50 Random Facts That Seem Too Hard To Believe Yet Are Completely True, As Shared On This Encyclopedic Instagram Account
If we allow our curiosity to roam around freely, it can take us to interesting places, both in real life and online. Like the Instagram account 'Facts And Science.'
Just like the famous subreddit 'Today I Learned,' it doesn't limit itself to just one subject and revolves around a vast specter of themes, ranging from human behavior and popular culture to the animal kingdom and beyond.
Being huge fans of trivia, we at Bored Panda decided to go through the account and hand-pick our favorite posts. After all, if 381K people follow it, the content has to be worth it, right?
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Exactly how it should be done everywhere. If a fine is meant to be a deterrent make it an equal one. Won't ever happen here tho because it would need to be passed by people who earn alot of money.
Load More Replies...Rich people consider fines the "price" of doing something - where as its the difference between a lower-income person eating or not for the week..... this scaling of fines against incomes is very smart - well done Finland.
I agree! The way it is in my country (and many others, I’m sure) crime is something the rich can ‘afford’ to do and don’t have a major problem with.
Load More Replies...thats the best way to do it , rich folk think a parking fine is just like pay and display
A parking fine in Finland is always gonna be the same for everyone. It's the speeding ticket this applies to here
Load More Replies...It will never happen in the US because the people who make the laws rely on the wealthy to fund their campaigns.
Um, that's a f****d up law. However I'm happy this little girl now has a loving father.
Yes it is a f****d up law, though it does open up opportunities for such children to find loving homes. A person’s orientation has little to no bearing on whether they’ll be a good parent (putting aside certain more extreme fetishes, of course, which are mostly practiced by straight people anyway). Children have been adopted by LGBTQ couples for decades now, and the majority have turned out just fine (the minority may have other contributing issues caused by or inherited from their biological parents). Luca is obviously a wonderful father, because he and his daughter look so incredibly happy together. He’s much better at parenting than a slew of straight married couples could ever be, and definitely no worse than the best straight married couples are. I say open up adoptions to ALL qualified people, regardless of insignificant factors such as sexual orientation, and we could have every child in a stable loving home in no time. Hell, we’ll HAVE to do this if we can’t get the recent SCOTUS b******t straightened out and birth rates end up skyrocketing.
Load More Replies...What exactly is Italy's "policy" on this based on? Please explain this to me, because it sounds like "A disabled child is worth less, so give it to a gay man" ???
It sounds like that because that is exactly what it is. Such a repulsive, backwards mindset. Give who they consider "undesirable parents" all the "undesirable children". So gross.
Load More Replies...This policy is insulting to both the parents and the children. There are good people out there who adopt children with illnesses... but it doesn't have to feel like an obligation or getting the "worse" option by default. Such an adoption is a tough choice... and a great commitment as well.
That little girl is lucky, too - perhaps even luckier. I do agree, though, that Italy's policy is disgusting.
Load More Replies...That's a very sweet story and now they both have true happiness! Crazy law about Italy though... I've been here for a year now, and always learning new interesting things about Italy!
This is just b******t. I mean, totally sweet story with a happy ending, but bc he's gay he can only adopt "certain" children?? Jeezus
Italy does not allow single parents to adopt, and he was only allowed to adopt because this girl was disabled, passed over for adoption and he WANTED her, and made a special case.
Load More Replies...The fact that he could only adopt a kid with a disability/ an illness/ behaviour problems is fucced up
Italy does not allow single parents to adopt, and he was only allowed to adopt because this girl was disabled, passed over fir adoption and he WANTED her, and made a special case.
Load More Replies...I can confirm that she's with the most loving family! Luca is an amazing father, and she has a great extended family.
Going through obscure facts isn't just temporary fun. Turns out, it's also good for our mental health. For example, experts say that playing trivia games can provide a dopamine rush much like gambling, but without the negative effects.
Even if our trivia games differ, the benefits are there. Whether we're playing Trivial Pursuit at home or attending a pub trivia night, the basic premise remains the same: we experience the thrill of providing correct answers to questions about lesser-known facts.
"81 came back" - the story of an army that never lost a single battle
Load More Replies...If that picture is Liechtenstein, then damn, I want to live there too.
That is Vaduz castle, which is the current residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. The country is so small, but you are right, I'd love to live there, too. I drove through and it was breathtaking. Plus, tons of walking and hiking trails, very pedestrian friendly!
Load More Replies...They came back with Sir Ulrich who was away at the jousting tournaments LOL
There was a real knight of that name who jousted in drag..
Load More Replies...I did some research. The castle is Vaduz castle. Also you can rent Liechtenstein. No cap
I am sorry to have to debunk that. According to a reputable swiss newspaper which wrote an extended article about it, the 81st man was an Austrian officer, who accompanied the others after they were sent to Italy to help Austria at Bormio. It happened in 1866, BTW. After this, Liechtenstein disbanded his military. The last veteran died in 1939. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/werdenberg-obertoggenburg/historisch-80-mann-rueckten-aus-81-kehrten-heim-ld.1006342
Amazing woman. One of my absolute favorites. She and Mr Rogers can do NO WRONG.
