50 Interesting Facts And Stories From Around The World, Backed Up By Pics To Prove Them (New Pics)
The internet is a goldmine of interesting information and images. Just a few quick scrolls and you can learn something new thing every day. Provided you manage to wade through the nonsense, and separate fact from fiction.
That’s where we come in... Bored Panda has a dedicated team of people who spend hours every day scouring the net for the most fascinating stories and images. So that you don't have to. We happened upon an online community called Damn, that's interesting. And damn, is it interesting.
The page has an impressive 20 million members, all there to share random, unrelated but mind-blowing pics, facts and stories. From animals getting CT scans to a GPS drawing that could possibly be the world's most elaborate proposal, and even receipts that might make you question whether tigers really are orange, we've put together a list of the best posts from the page. Let us know in the comments how many of these pics you're seeing for the first time. And don't forget to upvote your favorites.
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Bioplastics Made From Avocado Pits That Completely Biodegrade In 240 Days Created By Mexican Chemical Engineering Company 🥑
But. All plastics are biodegradable.. it may take 400 years though... into smol micro plastic particles. 😕 fully compostable in home compost should be better! So hope they are home compostable and no plastic left after 240 dagar 👍
Load More Replies...:o if this is true pleeeease let this be everywhere soon!!---- ah wait, as I was typing that I remembered I'm in stupïd 'murica and the orange bàstard would probably ban it outright 🥴
Pity avocados growing is not great for the environment due to high water needs whist other concerns.
is that so? ill have to tell our avocado plants that they need to drink more to truly be considered healthy...and ill ask them about there other concerns too!
Load More Replies...Annnnnd you will never see this for sale anywhere, and it will be forgotten. Because it is more expensive than plastic.
They come at 40 cents for a set of spoon, fork and knife. It's 6 times as much as the plastic ones, twice as much as other bioplastic ones, but it's on par with the wooden ones you can commonly find nowadays. So, pretty much in the market.
Load More Replies...Extra neat, the pits tended to degrade badly in composting etc. So this process accelerates the recycling a lot.
and theyll still use paper (frustrating, barely functional) and plastic (hundreds of years of regret) in its place. for profit. without extreme push for change
These listicles often have me doing a deep dive into the facts and stories, and getting lost in a rabbit hole of interesting information. This time, a few of the posts caught my attention. The one about tigers appearing green really had me questioning all that I once believed to be true. And whether I might be color-blind.
I was intrigued, and relieved, to read that tigers are in fact, orange. To humans at least. But I honestly had no idea, until now, that they're sort of like the chameleons of wild animals. Well, not quite. But almost.
The Lions, Tigers & Bears site explains it this way: "Tigers appear orange to humans because most of us are trichromatic (or sensitive to all three primary colors). But boars, deer, and other tiger prey are dichromatic and only pick up green and blue light. They’re effectively colorblind to red, like some people. This means that they cannot distinguish between red-orange tones and green tones. So, an orange tiger, to the prey’s detriment, will seamlessly blend into the forest backdrop."
Damn, that's interesting.
For The First Time In Its Entire History, The United States Has A Native American, Native Alaskan, And Native Hawaiian Serving In The House Of Representatives
Won't last long, they'll blame DEI because only white dudes deserve jobs, apparently
Load More Replies...which is why we had a Native American VP in the past. President Hoover's VP was a tribal member of 2 Tribes, the Kaw Nation he was born to and mother was from (and until 8 the tribal reservation he grew up on), and the Osage which his maternal grandfather was from.
Load More Replies...There are 4 Native Americans currently in congress, the longest serving one is Tom Cole of the Chickasaw Nation from the State of Oklahoma. Of the 4, 3 are Republicans from Oklahoma, and 1 Democrat from Kansas. However we did have a Native American VP from 1929-1933, who had been the President pro-tempor of the Senate before that, Charles "Indian Charlie" Curtis (Native American Mother, White Father, didnt know English until he was 8, and was his 4th language).
as long as they actually do good, then that's fine. but a yellow jacket has the same colors as a honey bee, yet it only causes trouble and offers no help with pollination
Syrian Archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad Who Devoted His Life To The Excavation And Restoration Of Palmyra, A Unesco World Heritage Site. He Was Beheaded By Isis After Refusing To Disclose The Location Of Ancient Artifacts, Despite A Month Of T*****e. He Died A Hero Of Heritage Protection
Religious fanatics, no matter whether Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or Christian are a blight
When the fanatics took over Timbuktu in Mali it had one of the largest collections of rare original Arabic texts in the world. They wanted to destroy all of the books. But the entire city is built out of adobe and the people there just carved holes in the walls and hid books wrapped in plastic there. They left a few copies or modern versions for the fanatics to find and told them the rest had been stolen by the government. People were törtured and a few were k¡lled but most of the books survived. After the fanatics were driven out and suppressed by the government the librarians there started a world-wide crowd-funded restoration project that raised more than enough to build a whole new library. Somewhere in there there's a box with my name on it containing a book that I will never see in person and have no idea what it's about. Here's what it looks like: timbuktu1-...18cde6.jpg
What about the hero's in the past 1500 years, during Islamic reign over the region. Ever wondered who preserved these sites in the first place? Ever wondered who created al qaeda or isis? It's a scary thing to read how zionist propaganda has dehumanised Muslims with the sole purpose of destroying their countries whilst gaslighting the world into believing they're the bad guys
Load More Replies...The charming Christians of the USA are hardly a role model for peace and harmony right now.
