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From chicken nuggets to skittles, we love bite-sized things. So it’s no surprise that ‘bite-sized’ bits of information is also a pretty popular subgenre of infotainment. We enjoy ‘snacking’ on fun facts, stories, and other tidbits that tell us more about the world we live in. 

The Ask Me Knowledge Instagram account gathers the best fun, interesting and unexpected facts about the world. We also reached out to Emma Cahill, Ph.D., who is a lecturer in neuroscience at the University of Bristol. So get comfortable in your armchair (reportedly invented in the 1830s) and make sure to upvote the facts that surprised you. And if you want to learn more tidbits about our world, Bored Panda has got you covered, you can find our other articles here and here

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On his owner's return he discovered that his home and everything else on his property was completely destroyed. Except for Odin, who was there waiting for him — with all eight goats. A group of deer had gathered with Odin and the goats, Handel said, perhaps also taking advantage of the brave pooch's protection. The deer scattered when Handel approached. He believes the dog led the other animals to a clearing at the centre of a high outcropping of rocks to avoid contact with the flames.

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The idea of ‘fun facts’ is a lot older than the internet. Some readers may recall the ‘real facts’ Snapple would put on the bottom side of their bottle caps. These were short little factoids for people to read and were, for the most part, inaccurate. For example, one fact claimed that broccoli is the only vegetable that is simultaneously a flower, despite the fact that, for example, cauliflower (it’s in the name) is also a flower. 

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They also had the so often incorrectly repeated ‘fact’ that the average human will eat at least eight spiders during their lifetime (with, no doubt, Australians eating more). The Scientific American debunked this idea long ago, but it has somehow persisted with regular discussions on why spiders wander into our mouths. Even so, this demonstrates a good application of the knowledge that we really do like hearing some trivia, though I doubt anyone actually bought a bottle just for a fact.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For contrast, watch the over-the-top hysterical ads the Australian Government produced that same year (google "grim reaper aids ad")

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To recognize and honor dogs during Tihar, a garland of flowers is draped around the neck of every dog—pets, police canines, service animals, and strays alike. In addition to the flower necklace, each dog gets a red mark on its forehead called a tika, made from a red dye powder. The tika marks the dog as a sacred being (who is definitely allowed on the couch even with muddy paws). The tika also works as a way of letting dogs display their own appreciation as the mark serves as a blessing to anyone who encounters the dog during Tihar.

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This fascination also extends to other activities, including board games. ‘Trivial Pursuit,’ for example, where players compete against each other to recount, well, bits of relatively unimportant information. The game itself dates back to the 1980s and is still around today, which is unsurprising, seeing how much we humans value the ability to recall obscure sitcom characters and the birthplaces of various athletes.

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Cummings, who also voices Tigger, puts his character's fame to good use by lending his voice to the Make-a-Wish Foundation and calling sick children who are in hospital. Jim Cummings is the voice behind Winnie the Pooh, a children's character who's known around the world as a friendly and insightful yellow bear with a famous warm voice. He also recalled another instance where a young boy with autism asked him to do all the voices that he's done. Soon after, he found out from his mother during an emotional phone call that her son had not spoken much until that point, and he continued to speak for over an hour afterwards.

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This is surprising for many reasons. While of course dolphins are well known for being intelligent, this smart move by Kelly means that she has a sense of delayed gratification. She doesn't feel the need to rush to get a fish right away. She smartly knows that the future holds the possibility of a much greater amount of fish.⁠ 🍽️ Amazingly, this dolphin, hasn't stopped there with her brilliance. When a bird landed in the pool, Kelly snatched it and delivered it to her trainers. She received a large amount of fish in return. Knowing this, she decided to start hiding fish each time she was fed. She would then use the fish to lure birds when none of her trainers were around. Kelly knew that by saving one or two fish now, she could get many more fish later by turning in a bird. 

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‘Fun facts’ are actually just a positive, PR spin on a run-of-the-mill factoid. As inhabitants of the information age, we really can access a whole plethora of information at the tips of our fingers, indeed, we have so much information that it’s easy to get lost. Hence terms like ‘factoid,’ designate data that really isn't that important or may not even be entirely accurate. If you want to have a fun fact about factoids, some style guides suggest the infinitely cute ‘factlet’ as a better alternative. You be the judge.

