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Ever Wondered What A Year-Old Banana Looks Like? Here Are 50 Interesting Posts Just Like That
Our universe is fascinating, there’s no doubt about it. But learning everything about everything that’s happening around us is, unfortunately, not possible, no matter how keen we are. Learning bits and pieces on different topics, though, is a lot more doable.
To encourage you to familiarize yourself with our universe just a little bit better, we have put together a list of all sorts of interesting pieces of information, as shared by the ‘Everythinginterestings’ Instagram account. Do you know what a hedgehog looks like when getting an X-ray? Or what happens to a cyclist’s leg after racing in the Tour de France? Chances are you weren’t interested in either before, but you ought to admit – you are a little curious now, aren’t you?
Well, if you are, what are you waiting for? Scroll down to find answers to both and much more below, where you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with professor of psychology at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Dr. Noam Shpancer, who agreed to delve deeper into why we find certain things interesting.
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WindySwede 6 months ago
New here? Everything is censored. They need sponsor money, hence censoring certain words..
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karen snyder 6 months ago
I also have mixed feelings about this. My brother took his own life. And, while my family and I were absolutely devastated, it was his choice to end 23 years of brutal suffering. He was born with a painful and visible disability and was outright rejected by society. The love of his parents and sister was not enough to make his life worth living. He tried, for us. But, in the end, letting him go was the most compassionate love we could give him. TLDR; not everyone appreciates being "saved" I hope this man helped with a little follow through and didn't just turn them over to authorities. Attempted suicides get incarcerated. So, most of these people are now hopelessly miserable and locked up in cages.
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fly on the wall 6 months ago
What is wrong with Panda? Call a spade a spade
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Riley Quinn 6 months ago
The phrase 'My Body, My Choice' is not limited to reproduction. I'm not advocating süicide, but sometimes there are viable reasons, like being in constant pain with no treatment. Ending suffering by any means is the person's choice, not some stranger's.
Eppe 6 months ago
Ironic, I bet this man would be in favour of talking about suïcide, not censoring it.
Lady Eowyn 6 months ago
I think the person who downvoted this didn't understand. Talking about s*****e, bringing out into the open as something that can be understood and prevented, is important and should not be censored. My little sister committed s*****e in 1989. It came out of the blue. If she had felt able to talk to someone about what was going on, she might still be here.
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Roni Stone 6 months ago
A circle life. This is sad, and yet to insanely beautiful for both of them. .
Natalie Kirman 5 months ago
From what I read, she had to give the puppy up for adoption due to her dads new job. Then when she went to adopt a dog from a shelter when she was an adult, the dog ran up to her and started licking her face. They checked the microchip that the dog had and it was her!
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Joshua David 6 months ago
O. M. G. I would feel so bad ALL the time feeling like it was some fault of mine that she was lost and then left wondering if she had a good life and why did she even end up in a shelter anyway. 💔
Natalie Kirman 5 months ago
I read about it, the dog had lived happily with two families before ending up back in a shelter :)
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Beak Hookage 6 months ago
And they didn't do a big crossover marketing thing. I mean who wouldn't want to try M&Ms honey?
Bremusa4u 6 months ago
Well this factory is in France, so they can only use natural coloring.
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Riley Quinn 6 months ago
Without pollinators we will become extinct, yet our polluting and habitat encroaching behavior is decimating pollinators. Scientists have created a new pollen-replacing food for honey bees since humans continue to devastate their natural food sources.
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
Even bees like M & M's. The company should use this in their advertising!
Alt Beel 6 months ago (edited)
More interestingly is the fact that the honey was deemed as not fit for human consumption as it was contaminated by the artificial colors the bees ate from the factories bio waste from the M&M production. But M&Ms are considered safe for consumption..........🤦♂️
Created just last year, the ‘Everythinginterestings’ Instagram account already boasts more than 260 thousand followers who are looking forward to learning something new; even if it’s something completely random.
You probably know the feeling when you learn something new and random, yet surprisingly interesting. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you will delve any deeper into the topic, but you are happy to have familiarized yourself with it.
If you’re wondering why that is – why people are interested in learning bits and pieces of random information – professor of psychology at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Dr. Noam Shpancer, notes that there are several reasons for that.
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Gary Drostle’s “Fishpond” mosaic, is a renowned artwork that uses shadows to create a 3D effect, with “core shadows” shaping the koi fish and “cast shadows” linking them to the pond’s surface for realism.
Drostle, a celebrated mosaic artist, began this style with a 1996 commission for the London Borough of Croydon, later evolving the design by studying real koi ponds to capture water movement, as noted in his portfolio.
The use of shadows in mosaics, as highlighted, aligns with techniques described in mosaic guides, where artists avoid black or grey shadows, opting for darker background shades or complementary colors to enhance lifelike depth.
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
For that matter, what are core shadows? I mean, it looks like an image of koi in transparent water, casting shadows in the bottom of the pond, to me. What am I missing?
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Sarah Belt 6 months ago
I had chickens during the 2017 solar eclipse and they all acted like they were roosting (going to sleep) during the eclipse, but did so in the field instead of going into their coop. It was interesting to watch. I wonder if this type of bird is active at night or twilight.
Talking about trivia and learning with Bored Panda, Prof. Shpancer emphasized that there are various reasons why people are interested in these things. “Human beings are curious, and we are a learning species. Our ability to learn is our claim to fame in the animal kingdom. We are inclined to enjoy knowing more than not knowing. We enjoy mastery,” he said.