Load More Replies...A Town Especially Built For People With Dementia
There was a tv series about 8 years ago, I don't remember if it was Australian or British. They built places that looked exactly like the houses people with dementia lived in when they were younger (based on photos I think). They lived in these houses, monitored and cared for, for a month or so and fund that their dementia symptoms were lessened. Because they were living in environments that they remembered they were a lot calmer and less agitated.
My grandmother was in a nursing home for people with dementia in the UK-it was designed for those who are still active and mobile. She used to get so frustrated and upset when we couldn't let her outside because she'd wander off, but in the home, they had a central courtyard with a row of pretend shops (post office, grocery, butchers), and a hair salon-there was a real hairdresser who visited the home and thats where she worked. There was a little 'town square' with a bench and pot plants. The patients used to wander around freely-the 'shopkeepers' were volunteers. The vegetables and tins the grocery 'sold' were just put back on the shelves once the patient went 'home.' She loved it there.
Load More Replies...My grandmother died with Alzheimers. Maintaining her dignity as the disease progressed was a big deal to our family. This is a great idea.
I've been advocating using empty malls as communities for dementia sufferers. ground floor shops, doctors, dentists, movie theater, playhouse, library, food court, seating areas. Above housing units of varying sizes, communal dining areas.
I just said the same thing in a reply above! I think it would be a fantastic use for an old mall. It would be a place where seniors could have doctors, pharmacies, stores, food, community, and entertainment, all under one roof, without even having to step foot outside. Of course, the mall would have to be in decent shape to start with. And housing people doesn't make money, so land owners, investors, and lawmakers aren't gonna be interested. Sadly. But it's such a great idea.
Load More Replies...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogeweyk. The nursing home is called "Vivium Hogewey", in the district Hogewey, whichvis a part of the city of Weesp. It is a huge nursing home, and a part is called "De Hogeweyk", a play on "wijk" which means district. And yes, this is funded by taxes and the mandatory monthly health & care insurance fee every citizen has to pay. Insurance is not connected with employment, it's the other way round: Without health insurance you can not get legal work.
We need more of this. If not actual towns, a big enough building where people can feel like they're going about their daily lives. Caretakers in disguise is brilliant!
Would be a fantastic use for old malls. Fix them up, turn some of the stores into living spaces, and others could be doctor's offices, physical therapy centers, drúg stores, maybe a hobby shop, etc. Get a couple restaurants or a cafeteria in the old food court, and set up chairs and game tables, and a little stage for events like bingo and dancing, make it a communal meeting spot. Many old malls had a movie theater, with some of the infrastructure left. Put that in, and maybe a miniature golf course or something. Have railings and call buttons everywhere, and have caretakers and medical personnel on staff, just like a regular nursing home. They'd have everything they need right at their fingertips. They could go out for a stroll or a night in the town, without ever leaving the building. They wouldn't ever have to worry about driving (for the ones without dementia, who still do), or getting lost, or wandering into a bad part of town, or even going out in the weather. I think it could work. If the mall building was in good enough shape to start with, ofc. But alas, housing people doesn't really make money. So the lawmakers and property owners would never go for it.
Load More Replies...Mike Ilitch, The Founder Of Little Caesar’s, Quietly Paid For Rosa Parks’ Rent After Learning She Had Been Robbed And Assaulted In Her Home At The Age Of 81 In 1994. He Helped Her Move To A Safer Neighborhood And Continued To Pay Her Rent Until She Died In 2005
This is heartwarming. I hate Little Caesars pizza, but have a new affection for it's founder. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
he also funded thousands of college scholarships to low income students who had good grades and more. He was a stand up guy who used his money for good.
Load More Replies...One of my favorite fun facts is that Rosa Parks was not a tired old woman who refused to get up. She was a young activist who knew what she was doing. I prefer this narrative, not just because it's true, but it's a reminder that people of all ages can inspire action and make choices rather than what was fed to me growing up, which was that things will magically change on their own because of happenstance chain of events.
And she was specifically chosen to engage in that action on the bus. The first Black woman to do it, Claudette Colvin, was 15, pregnant, and dark-skinned, so she was deemed "unacceptable" to be the face of that form of protest; Rosa was chosen to repeat Claudette's original, spontaneous action
Load More Replies...Ilitch was instrumental in the (continuing) turnaround of the city of Detroit. He believed in the city when other folks wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. His restoration of The Fox Theater by itself was a gutsy move but then to bring his headquarters into the city had people wondering if he was crazy. He understood what prejudice was all about and worked in deliberate ways to try and do away with it where he could.
Italian Photographer, Valerio Minato, Spends 6 Years Capturing The Perfect Moon, Mountain, And Basilica Alignment
Waiting for that mountain to get in the right position must’ve been he!l. :p
What does it mean "he spent 6 years"? He surely didn't stay in the same spot every evening for 6 years, hoping that the Moon would be in the right spot. The Moon's trajectory is predictable and predicted, so he knew exactly which nights would be the ones to be attempted. In the meantime, he did something else than attempting to take this picture.
