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We know how much you enjoy learning new things, dear Pandas. We do, too. Luckily for us, the internet has a nearly-inexhaustible supply of fun trivia, interesting facts, and intriguing tidbits about the world to whet our appetites for knowledge. If you’re constantly curious about things, then this article might be right up your alley.
Redditor u/Not_a_Replicant_ asked people to share the cool facts that they think others should definitely know, and they were not disappointed. Their thread quickly went viral and got over 41.5k upvotes in 3 days. We’ve collected some of the most interesting answers that are bound to reignite your curiosity about science, history, and other areas of knowledge. Perfect for that Ravenclaw living inside of you? We like to think so.
Scroll down and don’t forget to upvote the facts that you enjoyed learning about the most. Got some great trivia to share with all the other Pandas? Don’t be shy, drop on by the comment section.
Bored Panda reached out to Steven Wooding, a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, to talk about how to keep ourselves constantly learning as we grow up, how we ought to approach random facts we stumble across online, and where to start if we feel that we’ve reignited our passion for science, history, and other areas. Steven is a member of the Omni Calculator Project and recently helped create the Weird Units Converter, a calculator that helps you make conversions from standard units to unusual ones like football fields, cats, and, yes, even Harry Potter books. They've even got a fun challenge set up.
“Getting information from a known, reliable source is an excellent shortcut to having to fact-check everything yourself,” Steven said that we should all put in the effort to find reliable news sources. “You should be very wary of believing something online from a source you don't recognize. When you do find something, search for it on other websites you have heard of and see if they are all saying the same thing.” Read on for the full interview.
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#1
The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.
Caffeinated Hedgehog 4 years ago
If two drunks keep on arguing after showing them verifiable facts, whack them in the head with the book.
He-Matt & the MOTU 4 years ago
Also interesting: It was co-founded by the McWhirter twins, one of whom (Ross) was assassinated by the IRA in the 70s for his views on Ireland.
Robert T 4 years ago
For many years Norris McWhirter was on the UK TV show Record Breakers with Roy Castle and Cheryl Baker (of Bucks Fizz fame).
Load More Replies... K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
And the Michelin Guide (as in Michelin stars) was started by the Michelin tire company, to encourage people to take more road trips and use up tires.
Jess Thompson 4 years ago
Hahaha! Proud to be Irish ☘️ Did you know that after Ireland invented whiskey there were no more inventions recorded for like 200 years 🤣
Steven agreed with Bored Panda that many of us can feel overwhelmed with responsibilities and feel like we don’t have much free time for leisure, let alone learning, as we grow up. However, all is not lost! There are ways to break out of the routine of stress and monotony.
“It's all too easy to get caught up in the stress of modern life and forget to notice extraordinary things around you. Go for a walk in nature and try to observe everything. Ask yourself, what's that? And if you don't know, take a photo and look it up,” Steven suggested.
One of the main things that you should aim to do is to remember what it was like to be a kid. Try to get back into the mindset you used to have when you were little to reignite your curiosity in the world. “The main problem is that once you're an adult, you think you know everything (or you think you should do), so you stop asking questions. You'll notice kids do it all the time. So to stay curious and learn new things, keep asking questions.”
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#2
Eugene Aldrin, the father of the famous moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, not only witnessed the Wright brothers’ first flight but also went to see his son land on the moon in his lifespan.
We’ve been quick!
Robert T 4 years ago
I think you mean "went on". I don't think he went to the moon to watch his son land!
Marilyn Ransberry 4 years ago
Thanks. Was all I could do not to correct this myself. Poor grammar leads to confusion.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
Actually all people that were born beginning of 1900 and lived until the ending of the century have witnessed amazing progression of technology
Lainie 4 years ago
Yes, my grandmother witnessed the origin of all the wonders of technology that still exist today, and she was born in 1907. I think it's amazing.
Load More Replies... iblowsheep 4 years ago (edited)
...and we may see the destruction of civilization by the end of this generation. way to go peeps! We are doing it FAST!
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
As we learned from Indiana Jones, it’s very, very, very hard to outrun a boulder
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Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
Does “witnessed “ mean actually being at the site in person? And where did Eugene “went” to see his son land on the moon ? Or do you just mean that he was living at the time of both events?
Pearl 4 years ago
It just means he was living at the time. The Wright Brother's first successful flight was in 1903, and Eugene would have been 7 years old at the time.
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K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
He may have been alive when the Wright Brothers first flew, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't at Kitty Hawk watching the flight.
#3
Corgi is a translation of the welsh for dwarf dog. Cor gi.
In the Mabinogion, the welsh book of myths and legends, corgis were the battle steeds of fairies
chrissy goodman 4 years ago
wen i read that i pictured tinkerbell riding a corgi into battle
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Kira Okah 4 years ago (edited)
This partially true. Just got "it's small dog, dwarf dog, diminutive dog" from my Welsh speaking partner. Bred as a herding dog, heel nipping dogs. Corgis were fairy steeds in some poems, but not in the four branches of the Mabinogion - the dogs in the Mabinogion that I remember are the Cŵn Annwn in the first branch, and those are most definitely not Corgis or fairy steeds, they are the hunting dogs of the underworld.
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Excuse me!!!! 'Myths and legends'??? Look at that picture again and then try to tell me you don't believe that fairies ride them!
I was interested to get Steven’s opinion about where we could start learning about science and other topics if we feel completely lost. He told Bored Panda that a pretty good place to start would be mainstream science TV programs on the topics that we’re already interested in.
“They'll cover a subject with easy-to-digest information that you can rely on and could inspire you to investigate further. Then you could move on to popular science books that go a bit further and deeper,” he shared. “Science podcasts and YouTube channels can also be a good idea. If you can't think of a topic, you could look at the science section of Wikipedia and go through the featured articles. If one grabs your interest, read it in full and follow links that interest you.”