“At the same time, we don’t like effort. Deep knowledge requires effort. Trivia satisfies this desire for learning and knowledge with minimum effort, so there’s an attraction there. Situational circumstances also factor into this equation. If others are doing it; and more so if others are rewarded for it – then you’re likely to become interested, too.”
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
That's -31 in "Freedom Units". There's a point where the units don't matter anymore and it's around -40. -40F=-40C.
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
This is amazing. It took me a few minutes to even see the poor bison! It makes me want to warm him up somehow!
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Dee Rutherford 6 months ago
I think the one on the right is doing just that! 🙂
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Peter Bear 6 months ago
Technically Correct is the best kind of correct. Never mess with a Lawful Neutral person, they will always win because they know the rules better than you do.
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Joshua David 6 months ago
It's gotta be better than all that live action trash they been putting out lately lol.
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Trisec Tebeakesse 6 months ago
I'm a Bear; among my dearest friends is a Fox. (Scouters will know the reference.)
fly on the wall 6 months ago
Really? I don't want to be disrespectful but can you cite some background please?
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Now that you know the reasons, you might be wondering what determines the extent to which a person is interested in learning something new, which is also a complex issue.
“Important outcomes in life are multi-determined. There is always more than one cause for how things turn out. Your interests are shaped by a combination of genetics, personality disposition, cultural and environmental conditions, personal experience, and luck,” Dr. Shpancer explained.
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megabeth 6 months ago
Let me preface this that it was the 80's... But two of my favorite pets growing up were guinea pigs and we didn't know how social they were and only had one at a time. Meep. I STILL feel terrible about it. Also some alpaca are into hugs... They're very sweet animals. Or can be? (Can say same about people)
Justbecause 6 months ago
Generally speaking all pet/livestock animals do better in pairs at the minimum and suffer loneliness if kept alone. Also they groom one another and look after each other so it is easier to look after a pair than and individual. Obviously some particular individuals are different.
Michael MacKinnon 6 months ago
They're well known for making mid-day meals too...how many times have you heard, "Alpaca lunch."
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
That's cool until you realize that these guys put Rudolph out of a job.
Mammuttipähkinä 6 months ago
They did this as an experiment in 2014, which didn't work out because the paint didn't last long. Therefore, it is not true that it's actively done here in lapland.
Sue User 6 months ago
So do the reindeer not have any enemies - besides humans in cars ? Also, I can imagine it didnt last long because they rubbed it off to get rid of light.
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karen snyder 6 months ago
This is too similar to the giant Greenpeace f**k-up in the late 80s when they spray painted baby seals to make their fur worthless to fur hunters, thus destroying their natural camouflage and serving them up to polar bears. The whole ecosystem swung out of balance: more baby fur seal died than before, polar bear cub numbers went way up the following year, then they starved to death when the spray painting stopped. Painting an animal because we are too stupid not to kîll them is not a solution. They have evolved the way they are for a reason. We need to change US not THEM.
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
"have had their antlers painted" makes it sound like the reindeer actively sought for someone to paint their antlers. "Say, your antlers look great, who is your antler painter?"
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
This reminds me of a scene from an Abbott and Costello movie. Costello: "We were hunting for deer." Abbott: "Reindeer?" Costello: "Not yet, honey."
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
It is to make it easier for you to write moronic comments.
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Brilliant. Well, awful in actuality, that is, until man dominated nature. Progress... NOT.
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Bob Brooce 6 months ago
It seems to be a bit of both, with the consensus leaning toward disease. untitled-6...32e817.jpg 
martymcmatrix 6 months ago
Okay, but »disease« sounds like the dog's gonna die of vitiligo very soon...I tend to rather call it a »condition«...🤷🏽
Be it browsing random facts or diving completely into one topic, curiosity also plays a significant role when it comes to learning. According to Dr. Shpancer, it’s our existential position to be curious. Just look at children, for instance; they tend to have many reasons to be afraid of things, but they are usually more curious than afraid, the expert noted.
Curiosity often wins, and that’s because the “story of our species is a story of chasing our curiosities.”
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 6 months ago
I’ve always been special, just not in a good way!
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Motivated sloth 6 months ago
I feel kind of sad for the people this doesn’t happen to. And extremely emotional…yes.
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
I get goosebumps listening to certain pieces of music, but mostly tears. Not quite crying, but a reflexive reaction to the music. And not necessarily sad music either.
LauraDragonWench 6 months ago
I get goosebumps AND tears, which can occasionally turn into full-on crying.
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Joanne Mendonza-Earle 6 months ago
Happens to me all the time. Esp at Dead shows back in the day. Could be a very warm summer night in the Bay Area and I have goosebumps from the music.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
I like the guy in the yellow shirt just casually leaning on the bus that could go over a cliff depending on how deep that tree's roots go.
Alt Beel 6 months ago
No he was trying to hold it in case the tree gives way...😆
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Roni Stone 6 months ago
I'd be proud, too, if my efforts saved lives! His heroism just took time.
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
I think this is a good example of karma at work! He planted the tree and now that the tree is grown, it saved his life! I think the tree paid him back very nicely!