Miriam Rodriguez Hunted Down 10 Members Of The Cartel That Kidnapped Her 20-Year-Old Daughter. She Stalked Them One By One Across Mexico Until They Were Either Dead Or In Prison
She herself was m******d when armed men broke into her house and shot her 12 times.
There are several videos about Miriam Rodriguez on YouTube about her story and she was hardcore. This woman could put spy agencies to shame with how she tracked and caught various Cartel members. Miriam was also an activist and formed organizations to aid other families that had loved ones that were missing or kidnapped due to Cartels and Gangs.
There needs to be a good action/thriller movie made in her honor. Amazingly brave mother.
And she did neither. Karen Alejandra Salinas Rodríguez, was kidnapped in 2012. The family paid a ransom using a loan from a bank that offered credit for such, but she was not released. Miriam, later met with members of the Zetas cartel in an effort to locate her. Her daughter's remains were discovered in 2014. Rodríguez launched her own investigation, disguising herself to collect information on those responsible. Over three years, she helped locate nearly all members of the group that had kidnapped her daughter, resulting in ten of them being captured. Rodríguez later founded a collective of families of the disappeared. Rodríguez was killed on 10 May 2017, She was shot 12 times Death Rodríguez was killed on 10 May 2017, the day Mexico celebrates Mother's Day. She was shot 12 times by gunmen who broke into her home, and died on her way to the hospital.[2][5] In solidarity, protesters raised their voices in protest the day she was killed, calling on the Mexican and U
A Million People Gathered To Protest In Central Seoul And Cleaned Up After Themselves Before They Left
This is much more likely to get your protest heard than those who shut down roads (including Sydney harbour bridge) even when told not to or use it as an excuse to get violent or racist.
I know they do it to bring attention to their cause but it seems so counterproductive to bringing in support by disrupting and/or ruining people's day that are just trying to get to work or get home.
Load More Replies...Many years ago, the Pope and Guns and Roses (I think) played St. Louis within a week of each other or so. The officials noted that the rock-n-rollers left a much cleaner venue than the holy rollers, who really trashed the place.
And given G'n'R's feelings about and history in St. Louis, that's really not a good thing.
Load More Replies...What an amazing idea - people cleaning up after themselves. We should try it here.
Reminds me of the Japanese who at one of the Olympics cleaned the soccer stadium even though their team lost.
Wish the Brits would clean up behind themselves, sad to say the think it's their right to just leave a mess, and yes I am a Brit!
My Ancestor King Billy (Left), Known For Being The Last "Full-Blooded" Aboriginal Man In The Colony Of Tasmania. Me (Right) Born In America 150 Years Later
For the nitwit doubting this, there's a thing called Google where you can look it up for yourself to see that this is indeed a true story, so you don't end up spouting a lot of blather, looking ignorant and getting down voted into oblivion.
Doesn't matter. I've had people argue with me when the proof is listed online and backed up my other forms of proof, sometimes including the company involved. Some people are so brainwashed by the media or by their own meager existence, they simply refuse to accept the facts.
Load More Replies...I'm so glad he had a photo of his ancestor from 150 yrs ago. It was hit or miss even in the late 1800s as to whether one would ever be photographed.
And some indigenous people have sensitivities around photography. That's why there are disclaimers on TV about "this program features images of people who have died".
Load More Replies...Genetic appearance is strong here. Looks like they could be brothers.
its clearly the same dude and he is immortal you cant fool us we know its you King Billy
For those who think the first photo is recent, it was in my Grade 5 history book in primary school 65 years ago as an illustration of the last Tasmanian Aboriginal male.
Cool that you've got a picture of your great great gramps. I have one, too. I'm also the descendant of an Italian duke's illegitimate daughter. So....
Brazilian Man Left His Car Window Open Overnight. The Following Morning He Found A Sloth Hanging From The Steering Wheel
Friend of mine did that in Arizona and came back to a sleeping mountain lion. Additional lesson he learned, don't use an air horn to wake a sleeping mountain lion in your truck, it's hell on the apholstery! :)
There was a radio host last year who left their car open overnight and a possum got in. They were afraid of the possum (Australian, so possums are just cute and curious, not dangerous) so didn't use their car for a week. I can't remember what happened in the end, but they were convinced by listeners to check out the car after a week.
Yes, they're cute and curious when they're used to humans. They're better off being wild and fending for themselves, though. Wild Australian possums are fully capable of doing you damage. Angry or injured, they're really feisty and rescuers take precautions and are very mindful how "cute and curious" they are not unless they've been humanised (and even then, be wary). Source: I've previously been a wildlife carer. Predominately, it was orphaned brushtail possums that we reared and prepared for release.
Load More Replies...A Statue Of A Woman Named Danuta Danielsson In Sweden Who Became A Hero In 1985
She was not happy about the attention, wished it away. She took her life in 1988, 41 y old.