Load More Replies...Meanwhile those holier than thou take tithes from the poor to power their personal airplanes and mansions. How deluded the followers must be to think that their leaders emulate Christ better than this woman, who gave so much so that the outcasts could have some dignity even when their own families rejected them.
There are only a few people like this in the world. we should respect that they are here and respect that which they have done for us all.
"You get a rush or a neuroreward signal or a dopamine burst from winning,” John Kounios, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the doctoral program in applied cognitive and brain sciences at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, told Healthline. “I think whenever you’re challenged with a trivia question and you happen to know it, you get a rush. It’s sort of like gambling.”
I’m 61, and want to tell all my old fart boomer cohorts to read this then tell me young people are lazy and stupid, and never going to amount to anything. Because that’s what the older generations said about us when we were their age, and look at the advancements our generation made since then—-but don’t forget all our mistakes, because we were not perfect, believe me. Thing is though, we all vowed not to be anything like our parents, yet here you are acting like crusty old assholes, exactly like they did. Now go and have a real deep think on what I just said. If it doesn’t change your mind, continue being an a*****e and find yourself replaced by one of these kids just before your retirement fund matures. If it does change your mind, then step TF up and give a struggling recent graduate a job—-but it has to be a genuine pre-recession, pre-Reagan era-type entry level job, with good training, decent pay, and great work-life balance.
Kathryn, you seem totally badass. I’m a millennial and I know that generation z gets a lot of c**p from us and the Boomer generation for “being social media obsessed”, aesthetic obsessed, having short attention spans, and are unable to hold a conversation. I really loathe these stereotypes as I was at a women’s rights protest this weekend and saw so many amazing young people from generation z standing up for a better world, fostering change, and organizing events at their secondary schools.
Load More Replies...Why don't we have this everywhere? Right...I'll cut into the profits made by the mass producers.
I need to find out more about this. Different plastics don't tend to agree with each other in 3D printing, so you tend to keep your ABS and your PLA very separate for instance.
I miss Freddie. What a shame the medical advancements we have now didn’t exist in the 90s
Because the US politicians spent at least A DECADE ignoring an illness ripping through their population because they thought it was good that it was killing gays.
Load More Replies...Why would someone buy a ticket to a queen concert and then insult the band?
Typical bully behavior. Once confronted, often they will become the weak ones .
Easy to be brash when you're anonymous in a crowd. Not so easy when EVERYONE is watching, hmm Darling?
I’ve heard this several times, and I really hope it’s true. But I have never read of it on anything other that general knowledge posts. I have never seen any actual source material for it.
It is true, there are several articles stating that and the source is his son that witnessed it
Load More Replies...Aww❤️❤️❤️... . Such a contrast to that lady who was killed by an elephant then got trampled again by said elephant during het funeral
Don’t F*ck with elephants. I read this too and instantly disliked this woman I’d never met…
Load More Replies...My son received a kidney from a donor who left this world. Please donate. You will save a life
PANDAS: If you are Canadian, it only takes a few moments here and it’s completely online: https://beadonor.ca/
Load More Replies...I am a transplant survivor and I endorse this man. (Also I wouldn’t mind the Bentley, but maintenance would kill my budget)
Yes! Opt-out programs tend to work a lot better than opt-in :) if everyone’s already signed up, a lot more people stay involved than if they have to go out of their way to sign up.
Load More Replies...He's Chiquinho Scarpa, a known millionaire and bon vivant from Brazil.
It should always be a choice. Not everyone has to understand what people choose, but there is something to be said about respecting the dead.
Sure it should be a choice. But it's still a choice if you are asked to opt out vs opt in.
Load More Replies...I just didn't understand this outside of religious reasons. You're not alive anymore give someone your organs so they can live.
Kounios said the benefits can also be similar to those of playing a video game.
However, unlike gambling and even video games, Kounios said trivia is generally not a problematic habit.
“I don’t think there are any pitfalls,” he said. “Like anything else that’s fun, it takes up time.”
His little face just made my morning. I'm going to go squeeze my good puppy right this instant.
Give your puppy an additional squeeze from me pleeze
Load More Replies...Awww, hims looks so proud with his badge in that first picture. Good boi!
This is happening more and more here in Brazil and it's, imo, the best way to get clients to come back. There's a store here that had an itty bitty black cat on a leash long enough so he could get to the porch, but not get to the sidewalk or the street. The guy tried to show me his merchandise a bunch of times, but I was too entertained kneeling on the floor playing with the kitty. He's not illegally smol anymore, it's a big teenager kitty, with a little tag on his harness that says "Intern", and whenever I need something the store carries I go there to buy, with time to spare, because he's adorable and the best sales intern ever.