#4
If you type the word "askew" into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly.
Chris Hardtke 4 years ago
And the entire page turns a shade of purple when you type “gullible”.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I was almost going to fall for that, almost lol.
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Elizabeth Butler 4 years ago
It works on Google but not Bing. Yes I had to try.
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IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago (edited)
If you like this and you are a F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan look up the individual characters on Google. They each have their own Easter Egg. Just look on the top right of the main page you get to for the individual character and you will see a picture next to the name. Click on it for a nice surprise. My favourite is the sofa for Ross (pivot!) but for this you have to click on the sofa after he says "Pivot" 4 times to get the full effect it's worth it, trust me, and the guitar for Phoebe (sings Smelly Cat). The one for Joey a load of food appears on the page with Joey shouting "Joey doesn't share food!" The one for Rachel is rather boring, the little picture under her name just takes you to images of her haircut. Monica's picture is a bucket and when clicked a sponge jumps out and cleans that part of the page. And Chandler's is his chair which when clicked on the duck and chick jump out. A bonus one if you like the film Legally Blonde. Google that and click on the little picture of the bag on the right of the screen and Bruiser jumps out Ell Woods introduces herself and Bruiser who gets a bath and a blow dry and the whole screen turns pink.
#5
The figure in Munch's 'The Scream' is not screaming but is, in fact, reacting to hearing the scream.
Cecilie Linn Græsdal 4 years ago
the figure is Munch screaming. he describe it like this 'I walked across the road with two friends - The sun went down The sky suddenly became blood red and I felt like a breath of melancholy I stopped leaned me to the fence tired to death Over the blue-black fjord and town lay clouds of dripping, smoking blood My friends went on and I stood there in anxiety with an open wound in my chest. A big scream went through nature.' -There are two versions of Munch's prosaic text to his most famous motif. One is taken from the sketchbook, the other from a literary sketch (that's the text above).
Aeon Flux 4 years ago
From the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883, they think.
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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
The figure is hearing the scream of the world, which could be the natural world, or the combined suffering of humanity, or both. It's based on an experience Munch had while walking across a bridge with two friends, who are in the picture. He was surprised that they didn't hear the scream.
Haunting Spirit 4 years ago
The noise of the world was to hard to go with. That's what the painting is showing. It also said on the top left corner: "Can only have been painted by a madman". He wrote that himself.
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
The sky is said to be a representation of the colourful sunsets seen across the world after the eruption of Krakatoa.
Rhonda Wandler 4 years ago
The painting was the artist's reaction to pollution and the scarring of the environment.
#6
Bob Ross was a Drill Instructor. When he stopped working as that, he promised he would not raise his voice at someone again. That's why he was so soft spoken.
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
The voice behind Bambi became a decorated war hero and a Marine major. Donnie Dunagan was a decorated Vietnam War veteran receiving a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts for his service. He spent 25 years with the Corps. 'Bambi major' was also the youngest drill instructor ever.
Ekaterina S 4 years ago
Also: Bob Ross stole the idea of his painting technique and the very show from a German immigrant. Google William Alexander.
PeachPossum 4 years ago
I used to watch Bill Alexander's The Magic of Oil Painting on PBS when I was a kid. I remember Alexander saying "happy little trees" and "mighty mountains" long before Ross "borrowed" the same style and presentation for his "Joy of Painting." And by the way Alexander used to teach painting and Bob Ross was one of his students, his protégé essentially. So, yes the technique would be similar and it is no surprise that Bob Ross used the same lingo. PBS replaced Alexander's show with Ross's and even ran a commercial with Alexander handing his "mighty" paint brush to Ross. Alexander later said of Ross, "I trained him and he is copying me—what bothers me is not just that he betrayed me, but that he thinks he can do it better.”
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DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
Bob Ross is what I imagine the word "magical" looks and sounds like.
We shouldn’t believe everything that we come across online, whether it’s on social media, a news website, or Reddit, the front page of the internet. It’s vital to look at things from a scientist’s point of view so you don’t get lost in the morass of potentially fake news.
Previously, I spoke to Lee McIntyre from Boston University’s Center for Philosophy and History of Science about how to separate good news sources from bad ones and why it’s important to be well-versed in media literacy.
"Repetition is important in making us believe things, whether they are true or not. There is a cognitive bias called the 'illusory truth effect' which is when we are repeatedly exposed to false information over and over and, over time, it begins to seem more plausible," Lee explained to Bored Panda.
#7
There was a phantom poop on an Apollo mission. A poop, floating around, that none of the astronauts said was theirs.
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
Upvoted because I’m imagining the astronauts all arguing about who was going to capture and dispose of the floating turd, whilst denying any responsibility for it and simultaneously worrying about catastrophic toilet failure.
Stimpy 4 years ago
There is actually a transcript available of the exact conversation that happened at that point
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I'm imagining the rogue turd slowly spinning round the capsule to the strains of "The Blue Danube Waltz"
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
2001 lives in some of us forever...Bravo, Julia!
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
But they were never in a position where they could claim it was the dog...
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#8
If you skip to the end of a long YouTube video and press replay you can watch the whole thing without adds
Zaza 4 years ago (edited)
THIS!!!! I was against adblockers for a long time, but then yt came up with premium and they added a ton of ads, often even double 30 second (not skippable) ads for a single 8 second video. F off. Block away please! Oh and sometimes when you watch something on the computer and then you get an ad that's over an hour long, so you have to get up from your cozy spot to click it. Yea, no
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K.Kobayashi 4 years ago (edited)
Ah, the good old days when internet companies weren't expected to make any profit. You just had to expand market share, and have some vague ideas about using it to earn revenue in the future. Well, now is that future.