Load More Replies...She didnt want this attention at all. She had a history of mental issues and this pic sent her spiralling. Her relatives tried to stop this as it was against her spoken will, she hared how she looked nd everyone thought she was an old lady, she was 38 here. So this is a mixed emition image for me.
This very sad, both that nobody listened to her and she saw no other way to escape the attention.
Load More Replies...Remember when NeoNazis were almost universally vilified?
Load More Replies...for those that are curious (like me)..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_with_the_Handbag
Google her name - interesting story. Loved that she was hitting a nazie supporter
Fake Door In Nest To Protect The Eggs
We had weaver birds in our jacaranda. It was fascinating watching them weave their nests. Especially funny watching newbies starting out. Their initial efforts were pathetic.
well thanks a lot for giving away the secret BP. Now all the snakes will know.
Andrew Myrick, A Trader Who Told Starving Dakota To "Eat Grass Or Dung" Was K****d On The First Day Of The Dakota War Of 1862. His Head Was Cut Off, And His Mouth Was Stuffed With Grass
‘We rule it suïcide by falling onto his own bayonet. The grass thing? Must have happened when he hit the ground face first. Perfectly natural phenomenon. Hmm? Yes I’m Dakotan, why do you ask?”
Absolutely unsolvable…well, let’s go home, and listen to the latest Chamber Music.
The Canadian Naval Diving Academy Celebrates Graduation By Taking Their Class Picture Underwater
I wish I had the chill of the guy in the second row smiling...
They all have the same 'don't breathe' expression. I love the grin on the two men in the front, middle, and behind, looking over his shoulders, and some of the floating hairdos.
What's great about this photo is that nobody is exhaling... or farting.
I can do almost 2 mnutes after a breathing exercise. Have to be really calm and not panic
French Artist “Ememem”paves Cracks And Holes With Mosaics. This Is Also Known As “Flacking”
Nálunk Budapesten,ha engedély nélkül festesz járdát,mert sérült,de átfested,az rongálasnak számít. Pedig szebbé tenné. Mint ez a mű is.
If I found something like this on the street, I would think the asphalt was covering the rest of the mosaic and would try to dig the rest of it out... would that be considered vandalism? I would be a very disappointed inmate.
Mother And Child With Poliosis, A Hereditary White Streak In Their Hair
It's a small plot point in Judith Krantz's book "I'll Take Manhattan", too. (Yes, I read Judith Krantz. Her stuff is soapy and awesome.)
Stacy London had a clause in her contracts that she would not have to dye the white streak out of her hair.
Nasa Just Dropped Some Of The Sharpest Images Of Jupiter To Date
How dare you beat me to it! I demand an apology!
Load More Replies...In 2018, A Group Of Seven Friends In China Purchased And Renovated A Three And A Half Storey House For Approximately $580k So That They Could Spend The Rest Of Their Lives Together After Retirement
I know a man and a woman who both wanted kids but they never found a serious partner to make that commitment. They decided to buy a house and have kids together although there was never any romantic feeling between them, they were just best friends. The kids were explained the situation and they actually said how happy they were because so many of their classmates had parents who fought and/or got divorced but their parents didn't have those issues.
So was the woman artificially impregnated then? Can't imagine having s*x with someone that you don't have any attraction to at all...
Load More Replies...I hope they manage to achieve this goal. In China, more and more people are not having kids, or even long term relationships and it used to be that they would live with children and grandchildren in old age.
Do it before any of you retire.It's harder to get the loan afterwards
Load More Replies...I wonder how many will still be living there when they reach retirement age?
I might have to flat share when I retire, due to the lousy British pension. But when I mention it to friends, it turns out a lot of us wouldn't mind, given there was enough space and everyone had their own room. Why not? We complain about our "loneliness" and the lost feeling of having family around, yet we could now create our own families. Of course, this would require big flats, and capitalism demands that you squeeze as many flats as possible into one building...
Saudi Arabia Has Deployed Solar-Powered Laser Beacons In The Al Nafud Desert To Guide Lost Travelers To Water Sources
😂 It does! I think all the Kartrashians have had that procedure.
Load More Replies...Funny how that lazer works in the dry air and at the Luxor Hotel the beam that came out of the peak couldn't be seen normally because of Nevada's dry air. Stayed their twice. The slanted window were weird and hard when one walked into them since they were farther in at the top than the bottom.
White Orca Photographed Off The Coast - Hokkaido, Japan - Credit To Hayakawa
My eyes see an orca reflecting sunlight, instead of a white orca 😆
He looks like those holy messengers from Japanese folklore. Stunning.
" ... there have been rare sightings of two white killer whales, potentially with leucism, off the coast of Japan. One whale, likely Frosty, has been previously documented with leucism, and these sightings, including one in 2021, featured a pair of white orcas swimming together."
The Christmas Trees In Kyiv
This is of course far more than just sad. It has sparked the re-armarment of many European countries. Banks are investing again in the defence-industry, something that was an absolute no-no just a few years ago. We have started to buy tanks again after retiring them because 'they were no longer necessary as deterrent'. The UK has started to re-evalueat their war-fleet and have found it lacking. There are talks of conscription again, almost 50 years after it was not maintained anymore. People are encouraged to prepare for having to live for 3 to 4 days without having access to water, food and electricity in case of cyber-attacks. As western countries we've been too naïeve in believing that everyone wants peace, not war. That's simply not true. For the russian government, lives don't matter. That is why they attack schools, hospitals, markets, any place were civilians need to be.