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It took 150 minutes for him to recite the full list of names because he only memorized one name per verse and had to recite each verse in full in order to properly remember the next name

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The three-point seatbelt is so widely adopted because Volvo opened up the patent so that any car manufacturer could use it in their design. They decided that the invention was so significant, it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from. Volvo’s managing director Alan Dessell is quoted as saying: “The decision to release the three-point seat belt patent was visionary and in line with Volvo’s guiding principle of safety.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Open source information should always be available for ethical concerns.....the most good that can be done for the most people. Preservation of life surely fits this and kudos to Volvo for not putting profit before safety...a rarity even in this day and age of a H&S governed industrial world

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As their bond strengthened over the years, Chito (the local fisherman) and Pocho grew to trust each other so completely that they spent hours each day swimming and playing together. Remarkably, Pocho the crocodile was gentle and patient with his human companion and would even respond to his name when called. Thousands of tourists, scientists and animal behavior experts came to see Chito and Pocho having fun.⁠ After many years of friendship, Pocho the crocodile died of natural causes last year at the age of 50. Hundreds of people attended his funeral. Chito was naturally devastated by Pocho's death, but continues to share his friend's story to raise awareness about just how special crocodiles are.⁠ The story of Chito and Pocho shows that even crocodiles can appreciate an act of kindness.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kindness knows no bounds.... especially amazing in this case when considering the predatory response of the reptilian brain!

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If you are particularly skilled at trivia, then consider trying your hand, or brain, at the world’s largest trivia contest, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Some years, there are over ten thousand participants, all trying to showcase their knowledge of things that take about two seconds to Google. Speaking of which, since they can’t really referee a town’s worth of people, the organizers choose to instead phrase questions in such a way as to limit a potential cheater's ability to ask Google or, God forbid, Bing.

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It is located in a park in front of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and was completed on July 1, 2013, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of the founding of the city. The monument commemorates the sacrifice of the mice in genetic research used to understand biological and physiological mechanisms for developing new drugs and curing of diseases. The monument, which sits on a granite pedestal, is of a laboratory mouse wearing pince-nez on the tip of its nose. The mouse holds knitting needles in its paws and is shown knitting a double helix of DNA. The bronze figure is itself only 70 cm (27½”) high, but the total height of the monument including the pedestal is 2.5 meters (98"). The DNA spiral emerging from the knitting needles winds to the left, thus showing that it is the still poorly understood Z-DNA - this symbolic of scientific research that is still to be done. In contrast, the more common B-DNA (depicted in school lessons) winds to the right.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They have not sacrificed their lives. Humans did. As much as I want to love this, I can't. I will probably get downvoted but I think in this day and age we can conduct research without experimenting on the poor helpless creatures.

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The marathon CPR went on for 96 minutes. First responders shocked Snitzer's heart 12 times, and they administered intravenous dru_gs. When they finally had a pulse and a regular heart beat a, Snitzer was airlifted to the Mayo Clinic. After 10 days, he was released from the hospital -- miraculously healthy, and incredibly grateful. "My heart wasn't pumping anything, so the only thing that was pumping my blood was those guys doing CPR," he said. "I think it's the quality of the person," he said. "We're in small-town America, hard-working people. I happened to have a king-size heart attack in the right place and the right time, and these guys would not give up." He came to thank his neighbors -- no longer strangers. People who simply would not quit when he needed them most. "I feel like I have a responsibility to them to live the best life possible and honor the effort they made," Snitzer said. ~ As per reports.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is amazing. Chances of surviving a heart attack outside of a hospital or without immediate medical attention (beyond CPR/mouth to mouth) are very small.

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Should you decide to try, you should prepare by memorizing as much data about a specific topic as possible. For best results, make sure you communicate what you are planning to focus on with your team, so you all don’t end up sharing perfect knowledge of the original cast of M*A*S*H and little else. A common memorization device is a mnemonic, where a person attempts to ‘match’ data with information that can help recall it. Acronyms are a great method. 