Wild Cream 6 months ago
It doesn’t look fake at all. Yall really need to go outside once in a while, the internet has broken your brain 😂
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It doesn’t even look photoshopped? And it’s not that unbelievable? 😂
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Pandora 6 months ago
The oldest cat I've ever had, live until he was 18 years old. Most of mine have typically lived to about 14 years of age.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
My old gray girl Wintressia died two months shy of her 20th birthday. She was my entire heart. She died in 2018 and sometimes, when I'm on the very edge of sleep, I feel like I can almost hear her old-lady meow: "aaaair" <3 win_19th_b...acc66c.jpg 
Colleen Glim 6 months ago
My void girl turned 19 in February. She’s still screaming at the world
Catherine Burgin 6 months ago
My void lived until 20. Maybe older, since she moved into our house as a founding. Went to sleep under her favorite tree and didn't wake up. She's the reason I adore cats and especially void ones.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 6 months ago
I had a cat that I got from my grandparents. He lived to 25
Rose the Cook 6 months ago
A former employer inherited his mother's cat, it lived to 22 years old and died of kidney failure.
Earthquake903 6 months ago
I have an 18 year old cat. We almost lost her last year but the vet fixed her right up. She's our little toothless old lady.
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
I had one cat who lived to about 19 years old. Broke my heart when she died.
Yaga Bialski 6 months ago
We were adopted by 14 year old neighbor's cat Granjena (grouchy and often angry) and she lived with us another 14 years brought back to her most loving and gentle self. Died at 28 peacefully at our home.
Prof. Shpancer continued to point out that learning is a good exercise for your brain, but there’s a caveat. “The brain and body are ‘use it or lose it’ propositions,” he said. “So to the extent that learning trivia exercises your brain, then it is a helpful habit.
“Some familiarity with diverse fields can be helpful, so long as you don’t mistake some familiarity for expertise. You may look at it this way: some people are ‘neon lights’ – they have shallow knowledge across a broad area. Others are ‘laser beams;’ they derive meaning and satisfaction from developing deep focused expertise in one area to the exclusion of all others. My guess is that diversity is healthy here. We need both kinds.”
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Workers in the USA have no idea how badly they are being screwed.
Alex Kennedy 6 months ago
😱…and McDonald’s doesn’t abandon the country because it is forced to treat workers well? It’s almost as if all the excuses given that we cannot raise minimum wage and working standards are just garbage!
Jack Smith 6 months ago
In some states (red states of course) McDonald's can get away with paying as little as 7.25/hr in 2025, without benefits! Keep voting red guys it's working out great for you 🤬 Denmark McDonald's employees also have access to FREE healthcare that's actually better than our overpriced healthcare.
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
Because they don't do it voluntarily in Denmark. There are laws that require every employer...I mean, because evil communists in Europe hate liberty and force employers and people with superior birthrights to treat the poor-born classes somewhat like...humans?
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Ervin Conn 6 months ago
The funny thing to me is that a Big Mac costs about the same in Denmark as the U.S. Switzerland is a whole different level according to the "Big Mac Index" I had no idea that was a thing. At 8.07 U.S. dollars, Switzerland has the most expensive Big Macs in the world, according to the July 2024 Big Mac index. Concurrently, the cost of a Big Mac was 5.69 dollars in the U.S., and 6.06 U.S. dollars in the Euro area.
Pieter LeGrande 6 months ago
Don't tell Trump or he'll say Macdonald's in the USA is subsidising them.
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Bob Brooce 6 months ago
You can't say "basketball" without saying "ball".
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Guessing by the respirator, it's not the safest stuff to breath.
David Paterson 6 months ago
Carbon fibre. Not deadly but you don't want to breathe it in. There are blacker materials than Vantablack made since this image, but it's Vantablack that is being mass produced.
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Bob Brooce 6 months ago
Yeah, but here's the guy with a banana for scale. untitled-6...9cf53d.jpg 
Joshua David 6 months ago
Uh. Yeah. Um so. Yeah we need a banana here to be 100% sure what you're talking here.
While learning something new everyday can be good for you, you shouldn’t make it a chore. Asked about this, Prof. Shpancer noted that he personally doesn’t agree with giving people strict, rigid, and narrow rules for living.
“I don’t think you need to learn something new every day – unless this is what you want and choose to do,” he said. “As a general principle, however, spending time and energy regularly and intentionally learning new things is a healthy life habit.”
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Remi Flynne 6 months ago
I always hear that word in the voice of Arnold Rimmer, Red Dwarf.
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Apatheist Account2 6 months ago
We only know that it's round. It might be flat on the other side.
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Ms.GB 6 months ago (edited)
Well hedgehogs are known for their superior twerking abilities.
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Jim Dixon 6 months ago
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die..." Sorry, I thought of this quote from "Goldfinger" instantly!
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
I can't take the cuteness! I love hedgehogs but I have never seen them in this position! OMG, it's almost more than I can handle!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Remember they had to train the cat too and that's WAY more difficult.
Sarah Belt 6 months ago
You don't have to train a cat to not give a f**k :)
Load More Replies... The Big Bad 6 months ago
My cat used to be great at estimating how far a leash would stretch. She would tease dogs on leashes and always be just out of reach. She had great fun this cat.
David Paterson 6 months ago
The local Greyhound association had a cat on staff. Its job was to ensure that Greyhounds were safe around cats. Many aren't.
Mook The Mediocre 6 months ago
A cat on a staff? A leash surely would have been better.
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It's honestly more about exposure. I have two dogs, a German Shepherd mix and a Belgian Malinois (Mals are like German Shepherds, but if GSDs were on coca!ne) and both dogs grew up with my cats. Both dogs love cats. My Mal's best friend is my 6-month-old kitten Riker. Shepherd breeds can sometimes have high prey drives, but if exposed to cats or other small animals at a young age and given positive associations, they can be friends! fenring_an...f2bacf.jpg 
Pieter LeGrande 6 months ago
Looking at the size of that puddle, I'd say the cat had quite the reaction when the trainers plonked it down in front of all those dogs.