I would buy a car from him in a heartbeat! Look at that honest little face!
When I see pictures of cool dogs and their stories.it just makes me want to love on my (dog) big thumper (one of his nick names)he means more to me then 80% of humans I know
Why? I’m genuinely interested because I read it and found it a bit boring.
Load More Replies...Which was then banned by right leaning idiots, thereby proving just how important of a literary work it is.
We can tell by your username! Love that book.
Load More Replies...Imagine how many great books we'd get if we had Universal Basic Income
I liked this book. It wasn't on my school's reading list but it should be. I know there's been a lot of talk about whether or not it's appropriate for kids or how it makes some uncomfortable and good! It should! It forces people to confront social norms that shouldn't be considered normal.
Good people her friends. That's something worth an enormous treasure. The gesture that created a legend. POWERFUL
Famously goes back a long way in the German military tradition- for officers at least- right back to the Austro-Prussian war in the 1860s when supposedly a Prussian officer defended himself from reprimand by arguing that he was simply "following orders". His commander, Prince Frederick Charles, reportedly replied: “His Majesty made you a Major because he believed you would know when not to obey his orders.”
This has more to do with WWII and the non-existing concept of "Befehlsnotstand", than with the Prussian army. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befehlsnotstand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_obedience_in_the_Bundeswehr
Load More Replies...Soldiers in most countries are Required to disobey Illegal orders.
The thing is that it is not about illegal orders, but about morally wrong orders.
Load More Replies...Israeli soldiers are also allowed and even expected to disobey a blatantly/obviously (tough translation) order.
Really? That would pretty much rule out anything they do in the Occupied Territories.
Load More Replies...Soldiers from every army are supposed to be allowed to disobey any order that violates the Geneva Convention.
yes, it's international law. I was surpised it was here. It's not a German thing.
Load More Replies...This should be worldwide. “Just obeying orders” didn’t work for the Nazis at Nuremberg, didn’t work for Lt Calley at My Lai, and doesn’t work anytime the order is unethical and would violate human dignity. Anyone old enough to be in the military should be old enough to realize what’s right and what’s wrong. If they can’t differentiate between right and wrong, they don’t need to be in the military, they need to be in very intensive therapy or a mental hospital.
This was one of the reasons that Nazi soldiers were held responsible for individual actions. In fact, there is no verified case in which a German soldier was killed for refusing an order related to murder. That was also why the Nazis used SS forces for their mass murders, since these soldiers were fanatically loyal to the Nazi Party and had zero compunctions about smashing baby's heads against a wall, or marching thousands of people into the forest at once and gunning them all down, before going off for a beer or two.
Sorry that's something of a myth. The German army soldiers were involved in virtually every massacre going. The idea that there was this "professional" Wehrmacht frowning at all the dirty deeds of the SS has been debunked over the last 20 years. Look at the Eastern Front in particular where operation Barbarossa was called "the holocaust by bullets" German Staff Officers and enlisted soldiers were perfectly happy with killing non-combatants
Load More Replies...This is not particularly unusual. The same can be said of almost any army or armed service, you have the right to refuse to obey any order that might be considered unreasonable.
He'll be on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life, with restrictions.
Load More Replies...Friend of mine was supposed to get married years ago and a few weeks before wedding she used her fiance's laptop for something , I can't remember what but she found child exploitation pictures and went straight to the guards (Irish police) . I never actually got a follow up to see what happened the fella but since it's Ireland he probably got a slap on the wrist.
That poor woman. But strong of her to turn him in.
Load More Replies...Why didn't they sentence the creep to be in a room alone with the robbers for 12 months? Isn't that also a community service?
Why? the robbers redeemed themselves. The threat of prison should be a deterrent, prison itself a way for the community to be safe while the perpetrator is punished and has time to understand, have remorse and return to society as an active contributing member. The thieves proved they are capable of being part of society.
Load More Replies...I never knew England (GB?) has this kind of list. I thought only the US does. We do not have one (Germany).
I am curious about this. Does it bother people they dont have a way of knowing if someone has been convicted of sexual abuse/assault? Are the penalties harsh for tgis kind of thing? I never really thought about other countries not having this list.
Load More Replies...A librarian from California, Sarah Kishler, loves trivia games and enjoys attending a monthly pub trivia night in which a team of librarians participates.
"Learning facts so that I can get better at trivia is definitely a passion of mine," she told Healthline. "Getting a question right is definitely very satisfying to me."
Symbiosis..... Working together for the good of both species here... Nature is fabulous
I love this one. It's like a Disney movie from the sixties. I can almost picture the wolves and the crows hopping along, singing to a jaunty little tune, surrounded by butterflies and other woodland creatures, as they skip through the forest to gorge themselves on the fetid rotting corpse of a maggot-infested deer. Beautiful. (I do actually like this fact, I just got carried away a bit).