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Stephanie Foldy 4 years ago
Ad-free YouTube is $9.99/month. However, you also get unlimited access to YouTube Music (formerly Google Music). Surprisingly, it has gotten a lot better since they first introduced it, and you do NOT have to watch the video when listening to the music (for limited bandwidth users). So basically pay the same as you would to many other streaming music services but get ad-free YouTube included, AND the creators at least get a couple of coins in the bucket.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Ad-free Youtube is free if you get an adblocker. *taps head*
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M Redmond 4 years ago
I mean ridiculous YouTubers who become gazillionairs for no content of meaningful value are destroying society!! Me skipping a couple ada is not bothering anyone!
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Ville Billie 4 years ago
Here's a cool fact everyone should know: The correct word is "ads" (short for advertisements), not "adds" (to combine numbers into a single sum).
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Mooost of the time. If the poster requests ads, they WILL still play even if you do this. But for 85% of videos, this works nicely!
#9
The technology for the fax machine was invented in 1843. The feudal era in Japan ended in 1868 abolishing the samurai class. Abraham Lincoln lived until 1865. All of this combined lead to a 22 year period in which Lincoln could have received a fax from a samurai.
LuckyL 4 years ago
It's more likely, that Lincoln would have received a fax from a samurai than the other way around. More samurais than Lincolns ;)
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Alicia Miller 4 years ago
A1 steak sauce was established in 1862 but invented in 1824. Sometimes I wonder if Lincoln ever had it.
Lainie 4 years ago
Alicia, do you honestly sometimes wonder about Lincoln and the stake sauce?! :')
Load More Replies... alwaysMispelled 4 years ago
So, I just did some googling and this thing was amazing! I can't believe I've never heard of it! In movies they always show people using Morse code over telegraph lines NOT people sending images (mostly signature verifications for banking) over the telegraph!!
"Social psychologists have known since the 1960s that repetition works, for truth or falsity. In fact, this idea goes back to Plato who said that it didn't hurt to repeat a true thing. And of course, for falsehood, this was one of the main propaganda tactics in Nazi Germany, where Hitler's propaganda minister understood the 'repetition effect.'"
However, double-checking and cross-referencing every single fact that we find online and every tiny item we hear on the news would be utterly exhausting. So we need a different approach.
“It would be exhausting to fact check every single news item we hear. In fact, insisting on this degree of skepticism is something that demagogues use to get us to be cynical, because when we doubt that it is possible to know the truth—even when it is staring us in the face—we are riper to their manipulation. So I'd say the best thing with news is to do a little investigation into finding a reliable source," the expert said.
#10
Human's ability smell petrichor (smell of wet earth from rain) is greater than a Shark's ability to smell blood in water.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I have several Canadian friends. They seem so happy, other than the 2 depressed ones in my support group XD.
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
It’s raining outside at this very moment...come quickly!
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I wonder if there is an evolutionary advantage to being so sensitive to this smell.
Kelli Lindsay 4 years ago
I would imagine. “Is that…..RAIN I smell?? FOLLOW IT!!”
Load More Replies... Jessica Gunn 4 years ago
This smell is produced by bacteria on plants and in the soil/dirt. It isn't harmful, and in fact, it is the same bacteria used in many antibiotics. This smell/taste can also be present in mineral waters and wines, which some people don't like.
Marnie 4 years ago
I thought petrichor was specifically the smell when it first just started to rain and it gets a little wet, not just generally wet earth from rain. You know, there is that odd smell when you first get a smattering of rain.
Marnie 4 years ago
We're both half right. From google: "a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather."
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago (edited)
We moved from Seattle to San Diego, where needless to say it doesn't rain much. My neighbors come out onto their porches when we DO get rain - just to watch this lunatic dance in the puddles.
The Deez 4 years ago
Okay, I love the smell of wet earth when it's been raining for a bit but sometimes, if it rains for just a small amount of time, it smells like a wet dog to me. This usually just happens in the summertime, so I imagine it has something to do with the heat and humidity...or I'm just strange. LOL!
#11
Honeybees can be trained to sniff out land mines in war zones! Obviously dogs can do it but to avoid blowing up poor unsuspecting doggos, they figured out that bees could do the same thing and swarm the area without setting the mine off to alert people to its presence
Kay blue 4 years ago
Rats are also used in some areas of the world. A rat was recently awarded a medal for finding 100+ landmines.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
Basically you just feed them sugar water laced with chemicals used in explosives. And use LIDAR to find areas the bees are congregating.
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Jon S. 4 years ago
There is a long history of bees being used in ancient and medieval warfare. Particularly effective in naval warfare.
Load More Replies... Mazer 4 years ago (edited)
I’m sorry, dogs are not blown up, since dogs are something I am passionate about, I can shed some light on this bs. In the spring of 2005, the dogs helped identify some 2,000 landmines over three months on the perimeter of the kandahar air- base, saving human lives and clearing the way for an expansion of the base. throughout the world, dogs are increasingly being used to detect landmines to supplement the use of traditional metal detectors. Because of their strong sense of smell, dogs can detect very low amounts of vapor released by the landmines, thus helping to remove them safely. Per ChemMatters 2008.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Dogs take in more information through their noses than we take in through our eyes
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Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
Hmm we also need bees to feed us..try cockroaches instead they are bright critters..
#12
You know that feeling like you’re falling you get when you’re falling asleep? That happens because sometimes your muscles relax and your heart rate slows down too quickly that your body thinks you’re dying. So, it gives you that falling sensation which jolts you awake.
Stimpy 4 years ago
I am definitely using that as an insult! ("You hypnogogic JERK") :)
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Kai David 4 years ago
Nothing worse than a hypnogogic jerk in the middle of a boring lecture in school then everyone laughs.
F. H. 4 years ago
But those usually happen because you are really falling over, so it's not quite the same.
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lozenge 4 years ago
It's not happened for a while but I've dreamt I've fallen off a cliff but I wake before hitting the bottom.
