Nazi-sympathizing buddy, Henry Ford.
Mikkel Sørensen 2 years ago
If these two are your heroes, you need to get your priorities straight!
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Sherri Brewer 2 years ago
My rescue Thai Ridgeback, that came over from Thailand, has a passport.
If you’re looking to expand your knowledge of history but just aren’t sure where to start, Jen recommends finding something that interests you personally and just starting from there. “It doesn't have to be a tedious academic journal. There are tons of websites out there with brief (but useful) snippets of history. I personally love the World History Encyclopedia. Also, go out and visit any local historic site, even if it's something that you're not particularly interested in. You'd be surprised how much you can learn from the small local places.”
Plus, you can always begin with Jen’s blog, so if you’d like to learn more from the history expert herself, be sure to check out Jaunting Jen right here!
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Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
I want to know what lead them to the decision to have a $3 bowl appraised?
Lotus Flower in Space 🪷 2 years ago
I suspect a watermark or stamp. They must have had an idea of what was in front of them. Why can’t I be so lucky?
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Agamemnon O'Neill 2 years ago (edited)
They took it to the Antiques Roadshow. It's on one of their ads.
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
My mom used to be an art teacher at the University of Miami. She found a $12 bowl at good will that she recognized as being one of a few commissioned for some presidential inauguration. It sold at auction for about $200,000. It was cracked, would have been way more if it wasn't.
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Having something like that appraised? Sometimes it's just a feeling, or someone in their family has some knowledge of those pieces and suggested it. Speaking as a dealer, finding a piece that valuable is out of the ordinary but finding an unusual piece for cheap, that ends up being worth more than a couple $100, can happen more than you think.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
So sad that there are people out there with 2.2 million dollars to spend on a bowl while there are people starving.
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
Maybe they took it to one of those "Antique Roadshow" type events and someone spotted it as a cultural treasure.
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Bubs623 2 years ago
And requested the staff contribute money for the pizza.
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Rens 2 years ago
I'm glad somebody brought up the question of whether he was forced to live work all those years or whether he chose to work all those years. It's disgrace when people cannot afford to retire when they've basically worked all their lives. My grandmother worked from when she was 15 until she retired at 60, which was fortunate for her that she could.
Bruce Horton 2 years ago
He looks pretty happy to me, but that won't stop people projecting their negativity on him.
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CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Wow! A company that does not layoff older workers to replace them with cheaper younger workers.
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Nathan Pogorzala 2 years ago
Watching a tree full of Toucans jumping around is so cool. They were all over Costa Rica and they were just little hyper guys during the day.
Mark Fuller 2 years ago
Very much like the ratio between a politicians brain... and their mouth.
Skid Marks 2 years ago
I know some people like this. Not that people have beaks.... nevermind.
Unfortunately, many Americans don’t even know much about their own nation’s history. The New York Post reported in 2019 that only 27% of people under the age of 45 in the US can demonstrate a basic understanding of American history, and only 40% of Americans could pass a citizenship test. A quarter of those surveyed did not know that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, and over half didn’t know that Woodrow Wilson was the president during World War I.
But Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, doesn’t blame the students for their shortcomings. “Based on our research, this is not an issue of whether high school history teachers are adequately prepared or whether kids study American history in school,” he told the New York Post. “The answer to both questions is yes. This is an issue of how we teach American history. Now it is too often made boring and robbed of its capacity to make sense of a chaotic present and inchoate future."
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Loverboy 2 years ago (edited)
Who says it's not a party drug now? On an unrelated note, where can I find these?
NoWayNoWay 2 years ago
Let me know when you find out please, research purposes lol
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Corvus 2 years ago
I find the human capacity for finding ways to get "high" quite fascinating. Imagine the ancient people's thought process behind the whole "hey, what if we let those grapes ferment and then drink the resulting liquid?"
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Salema Porgy? Don't think that the "Roman party drug" part has any evidence, but they certainly do make you have vivid hallucinations for over a day.
Bobby 2 years ago
Yeah all reports I read trying to find out if this was true are pretty uniform in saying it's a bad trip every time. Another article said they did call it the fish that gives dreams though, so maybe used in some ceremony to the gods or something
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I looked up Salema Porgy, and it is known for this.
Load More Replies... Ericthedead 2 years ago
How you do it,dry it out and eat the skin or stick the whole live fish up your bum? Anyone know? Probably eat it’s brain.