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The medal was later sold in 2013 at auction for £1,100. The 1941 Blue Cross medal was found in a property clearance in Bristol along with a painting of Great Dane Juliana. A plaque on it describes how the dog put out an incendiary bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe on her owner's home. Mr Taubenheim, of Wotton Auction Rooms, in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, said it was a "remarkable story". He said the medal had been found at a property which had belonged to a relative of Juliana's owner.

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We wanted to know if a person can develop their ability to retain information and if is it possible to improve their attention span and Emma Cahill, Ph.D. was gracious enough to help. "We can retain more information for longer if we try to make links across ideas. This is called “Elaboration”, where we make multiple associations between things that you want to memorize. Our attention span depends on a lot of factors, including how we are feeling at the time, the most robust approach is probably to remove distractors rather than trying to increase focus. Put the phone away!"

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Ross painted an estimated 30,000 paintings during his lifetime. Despite the unusually high supply of original paintings, Bob Ross original paintings are scarce on the art market, with sale prices of the paintings averaging in the thousands of dollars and frequently topping $10,000. The major auction houses have never sold any of Ross's paintings, and Bob Ross Inc. continues to own many of the ones he painted for The Joy of Painting, as Ross himself was opposed to having his work turned into financial instruments. In contrast to more traditionally famous artists, Ross's work—described by an art appraisal service as a cross between "fine art" and "entertainment memorabilia"—is most highly sought after by common fans of The Joy of Painting, as opposed to wealthy collectors. The artwork circulating among collectors is largely from Ross's work from before he launched the television show.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't buy Bob Ross memorabilia. Watch the Netflix documentary on Bob Ross. He was just as wholesome and awesome in real life, but the Kowalskis who own Bob Ross's name now are thieves and screwed over Bob Ross's son who doesn't get a dime from sales of Bob Ross memorabilia.

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John Cena had long ago turned "Never give up" from his wrestling catchphrase into a motto for sick children who have to fight daily more than the WWE superstar ever has inside the ring. "I want them to have an experience that will stay with them to forever," Cena said. "I don't ever want the children or their families to be treated in a way where they feel as if they're up against anything at all."

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"Where the Wild Things Are" is a classic in the world of children’s picture books, with the titular “things” becoming beloved (if at times scary) storybook characters. But those characters weren’t originally going to be so-called “things.”  In another funny twist that Sendak acknowledged was somewhat rude, the things in the story were based on his relatives. While sitting shiva (a Jewish tradition of mourning), Sendak and his siblings saw many of their aunts, uncles and cousins, who inspired the monster-like characters.  “I remember our relatives used to come from the old country, those few who got in before the gate closed, all on my mother’s side. And how we detested them,” Sendak told Moyers. “The cruelty that children ... you know, kids are hard. And these people didn’t speak English. And they were unkempt. Their teeth were horrifying ... hair unraveling out of their noses. And they’d pick you up, hug you and kiss you [and say], ‘Aggghh. Oh, we could eat you up.’” Sendak included the phrase, “We’ll eat you up, we love you so,” in his book, which was first published in 1963 and inspired a movie version released in 2009, as a nod to his family, whom he learned to appreciate in his later years.  “And when I remember [my relatives], the discussion with my brother and sister, how we laughed about these people who we of course grew up to love very much, I decided to render them as the wild things, my aunts and my uncles and my cousins,” he said. “And that’s who they are.”

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I knew about the title originally planned, but the extra information is really interesting

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She also spoke about bits of information that we tend to remember more easily than others. "Being accurate at remembering is really pretty tricky because memory is a reconstructive process. Some types of memory like are prone to interference by information that comes shortly afterward, like how it is difficult to remember a numerical code when a few are presented in a short space of time, that relies on short-term memory. People can be better at remembering certain types of information because they have practiced techniques in how to encode the information in a richer way by using associations or thinking of memory triggers. "

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Inmates in federal prisons holding some of Brazil’s most notorious criminals are able to read up to 12 works of literature, philosophy, science or classics to trim a maximum 48 days off their sentence each year, the government announced. Prisoners will have up to four weeks to read each book and write an essay which must “make correct use of paragraphs, be free of corrections, use margins and legible joined-up writing,” said the notice published on Monday in the official gazette. A special panel will decide which inmates are eligible to participate in the program dubbed “Redemption through Reading”. “A person can leave prison more enlightened and with an enlarged vision of the world,” said a lawyer, who heads a book donation project for prisons.