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Ms.GB 6 months ago (edited)
You are now the proud mother of some wet dryer lint.
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Joshua David 6 months ago
That looks like my husky doodle lol. He's so long and stringy lol. ❤️ 💙
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Spencers slave no more 6 months ago (edited)
That's Quayside at the Town Basin in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 10 minutes from where I live. The Canopy Bridge, top right, has night markets and other events through the year. There are some lovely cafes, a fudge factory, a glass blowing studio, art gallery and the Clock Museum.
Chewie Baron 6 months ago
Why would I want to look at people? It’s because of people that -gestures broadly at everything- is wrong.
Mook The Mediocre 6 months ago
Or seriously injure the peope sitting on the other side of the bench?
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GenuineJen 6 months ago
This cat was there when the universe was made and he has the ancient knowledge.
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Joshua David 6 months ago
I bet them skins are choc full of great nutrients being that color. Or not. I don't really know.
Jamee 6 months ago
what's racist, a black apple that grows in another country NATURALLY...
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Bron 6 months ago (edited)
This is in my neighbourhood. The highway isn’t boring at all but it is long. This section is about 2 hours from the last place most motorists would stop for a break (we’re encouraged to stop every two hours when driving long distances)
T'Mar of Vulcan 6 months ago
In America they had those Burma Shave signs along roads. (Saw it on Quantum Leap in the '80s; I'm not American.)
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Wish my state had those. We just have 'Don't drive tired, powernap now' signs and I'm sick of having to stop suddenly on the road to nap :)
LauraDragonWench 6 months ago
I drove the I-10 from west Texas to east (started from Colorado, on my way to Florida) and I was so devastated when my engine blew in Beaumont. Not because of the damage, but because I was /this/ close to escaping that horrible state. I still loathe Texas to this day (and that trip was nearly 30 years ago)!
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 6 months ago
Wish there were signs like this driving through the Panhandle and several other sections of the American Southwest.
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Katie White 6 months ago
Funny, I was born with Chernobyl in 1986, and my son was born with the Fukushima disaster in 2011. I wonder what kind of nuclear wasteland will happen when he has a child?
Motivated sloth 6 months ago
At least give us a heads up when he starts dating.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
I've wanted to explore the Exclusion Zone for decades. I know I'm weird.
Sian E 6 months ago
I'll wait until the invaders are kicked out of the country first.
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Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
That must have been pretty amazing to find their old toy waiting for them!
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Uncle Panda 6 months ago
"The blue one that's bluer than blue but not too much, yep! Got it right here."
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Lowrider 56 6 months ago
It reminds of those pictures that schizophrenics will draw or their writings.
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Wild Cream 6 months ago
On the left side 3/4 down near the red scribble is the “knees weak” line, but it doesn’t say mom’s spaghetti :(
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Riley Quinn 6 months ago
My introduction to Eminem and still one of my favorite songs. When I hear it, the world stops. Just this morning I came across an amazing edited video of 331 movies "singing" Lose Yourself. Take 4 minutes out of your life to watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYtaBfwpg_k
Roni Stone 6 months ago
Looks like the way I write stories. Little bits that sound good together until the whole thing gels or if I'm having a hard time breaking through a block. Good to know I'm not the only one.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Seen it happen IRL. I was biking home and I heard a crackling and started to feel static shocks through the handlebars. I'm like "WTF?" Then KAPOW! The tree above me got hit. I GTFO of there so fast.
Beak Hookage 6 months ago
This happened to a tree while I was standing RIGHT NEXT TO IT. It remains to this day one of the loudest noises I've ever heard. I nearly jumped out of my skin. I wasn't hurt but the tree died.
Shelley Keenan 6 months ago
Sitting in a soccer stadium in Virginia and we're on rain delay, lightening struck the center of the field. Loudest sound I have ever heard, followed by a few seconds of absolute silence from the onlookers. Makes you feel very insignificant...
Uncle Panda 6 months ago (edited)
I followed the aftermath of a lightning strike on a parking lot light to the ground, across the lawn, into the building, passed quality surge suppressors and across the motherboard on three different computers.
Glen Ellyn 6 months ago
If you're interested in seeing a few lightning strikes, check out this YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJs50FB6Pc
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
Saw this in one of the pastures growing up. We had a tremendously large, gorgeous crab apple tree that was struck and split down the middle. There was an horrific flash of light and a crackling roar I've never heard since. Still like thunderstorms, though.
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Kira Okah 6 months ago
Penha Goes here is Yanomami. Unscrupulous people and cartels doing illegal shlt in the Amazon won't leave them alone, and though the government has tried to protect them through legal means they don't have the manpower to do so.
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Andy Frederick 6 months ago
I've researched this as best I can, and apparently it's legit.
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Ron Man 6 months ago
Yes, and no. This pic originates from a 4 year old Daily Mail article. This isn't a 'remote' tribe, it's from a well travelled area. The article has a lot of photos and it's obvious that while the tribe does traditional things, it also is very much main stream. There are people with red and blue dyed hair, and a lot of the photogs dressed them up to appear more "tribal" and beautiful. So while the pic is real, the description is not entirely true.
Grundel County 6 months ago
This photo is from 1997, the girl is 22. The photographer went back and took another photo of her when she was 39. He had to travel to a city at the edge of the Amazon then take an 8 hour boat ride to reach her remote village. Her name is Penhá Goez, you can look up the story.