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
I kind of love-hate that. I enjoy the feeling yet I hate it cause now I have to start falling asleep all over again.
Emma Schumann 4 years ago
I feel exactly the same. I actually love the feeling, but knowing I'll have to drift off again sucks much of the joy out of it.
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Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago
This happens to me a little too much. One time I had a dream I was in a plane about to crash, right before the crash I woke up terrified. Those dreams are the worst
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
When hub gets this, he cries out and flails. Sometimes he falls out of bed, ACTUALLY falling! It does not help my ptsd.
GalaxyGriffin 4 years ago
it happened to me a few days ago. Helped jolt me awake but had a mini panic attack while doing so.
Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
Does that mean we sense we are falling when we are dying?Hope not, it is unpleasant.
"Look for an organization that does investigative journalism (and doesn't just repeat information from other sources), double sources its quotations, discloses conflicts of interest, etc. Once we've found that we can relax a bit and trust the reporting behind the stories. Do we still need to be on guard? Yes. Even The New York Times can make mistakes. Or individual reporters can have biases. But that doesn't mean 'all sources are equal.'"
Lee highlighted the importance of raising media literacy, as it helps sift through news and facts. "There are various sources for media literacy that can help. They teach this to KIDS in Finland! It's easy to learn. Is the story copyrighted? Is it dated? Is there a byline? Are other stories by the author solid? Is it published in a source that has been reliable in the past? Does it seem plausible— if not then you can do some research," he said what we should be aware of when looking at any news article.
#13
Some birth control pills can cause vitamin B deficiency. Vitamin B is used to make seratonin. I’ve know a few people that got super depressed after starting birth control and taking B complex made a huge difference
*consult your doctor
Kanuli 4 years ago
That’s mighty interesting. My wife feels alot better since she doesn’t take the pill anymore, and that might have been part of the reason. I know she was low on Vitamin B, amond D, potassium and Iron. Besides Iron we were able to get the rest up to a healthy level mostly by changing our meal composition, and for Vitamin D supplements.
Mrs. Mir 4 years ago
You sound like a very caring spouse. Wife is lucky to have you, Kanuli xx
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
Indeed it does cause depression. Hormonal birth control causes many problems for a great many women. Condoms are a much better method, and also offer some protection from STDs. Never have sex with a man who whines about wearing one, either. Your health both physical and mental is MUCH more important than the little bit of extra sensation he wants to feel. Stay safe out there, ladies!
Nia Loves Art 4 years ago (edited)
People who use condoms alone have a one in 50 chance of pregnancy per year with *perfect* use, and one in six with typical use. Those are not insignificant chances especially over 20-30 years of a woman’s sexually active pre menopausal life. Telling women to use condoms alone without a backup method is not safe or responsible advice. Women should discuss their best options with their doctors. For women who don’t tolerate hormonal methods well (and some do great on them) there are other methods like the copper IUD.
Load More Replies... AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Taking the pill for two years heralded the arrival of lifelong clinical depression for me.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
You also lose any appetite for sex! The contradictions are many and unfortunately nobody really cares! they have improved but the amount of women that had serious problems in the past when they first came out is depressing while the men's contraceptive stopped for a lot less contradictions! It's not a secret that nobody finances for female problems and nobody pays so much attention to our issues!
Zaza 4 years ago
Several birth control options result in depression of the person taking it. Doctors never mention this, but this is a very common side effect. To anyone reading this, please don't feel like you're being demanding, whining, lazy, or whatever people told you. Hormone imbalance can seriously mess you up!
New Prometheus 4 years ago
If only for birth control, just use condoms!!! Pills are awful for that.
Nia Loves Art 4 years ago
The pill is more effective than condoms for preventing pregnancy and both combined is more effective than either on their own. The most effective options are ones like the IUD and Nexplanon implants that don’t have room for human error.
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Andrew Jackson had a interesting assassination attemp. The person who was going to kill him pointed his gun and it jammed. Jackson then beat him up wjth his cane. The guy got back and pulled out the second gun which also managed to jam. This is a 1 in 125,000 chance.
Alicia Miller 4 years ago
Jackson's pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral b/c it wouldn't stop cursing. That makes me laugh more than it probably should.
glowworm2 4 years ago
Me too! I wonder where the parrot learned such a vocabulary from? 🤣
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Tiger Pearl 4 years ago
This! I cannot describe just how much I detest and despise Andrew Jackson for the many horrible things he did to Native Americans
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Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
He also fought a duel where he was shot right at the patch sewn on special jackets (made for duelists to wear on the "field of honor") which indicated where the opponent's heart was. He stayed standing, pulling the trigger and his pistol misfired. While bleeding enough to fill his boot half way, he managed to reload, fire, and kill his opponent, then collapse. He had sewn the heart patch slightly off center, and the bullet (while lodged fractions of an inch near his heart, and remained there, for the rest of his life) missed killing him.
#15
Australia is wider than the moon.
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
Also, Australia has more snakes per square foot than the moon does as a whole!
H Edwards 4 years ago
There's another fact that you can fit all the other planets in our solar system between the Earth and the moon. I find these two facts hard to reconcile.
Chewie Baron 4 years ago
The surface area of Russia is greater than the surface area of Pluto.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Australia’s diameter is 600km wider than the moon’s. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
This is true. This is true! This is TRUE! THIS IS TRUE! [Arachnophobia is crippling]
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Kim Lorton 4 years ago
And still, they treat their indigenous peoples as third class citizens. And for this reason, I am not a fan of them.
plush n puppet shenanigans 4 years ago
also on topic, russia has a larger surface are then pluto
"Will we get fooled sometimes in doing this? Yes. But we're going to get fooled sometimes anyway. It's analogous to how scientists form their beliefs. They are skeptics, but they also—at some point when the evidence is sufficient—give their assent. Scientists deal with warrant, not 'proof.' They are what philosophers call 'fallibilists.' You give your belief to things that are well-sourced with evidence, while always holding out the possibility that if further evidence comes to light that contradicts your belief, you should give it up because you might be wrong."