Pimpernell 2 years ago
Yes the Sarpa Salpa aka dreamfish, salema porgy are considered an Adriatic sort of sea bream. The head is considered the most hallucinogenic and effects are similar as to an LSD trip but more poisonous.
amacker bullwinkle 2 years ago
Sarpa salpa, a species of bream, can induce LSD-like hallucinations if it is eaten. These widely distributed coastal fish are called "the fish that make dreams" in Arabic.
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
The ultimate proof that the stock market is just a load of c**p akin to astrology.
Bruce Horton 2 years ago
Proof that if you happen to pick from a group of companies in the hottest industry you're likely to do well.
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
I read that CEO who gets 50% of his decisions right is considered successful. It would be a lot cheaper to hire me. I'd even supply my own coin to flip.
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
Randomly picking *internet companies* during the dotcom boom. Yeah.
Ali H M Salehuddin 2 years ago
I read somewhere. Economists are the only professionals who are trained to predict something (in this case, economic trends) but almost always failed so miserably at their tasks.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I think that is because the study attracts people who think very logically, but they cannot predict what normal people will do, because those rarely act logically.
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Proving what we've all known all along. It's a house of cards with a foundation set deeply in BS.
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Bobby 2 years ago
It's because drains get backed up with things that aren't supposed to be dumped down the sink. Like potato skins, animal fats, etc. Not because digestive issues themselves are causing plumbing issues
Riche White 2 years ago
I'm a handyman and I've never needed to bring that many tools into a bathroom to repair a toilet.
MAKtheknife 2 years ago
More useless information to add; the busiest day in banking is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
In a previous Bored Panda article, we got in touch with Susan and Beckett, co-hosts of The History Chicks podcast, to hear why they believe it’s so important to remember our past. Their show shines a light on some of the most fascinating women in history who are often overlooked, so the co-hosts shared how it came to be in the first place. “We launched the show in 2011 after Beckett realized there were not only no podcasts on a subject she wanted to learn about (Gilded Age Heiresses), but there were none about Women's History in general," they previously told Bored Panda. "Uttering, 'How hard could it be?' she contacted Susan. 12 years later, we laugh because we knew the answer to her question was, 'Pretty darn hard, starting with a nearly vertical learning curve'."
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John Henry 2 years ago
Given that the first bank robbery happened 24 years before the first police department was established, hardly a surprise. What, you didn't know police haven't always been a thing?
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AngelWingsYT 2 years ago
Robber: give me all the money! Also robber: id like to deposit $162,821 please
David Wambold 2 years ago
Like the bank robbers who are asked to leave their information so they can send them more money???
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
This seems really fishy. What year did it happen? Early on, this would have been a LOT of money, and all in coins
JUSTsoyouKNOW.. 2 years ago
Lol...dumb a** not that bright. Why not bury it some where or just put it in your piggy bank at home but nooooo back in the bank 🤦♀️🤷♀️
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AelizaW 2 years ago
Female hyenas have a pseudopenis. In fact, most cubs born to first-time mothers end up stillborn because they get stuck in the extra-long, extra-narrow birth canal.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
Oh yes... I remember learning about Hyenas - the whole situation seems so weirdly... not-suited for survival (females have the pseudopenis, so at a glance male/female looks the same... then there's that birth canal that just... it seems to be rather deadly for the cub... like... why Nature, why?)
Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
Those poor Hyenas, just sitting in the Zoo trying to say "Look, we get it, Love is LOVE, but dammit- we tried and we JUST AREN'T GAY!"
David 2 years ago
Okay. Sounds like stupid Japanese - haha - but I googled and hyenas are pretty dang weird. copy/pasta - "Both female and male hyenas have testes and a penis. And for both sexes, the penis goes erect around female hyena. For males, the erection is a function of arousal; for females, it's due to familiarity and safety."
Ericthedead 2 years ago
Opposite of those pray away the gay camps. Just lock two dudes in a cage together till they do it. It’s like prison! Ha!
Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
I wonder why they weren’t successful? Probably didn’t set the mood.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Those look like striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) cubs. Striped hyenas look very different from their more well-known cousins, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).
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"Our favorite part of studying history is discovering the interconnectivity of it all," Susan and Beckett shared. "That people in history aren't all that different from us, they just lived in different times and those times (and people) connect all the way through to modern-day in the most interesting ways."
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Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Well, it couldn't have been 12 inches, because then it would have been a foot...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
The reason why no "banana for scale" jokes have been posted is as plain as the nose on his face.
#26
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Pretty sure a draw was the worst result ever to the people there
Lotekguy 2 years ago
Should have been content with using a guy wielding coconut shells.