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The young owls resting on a tree branch don’t fall off, thanks to the strength of their back toe called the hallux. The hallux tethers the creature to the branch and it won’t move until the owlet bends its leg. Adult owls are able to support the weight of their heads as they gain strength after a few months. But younger owls struggle to do so and have to lie down while napping.
 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a whole mood right there....I can relate to be fair!

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On second place, the joint-second fastest athlete American sprinter Tyson, has served two do_ping bans and was stripped off his 2012 Olympics silver. Jamaica's Usain Bolt holds the record for the three fastest 100m sprints in history.
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Additional Information: Usain St Leo Bolt, OJ, CD is a Jamaican former sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Finishing the 100m in under 10 seconds is an exceptional physical and psychological achievement that only 124 men have accomplished. For historical context, the first 100m Olympic gold medal winner finished the sprint in 12 seconds. In total Bolt has broken the 10-second barrier 49 times during his career, earning him six gold medals in world championships and Olympics. Bolt holds nine out of the 30 fastest 100m times and is the only athlete on that leaderboard to have never failed a dr_ug test. It is not only his 100m feats that set him apart, however. In a world of ever-improving performances and otherwise short-lived triumphs, “Lightning” Bolt has also set and continually defended the world record in the 200m, a discipline he has excelled in since his youth.

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"There are many distractors in everyday life, open tabs on the computer, the bleep of a phone, advertisements, doom scrolling and click bate headlines. These tend to be designed with noises or stimuli that are ‘salient’ and sensational, and so attention-grabbing. How prone we are to fall for their temptation is probably a combination of how we are feeling and whether you have learned what you want to ignore. Thankfully we can become desensitized to many of those stimuli, so we are not just doomed to react under their control," she clarified when we asked what modern factors of life impede our attention span.

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Back in 2011, Roman Ostriakov, a homeless man from Ukraine living in Genova, was convicted for theft after he stole cheese and sausages amounting to €4 from a supermarket. A customer had seen Ostriakov put two pieces of cheese and a packet of sausages in his pocket and only pay for breadsticks at the cashier. He was subsequently sentenced to six months in jail and a €100 fine in 2015. The case went through three rulings in court before it was rejected in May 2016 in a historic ruling citing that the ‘right to survival prevails over property.’ It cited the importance of maintaining a shared humanity and that no one should be allowed to starve in a civilized society.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It shouldn't be a crime anywhere. This should happen in a civilized society - looking at us US. Edit: not happen. Sorry about the ttypo

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Morgan Freeman in an interview said:⁠ "I always wanted an earring. It has to do with my attachment to the sea. When I was around 35 I was separated from my wife and she said, 'I'm going to pierce your ear.' I'm an avid sailor, a dyed-in-the-wool blue-water man. You know why sailors used to wear a gold earring? It's enough money to bury you in a foreign country. There are two or three tricks to being a good sailor. One is courage. You have to be willing to face the sea. And the rest is just knowledge – you can learn a lot by listening to other sailors about how to survive almost unsurvivable situations."⁠ "I've been in dangerous storms. There comes a moment when you think you may not get through, and in that moment there's a peacefulness that settles over you and you're no longer afraid. That's also the moment when you have to say, "I'm going to face this demon. I'm going to stand up and I'm going to do what I have to do. Not just by lying down and letting the sea wash over me, but by fighting it."

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Typical ending in many tales is ‘Bad criminal/animal was punished by local government official. {And men and women lived happily}/{Ghost with grudge never came because her grudge was vanished.}’....The Korean mode of storytelling began with either "Once upon a time back when tigers used to smoke," "Once upon a time when tigers smoked pipes," "A long, time ago when tigers were smoking," or "Once upon a time when tigers were smoking.”
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That intro to a story does sound odd to those of us who are used to "Once upon a time. "A long time ago, before the 17th century, tobacco was touted as a medicinal product in Korea, and smoking tobacco was something most could afford to do. Alas, in the 17th century, tobacco became a luxury item, and only aristocrats were allowed to smoke tobacco. Peasants used to watch the well-to-do enjoy their smoking of tobacco, and the peasants would lament, "We miss the days when even the tigers were smoking." Back when tigers used to smoke," would not be acceptable these days.