How many operations could one tank pay for? How many kids getting decent education would one Jet buy? Swap each infantryman for one d***s counsellor. Our nations could be so much better without the "defense" industry
Load More Replies...very sad. Pukin deserves nothing but coal and cy a ni de for his future
In Norway It Is Required By Law To Apply A Standardized Label To All Advertising In Which Body Shape, Size, Or Skin Is Altered Through Retouching Or Other Manipulation
I remember hearing about Australia bringing this in in the 2010s, but I don't know if it actually happened, I don't really look at magazine or print ads.
You, do you, are you implying that there might be some sort a way to get truth in adds?
Imagine if that were enforced in most other countries..spoilds the image completely as well
A Woman Standing Next To A Redwood Tree, 1950’s
Back in the days before bananas became the accepted scale measurement
And the thought process was, OOOO a giant tree! Let's cut it down...let's cut them ALL down.
An Open Air School In 1957, Netherlands In The Beginning Of The 20th Century A Movement Towards Open Air Schools Took Place In Europe. Classes Were Taught In Forests So That Students Would Benefit Physically And Mentally From Clean Air And Sunlight
I doubt it was a year round practice. Weather/climate in the Netherlands is roughly the same as in most parts of the UK.
Load More Replies...Would be nice to have a class size of only 20 students now......
This Garlic That Doesn’t Have Separate Cloves, It’s Just One Solid Piece
Yeahbut - when the recipe calls for a 'pod of garlic, say 8-12 cloves' and you go with a dozen of these... it still won't be enough garlic.
Load More Replies...I'm picturing slicing the solo garlic into potato-chip-like slices and deep frying. That couild be so good!
Load More Replies...Google, "single clove garlic" It's got a slightly sweeter and less sharp taste. Use a while bulb per dish. If you're a garlic fiend, you'll love them.
"And you wept, seeing as you had no more garlic to conquer" ?
Load More Replies...My kind of garlic. Only need about five more like that.
Stair Dust Corners Introduced At The End Of The 19th Century To Make Sweeping Easier. They Keep Dust From Accumulating In The Corners
are they still as beautiful as the ones in the picture?
Load More Replies...Don't do that! Just get a rag and a mild cleaner.
Load More Replies...Man Finds An Incredible Beetle Who's Almost Too Stunning To Be Real
Chrysina limbata, a type of scarab beetle, only found in Costa Rica and Panama (according to the original thread). Its very pretty.
Fun fact: All Chrysina Limbata beetles are, at all times, accompanied by the metal Mario theme song as they go about their tiny daily beetle lives.
Load More Replies...If it were in Egypt, it would've been adored as a true god!
Some Of My Favorite Images Of Animals Getting Ct Scans
Lol. I used to work at an animal clinic and anesthetized hedgehogs are aggressively adorable.
Load More Replies...Can't work out the first top left-hand animal..oh.. a fish?? A FISH?
I think I remember some saying about a fish out of water. Now what was that ...
HELLO, HAMMY, YOU DO A LOT OF TROUBLE, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME IN MY LIFE. NOT ON THE PLATE- PLAXING WITH MY AXI (AXOLOTL) AND A GOLDEN
Aerial Picture Of An Uncontacted Amazon Tribe
They look pretty clear about NOT wanting to be contacted. And you can keep your Cocacola bottles, too!
Many of these "uncontacted tribes" in the amazon are contacted, bc then people stumble across them they have modern made stainless steel tools. Many of them barter with people who travel up and down, for good they can use, but keep to themselves and their lifestyles
This is the one that kills everybody who tries to contact them
Load More Replies...FFS leave ‘em alone. Why can’t we just let people live in peace
In 2010, A Japanese Man Completed A Gps Drawing By Travelling Across Japan To Propose To His Girlfriend. It's Been Since Certified As World's Largest Gps Drawing
She did! Although only after he translated it for her. They are still married and have two children.
Load More Replies...Why would a Japanese man do a GPS proposal to a Japanese woman in English? I'm calling shennanigans.
Believe me, it's a heck of a lot easier to write it by GPS in English than in Japanese. And actually his proposal fell a bit flat because his girlfriend initially failed to understand it and he had t explain what it meant.
Load More Replies...How romantic she would have to say YES even if she changed her mind before the wedding?
The husband is Yassan, his wife is Natsuki. She didn't speak English so didn't understand initially, but said yes when he explained. They are still married and have 2 children, and this is still in the Guiness Book of World Records as the biggest GPS drawing. Yassan is now a GPS artist.
Load More Replies...Tokyo In 1960, Before There Were Any Skyscrapers
James Webb Compared To Hubble
Hubble's images were mind-blowing back in the day. JW are amazing.
There are plans for an interferometric array based on the James Web design. A small fleet of coordinating telescopes of this type can zoom in and get the same sharpness as a giant kilometer wide one could. Just imagine, we would perhaps be able to actually see details of the surface of exo-planets. Or at least see other solar systems.