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ginny weasley 2 years ago
Given this took place in the USSR, not so much.
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Doug O 2 years ago
Yes. Mel Brooks movie. History of the World part 1. And it ends with knight takes queen, rooks take queen, bishops take queen, pawns take queen, everyone takes queen. Quite raunchy.
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JoddieChan 2 years ago
Ronald Weasley won the game with Hermione Granger and Harry Potter by taking himself out and laughing in McGonagall's face
#27
Asexual Zelephant 2 years ago
Why did this make me think of 'Borice and Bunce and Bean... one fat, one short, one lean...' XD
So why is it important to learn history accurately? "It's important so that we don't perpetuate half-truths, misconceptions, and downright lies," the History Chicks told Bored Panda. "To understand history, we have to see the whole story, not just the soundbites of history. If we just repeat an oversimplified version lacking perspective and context, we only think we know the whole story, but we're not even close. And here's a riddle: Can history repeat itself if the history we're repeating is wrong and incomplete?"
#28
Corvus 2 years ago
Many of the originsal versions of fairy tales were pretty... graphic, to put it mildly.
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
Indeed and depended on where they came from in the world.
Load More Replies... Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Hey, us wolves can't finish an entire grandmother by ourselves. It's only polite to share.
Load More Replies... Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
😮 Which versions are these? And why have we not heard about them before? Hollywood, pay attention. Here's some original content to work with; you can stop remaking the same 50 movies over and over again.
Marek Yanchurak 2 years ago
The first segment of this podcast has some different versions of Little Red Riding Hood: https://www.mythpodcast.com/4268/48-snow-white-killer-queen/
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David 2 years ago
Jesus. that's even darker than a really old version I have in a book where grandma isn't saved so the room would have been full of grandma pieces and wolf pieces. (I forget whether Red died). It is dark but doesn't include cannibalism.
Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Well, why did she eat grandma? Did the wolf force her? Hated granny and demanded the mangle her? Was it during a time in which cannibals roamed the earth?
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Depends on the version - some have the wolf force Red to eat Granny, others have Red not realise the food she found in the house is prepped Granny.
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Kira Okah 2 years ago (edited)
In some variations, the wolf makes Red climb into the bed with "grandma", which is what the picture shows. They should definitely have used a different picture...
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Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
A braguette. And now you know where the term „bragging“ comes from and the root word for French bread.
Dan Farther 2 years ago
baguette translates to wand, the bread is baguette du pain
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Captain Kyra 2 years ago
Syphilis caused swelling so these knights were trying to prevent a pinch situation
AffenpinscherMom 2 years ago
This does make sense but also sounds like you could have made it up. I am going to vote, True
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#30
Corvus 2 years ago
Imagine swallowing it by accident with your salad... you could say it's a (puts sunglasses on) once-in-a-lifetime meal.
Nikki D 2 years ago
I didn't know I could groan, sigh, and laugh at the same time.
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Brunning6 2 years ago
Right! How much more toxic is it than aspirin or toast?
Load More Replies... AffenpinscherMom 2 years ago
Animal nerd alert info: the picture actually shows a "baby" poison arrow dart frog found in the southern region of South America. At current, the smallest poisoness frog is the Mount Iberia frog in Cuba. Extra info: the world's smallest non-poisoness frog was discovered in 2009 in Papua New Guinea.
Farid Red 2 years ago
Imagine it leap automatically to you and you died without knowing what happen.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Hell, just imagine walking through the bush and brushing against one. Then the person who comes to help you bumps it as well...
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2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
Uh, no, people in the 1960s weren't stupid, this is some sort of joke photo.
scag$y 2 years ago
If it's true that a decapitated head can still function for seconds after it has been severed, then perhaps if two cars using these seatbelts were in a head-on crash, the heads would pass each other in the air and maybe mouth 'oh sh!t' at each other as they went by.
Autumn 2 years ago
Or maybe the severed heads just labs on the other person’s body and then it’s all okay again?
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#32
Raven Sheridan 2 years ago
One of the few occupations where you had an equal chance of burning alive, and drowning!
JUSTsoyouKNOW.. 2 years ago (edited)
Looks like that fish on Dori with the long tentacle with a glowing light on the end to lure other fish (angler fish?) to be eaten. 👍🏼
#33
James P 2 years ago
No way! If anything that would attract children to the school
Load More Replies... A B C the Third 2 years ago
Well, considering the rope's slack, that's certainly true for the second half of the crossing.