#16
Some people don’t have a inner dialogue, some can’t picture in their mind, and some have / can do both.
TGHW 4 years ago
I have aphantasia, I can't visualise things in my head. Since I discovered this, I've found that it's not really that uncommon, and I know several other people who are the same.
Pornessia Parapio 4 years ago
Oh so is it hard for you to enjoy reading a story or a novel?(Just curious)
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Monday 4 years ago
This one always breaks my brain. I can't imagine not having that voice in my head "reading" out my thoughts.
deathrose 4 years ago
From what I understand it really not that different. Sometimes I have really "solid" thoughts. Mostly when I'm writing, like now as I type this out. But my ambiguous thoughts are silent and more like a feeling. Even when I'm doing something that requires active imagination and thinking, like table top RPGs, I'm aware of every scenario and scene but it's more of "impressions" and "feelings" rather then solid dialog or sceneries but I still remember everything like everyone else does.
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Ed Brandon 4 years ago
Yeah I do too sometimes, it can be a bit incessant.
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DragonflyGreen 4 years ago
I already knew this, but it completely boggles my mind. I can't imagine having an empty head with no voices or visuals.
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
I don't have a voice, but I see the visuals. It's a bit freaky how silent my head is sometimes.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
And those people can sleep the moment they touch the pillow!! Somehow the inner dialogue prevents you from sleeping so there is connection and I'm so jealous of them
Raptor 4 years ago
Showers are mostly for contemplating life, not washing. Lets be honest with that.
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Elita One 4 years ago
Being able to read a book, hear the characters voices and have it play out like a movie in my head is awesome, it's strange to think people can't do this.
kasa alex 4 years ago
I mean, often when I read a book i can feel like I've been to that place (if the writing is good) - I guess if people don't experience that, that might be why they don't like reading much!
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kasa alex 4 years ago
So what goes on in peoples heads if they don't have an inner dialogue? Genuinely curious.
Natalie Bohrteller 4 years ago
If you think in pictures, you envision it. If you can't do that either, it's some abstract process in your mind.
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When the Rubix Cube was first released a mathematician said it would take the average person 30 years, working 8 hours a day, to solve a cube saying it was impossible for someone without a master's in mathematics to solve it in under a month.
S. 4 years ago
How to solve the Rubix Cube in less than five seconds without a masters in Mathematics: Get a paint brush.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
When I was a teenager, I got quite good at snapping apart the off-brand Rubik's Cube I had and reassembling the cubes in the correct order. It's the only way I've ever "solved" a Rubik's Cube.
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Thinker Dell 4 years ago
It's not RubiX cube, but Rubik's cube. The inventor is called Ernő Rubik, hence the name of the cube he invented.
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
Just memorise the algorithms. You don't have to be a mathematician to do it. There a youtube videos about it!
Monday 4 years ago
Yup! anyone can solve the cube these days by following a simple tutorial. Most of us still can't do it easily without the tutorial though.
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Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I can easily complete a Rubix cube in one or maybe two lifetimes. I’m just not gifted in that way.
Lainie 4 years ago
*Ernō Rubik (Hungarian architect, still alive). So it's Rubik's cube. :)
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
Rubik's cube. The guy who invented it was a mister Ernő Rubik, from Hungary. Also, while I am correcting ... you know... those educationally-impaired persons... it's LEGO (acronym), plural LEGO (mass noun, like butter. No such thing as Lego's or Legos or whatever abomination). From Danish Leg Godt, play well.
Lainie 4 years ago
Thank you for that. I'm particularly sensitive to LEGO. Names and names of products in general should never be changed ever.
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Lainie 4 years ago
We used to do the same thing when we were kids. But it would be nice of me to admit that we did it according to the schemes. :)
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a_smol_berry 4 years ago
I'm sending this to my dad, I have a video of him making a flower pattern on it in less then 5 minutes. :) (I still have the exact rubix cube, it hasn't been touched. It's still the perfect flower pattern it was.)
#18
NASA discovered a planet outside of the milky way a few days ago for the first time in human history
S. 4 years ago
"Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, opens up a new window to search for exoplanets at greater distances than ever before. The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive profile." — https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/chandra-sees-evidence-for-possible-planet-in-another-galaxy.html
Warloew Brinn 4 years ago
Good info and thank you. I assumed it was most likely in Andromeda until I read that.
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Hadesdaughter 4 years ago
Hycean planets. It has multiple oceans and a Hydrogen atmosphere. Could sustain life
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
One of the things we Americans really got right, which is great considering how many, many, many things we fluffed up or were downright wrong
Load More Replies... Mickie Shea 4 years ago
Naw the world has been flattened by dwarfs riding puppies so there is no way we could even see the milky way, indeed.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago
My computer can't handle the rendering...
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that one Harry Potter girl 4 years ago
I just checked the original Reddit post and it was posted 5 days ago, so pretty recent
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Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
It amazes me.. space technology and only in the first small lean towards ..what?
Brendan Roberts 4 years ago
Towards the discovery of more planets that we have no way of physically reaching.
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#19
German chocolate cake was invented by an English-American baker named Samuel German and has nothing to do with the country of Germany.
Vicky Zar 4 years ago (edited)
Yes. We would not even know this cake existed, except for the internet. (German here, obviously) If you want a German cake, then try Donauwelle, Marmorkuchen, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (that's a "Torte" tough - fancy cake), Böhmischer Apfelkuchen...... Edit to add: Frankfurter Kranz, Streuselkuchen, Käsekuchen, Bienenstich, Erdbeerkuchen, Kalter Hund and Hefezopf
Robert T 4 years ago
Is it the same with French toast and English muffins, as neither are recognisable to either country?