It's right there, you just have to squint a little
Load More Replies...It's a better picture, but the zoom is easy different, making it look much better than it is...
this is why science & technology is so important... more information, more wonders found
something to see about it: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/115021-003-A/james-webb-in-search-of-life-in-space/
This Fish And Chip Shop Has The Right To The Name "Wendy's " In The Entire Eu And Is Battling The Fast Food Giant Since 2000
McDonalds took a long standing Irish chain to court complaining they used "Mac" in their products, in just a small number of location in Ireland. They lost. The court case was effective over the entire EU. McDonalds lost the exclusive trademark over the "Big Mac" over the entire EU because they tried to bully one small Irish chain
The company name is Supermacs, they were using Mac for decades. And it's not small, having hundreds of location across Ireland. Literally in every town and bigger village.
Load More Replies...There's a clothes shop in Darlington called House of Zana (the owner's name). The company Zara went after them... and lost.
Similar to Australia where there was already a chain with the rights to Burger King when the US company wanted to open up here. They ended up having to call their stores Hungry Jack's in Australia. I don't know if there are any actual Burger Kings around anymore though.
This is in the Netherlands, in a village near me. The US Wendy's left the Benelux (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxemburg are called like this) in 1986, after 6 years. 1988 a guy opened that shop, named it after his daughter and reserved name rights for the Benelux. Since then the US Wendy's is furious and we in Benelux think this is hilarious.
I heard there was a restaurant in Scotland named McDonald's that had the same problem.
It was there first, I thought that all businesses have to check the name register and claim the chosen name first? The fish and chip shop is where? There must be thousands of businesses same name in the world, like Harry's or Betty's
Tigers Appear Green To Certain Animals!
This is how human hunters can wear bright red vests without alarming their prey. The colour stands out to other humans to avoid accidents (unless you're a certain Republican!) but the prey animals don't see the colour.
They don't work on many french hunters, apparently a neon pink vest looks like a boar when you've had a litre of red wine for breakfast.
Load More Replies...Monks Clashing With Police In Bangkok Riots, November 2022
There are very very violent instances of Monk carnage all throughout history. It's actually pretty interesting. You should look into it.
Load More Replies...the monks were trying to storm a hall where an economic summit was taking place. their reasoning was obscure.
Passenger Trains In The United States vs. Europe
Bc this map is only Amtrak Red Routes, not Amtrak Green routes, state routes, local trains, etc. It's a very deceptive choice to use this map (https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/Maps/Amtrak-System-Map-020923.pdf)
Load More Replies...we used to have more, then all the major rail companies were nationalized in the AMTRAK, prices went up, service quality down, and the majority of rail lines shut down. But also this map is also false, there are far more Amtrak routes than this, not to mention all the state and interstate routes run by the states not the feds. Like Metro North with is NY and Connecticuit isnt on there, SEPTA which is PA and NJ isnt on here either, etc. This is just a map of Amtrak direct Routes, not all their routes either (https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/Maps/Amtrak-System-Map-020923.pdf). If you want to be honest, you need to show all train routes, or for Europe only government run ones and not inlcude local or urban routes either
Fair point... However, it isn't showing all of the smaller branch lines on the European maps either.
Load More Replies...That just says so much about why America is in fact a backward nation. Note also to the east, over there by Moscow. Lookin' like 'Murica.
And having travelled both - only Europe can be anywhere near on time
Yes, because no one is going to fund the building of railroad tracks through thousands of miles of literally nothing. avz219sjyn...ac-png.jpg
That would be the government's job as part of establishing a working infrastructure - as they did when investing in highways/interstates and the postal service, connecting the more rural areas and their inhabitants to "civilization".
Load More Replies...Jim Sautner, The Buffalo Whisperer Was A Canadian Rancher Who Raised A 2,000-Pound Bison Named Bailey D. Buffalo Like A Family Dog
Hope Baily doesn't get 'the zoomies', THAT could be bad.
Load More Replies...Many, many families have raised and loved a bison, except that it was two words.
Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I’ll show you a house full of s**t
Didn't he get m*rdered by the bison ? I can't recall if it's the same guy but I remember watching documentaries about people having "unusual" pets and some guy who had a pet bison talked about how it attacked him more than once and he expected it to k*ll him but he "loved" that bison so much.
This man died in 2022 and Bailey died back in 2008 in an accident which devastated Jim Sautner, but he adopted another buffalo, apparently. He wasn't killed by his buffalo. It must have been someone else.
Load More Replies...Well, really, I think wherever Bailey wanted to go he could go. Hat did they feed him! Wower
Poor Spider Got Stuck In It And Couldn’t Climb The Smooth Surface. It Tried Its Way To The Top To Escape Until Its Silk Ran Out And Couldn’t Anymore. Pic By U/Shoody_course_6925
If it makes anyone feel better, it's likely just molted. Most spiders can manage on glass surfaces. This reddit poster likely is just karma farming for whatever stupid reason.
Agreed. I can see at least one unhatched egg bundle (the small 'ball' to the right of the husk), so this was probably a nest. She'd have laid several bundles within the nest before molting and moving on.