Load More Replies... Bloodyklaws 2 years ago
Notice the opposing bank is uphill and covered in 8 feet of snow. Not to mention the pirahna. Our parents were not lying after all!
Antoinette Maldari 2 years ago
Geez, my parents only had to walk uphill, in the snow, barefoot
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Spoiled brats. We had to walk ten miles to school, through deep snow, barefoot, with only barbed wire wrapped around our feet for traction.
#34
R 2 years ago
May they where always in miserable marriage, may be she decided to stay for kids.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Actually, he had known for a while. They were just waiting for the children to die.
Not productive (but trying) 2 years ago
To all the people saying the guy holds a good grudge, getting cheated on really f*****g sucks. It’s a huge breach of trust and love and I don’t blame him for no longer wanting to be married to someone who did that to him, and then lied to him for DECADES after
#35
Norah Reilly 2 years ago
Well, of course Florida; where else would you find this kind of crazy s**t?
mooshoflove 2 years ago
I've always thought of FL as a little piece of Australia...
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Don't let DeSantis find out... he'll stop that s**t in a pen swipe! LOL!
I'm Kid A 2 years ago
It all depends on the area you're in... Jacksonville is about as different from Miami as Dallas is. And each area has pros and cons.I've lived in a few different areas of Florida over the course of my life, and its surprisingly unremarkable most of the time. "Florida Man" makes up about 0.001% of the population, you learn to stay out of the water (unless you're at the beach), and apply sunscreen. Pretty basic after that.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
Florida is also the only place on Earth where Florida Men and Florida Women naturally coexist in the wild.
MAKtheknife 2 years ago
Which is why I don't want to live there, plus the Anacondas and Pythons that are in the Everglades now too.
Lesbitarian Lady 2 years ago
This needs to be #7. They are probably still arguing on #8. Crocs vs Alligators. I personally like my Crocs. More comfy on my feet
#36
Loverboy 2 years ago
I still do this, they take up too much space for one package though so I ship separate parts at a time.
Laura Gillette 2 years ago
I saw this in a previous post and was curious, so I looked it up: first of all, they didn't carry the children in their mail bags--these photos were staged for funsies. Secondly, this was done in the days when most peoples' mail carriers were well known to them, like neighbors or family friends (the children weren't just given over to strangers), and the children were generally only going a short distance to relatives' houses, not like, across the country or anything. But in the days before cars, it would take a lot of precious time to make the journey yourself just to take Junior to grandma's house for the weekend, so they'd have their mail carrier do it.
E. S. Drendl 2 years ago
Did most of the children reach their destination? How did the post office handle arrangements for in-transit children to eat/sleep/poop?
#37
Verinder of the Valley 2 years ago
I know what you mean. It's really ingenious.
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 2 years ago
In games rather than in a fully scripted and acted play. It was an execution for spectacle, not part of an actual play.
Bec 2 years ago
Like the Schwarzenegger movie The Running Man, based on a Stephen King short.
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Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
KING talking to PLAY DIRECTOR: "more realistic that way and better for your ticket sales - bring on the next one - we have another play in 2 hours.. clean up on stage right and where is my goblet of wine good be the gods if they bring me two.... (two what sire) - two goblets of wine or two criminals - either way...things come better in 2 you know.
JL 2 years ago
And they just played their part and didn't try to run or attack any of the actors?
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Maybe they used the same method, that Putin uses on prisoners today. If they survive, they are free.
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Awkward Momma Panda 2 years ago
I had no idea that I mistakenly read the first ‘criminals’ as ‘animals’ until I spent a silly amount of time trying to make it make sense 😆
#38
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
And airline passenger seats have only gotten *smaller* since then. So, if he were traveling today his only option would be a pair of seats in first class. Or a cruise ship. At least they give you a room on a cruise ship.
JayBizzle1977 2 years ago
Meanwhile in 2023, an average sized person looks the same sitting in a current-sized airline seat.
JL 2 years ago
Speaking of - https://www.the-sun.com/sport/8089332/wrestling-legend-andre-the-giant-poo-plane/
Scott J 2 years ago
I heard that story the other day. I'm wondering if this is the same flight. It's not in the story you linked but I'm pretty sure Brutus Beefcake said they were departing Japan when it happened.
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Fly_Agaric_Frog 🇺🇦 2 years ago
I'm sorry I'm uncultured but, who? (I'm sorry I genuinely don't know)
#39
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
That's incredibly specific. What was the mathematical formula used to get that number?