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Cats have been carried on ships for many reasons, most importantly to control rodents. Vermin aboard a ship can cause damage to ropes, woodwork, and more recently, electrical wiring. In addition, rodents threaten ships' stores, devour crews' foodstuff, and can cause economic damage to ships' cargo, such as grain. They are also a source of disease, which is dangerous for ships that are at sea for long periods of time. Rat fleas are carriers of plague, and rats on ships were believed to be a primary vector of the Black Death.

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She did so to hide any privacy complaints. She had affairs with married men (as per sources) and waited for her husband and others to die before publication of her autobiography.

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Horses are smart like that... Back in the early 1900s, when a local person (let's assume) used to get so drunk at the bar that he would subconsciously pass out there, the other local drinkers would put him in his buggy and slap his horse on the butt to send it off home. The horse knew the way and would carry the drunk man back to his house every time.

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Milk-cart horses used to know their routes so well that sometimes the milkman could let it do the route without him, if he was sick.

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In modern fairy tales, wolves are often depicted as cunning animals and described as evil animals. But they are not just the most loyal animal in the world but one of the most loyal animals to humans.  In fact, they have a family life that may be more than human relations.⁠ In general, a group of wolves will contain a male wolf, a female wolf, their children, and be repeated, which is very similar to the family in humans. This makes wolves loyal animals and one of the most faithful animals not just to their partner but to their group and family.

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If someone unironically refers to themself as a wolf to seem terrifying, I’m going to send them this

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Rottnest Island is the only place quokkas still come together in large numbers: There are as many as 12,000 of them there, of fewer than 14,000 total in the wild—down from probably many tens of thousands in their heyday. When they're not posing for the camera, they usually spend their days sleeping and resting under shady bushes or dense vegetation or munching on grass, leaves, seeds, and roots. But, judging from the photos, these charming creatures don't seem to mind taking time out of their busy schedules to interact with tourists, either. In fact, they look rather elated! Thanks to its adorable expression, the quokka is known as the “happiest animal on earth.”

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If a mama quokka ever feels threatened, she throws her baby at the source of the threat and runs away!

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The book claims to "reveal the most comprehensive understanding of men's knowledge and understanding of the opposite s € x." The book has a rating of 4.3 out of 5 on Amazon's book discovery platform Goodreads. Empty books or blank books are novelty books whose title indicates that they treat some serious subject, but whose pages have been left intentionally blank. A number of such titles have been published as attempts at satire or polemic, to some commercial success. The joke is that "nothing" is the answer to whatever the title of the book asserts. In 2017, The Guardian commented that the trend of publishing political empty books had led to "the noble art of political parody [descending] into a one-joke turn that avoids words".

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In 2003, after mentioning this desire in an interview, a friend of his who owns a mall with a supermarket closed it all down for a day to grant him his wish. To give it a feeling of authenticity, Michael's staff, family, and friends populated the grocery store. Some dressed up like the store's staff, others like shoppers. Even the muzak was customized for his experience. Then, the King of Pop put on a single yellow latex glove and pushed his cart up and down the aisles. He played around a lot in the store and likened the experience to being at Disneyland, because as he says, "I got to do something I don't normally get to do." I'm not sure he got an authentic grocery shopping experience but it is fascinating, if not heartbreaking, to watch him try.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find this really sad actually....so detached from the real world, is it any wonder the man had mental health issues. I'm not passing comment on the criminal allegations, just his state of mental stability

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After running late to class, George Dantzig copied down two problems he thought were homework and solved them. Those two problems were in fact two famous unsolved problems of statistics, which later earned him his doctorate. One day In 1939, George Bernard Dantzig, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, arrived late for a graduate-level statistics class and found two problems written on the board. Not knowing they were examples of “unsolved” statistics problems, he mistook them for part of a homework assignment, jotted them down, and solved them. (The equations Dantzig tackled are more accurately described not as unsolvable problems, but rather as unproven statistical theorems for which he worked out proofs.) Six weeks later, Dantzig’s statistic professor notified him that he had prepared one of his two “homework” proofs for publication, and Dantzig was given co-author credit on another paper several years later when another mathematician independently worked out the same solution to the second problem.