Load More Replies...It definitely wanted to get out ... which shows the one taking the photo is not a nice person. the background looks like a private garden. They could have saved it long before it tired itself out. It takes quite some time and effort for it to get out of there. That is sadistic.
Office Life Before The Invention Of Autocad And Other Drafting Softwares
My dad was head of a drawing office like this. They had boards that tilted, with weights that slid on cables to keep them in a fixed position. The paper was tracing paper and errors were removed by scraping them off with a razor blade. I've still got his beautiful pens.
Load More Replies...The long sleeve white shirts with tight ties is Corporate Culturism at its ugliest. "You work here, you WILL conform." And not a single woman. And where did they hang all their suit coats? That would have been a big room all by itself.
Looks like a '60s photo. Of course there are no women in the picture.
Load More Replies...Not sure I believe this. My dad was a structural steel engineer and worked on upright drafting boards
I'd imagine it's fairly relative. This looks like a company pushing quantity over quality, which is why they didn't spend on upright or slanted drafting tables. Slanted tables generally feel more comfortable than the upright ones, though. Good balance of posture and letting gravity hold your tools down. Unless you mean upright as in slanted upright, not like, easel style.
Load More Replies...Presumably flat tables were considerably cheaper than the adjustable, tilting "draughtsmans boards" that were usually provided.
There's a size difference. These here are the big ones. The tilting kind were smaller. If you needed to draft large plans, horizontal tables were the way to go.
Load More Replies...Everytime I see this picture I can't but wonder why TF they couldn't do this just upright‽‽‽ 🤔 🤷🏽
This Man, Michael Smith, Used AI To Create A Fake Music Band And Used Bots To Inflate Streaming Numbers. He Earned More Than $10 Million In Royalties
and was subsequently arrested .... https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/09/08/man-charged-with-10-million-streaming-scam-using-ai-generated-songs/
Wish people like him would use their abilities to help humanity instead of enriching themselves
Smart cookie, but why considered illegal, it was still music and had a following but maybe a bit of exssessive exaggeration by creating and attracting real voting with bots, but let's face it the music world has to be unique to get famous, be able to take it and survive, Like Rod Stewart (his young wives and a great outlook and apparent good health help, I am sure)
Static Tattoo With "Shaking" Effect
One Of The Last People To Live In An Iron Lung. At 6 Years Old, Alexander Was Diagnosed With Polio Which Lead To Paralysis From His Neck Down.the Machine Is Made To Compress And Depress The Chest. Today, He Is 74 Years Old And He Still Relies On The Iron Lung To Keep Him Alive
Was one of the last. With anti vaccers being elected we may need to dust these off again.
As long as only anti vaccers are put in them do there own BS.
Load More Replies...He died in 2024. For a time in his adulthood, he was able to leave the iron lung for short periods and practiced law using a modified wheelchair.
I'm surprised they didn't manage to get him on bipap instead. That's what allowed my youngest brother to live another 6 years after we thought he would die because his muscles were not working well enough for him to breathe on his own. They thought he would be on it for 23 hours a day, but for most of the time he only used it while sick or asleep. It uses a similar process, forcing air into and out of lungs (unlike c-pap which only does one way).
Load More Replies...That's no way to live though, I think I'd rather just get out and go wherever
I don’t know what his last name is but there’s a documentary on YouTube really fascinating. I think he wrote books, Has an interesting life he is able to get out. I think a couple hours a day until his lungs tell him he needs to get back in there. I’m sure you can look him up. Look for last man in the iron lung.
A Massive Tadpole Was Discovered, With A Hormonal Imbalance That Prevented It From Developing Into A Frog
Its a bullfrog tadpole. The person who found it gave it to the South Western Research Station where it lived in an aquarium and never got its legs. So at least they looked after him. He was found in the mud at the bottom of a pond, so maybe an aquarium with plenty of algae was decent accommodation.
That's exactly what axolotls are, permanently juvenile salamanders.
Load More Replies...A Street In Paris After Weeks Of Garbage Collector Strikes
I was there on a school trip, some of the piles taller than me. I may be small, 1m60, but still it's tall for piles of garbage. (Also I was 100% on their side)
They didn't protested to be paid more, they protested because of the "réforme des retraites".
Load More Replies...I remember when in NYC the sanitation workers went a on strike for 2.5 weeks, and nothing looked anywhere this bad. We may be bad with out trash, but we didnt let it get this bad, the citizens kept good control until the strike was over. Also kudos at the time to the sanitation union for holding off the strike for months until the middle of the winter, where the cold prevented it from stinking up so much
they were upset at a proposal to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 . . .
In 1968 there was one in NYC that is still remembered when contract negotiations come up. album_alb3...1c7cea.jpg
Toilets In A Medieval Castle
Even after the flushing toilet was invented!
Load More Replies...Two rules in life - 1) Don't eat yellow snow and 2) Don't stand under a garderobe.
It'd be s**t for anyone standing underneath
Load More Replies...“Castle commodes are an opportunity for assassins with a long spear and a fundamental approach to politics” Sir Terry Pratchett in one of his novels.
Drafty cold on ye olde backside too. Shriveled somethings after sitting there a few minutes.
so it just accumulates forever? do insect or rats live down there too?