G R 4 years ago
English muffins did originate in England, and they are still popular here in England. The only difference is that over here, we just call them "muffins." When other countries discovered them they added "English" to the name, but apart from the slight name change they are an authentic English food.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
That is why it is correctly called German's Chocolate Cake. You buy German's brand chocolate to make it.
Calyfan Yelood 4 years ago
yeah, in Bavaria nobody has heard of chocolate bavarian or watched the sound of music
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago (edited)
🎶 High on the hillside was a lonely goatherd...🎶
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Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
That's why it tastes so awful! Never heard of it until I moved to America, tried it and thought it was one of the worst cakes ever designed, the flavor is all over the place and overlysweet even by cake standards. The Germans would never have made something that tastes so horrific, all their baked goods are fabulous. Plus, Kinder chocolate, honestly beats even the Swiss Chocolatier Masters for me.
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
My mom keeps saying it's German's chocolate cake. Because it's A last name and because you're supposed to use German's baking chocolate.
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
This explains why I did not recognize a "German Chocolate Cake" in the USA. This has been coming up in my memories since 1994. Thank you, dear stranger.
The Scout 4 years ago
Ironically, I think the name keeps German cafes from adopting it out of fear of being misunderstood. While brownies, cupcake or even New York style cheesecake have become a staple in nearly every coffee bar here, I have yet to see a single German chocolate cake in Germany. Of course that could also have something to do with a lot of local cake receipes available.
#20
Opossums generally cannot get rabies. Their body temperature is too low for the virus. Also the stomach acid of a vulture is so highly acidic it kills rabies virus and most bacteria, which is why they can eat dead disgusting rotting things.
Serial pacifist 4 years ago (edited)
Castoreum, used as a substitute vanilla flavoring, is actually harvested from the an*l glands of beavers. They use it combined with urine to scent mark territory. Beaver butt also has a raspberry taste to it. It’s a common “natural ingredient” in raspberry-flavored sweets.
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago (edited)
Imagine being the first person to go 'I'll lick every animal's butt until I find one that tastes good!'. And then finding vanilla-raspberry flavored beaver butts.
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
Vultures also pee on their legs to cool themselves down. I used to do a ton of research on California Condors, a very endangered species, and it is not only gross, but smells awesome :P
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I remember seeing my first CACO on a drive down to Big Sur...I actually pulled off the road (which can be a real challenge on Hwy 1 in that area)—they’re so massive! I also saw some at Pinnacles NP in San Benito County.
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Candy Rude 4 years ago
Supposedly they eat a huge amount of ticks too, so yes they are cool
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Beatrice Multhaupt 4 years ago
Vultures routinely vomit on their feet after a meal to kill the bacteria they stepped into while eating. If you find an injured vulture, call an animal rescue center and DON'T put the bird in your car as it will vomit, leaving a smell that's very hard to get rid of.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
In general, putting wild birds in a car is dangerous for all parties concerned—you’re much better off making a call to the local ASPCA and having them take care of the situation.
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Julia H 4 years ago
Artificial vanilla is often made from guaiscol into vanilln. I seriously doubt the beaver butt theory
Candy Rude 4 years ago
Not used in modern times as much bc well ... Hahaha between marketing issues and well, the internet, I'm sure Hahaha but yes it was truly a real thing to use as vanilla "substitute". I remember learning it about it in culinary school and was like WTF no way!! But yes way...
Load More Replies... Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Lotta respect for Vultures, Maggots and Ants. Nature's fabulous cleaners.
#21
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the building of the pyramids
I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 4 years ago
She's soooo done with her Snake biting her nipple
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Robert T 4 years ago (edited)
Well there have been several uncensored pictures of Boris "Bloody Stupid" Johnson, but I think you mean the first female breast. ;-)
Load More Replies... Vicky Z 4 years ago
Mayday mayday we have an uncensored boob on bored panda!!!! Aaaaaaa !!!!! Where is the BP team!!!! Are they sleeping???
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Pull the alarm! *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ld339sBHs*
Load More Replies... Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
That awkward moment when you need to reach for a hanky but get distracted by the snake biting your boob
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
Come back later it'll be censored. This just means BP mods are busy right now censoring other nipples.
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#22
That the patent for the fire hydrant was lost in a fire
BG 4 years ago
Yellow is for municipal water system, red is for a private fire main.
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ThEboRedEsTpANdA 4 years ago
Ok, I don't know if this is true (see comment beneath) but if it is, then WOW
#23
Putting enough eye drops in someone’s food or drink will, in fact, kill them.
Susan Geyer Reed 4 years ago
There was an episode of CSI where someone was killed due to having eye drops put in their drink.
lara 4 years ago
Ah yes, but the victim also ate a lot of chocolate that was sourced from a place in Africa, where the chocolate was shipped to the processing plant and on the way the chocolate was contaminated with some "poison" and the woman who put the eye drops in his drink was not trying to kill him, just make him sick because he didn't tip her and the eye drops combined with the drink and the poisoned chocolate killed him.
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White Paper Tsuru 4 years ago
It was probably a specific prescription eye drop like timolol, a beta blocker, which given as an eye drop lowers ocular high pressure also called glaucoma (decreases the amount of fluid created inside the eye). However, if the same beta blocker was to be given sublingually it can be absorbed easily into the bloodstream there and has the effect of slowing down the heart rate and thus lowering blood pressure. Lower the BP enough and the heart can't pump enough blood to the brain and you pass out. If it keeps slowing the heart down, you've got no blood pressure to send blood to ANY of your organs and they start to die :( so TL/DR prescription eye drops belong in your eye, not your mouth or bad things could happen
Kira Okah 4 years ago (edited)
This is a nod to the "put a couple of drops of visine in their drink to give them the runs" urban legend that has absolutely killed people by lowering blood pressure. Tetrahydrozoline I think it is.