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Paul C. 6 months ago
Sadly I'm old enough to remember it going up, and happily coming down.
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Phantom Phoenix 6 months ago
With the horrible wall gone, colour was introduced to the eastern side of Berlin
Rachel Pelz 6 months ago
Note that the black stones in the pavement mark where the Berlin wall once stood. They did that in several places in Berlin (if not along the whole wall?)
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Remi Flynne 6 months ago
I agree he doesn't look amused. Hope they gave him a hot drink and a chance to recover from the journey, poor lad.
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Liam Walsh 6 months ago
He was so seriously cold his little hands were swollen. He has ice in his hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. He'll be so cold he will be hurting. Not sure I'd have found it possible to laugh at someone in this state even if they laughed first (which I don't think he is). Knowing he's just been walking in such cold for about an hour and then has to sit and get on with his schoolday with that walk at the end... His family can't afford a hat or clothes that are warm enough for him. I think it's terribly sad, poor little boy.
Joshua David 6 months ago
Looks like the kids are laughing at the poor kid too. He effin made it!
Michelle C 6 months ago
He looks humiliated; I hope that the teacher took the photo in order to have documentation of the occurrence in case anything went wrong medically after that!
Dilly Millandry 6 months ago
I read that the teacher took the photo and shared it with the headmaster. If you look at Miss Tinker's link it gives more information about W**g's story - it's sad. Poor little boy.
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Bi.Felicia 6 months ago
I hope the poor kiddo didn't suffer any permanent damage/ frostbite from being exposed to the extreme cold with the lack of appropriate clothing/ gear.
Petra Schaap 6 months ago (edited)
i have so many questions. Your hair wont look like that with minus 9°C. was it colder? Was the distance longer? Was it something completely different? that would also explain why they're laughing? Some kind of funny experiment??? edit: saw the clip. Cold and foggy does that to his hair "sometimes" Do wonder why he doesnt zip up and put that hood on.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
If you've ever wondered where the ancient Greeks got the idea of Sirens luring sailors to their death, this is one actual theory.
Lowrider 56 6 months ago
I've also heard the theory that this is where the ideas of mermaids came from.
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Svenne O'Lotta 6 months ago (edited)
Like most non-quadrupedal mammals :)
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David Paterson 6 months ago
This was debunked recently. The goat herders lift their goats into trees to get money from tourists.
Rathoren 6 months ago
I live here and HATE seeing these tourist photos because they do force the poor goats up in the tree ALL day, even in summer!! Yes, Goats do climb Argan trees but it looks absolutely nothing like this and they climb for 5 mimutes before walking to find fresher greens in another spot
Load More Replies... Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
I think that is so amazing and every time I see a picture, t makes me smile!
Rathoren 6 months ago
Because they are tied up there for tourist pictures 🤬🤦🏼♀️
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Melody 6 months ago
More info if anyone wants it: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article243231036.html
Vinny DaPooh 6 months ago
The article listed in a comment above seems to think it might be bacteria
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Liz Siemens 6 months ago
I was wondering that! I would have called it a hand, too.
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sadmrguna 6 months ago
Don't know why you got downvoted! In a way yes, but it is an adaptation to the weaker (and less) sunlight in Northern latitudes. Otherwise you would not be able to produce enough vitamin D.
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winterwidow87 6 months ago (edited)
TIL: they're called "stink bugs" in english. A very appropriate name.
Upstaged75 6 months ago
And man they really DO stink. It's a nasty chemical smell. My cat ate one once. It was so gross.
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Riley Quinn 6 months ago
That's how they trick you into thinking they're friendly. And they are, kind of, right up until they get stinky.
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Winnie the Moo 6 months ago
Soon it will be renamed ‘the American shark’ if King Cheeto hears of this…
Load More Replies... Michelle C 6 months ago
The shark was recorded to be 512 years old or so at the time of the record-making.
Hume 6 months ago
So the shark is 512 years old. The US is 2025 years old, how is the shark older? (Just joking but I read somewhere someone actually argued how the US is 2025 years old.
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Svenne O'Lotta 6 months ago
It is for a single animal. Unless they're a jellyfish.
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Wild Cream 6 months ago
Blue lobsters are typically released back into the water, yes :)
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 6 months ago
Does anyone else watch the videos of that lobster guy who cleans barnacles off of lobsters and gives them a snack before throwing them back? He's got some amazing content if you're interested in learning more about lobsters. His name is Jacob Knowles.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 6 months ago
No it's not. It's been there for ages and the buildings we've up around it which created the conditions for the fire effect. Pure coincidence yet it's been listed on BP over and over
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
You know what BP. Instead of spending time censoring us, maybe you could take the time to stop posting repeats ad nauseam.
Janelle Collard 6 months ago (edited)
Firefalls at Horsetail Falls, Yosemite, mid to late February. AH-MAZE-ING!
Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
Who cares if it is pure coincidence, it doesn't take away from the beauty and wonder.
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Michelle C 6 months ago
I’m just glad anyone in there was able to keep a safe enough distance to get out as soon as possible!
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April Pickett 6 months ago
Let me repeat: Leave them alone, don't go near them. If you just drop by to say hello, you'll probably k**l the whole tribe.
Virgil Blue 6 months ago
You just know some idiot missionary wants to go spread the "good word" there and accidentally a lot of diseases they have no resistance too.
Billo66 6 months ago
If someone flew right over my head in a helicopter and waved at me, I would feel contacted.