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In high school geometry 1967-68, we were taught that it was impossible to trisect an angle using only a compass and straight edge. To this day, that haunts me; I am unable to accept it as truth.

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According to a sheriff office in Salem, Oregon, deputies have heard a man “calling for help from inside the residence” when they arrived at the scene. Upon entering the home, they've found Alexander, the pizza lover, who reportedly suffers from severe health issues, in “need of immediate medical attention.”⁠ Alexander was whisked to the hospital, where he was then recovering there.⁠ The sheriff's office expressed their gratitude to delivery driver Tracey Hamblen, who saved Alexander's life, “for his quick actions and willingness to take time out of his day to care for others.”⁠ The Domino's crew was widely praised on social media for their life-saving actions. Sarah Fuller, the general manager at a Salem-area Domino’s, however, insisted that the team was just doing their job.⁠ “Alexander is just an important customer that’s part of our family here at Domino’s. He orders all the time so we know him. I think we were just doing our job checking in on someone we know who orders a lot. We felt like we needed to do something,” she told back in 2016.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps his medical emergency had to do with eating pizza daily for 7 years

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is nothing to infer this. All that reports say is that he had known medical issues and that he had fallen - he was conscious and aware as he called for help. They didn't release what his medical emergency was to prevent people speculating that which they don't know.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop this. You guys don’t know…he could have been ordering a personal size pizza with veggie toppings that was his only meal for the day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nutritionists can and will tell you that a pizza can be a well balanced meal. I don't like them - dry pastry dough chokes me - so I can't confirm this but I have read it many times. I hope Alexander is doing well and bravo to the pizza people. 👍

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something similar happened at my husbands old job. The detailer hadn't called or shown up for work in a few days. Since my husband had driven him home a few times they asked him to swing by his house to check on him. He had had a stroke and had been trapped unable to move for 3 days. Husband had to break in to get to him

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Saved him but I bet they continue to help him shovel pizza into his mouth - which I'm sure having a pizza EVERY day for years has nothing to do with those same health issues. This is not inspiring in any way. Not a feel-good story.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A daily Domino's is going to make anyone have a medical emergency. Poor guy, but well done team!

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John McCue first became inspired to patch up some of the road hazards in Stellarton, Nova Scotia after he and his mother drove over a particularly nasty pothole. “There was one story a couple of weeks ago where a car was driving through and it nailed one of the biggest potholes here and it ripped the axle right off the car,” McCue told CBC. Rather than waiting for the city government to fix the pavement, McCue grabbed a snow shovel and started shifting gravel and road fill from the roadside ditches and moving it into the potholes. Now that passing traffic has packed the filling into the holes, McCue said that the road is significantly better than when he started. That being said, local police officers had warned McCue that if he did not stop his mission, then he would be charged.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if he benefits the citizens he can't do that anymore? Selfish officers.

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The 1988 movie comedy A Fish Called Wanda features a scene where actor Michael Palin gets some French fries stuffed up his nose. A person named Ole Bentzen found the scene so sidesplittingly funny for almost 25 minutes that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250-500 beats per minute, leading to a heart attack as he laughed his way into the afterlife.

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Due to the common association of the label with cheap, low-quality, and often dangerous products, the phrase "Made in China" is often used in a pejorative manner to refer to any low-quality products regardless of origin

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt all "Made in China" stickers are made in Korea. Any time someone says "all" it is usually false.

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The adaptation of several anatomical and biochemical mechanisms to establish an immune privileged microenvironment within the eye makes the eye immunologically unique. It is a tissue site where we may learn how immunity is regulated in inflammation and at rest. Certain sites of the mammalian body have immune privilege, meaning they are able to tolerate the introduction of antigens without eliciting an inflammatory immune response. Tissue grafts are normally recognised as foreign antigen by the body and attacked by the immune system. On such problem is autoimmune retinopathy, which is “usually manifested as a vascular problem” . This means that the immune system attacks and inflames the blood vessels in the back of the eye, on the retina, which can affect vision.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's scary to consider how your body could turn against itself and destroy itself in the process

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