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Poultry Geist 4 years ago
Yeah a couple of drops won’t do the trick ! Oleander and foxglove takes a lot less.. heheh… what ?
Monday 4 years ago
Not a lot of info out there, but if we use the same measurements they use for mice where 325mg per kg was determined to be fatal about 50% of the time, you'd need about 26 millilitres of eyedrops to stand a chance at killing a 75kg human. However the effects can be cumulative so small amounts over a set of months would theoretically also do the trick. And now my internet usage is probably being tracked.
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Kira Okah 4 years ago
This is specific to Tetrahydrozoline, in redness reducing eyedrops. Think Visine, the brand that the urban legend the post is trying to refute references.
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Nikolay Zinin 4 years ago (edited)
I'm not sure it was a good idea to give this tips about poison to public. There are many crazy and certain religion extremist out there. They can google and find out which eye drops do the job.
Kira Okah 4 years ago
This is not "tips about poison", this is refuting a dangerous urban legend that claims putting visine in someone's drink gives people the squits but is ultimately harmless. It doesn't give people the squits, it can kill them. People are poisoning people because they think it's harmless.
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 4 years ago
This is specific to Tetrahydrozoline, in redness reducing eyedrops. Think Visine, the brand that the urban legend the post is trying to refute references.
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There’s a vast difference between a million and a billion. A simple way to visualize it: a million seconds is over 11 days. A billion seconds is just under 32 years.
Batwench 4 years ago
Is this UK or USA billion? http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf
Jon S. 4 years ago
The UK adopted the US definition of a billion a few decades ago
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Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
So, compared to Bezos, I have just a few seconds in my bank account.
ggus44 4 years ago
What about a brazillion? Anyone remembers George Bush asking how much is it when people were telling him about brazilians? 😂
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
It *almost* makes me nostalgic to think that at the time we believed we had reached the nadir of American politics...
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Whitey Black 4 years ago
And a trillion seconds is the time it takes my wife to get ready to go out.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
have y'all pandas seen the indian numbering system? Lakh and Crore? It's quite interesting. Lakh = 100k and Crore = 10m
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
SIDE NOTE: I worked with a woman who grew up in New Orleans who told me y’all is singular and the plural for y’all is “all y’all,” which my Californian heart embraced fully. It’s so much fun to say.
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#25
The sun is not yellow. When viewed outside earths atmosphere it is white. It only looks yellow due to our atmosphere "pulling" the blue light out, leaving it looking yellow. It's an illusion.
Vorknkx 4 years ago
Note: It's not a good idea to look directly into the sun... unless you really hate having eyes ;)
Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
lol, as an "i won't do what they tell me to do" child, I directly ignored advice not to stare at the sun. Just had an eyetest and my vision is perfect, but my eyes are now photo-sensitive, I have to wear sunglasses outside, can't look at super bright lights directly, and when it rains and the sunlight bounces off the rain on the pavement I nearly go blind. On the plus side I can see in the dark better than anyone else i've ever met. Listen to the rules kids!
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Joseph OReilly 4 years ago
Yeah lemme just look straight at the sun from space. I'm sure I will retain my ability to see and my skull will not explode like a popcorn kernel. I'm sure.
kjorn 4 years ago
so it pull the blue light out... so if we put the blue light in the yellow it's green?
ZAPanda 4 years ago
good question. no. that's subtractive mixing in paint, when you have the paints mutually mix and absorb each other's colours, leaving what remains (in this case, green). In additive colour mixing, like you see on a computer screen, it tricks your eyes to average the two colours (well your brain actually). So computer screen primary colours are RGB not RYB. If you add blue back to a yellowish sun it will go white.
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#26
When a Camel spider (or wind scorpion) is chasing you, it's just chasing your shadow. All they want is a little bit of shade! They'd never have the intent of harming you
James Tartaglione 4 years ago
sounds like a camel spider wrote this to stop its prey from running. im on to you camel spider
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
I had no idea that spiders could use a computer, but nice try! Not falling for this!
Becky Samuel 4 years ago
They're not spiders, they're solifugids, and they're fundamentally harmless.
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Martin Kaine 4 years ago
Yes, but when a vending machine chases you, it is intent on harming you.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
How do we know this isn't a myth spread by camel spiders to lull people into complacency?
Mazer 4 years ago
They are very weird critters, Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions nor true spiders. They actually scissor their victims. They have no venom but can land a really painful bite.
Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
When camel spiders run at you it evokes the fear of being chased by the neighborhood rabid rottweiler. Anyone who can stand still and not run must have balls the size of Saturn.
Viv Justviv 4 years ago
My dog dug one of these up at the dog park when we lived in the Mojave Desert - um, it didn't have a chance in heck to catch me, even if it "chased" me!! Those things are one of the most hideous creatures you could ever hope to NOT have your dog dig up!!!
#27
There was no “s” sound for the letter c in ancient Roman Latin. Thus Gaius Julius Caesar was pronounced “Gaius Julius Kaiser”. His name is where the Germans and Russians got their name for king (Kaiser and Tzar respectively).
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Huh, now I know what Walter Koenig's name means. And Konigsberg.
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Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago
There was indeed a 'j' sound, only it didn't sound like 'j' in English.
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Saint Thomas 4 years ago
Well, I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus. How do you pwononce that ?
ZAPanda 4 years ago
I will not tolewate my fwiends being held to widicule by the common soldiewy.
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Skara Brae 4 years ago
And Caesar's quote "Veni, Vidi, Vici" sounds a lot different than it looks to English speakers, who pronounce the "V" the English way instead of the Latin "W" sound.