Michelle C 6 months ago
From what I understand, most of the tribes in the Amazon are peaceful and simply want to be left alone. The North Sentinel Island tribe near India has been known to k**l people for visiting the island. As such, the Indian government forbids travel there in order to protect the tribe as well as aspiring visitors, especially the former.
Forrest Hobbs 6 months ago (edited)
The people living on what we call the North Sentinel islands are, from what I've read, also peaceful and just want to be left alone. From what I've read, the only times they've k!lled outsiders is when the outsiders have been daft enough to continue to intrude when they've been warned off.
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Phantom Phoenix 6 months ago
In Shrek's voice: we've isolated ourselves in the middle of a huge rainforest, built a privacy wall around our village; what do we have to do for you to leave us alone?
Lowrider 56 6 months ago
I would love to know what they're thinking when they see a plane flying over. Is it scary to them? Do they think its some mythical creature? If they are truly uncontacted they have no point of reference for a plane.
Mook The Mediocre 6 months ago
That's how Cargo Cults begin, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_movement
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David 6 months ago
many of these so-called "uncontacted" tribes in the Amazon have been contacted, and have been for years. They have been discovered to be using tools like Machetes made from Stainless steel (some 50+ years old), lighters, etc. They stay out of general contact, but most have had contact and trade with others for generations by now
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
For real. I doubt their sight ever recovered.
Load More Replies... Ace 6 months ago
From Instagram: "For people wondering; he is alive and developed cataracts after per the New England journal of medicine. He was treated by a Dr Bobby Korn in San Diego."
Michelle C 6 months ago
Thank you for the information on his condition! I’m glad he recovered!
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I’m praying the electrician recovered and never had something like that happen to him or her again!
Marsha Hultberg 6 months ago
Lord... smh. And now? I read that voltage 'can be' survived. The question is, how what condition... Poor man.
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Scott Rackley 6 months ago
Definitely Hokkaido. Beautiful beautiful place, especially in winter.
PandaGoPanda 6 months ago
Definitely NOT Hokkaido. This is the Alpine Route at Tateyama in Nagano prefecture. Snow piles up in the alps like this a lot, not so much in Hokkaido.
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This is the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route in the Japanese Alps (north part of the main island of Honshu). Though there are many parts of the alps with snow piled by the road like this ,the Tateyama area is known for having particularly deep snow walls. It's even become a bit of a tourist attraction and the tour buses stop for people to get off and take a photo.
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
The road I lived on in New York State - just a few miles from Lake Ontario: New-York-S...400916.jpg 
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
You forgot to mention the $500 bonus and $60 an hour for replacing the nurse who didn't show up for their shift.
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Regina Holt 6 months ago
What happens to new snow when it falls? Where does the snowplow put it?
Bravia Kimyi 6 months ago
So does this actually build up naturally? Or is it artificial snow? If it’s natural, props to whoever cleared the snow for the road.
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on second thought.... 6 months ago
If they had used Vantablack to paint it you would only see a lack of house...
Joshua David 6 months ago
Imagine if it was that vanta black. Is that what its called? The blackest black?
DooBeeDoo 6 months ago
Yup, that’s what it is called. There is a very entertaining story around its use in the art world that you can read or listen to here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/their-dark-materials/
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Monster Munch 6 months ago
Well, it WAS a real house, just turned into art installation shortly before demolition
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Marlene Ricker 6 months ago
I don't want to live in that house. I bet all the kids think its haunted!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Heart Shaped Rock was the first idea Kirk Cobain had before they settled on Heart Shaped Box. Totally real and not made up fact at all.
Speak easy buttercup 6 months ago
I thought it was Heart Shaped Vàgina?! Isn't this song about Courtney's loves...ahem...HOLE?! 😎🤣
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Subaru645 6 months ago
Thanx, us city folk were wondering why didn’t everyone else do the same…
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Ron Man 6 months ago
There are a lot of comments here by people who don't know what they're talking about. 1) These were regular sprinklers, not "emergency" ones. This house has private well water, so they were able to do that.. 2) Everyone doesn't do it because if you're hooked up to city water, it's illegal, as you are taking water from firefighters. 3) This is common for people with their own well to do.
MaxMi 6 months ago
So, the regular sprinklers for the lawn saved the roof and the walls and the sides of the property ? Where do you buy thise regular sprinklers at, planet Krypto home depot ?
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XenoMurph 6 months ago
Him, and people like him, constantly using his sprinklers is why there was so little water to save the other homes.
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Pieter LeGrande 6 months ago
My neighbour did something similar on his farmhouse, but then used plastic water tanks to store the water. They lasted maybe five minutes before melting when the last fire came. Just enough to dampen and save the main house. Uses steel tanks now.
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April Pickett 6 months ago
That looks horrible and extremely painful. After the race, do they just knock him out and then massage his legs?
Bob Brooce 6 months ago
It's a rider named Janez Brajkovic about 10 months after the2018 tour, while he was dealing with bulimia. It's from the front, but here's a picture of 2023's top three, along with a picture of Brajkovic on 2020 untitled-6...e8c0cf.jpg 
Carrie B 6 months ago
May I ask how you were able to post a pic in your comment? I've been unable to figure it out. Thank you!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
1 Yen is worth about half a penny USD. Or it was last year. Might be a bit more now.
Robert Millar 6 months ago
When I was young, French currency included small aluminium coins that you could blow out of your hand!
danacarroll006 6 months ago
I remember those. They felt like plastic to me, and weighed practically nothing.