19-Year-Old Brandon Swanson Drove His Car Into A Ditch On His Way Home From A Party On May 14th, 2008, But Was Uninjured, As He'd Tell His Parents On The Phone. Nearly 50 Minutes Into The Call, He Suddenly Exclaimed "Oh, S**t!" And Then Went Silent. He Has Never Been Seen Or Heard From Again
With or without the vehicle? OH. He wasn't where he told his parents. They found the car. Doors open. No keys. No Brandon.
Load More Replies...So he was walking because he had driven his car into a ditch, and 50 minutes into his conversation a second event happened?
Well there were hangups and drops but they stayed on the phone as much as possible. He thought he was near one town and waited with his car, flashing his headlights when he saw a car hoping it was his parents. After they were unable to find him he decided to walk to the town and meet them there. It was during that walk that the "oh sh!t" happened. He most likely fell into a river. It was later learned he was wrong about what town he saw. His parents later successfully fought for Brandon's Law which requires law enforcement to change how they treat missing person's reports when that person may be in danger. They had been told he had a 'right to be missing' once his age was learned. So no help from police.
Load More Replies...Fox Froze In The Lake And Was Cut Out To Be Used As A Marker
Frozen bodies on Everest are used as markers. One is referred to as green boots. It always unsettles me that climbers continue to climb Everest even though they know they may die and their body left on the mountain
Especially the climbers who have families with young children.
Load More Replies...That's devastating! I wish sad animal things would have trigger warnings like other sad/bad things.
Funny you don't have to deal with this, In the U.S.A. people freeze like this because they have no home. This fox froze because he has no home. Save the foxes? Save all who need it?
The Longest River In France Dried Up Today
I'll bet metal detectorists had a field day!
Load More Replies..."floods in france wash away roads and homes (October 18, 2024). If you keep converting natural areas into human habitat, you should understand there are consequences.
We drive back and forth across that bridge at least four times a year.
Scientists Created A ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth Traits
Because the process to splice genes and turn others off is what's going to lead to cancer cures. We're still learning how to do this and studying side effects.
Load More Replies...Are people seriously so nitwitted that they don't understand that research like this is exactly how scientists learn to manipulate genes so they can use that knowledge to cure diseases? Honest to God, the pathetic scientific ignorance of the average person these days is why we as a species are doomed. Educate yourselves, you hopeless troglodytes.
You could berate humanity, or you could quickly explain and link, to help people understand.
Load More Replies...Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. What are the real world benefits here?
Figuring out methodes to activate,deactivate and manipulate genes - Aside from medical solutions it can also help in creating better food sources for example
Load More Replies...Each UK Prime Minister Since 2010 Have Had Their Own Personal Lectern Designed
Poor guy. It's tough choosing your favorite ingredient on a s**t sandwich.
Load More Replies...Liz Truss chose a tribute to Jenga, which is how she treated the British economy.
Imagine being the person designing her one, and it barely gets any use! All that hard work gone to waste (the person doing the woodwork of course, and not Liz Truss).
Load More Replies...Jules: yes of course the taxpayer paid. It's how government gets paid for. I suspect the cost was trivial compared to - to take one example - the weekly maintenance bill on the Palace of Westminster which - for those who don't know - is a crumbling wreck which should have been closed down for urgent repairs years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster. Stopping bits of it dropping off or catching fire is horribly expensive.
Load More Replies...Clearly they didn’t have time to make one for Liz Truss and just stacked a load of wood together to male it.
That's my favourite lectern! Lol! (Assuming Liz Truss is pic #2)
Load More Replies...Don't know anything about political affiliations, but I love the way the second lectern looks.
That's the lady who crashed the pound and was out before the head of lettuce.
Load More Replies...Challenge: From left to right, write a one or two-word description of how they left office.
Divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived?
Load More Replies...and all major terrorists and criminals of the world who also like stealing money from their own people
Not The Beautiful Florida View Anyone Imagined! Courtesy Of Hurricane Ian
The Pistol That Shot And Killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand In 1914 Sparking World War I
I think it should be "that was used" to shoot the Archduke - Guns don't tend to shoot people on their own
Mysterious Red Glow Seen Over The Atlantic, Pilot Says He’s Never Seen Anything Like It. Via July 2022
According to the original post, its red LED lighting used by fishing boats, because the red lights attract saury.
"It's always aliens with you" - David Lister, year 3 million AD.
Load More Replies...Caiman Photographed Just Before Feasting On His Friend
"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
that looks like an alligator - caiman have a much more narrow snout... either way, all crocodilians are cannabalistic
The Burning Man Exodus. Black Rock City Nevada, 10 Hours Long Traffic Jam
Honestly, what is the attraction in going to events like this? The lack of toilets ALONE would put me off, aside from anything else.
Saw ten seconds in a YT video where it wss claimed that their own "security" tried to not make the victims of harassment (?) press any charges.. 🤢
Load More Replies...You could probably pay me to go to Burning Man, but it would take a LOT of money. It sounds like hell to me.
After the end of the Nascar race at MIS (MIchigan) we would wait until 7pm or later to leave the infield.