Buck Up 4 years ago
And their letter u was written as a v. Today, some of our houses of justice reflect this rendering, the word "covrt" etched in stone.
Elim Garak 4 years ago
Well, this is not actually correct. The pronunce for "Ceasar" was "Kaesar" (Kahehsahr) not "Kaiser".
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago
Not that simple. 'Ae' was first written and pronounced 'ai', then gradually moving through 'ae' to simply 'e:'. (No 'y' sound at the end of any of those, English speakers).
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#28
When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Makes sense. It would probably be unnecessarily traumatic for a sick body to lose an organ if it didn't have to.
John L 4 years ago
Not to me. They have to hook up the new kidney and disconnect the old one, right? So they just leave a dead organ in the body? If it's not connected and getting blood, I would think it would die. This one needs more explanation.
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Maiun 4 years ago
No they don't shove the too the side. My kidney transplant is in my left front groin area. Kidneys are extremely well protected within the body and it would take too long to take them out. They are only removed if they are dangerous to the patient. So yes I've got 3 kidneys, but one is just under the skin. Also, you only need 10% of one kidney to survive without dialysis or a transplant. Kidneys are supper efficient.
Roy Webb 4 years ago
Same here, except mine is on the right. It's a little closer to my hip than my groin, though; probably different in everyone.
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emily cobb 4 years ago
My Mumma had a kidney transplant. They keep the old ones in for a certain time period to make sure the new one doesn't reject. They will eventually take the old kidneys out. Usually after a year.
ChimeraBubbles 4 years ago
This depends on the patient. I still have my original kidneys and my new one (abdominal right side) as do the majority of the fellow kidney tx recipients I know. Except one, she has had 3 transplants and so has five kidneys in her body!
Load More Replies... Warloew Brinn 4 years ago
In the year 2101 they'll be saying, "and those idiots back then just left the old kidney in the body not knowing it eventually causes (enter bad medical happening)
Becky Samuel 4 years ago
They've been doing this since kidney transplants began decades ago. No adverse lreactions have been reported.
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
The notion of mulched organs is so hilarious...I just wished I’d had my morning pee before reading this!
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LadyDelynn 4 years ago
I didn't know that, interesting. I would imagine there are a few times a badly diseased or injured kidney would be in need of removal. Cancer is only in one kidney, they will remove it to keep the cancer from spreading.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
It's not shoved to the side. The new kidney is much lower down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_transplantation
#29
Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere scatter sunlight in all directions. Blue light is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. Now you know why the sky is blue.
Jar of Pickles 4 years ago
Wow, I have never been wondering why the sky was blue, but this is an interesting fact indeed!
Pornessia Parapio 4 years ago
I found answer to your question basically their are 2 reasons 1. Sun produces higher concentration of blue than violet and 2.Our eyes are more sensitive to blue so when we perceive blue more
Load More Replies... K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
And that's why the setting sun is red. Because the sunlight has traveled a long way through the atmosphere, and all the blue light has been scattered away.
Rosemarie Fritzell 4 years ago
Correct if I’m wrong but I believe sunsets are red because red light waves are scattered least by the atmosphere.
Peko 4 years ago (edited)
I believe it's because the longer wavelengths are absorbed the least.
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Dan 4 years ago
The chemist in me came here to say this! Thank you!!!! Not just about the wavelength folks.
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Jos Tiguidou 4 years ago
Actually...all the colors you see is actually a lie...take a look at this expose (your brain is a big fat liar): https://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=Do%20You%20See%20What%20I%20See
#30
Komodo dragons are the largest animals in the world capable of reproducing asexually
Edit: y’all I just found this on google when I was curious one day don’t ask me how it works I’m failing biology
S. 4 years ago
Komodo dragons are capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction! The latter happens by the virgin birth process called parthenogenesis, wherein males do not have any role to play as fertilisation isn’t required and only female gametes develop into new offspring.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Because Komodo Dragons are carrion eaters, the filthy bacteria in their mouths is what kills you when you’re bitten by them.
Load More Replies... Jessica Cifelli 4 years ago
Also just discovered that California Condors can reproduce asexually as well!
Nancy Baldauf 4 years ago
I just heard that on NPR! So glad it's true, they need all the help they can get to survive.
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Goth mouse (they/them) 4 years ago
It happened at chester zoo near where i live, Flora the Komodo dragon layed eggs without having a male partner apparently the babies are clones of her, a few of her kids were still there last time i went
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
No kidding...I thought it wasn’t possible to edit a post
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#31
Due to evolution, humans share genes with all living organisms. For example, 60% of your DNA is the same as a strawberry.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
So like Taco Bell. All the same ingredients but just arraigned differently.
Susie Elle 4 years ago
I wonder about this: our DNA is similar as in we have similar genes to a strawberry, but "the same" implies that there are literally no differences between the sequence in a strawberry and the human sequence. I doubt this is true, otherwise we would be more similar to strawberries.
Smutná_elfka 4 years ago
The sixty percent is the same and we are very similar to strawberry. All living things on Earth are closely related on a cellular and molecular level, but nature can produce awesome diversity! To put into more perspective, humans also have 98 % of DNA identical to chimpanzees (as one Panda mentioned already).
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Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
Humans have between 20 and 25 thousand genes. Only 39 of them are responsible for the general shape and layout of your body. Most of the rest code for materials that are used in the construction and maintenance of that body. These materials are common across the kingdoms of life, hence there's a LOT of shared territory.
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
Does this mean calling someone a fruit or a vegetable isn't really insulting?
#32
More people die from vending machines than sharks
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
Because no one suspects a vending machine will be lurking in the water
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
I once saw a vending machine with sharks in it. I just stayed the hell away.
Buren 4 years ago
Good God! Are you saying that vending machine got those sharks too?
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Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
If you shake the machine, it will fall on you. And with the weight of a vending machine on you, you simply die.
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