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Scott Rackley 6 months ago
Oh, the racists had a field day when he was included as a character in Assassin's Creed
Virgil Blue 6 months ago
Yasuke was part of the court of Nobunaga and had the honoured carrying Nobunagas weapons. Quite an honour indeed at that time. There is very little real history about him (just a few pages). The whole "he must have been a Samurai" thing was popularised by an US historian who has a flair for "extrapolating heavily" apparantly. But by the strict definition Yasuke was probably not a samurai since you needed a household and lands to hold the title by thecrules of thevtome iirc. Partbofvthe court, yes, and in an honorable position? Absolutely. Warrior? Also true afaik. It's too bad that we will never know for sure, but much documentation was lost. There was a quite nice anime that went with the idea, though. I'd suggest watching that instead of playing the game since, disregarding the controversy, isn't that good. To bad, I really liked the older AC games when they did bother to get things accurate regarding the setting.
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JB 6 months ago
Then it would likely surprise you that for most of its existence it had a giant "CITROEN" in bright lights emblazoned on it!
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 6 months ago
When you believe religion is just a glitch in the matrix…
BeesEelsAndPups 6 months ago
Nah, this is just a Minecraft build. Quartz blocks, and maybe some polished diorite
#54
Uncle Panda 6 months ago (edited)
And yet someone will still boldly proclaim, "YOU CAN MAKE BANANA BREAD!"
Catlady6000 6 months ago
You can. You'd need to rehydrate the banana somehow, and I definitely would not recommend eating it, but you could make it
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Vermonta 6 months ago
and it is scary scary stuff. servicing jets we wore rubber aprons, full face clear masks. One drop on the asphalt could cause a fiery explosion. Scared the c**p every time.
Sarah Belt 6 months ago
Is liquid oxygen actually that color blue or is it something to do with the storage container?
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David Paterson 6 months ago
The largest single celled adult organism on Earth. A coconut is also a single celled organism, a baby.
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Remi Flynne 6 months ago
Or more likley how they used to use a Garderobe or privy chamber. No bath, not really a bathroom 😉
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
A wall one brick wide would fall over if it were straight. You have to go three or four bricks wide to make the wall stable. Or you can snakerail it. It's like how corrugated sheet metal is stronger than flat sheet metal.
Cee Cee 6 months ago
Crinkle-crankle walls are mostly found in Sussex and East Anglia. Building like this allows for stronger walls with curves acting as buttresses. So single brick width construction saved a lot of money at a time when bricks were heavily taxed.
rullyman 6 months ago
Each little curve zone creates a microclimate, so if you plant fruit trees in them on the side facing the sun, they'll survive frosts better
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Alex Kennedy 6 months ago
No no no, that *man* is Big Ben. No relation to the bell or the clock tower.
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PandaGoPanda 6 months ago
Actually this is the inside of St Stephen's Tower. Big Ben is the bell that chimes and is not even in this photo.
Tom Hardeveld 6 months ago
wrong. This is the clock of the Elizabeth Tower. Big ben is a bell inside the tower, not the tower itself
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UKDeek 6 months ago
If I'm not mistaken, this is at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK. Amazing place, with some really stunning exhibits.
Chewie Baron 6 months ago
Yeah, I’ve been there myself, it’s pretty cool.
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Ron Man 6 months ago
A long banana would be about the length of the silver ingots.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 6 months ago
Gold is really heavy, hence it sinks to the bottom of rivers and can be panned out as you can wash away the lighter sand/silt. Source: Dated a competition gold panner and got dragged to too many national/world championships. Competition pans are usually flat and ridged. Competitors are given a bucket of sand & gravel containing an unknown number (but same for all) between 8 & 12 tiny pieces of gold (think slightly smaller than a poppy seed). They can pan them out and get them into a phial and cap it in less than a minute. Time penalties for any missed.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago
I had no idea there were competitions! That's amazing! I live near a smallish theme park in California, USA (Knott's Berry Farm) and one of the "attractions" is a "pan for gold"-themed game. Next time I'm in the park I'll have to ask the workers if any of them have competed XD
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Joshua David 6 months ago
I can't help but to see the ghosts of the past having some of the best times of thier lives using that board. Kids probably loved it. Then i wonder why it was covered. Kids grew up? If only i knew these things.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Why cover that up with carpet? It's like closing the cheap vinyl blinds on the French Riviera.
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Ace 6 months ago
More likely just the different heat absorption/conductance of the two surfaces.
Load More Replies... JB 6 months ago
The result of one of two things: either the ground in between the bricks having a higher freezing point than the bricks or, there being just enough grass/plants in the cracks to have an air gap between it and the ground (likely on a day where it's 1°C, but snowing), so the snow on the bricks melts, but the snow in the cracks doesn't. Source: from Ontario, was paperboy, saw this a lot.
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Phantom Phoenix 6 months ago
If I was a gorilla's physiotherapist, I'd take every opportunity to do my job while the patient is unconscious
Load More Replies... Lowrider 56 6 months ago
Uhh, what are they doing to this gorillas c****h? They're paying a lot of attention to it! 😆
Lowrider 56 6 months ago (edited)
OMG!! Bored Panda actually censored the word crot'ch!!
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Lee Gilliland 6 months ago
That's Mena House, the King of Egypt's hunting lodge. Fantastic old place, when we were there in a group, some idiot tried to climb the Great Pyramid (too many people have been hurt or killed, so it's illegal now), so we wound up watching the fun and having a few drinks.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
I haven't been here, but I have driven past the golf course in Coober Pedy, central Australia. It doesn't really have grass though, which is good, water waste-wise.