Animals are far more than the merely animate automatons many people are taught to believe. They are sentient beings.
I wouldn't be at all surprised; wolves and crows are gregarious critters. Man is the outlier.
I'm not sure about this. It seems that everyone relied on Robin to make them laugh and lift their mood, but who was there for him?
If Robin Williams was still alive, and decided he didn’t want to make movies, be on TV, or do the comedy club circuit anymore, he could’ve started a new career as a laughter doctor, visiting patients at any stage of their conditions who had lost hope, and cheering them up so much they’d jump right back into their treatments and either get better, recover, or die peacefully (and probably laughing). He had that knack. Had he not been a comedian, and chosen to study medicine, he would’ve been a very successful and much sought after doctor with a high patient recovery rate.
Just like in the movie he starred in, " Patch Adams"
Load More Replies...the broken always know how to fix others but sadly not them selves , he was an awesome person
Sadly they didn't know what to fix. He had been misdiagnosed with Parkinson's disease in part because we have no test for what was destroying his mind. Lewy body disease is only diagnosed post mortem during an autopsy.
Load More Replies...Robin Williams did a similar thing for Chrisopher Reeve when Reeve was paralyzed in a horse riding accident. Williams broke him out of his depression by forcing him to laugh.
Robin was amazing... battling his own demons while helping others battle theirs.
It is sad that a man that brought joy to so many was fatally depressed.
And, ironically, no one is teaching morse code anymore, so if you *are* smart enough to pull off something like this, the people you're TRYING to send a message to, will never receive it.
My uncle was a Vietnam POW too, 12 years I think he was beaten daily but he never admitted he was a special ops pilot just kept saying he was a civilian pilot. He returned a silent, but unbroken man… Rest In Peace.
Thank you for his service and sacrifice. May he rest in peace with God! ❤️🙏
Load More Replies...I read a really good book about this guy! I can't remember the author but it was called "Captured."
https://youtu.be/rufnWLVQcKg heres the video if anyone wanted to see it, its incredible how he managed this while coherently answering questions
Very brave man! Thank you for your service and sacrifice! God Bless you! 🙏❤️
You are absolutely right! Also, your last name indicates you are from, or at least have roots in my home state, so yay! Deu borem karun, Bai.. :-)
Load More Replies...India - just Google the name Akku Yadav [edited to correct typo - thank you Na Schi & Karen Grace!]
Load More Replies...I am actually quite happy that our society went past mob killing. There is a reason for a system
Yes, thete is a reason, but the system had failed these women and community over and over. Something had to be done. They never charged any one in the murder, and the whole city celebrated in the streets when word got around. Akku Yediv was the monsters name. And in this particular case, a lynch mob was necessary.
Load More Replies...I guess the chilli powder was for throwing into the eyes of guards who tried to stop them?
I understand chili powder in the eyes, nose, mouth, and other orifices would be painful. I wonder if chili powder put in a knife wound makes it hurt even worse.
Load More Replies...https://www-indiatimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.indiatimes.com/amp/news/india/serial-rapist-bharat-kalicharan-lynched-in-nagpur-courtroom-555675.html?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16570506810998&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Fserial-rapist-bharat-kalicharan-lynched-in-nagpur-courtroom-555675.html
I applaud these women. We're not able to do that often enough and the cause of this happens too often. 👏👏👏👏👏
Over the past decade or so, pub trivia nights that are popular in the United Kingdom appear to have grown in other parts of Europe and the United States.
Enthusiasts like Kishler enjoy getting to interact with people at these events, especially compared to electronic trivia games.
She has learned that doing well at these social trivia games gives her "a feeling of validation" and increases her self-esteem.
It's impressive, but you really shouldn't let kids do long-distance races (like marathons) as the training can mess up their growth and bone structure. I'm from a family of long-distance and ultra-marathon runners and the rule was no half marathons until 16 and full marathons until 20 ish.
Some parents were recently questioned by authorities about letting their young child run a marathon
Load More Replies...I'm guessing the bullying tapered off drastically once she showed her strength of character.
When you can kick a bully’s a*s and not even break a sweat, then yeah, they cower in your presence.
Load More Replies...I bet this young lady wakes up and pisses excellence.
Why is this not higher. x10 upvotes if I could. Such inner (and outer) strength from her persevering against those punk a*s classmates of hers.
Yeah, I'd be out training for the Battle Frog, but I have a cat asleep on my lap and you know the rule, no moving until the cat wakes up.
I'm guessing the bullies left her along not long after the training started...
And didn't dump a bucket of pig blood on her head.
Load More Replies...Bet she was an awesome Homecoming Queen, too. Kinda like the woman nominated for mayor of a small town as a joke a hundred +/- years ago, who actually won and ended up being a really good politician. There’s hidden potential in all of us. It just needs that little push to bring it out.