David 2 years ago
In other news, made up "facts" are fun. Godzilla was fictional /made up. He was supposedly a huge theropod before WW2. So, he is based on a dinosaur we have never actually seen. A fictional character based on a fictional version of creatures we have only seen the bones of - yet someone claims to know To THE GALLON - how much he pees per day. Sure, sounds legit.
Arthur W. Arre 2 years ago
Reptiles and birds don't pee.Kidneys empty into lower colon,no bladder.It all comes out mixed thru one opening the cloaca-"sewer".
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Aiden Brough 2 years ago
About the same as all of our politician's spew...
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Trish Panda 2 years ago
Based on what facts? Lizards don't pee, they release a really wet poop that kind of covers all of it.
#40
okpkpkp 2 years ago
Mine too but I have an edge. I have double vision so, yes. And nice at twice the enjoyment!
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 2 years ago (edited)
Such a good study! /s It isn't linked by any of the reports and isn't coming up on scholarly searches! No idea where this comes from besides Kodak, so no idea how accurate it is.
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
I find that number is quite low. When I'm with my fiance, I spend the whole time looking at her because she's so beautiful! Even when we aren't together, I look at pictures of her I have saved on my phone. I'm not talking about nudes, but her beautiful smile, and her fun fashion sense, and the pictures of us together just being happy and in love! Sometimes I just stare at her because she's the most beautiful girl in the world! She still doesn't get that I just stare at her and think about how lucky I am to have her. She tells me to focus because we're talking about important things, but I can only think about spending my life with her. Yes, we're discussing important things, and I listen 100%, respond 100%, we agree on 90% of everything. I can't stop staring and looking at her, she's the most beautiful girl ever
#41
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
"Adult emperor penguins are 110–120 cm (43–47 in) in length, including bill and tail. The weight ranges from 22.7 to 45.4 kg (50 to 100 lb) and varies by sex, with males weighing more than females. It is the fifth heaviest living bird species..." -- Wikipedia
Kathleen Nelson 2 years ago
Thank you! Would've thought that information would be included in the post!
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#42
Butts69 2 years ago
That's scary to think the water would be pooled at the loop then someone doesn't make it around the loop and then is stuck in a tube full of water with no way out.
Bob Brezniak 2 years ago
STRONGLY recommend the documentary about this place. This is just one of the WTF attractions..
Crazy Dog Lady 2 years ago
People kept getting cuts after going thru it and they couldn’t figure out how-turns out it was the teeth of previous riders stuck into the sides of the slide.
Kira Okah 2 years ago
It was from sand and gravel that accumulated at the bottom of the loop. Where did this tooth stuff come from? It's not true.
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Sarah 2 years ago
There is a documentary about this place (I think on Netflix) called "Class Action Park". It's wild! I'd definitely recommend watching it!
Nadine Bamberger 2 years ago
There's also a very amusing "The Dollop" and a "My favorite Murder" podcast episode about it.
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Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I did. And looking at the photos, it's hard to believe that there weren't more victims.
Load More Replies... Nadine Bamberger 2 years ago
Action Park as a whole has been a walking talking injury and lawsuit machine, they had their own ambulance service, so many shattered bones.
#43
DaBoizMaccasRun 2 years ago
So that's 56 when they aren't in a bad mood. Depending on if you are in a s****y mood or just in general
Lotus Flower in Space 🪷 2 years ago
*65 :) Unless you’re including 9 days of “Meh”.
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Lesley Richard 2 years ago
So basically a good mood only on weekends and holidays. Yep, about right.
Trish 2 years ago
I actually wake up happy and smiling. I can see I'm in the minority on this one.
Omima mimi miki 2 years ago
because we either didn't sleep well, too much on our minds, uncomfortable bed, too hot, too cold, light sleepers, woken abruptly and messed up our awesome dream, dreading going to work or soome event you don't feel like, realising it's the weekend but you have to wake up early to do s**t.... yeah thats why!
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
I wonder if there was a difference of rates based on age or other factors.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Do Americans use a different calender from the rest of the world? My calender shows only 52 Saturdays.
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Lotus Flower in Space 🪷 2 years ago
Never knew any school that had that and a ton of us smoked. We had to go across the street and dodge the Principal..
Exotic Butters 2 years ago
Took me a long time to give up that awful habit. I am just 3 days away from one whole year as a non smoker. :)
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CD King 2 years ago
Ya..... no, it wasn't shocking. You could smoke on planes, trains ferries. We used to smoke in our homes and in restaurants. You didn't show ID to buy a pack of smokes. This old time black and white photo is just ridiculous.... it was the 80's, 90's and I was smoking in Heathrow airport in 2001.