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CF 6 months ago
I used to live in High Point, NC. That store entrance is actually the high point of High Point. Very boring and poor suburb of Greensboro.
Lowrider 56 6 months ago
I worked in a furniture factory in Durham, N.C. North Carolina is known for their furniture manufacturing.
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Lee Gilliland 6 months ago
That's at High Point, and is the biggest furniture maker in the US.
The Chronic Insomniac 6 months ago
Pretty sure that is in Tennessee. Either Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg.
Scott Rackley 6 months ago
Close. North Carolina. It does look like something you'd find in PF.
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Roni Stone 6 months ago
This is rather cruel. I assume this is only done during parades or pass in review.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
This is an old story that goes as far back as Mao and out of curiosity, I checked Snopes and yep they still do this in the 21st century.
Ron Man 6 months ago
Lots of incorrect comments here. Clearing it up: The military does not make the soldiers do this, the soldiers do this so they can remain at attention. It's a trick, their choice. The only thing the military does is make them stand at attention. If you know anything about world military, you'll know these type of tricks are common the world over.
Wild Cream 6 months ago (edited)
The soldiers don’t put them there themselves. This is “a corrective measure for soldiers whose postures aren't up to standards. Photos show their instructors holding threads as rifle guides, or sticking needles in soldiers’ shirt collars, pointed at their necks, to correct poor posture.” Let’s normalize looking things up before we try to correct others 😁 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/posture-pins-chinese-officers/
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Norm Gilmore 6 months ago
Can't reply to MoonDogg now as they have been down voted but the reality is quite different to what they believe... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/16/trump-biden-economy
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
I remember that and thinking "That could never happen here in the USA". Now in 2025 I'm not so sure.
Phantom Phoenix 6 months ago
Is it even possible to say "One hundred trillion dollars" without touching your pinkie finger to the edge of your lip?
David Paterson 6 months ago
Visited Zimbabwe. They're selling these notes to tourists now. Good way to make a dollar.
Slapdash1 6 months ago
From one of the most developed and richest countries in Africa to whatever sh!tshow it is now. Wonder what happen on the way lol
Bob hug 6 months ago
You're not allowed to ask questions like that here as the only correct answer on this site is its all Trumps fault.
Load More Replies... Phantom Phoenix 6 months ago
Homeless PEOPLE. They are people. People in need, often due to circumstances they didn't choose or control. If you're able to, give them a hand-up. Even just showing a little compassion, or seeing that they get a decent meal would demonstrate your decency. But making a mockery of their need just tells me that you're a cŭnt.
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WindySwede 6 months ago
Its artwork by Bihorel. https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20210702-sleeping-lady-mountain-debunked-digital-creation-not-drone-photo
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 6 months ago
No. Mount Susitna is shaped more like a lady lying on her back, and it actually exists.
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The Aquamen are a performance art duo from the Netherlands, known for their unique and often bizarre street performances. Their most iconic act involves wearing fishbowls on their heads, each containing live fish. The absurdity and surreal nature of the act draw attention from the public, turning ordinary spaces into stages for unexpected art performances.
The group tends to emphasize a sense of absurdity and strangeness in their performances, challenging traditional expectations of public space and art. Their work has been described as both whimsical and thought-provoking, using minimal props-like the fishbowls-to create surreal, sometimes unsettling, experiences. Through these performances, they encourage people to think about the environment, human interactions, and the often strange intersection of art and everyday life.
While the fishbowls have been a signature element, their work isn’t limited to just that. The Aquamen’s acts are designed to spark curiosity, wonder, and sometimes confusion, making passersby pause and question the meaning behind what they are seeing.
The group isn’t just focused on shock value; they often explore themes of human nature, vulnerability, and the absurdity of modern life, offering a form of performance that blends street theater with deeper social commentary.
Beak Hookage 6 months ago
So they're committing animal cruelty and calling it "art", like that creep who was going to crush a live pet rat to death with a brick live on stage. (The audience was outraged. They rushed the stage, beat him up, and Sniffy the rat was rescued).
G҉A҉C҉H҉A҉ A҉L҉E҉X҉ 6 months ago
Is there an article I can read about that? /gen (dont want to seem sartastic but thats interesting and sad)
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Panapp is a Japanese ice cream snack
by Glico, known for its playful yet eerie transformation. It starts with a cheerful smiley face on top, created using fruit or chocolate sauce injected into the ice cream. However, as you eat, the design distorts, often forming unsettling or horror-like shapes.
This unintentional effect has fascinated consumers, turning Panapp into a unique treat that surprises with every bite. While some find it amusing, others see it as mildly creepy. Despite this, its delicious flavors and fun presentation make it a beloved dessert in Japan, enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
Kristie Olmstead 6 months ago
It only turns into a creepy face if you carve it out that way with your spoon
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Melody 6 months ago
No they're not. I just checked with a dropper tool. The blue and red ones are actually closer than you'd think (like, the dropper is showing that they're basically the same color but the blue ones are grey? I don't know the words to explain this), but the green ones really are a completely different color.
Melody 6 months ago
I just found the original image. Looks like this one is just messed up because of poor image quality or something. In the original, yup, they really are all the same color: https://kottke.org/21/05/all-these-balls-are-the-same-color
T'Mar of Vulcan 6 months ago
I checked with the dropper, and they're definitely the same colour, just different shades.
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Madison Taylor 6 months ago
If you just zoom in (on the original image, not this one) you can easily tell they are all the same color. No "droppers" needed.
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