Hmmm. That triggers me. In school I was shy and not very popular. Classmates once voted for me to be the class representative as a prank. Thankfully there were too little votes for me to get the job. Don't even know until today why they did that. 😟
I went to school with Whitney. To clarify: she was not elected homecoming queen, but for homecoming court, as she was a sophomore at the time. The Homecoming Queen was a senior girl, and our homecoming King was a senior boy with Down Syndrome.
It looks like some rare steampunk gem that they need to power their cities in a utopian future :D
And that's why diamonds are not worth the cost. These gems are by far so much rarer then diamonds!
Could it be Bismuth? Similar appearance but more widespread. I've had a piece before.
Load More Replies...No no that's a remnant of an alien spaceship or outpost that was there ages ago to study our world
Heh… it’s actually just a form of feldspar, a simple igneous rock. But it’s gorgeous!
What a great thing to do! It's often extremely difficult to re-integrate into society when no one will employ you. Well done Gordon
Punishment is nice and all, but its rarely a detergent for those who already dont give a damn about the law. But for inmates who really want to change, a lot of the time all it takes is the barest olive branch, the slightest reaching out and giving them a chance. This is why the NA system fails. It stifles those who want to rehabilitate, and dies nothing to deter anyone else.
Load More Replies...Ara, I see you're getting downvotes, but I honestly think it's a fair question. My husband spent 5 years in prison in his youth. He's a pastor now, and we do prison ministries. I've had plenty of felons live with my family while they integrate back into society. I will take in a drug addict before I take in a rapist. I believe everyone is redeemable, but not everyone needs to be returned to society. Just my opinion. Also, good for Gordon. That's putting your money where your mouth is.
maybe not everyone is redeemable though (rapists, pedos, serial killers)
Load More Replies...Gordon Ramsey is a wonderful person, I don't care what anyone says. Yeah, he's moody af, but so are a LOT of chefs. I have worked with a few. He's good people.
Check out Gordon when he was eating hot wings on " Hot Ones". Great watch!
Load More Replies...“He reoffended within days of coming out. And that’s the issue for me and prisons, and that’s why I went in and set up a documentary called Bad Boy Bakery, where we created a bakery on the inside to sell on the outside,” Ramsay explains. (https://rare.us/rare-media/entertainment-and-culture/gordon-ramsay-finally-updates-fans-on-the-convict-who-he-once-offered-a-job-on-the-spot/)
I love Gordon Ramsay! Under all that bark, he is a really nice guy. Everything I have read about him say the same thing; He plays a part for TV, and while he can be a little gruff and is sarcastic, he is very humble and treats people really well. He also does a lot of charity work.
His brother is an addict so he knows that some can change some wont change
"I love general knowledge, geography, literature, music, science trivia," Kishler explained. "I just love to accumulate knowledge. I like the exercise that it gives my brain and memory."
She doesn't think of herself as a competitive person but nevertheless enjoys getting a bit amped up at trivia games.
Locate the problem, offer a solution. I really wish all schools acted like this instead of just calling the police on children that don't attend
I wish the solutions weren't always put on the schools, but I understand the sentiment. Affordable laundromats at the minimum should be available in every neighborhood.
Load More Replies...If you are working multiple minimum wage jobs do you even have time to sit in the laundromat? What a great way to help these folks!
And that's why anyone who works 40 hours a week should be able to afford all the basics.
Load More Replies...Back in the 1960’s my aunt worked as a teacher at a school that didn’t just offer clean clothes. They provided shoes, showers, shampoo, soap. Some of the kids used to turn up with a pasty for lunch that was half filled with watercress as the savoury and half filled with apple for pudding. The parents were doing their best but they couldn’t afford to buy shoes. Thankfully a free meal scheme was organised and the kids went home clean, clothed and fed as well as educated. This was an infant school so ages 4 to 8.
When you do stuff like this, you not only get students coming to class in clean clothes, you give them the awareness that 1. people do care, and 2. people are paying attention to their needs.
If Betsy DeVos is reading this, she's seething. Seething, I tell you.
Things like having clean clothes, bathing and access to the internet are HUGE obstacles for the homeless when it comes to finding and getting a job
Figuring out a solution should be de rigueur in every school at every grade level. Solutions are part of an educational system.
Come now, just put your avocado toast down and voila! Life solved!
Load More Replies...I wish that were still true. I was in college in the early 70s. Tuition was $325.00 a semester. I worked part time for the university, so it was like they were paying me to go to school. I also got a staff parking sticker.
When I went to a Big 10 university in 1968, the tuition was $195 per semester. Adjusted for inflation that still would be only $1604 per semester today. You would expect a college to be run by smart people. Why aren't they smart enough to handle money?