David Hale 2 years ago
Mid 80s, early teen, bought my dad a box of cigars from Walgreen's for Father's day. High school did have a designated smoking area. Life was wild.
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
Huh, my high-school allowed us to smoke in a designated area and this was 2007 through 2010. We had a school cop that was always there and he would come over and B.S with us on our smoke breaks 😅
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
I don't want to edit so I'll just say it down here haha. This was a high-school in Ogden Utah, of all places!
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Laura Gillette 2 years ago
I hate how some humans' look at something big and impressive... tree, elephant, lion, whatever--and immediately go "I WANNA DESTROY IT." 😢
WonderWoman 2 years ago
By hand they did that, push and pull push and pull then watch out that sucker is going to fall!
#46
Kharyss 2 years ago
People pay good money to be punished with them too. It’s basically a Stair Master
Load More Replies... Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
But that's not a treadmill? Looks like they're doing pull ups? And whilst they were used in the 1800s for punishment, they were invented 1000s of years previously as "muscle powered engines".
Thomas Bentley 2 years ago
those steps moved. the bar was to keep them upright.
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PeteDr 2 years ago
...and the wardens could tighten the treadmill on the axle, making it harder to turn. They used a fitted screw, hence the British nickname of, "Screw" for a warder. Funnily enough, making it very loose was also not good, as it turned too quickly and the slats could slam into the prisoner's ankles, if they didn't move quickly enough, so it was exhausting for them to keep treading.
Elaine Reed 2 years ago
The Romans used these to power cranes to build their insulae (blocks of flats), and temples.
#47
Loverboy 2 years ago
Bison is a leaner meet than beef, hopefully they cooked in low and slow with added fat.
Anna Stephenson 2 years ago
My thoughts exactly, I was airing for a floor up of ........."and two days later, they died screaming as millions of prehistoric tape worms burst from every orrofice!"
Load More Replies... Bloodyklaws 2 years ago
And tomorrow we will read about “The bison flu” and how we will all be dead by lunchtime. Good times
Trish Panda 2 years ago
They probably just said it was delicious so they didn't look foolish for eating old a*s freezer burnt bison
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
So much for freezer burn and throwing out frozen meat after 6 months or so.
#48
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
NASA would probably know if any US astronauts had sex since their vital signs are constantly monitored.
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E. S. Drendl 2 years ago
Yeah, this is the same organization that planned an all-female mission to Mars to avoid astronauts having sex. (Cue wild laughter from the sapphically-aware section of the audience)
aartdesigns 2 years ago (edited)
yeah, no matter how you deal that one... if you are sending humans you are going to get hanky-panky... Nature of the beast. hell, even solo.
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#49
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Some idiot also tried this with a kangaroo, and got his a**e handed to him.
Loverboy 2 years ago (edited)
Noooo you're kidding, right? A half ton bear winning against a human? Impossible
CT 2 years ago
In 1949, boxer Gus Waldorf was involved in a professional fight with a bear. The match was held in a caged ring and followed boxing protocol. The bear’s claws and teeth were restricted through the use of a muzzle and special bear-sized boxing gloves. In the end, the bear claimed victory against Waldorf, leaving him with several injuries.
Michelle C 2 years ago (edited)
Good for the bear; if you’re knowingly going up against a bear, you deserve to lose! Most likely, the animal has been abused. If you’re just defending yourself or someone else from an attack, that’s a different discussion….
#50
Loverboy 2 years ago
I don't even watch the Superbowl but I guess I have an excuse not to go to work on Monday now.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
Or move the game to Saturday. I've said this for years.
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 2 years ago
Which is why I've said for years the Super Bowl should be held on a Saturday. Especially considering so many people travel to attend on top of the drinking part.
Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
DUH ! It's Because the Superbowl doesn't finish until almost 10pm on a Sunday night. After attending a party you get home at 1am. We are only human !!
aartdesigns 2 years ago
So, do they call up "the doc" to verify? Sounds like a job for your non-dominant hand 'cause doctors have notoriously crappy handwritting... Just a thought.
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JUSTsoyouKNOW.. 2 years ago
They should just make it an official holiday so no one gets penalized for it 🤷♀️
#51
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hang in, just get my breath back, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
#52
Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 2 years ago
It's an adverb. It's modifying "massive". It doesn't mean they're absurd. Yes, I'm a pedantic jerk.
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