In Norway we pay about 100$ per semester. And we pay for books we need. The rest is financed by the state. Pay your taxes:) Peace and love.
Here we just get shot at and hope it ends the misery faster
Load More Replies...I was a college student with a minimum wage job back then - in the US. The only way I could pull this off was to be dependent on my parents for just about everything else. I will say that tuition costs are out of control today.
In 1970 when I started college at a State College, tuition was $100 a semester. Fees were about $160 as I recall. Books, I don't remember, but they were overpriced back them, too. I had a scholarship and worked. My hourly rate was $1.25. Gas was 35 cents a gallon. I commuted to school in a carpool. My first "professional" job paid about $8800 a year. I thought I was rich. Those numbers are 100% real. I don't know what the hell happened! In the late 70s a phony gas crisis kicked gas up to 50-60 cents a gallon. Rather like TODAY, just more money.
Nah, flounder to king's p**n 4 is the famous Flounder Opening.
Load More Replies...Too bad they didn't show a picture of an actual flounder instead of an empty checkerboard.
flounders should not rest on top of checkerboards though, its not good for their health
But because they’re fish they will die pretty quickly so don’t do this at home, kids.
The DNA also found that he most likely was very dark skinned. And a load of rightwing boomers in the UK immediately totally lost their sh 1 t about that fact.
No matter if we’re pure white as driven snow now, we were ALL dark-skinned at one point in our bloodlines—-which all started out from either one individual or a small group of individuals who all evolved at the same time. Yes, it does rag the asses of racists, but their asses need to be ragged constantly until they get the f**k over themselves and realize no one is a superman (the Nietzsche superman, not the DC comics Superman) because we’re all equally human.
Load More Replies...No, you’re not. It’s morning, I’m stone cold sober, I had a good night’s sleep, I just had a cup of coffee, and I too can see family-type similarities between them.
Load More Replies...“People really like to have some expertise on something and the brain is very good at focusing on things that you’re interested in,” Deborah Stokes, Ph.D., L.P.C., B.C.N., a psychologist in Virginia, who focuses on neurotherapy, also told Healthline.
According to Stokes, learning large bodies of knowledge can often start with trivia. And people who are interested in trivia can be brainy, have a high IQ, and be smart on a lot of levels.
However, Kounios said that people aren’t necessarily better at trivia games just because they’re more educated.
Why does the human species say, oh look something beautiful, I must try and k!ll it!
It says that he helped the ships from 1888 - 1912, yet was shot in 1904. He must have lived, because they then made a law saying it was illegal to shoot him (again).
He went home and said, "I'm telling you I'm being followed! It's like they wait for me."
I wonder how long ships waited in the water in 1912 for him to appear, before continuing on the journey without him by their side.
And yet we in NZ arent protecting the habitat of our critically endangered Hector's Dolphins
He was shot at, not shot. Nonetheless, the story goes that he never guided that ship again.
Aussie's most popular TV star, he just won the gold Logie. Our equivalent of an Emmy?
When I was at school, a teacher convinced me to participate in shotput on the day of the competition. Never tried it before, but came 5th. To be honest I think my placement improves with each decade that passes. Still I'm sure there is a moral in the story somewhere 😉
Is this the competition where many of the entrants fled when people showed up to do a surprise test for PEDs?
It was my first win. I did win others where other people competed but I still call this my first win with my friends.
Load More Replies...It was probably just a coincidence the first time, maybe even the second time too, then he decided to make it a cool tradition.
It was! His wife pointed it out on the second year and they discussed how funny it would be if he carried on wearing the same outfit for picture days, so he did
Load More Replies...Dang! A teacher for 40 years?! That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment! I couldn’t do it for a week.
His first year teaching was the only year he didn't have a mustache
And the last picture! His no mustache pictures were the bookends!
Load More Replies...I had a maths teacher who wore the same outfit to school every single day . I'm guessing he had several of the trouser/shirt/jumpers he wore as he was always clean. He had taught at the school for 44 years and had always worn the same clothes. He was a genius but more than a little strange.
That is planning. My first year of teaching was so hectic, and I was pregnant, so wearing the same thing was impossible. I have accidentally worn the same dress in two consecutive school pictures, but not in consecutive years. My 2019 picture was the same dress as my back-in-person dress in 2021. None of my dresses had been warn in 2 years anyway.
A bit of searching reveals this to be the wreck of the Rising Sun, a 133 foot wooden steamer which sank in 1917.
Load More Replies...I live about two seconds away from Lake Michigan and this isn’t really true. Maybe some parts of the lake, but as a whole… not really no.
Been to the beach quite a few times and ive NEVER seen lake michigan look "clean"
That should be the same for Lake Huron, since they are same body of water.. but I havent heard that yet
They are not the same body of water. I mean they connect but they’re two separate lakes.
Load More Replies..."Some people soak up facts,” Kounios added. "Plenty of people with a lot more education may not remember what they had for breakfast yesterday morning."
"In typical people, my observation, not backed up by any research, is that their interest in trivia is confined to topics that they are generally interested in. So if a person is very interested in history, then they may either seek out history trivia, or they might just naturally pick it up in the course of learning about nontrivial aspects of history."
Stokes also pointed out that trying to retain information about things we're interested in can be like a good exercise for the frontal cortex as the brain ages.
Engineers aren't free or cheap. Best of both worlds in this specific situation, honestly!
Load More Replies...We practiced LEAN principals where i worked in printing... it made HUGE differences in waste, but getting the lazy crews on bored was hard... A lot of the guys didnt feel they should have to track waste and tools, and labeling things.... but those things are what held the offenders accountable(usually the people who complain) and then the issues could be addressed. It saved a BUTT LOAD of $ in regaurds to replacement tools... it helped identify the best ways to organize the crews, track waste of ink and paper, which led to bonuses for those who actively tried to reduce waste and up run #'s. And it helped train new employees because they had set of standards.
Kaizen is also the way that the Japanese auto manufacturers collectively curb stomped the U.S. auto manufacturers through the 70's, 80's and into the 90's. The truly ironic thing, if I'm not mistaken, is that the basis of these principals was taught to them by Americans after WWII as part of the post war reconstruction efforts.
Yeah....but look at how awful American cars of that era were. I mean they were horrible. They deserved stomping.
Load More Replies...How about giving those people jobs instead, so they could feed themselves instead?
From what I've heard, food availability tends to be the least problem for these types of services; getting it distributed efficiently is often much more of an issue.
Load More Replies...No, it did not. They made three changes to make the service quicker: before, only when 10 seats were empty, were 10 new persons allowed to enter, the rest of the time people had to queue outside on the street; they got rid of this and let people enter as soon as there was an empty seat. Also they employed someone to watch for empty seats to keep the flow even and thirdly they set up a waiting area where people collected their trays and cutlery before commencing to the kithen. Just steamlining the service, not making volunteers work double and triple as much
Load More Replies..."You take my imaginary bike, but you'll never take my imaginary canoe!" 😠
How did he keep from falling off the chair laughing?? 🤣 Out of curiosity..... How did they know if they actually took the motorcycle?? 🤔
I suspect that that part wasn't fun. I would guess that they gave him a choice. But it sounds funny put up this way
Load More Replies...And just to really get under his skin, they'd take turns riding it in front of him!
The thing, is you have them all right now for free!
Load More Replies...Unless your face literally looks like this you have no business complaining about wearing a mask.
With countless lives lost, people just trying to protect others by wearing a mask do not complain. Idiots who don't understand are the ones who complain.
Load More Replies...We had similar pics here in the UK. Imagine going through all that to care for sick and dying strangers and some tool turns up going 'Covid doesn't exist. I'm not wearing a mask.'.
That is exactly how I ended up with covid and spread it to my son. Had a patient come in constantly pulling their mask down, having to be reminded multiple times to pull it back up. I was doing his vitals when he pulled his mask down again and coughed in my face. Sure enough, he was covid positive. Thank goodness my while family is vaccinated, as we didn't have a severe case. I was sick for 3 days, my sin was sick for only a day, and it was mild, and my husband never got it or was asymptomatic.
Load More Replies...I was an ICU nurse during covid. It was awful, and we all suffered. But the patients and their families suffered the worst. I always thought posting these pictures was odd. A few skin abrasions is nothing compared to the suffering of the patients and the agony of the families who couldn't be there to comfort them. It was heart-breaking.
I don't think it's about diminishing the patients' suffering, but about showing the idiot anti-maskers that they can suck it up.
Load More Replies...My niece just tested positive, and even though she is a healthy 20 year old who was vaccinated, she's been miserable. It's not just a cold, she's pretty sick. Her dad made a comment about how masks don't work. Well, expect that she didn't get it despite working in retail until she stopped wearing one at work.
I hope she recovers very soon with no lingering symptoms
Load More Replies...I am always amused with certain individuals in my profession, who complained about having to wear a paper or cloth mask. Especially since the mask we normally wear, are a hell of a lot more cumbersome and restricting. *Shrug*
True. I mean, to be honest I prefer the duckbill mask worn when caring for chemotoxic patients even though it is.more restrictive than a surgical mask. If it's fit properly your glasses won't fog up. Ridiculous how the snowflakes think they can't breathe in them when they've been worn in certain areas for decades
Load More Replies...So who remembers when Americans ridiculed them for "faking" the impressions on their faces? I do.
While that's really cool, my mind is hiccuping on the fact that 3 million dollars can only cover 33 students, meaning that a full lecture hall earns a college a couple million of suckers paying 90K plus to try to have a successful life.
College students are not suckers. Those who wish to bypass college and learn a trade are merely a different type of student. Believe me, college wasn’t available to me at 18, because I had to leave home and go out on my own then life got in the way, but became available at 51. So I was a 51 year old freshman in class with people who could’ve been my children, and by stretch, grandchildren, as well as other adults like myself, Not a one of us could ever be considered suckers. I stuck with it, as a full time working student, and got my Masters degree at 58. You going to call me a sucker now?
Load More Replies...What sounds like a heartwarming story is, unfortunately, an indictment of contemporary U.S. society. In functioning countries, schooling is supported by tax revenues and public schools provide a good education. University education is also not expensive. In some countries, students are even paid by the government to go to school.
Good on him. What a great way to contribute to society even after you're gone.
Decent humans helping others while billionaire frauds like 45, are creating chaos and destroying lives while profiting.
Definitely some embezzlement happened here. Wonder if anyone investigated, probably not.
Or you could have a system as in Denmark and collage would be free... just saying but a wonderfull man
Marie Curie is not radiating joy, and Einstein seems relatively bored. Not as much as Niels, though.
You will be pun-ished for your transgressions against good taste .good job! 😘
Load More Replies...******Pity that the headline missed the fact that Marie Curie earned 2 Nobels *****
Its Marie SKŁODOWSKA-Curie. She is known for being brilliant scientist, not her being wife to Pierre Curie.
With Lucille draped over his shoulder and that psychotic smile, he's probably one of the world's top salesmen without saying a word.
Load More Replies...I live across the river (Hudson) from their shop - they, and their wives, are the nicest most down to earth people
"If you touch it, you buy it... isn't that right, Lucille?"
If that store doesn't sell chocolate baseball bats with candy nails, I'm going to be very disappointed.
Ok so don't shoot me but I haven't seen a single episode of The Walking Dead so I know JDM only as John Winchester. So this tickles me.
I onky saw the twd episode bedore he came on so i also only know him as john winchester
Load More Replies...I'm sorry 4 years? Is it just me or does that seem like a long time to put some lights in windows connected to a small pc?
It wasn’t a continuous 4 years…. ““Four years ago, we were like, ‘let’s just freaking do it,’” said one of the hackers. Activity happened in bursts; the project would lay dormant until someone would “get an itch” to work on it again.“
Load More Replies...MIT is known for its elaborate pranks! https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/09/17/hackers-delight-a-history-of-mit-pranks-and-hacks/
Surely, it was "planning" not "planing". Otherwise it would have been a woodwork class.
The building was already there... They just made the windows light up like pixels.
Load More Replies...Thanks Bob. People seem to be getting very serious on here lately.
Load More Replies...Shoulda been tops a week to create colored windows that are connected to some mainframe.. Slackers should of failed
Not to mention that "planning" has 2 Ns. This group was planing. Maybe why they took so long?
Nah. They just sat around until that time and drew a circle on the ground. Then moved cardboard cutouts around until the shadow was the same. No math needed. LOL
Load More Replies...Okay, it's nice, but hardly remarkable. They used computers to make the necessary calculations, so that everything would line up. Remarkable is when our Neolithic ancestors made the same type of calculations to line up the solstice to cast shadows and illuminations on monuments, with no computers.
Or Brunel lining up the Box railway tunnel so that the sun streams straight through it on his birthday, completed back in 1841
Load More Replies...3000 years from now, future people will be thinking aliens built this
Since the sun is in a different place each year at 11:11am on Nov 11th (think of leap year and why we need it) the placement of the holes and the installation must allow for that variation.
Originally Armistice Day, now Veteran's Day. Nov. 19, 1863, is when Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania. Sousa's birthday is Nov. 6, 1854. A lot of history in one month.
Load More Replies...Do you want other Hippo powers? "When hippos are defecating, they typically start spinning their tails in order to spread their faeces all over the places. The radius they cover with this spray is rather large – can reach up to 10 meters," https://www.technology.org/2018/12/05/why-hippos-are-spraying-their-dung-like-agricultural-machines/
Load More Replies...They look so cute--like big floaty balloons, but (next to humans) they are the world's deadliest mammal.
I do pretty good at staying mostly asleep when I get up at night to do what older men get up at night to do.
There are times I feel like a sinking hippo while sleeping. Down... down... down... It's wonderful.
I saw that on tv today they can last up to 5 minutes without air
Those are "baby-cut carrots", not baby carrots. The baby carrot is a variety that's been bred to be used at the "baby" stage (Beechnut Farms).
Some of our supermarkets (France) have an ''ugly vegetables'' section , being sold discounted
We've got "The Odd Bunch" in supermarkets here in Tasmania (a state of Australia)
Load More Replies...Those carrots are then “cleaned” in a clorox solutions and are ready to be eaten by humans. Eeeeew!
And family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Load More Replies...Should have included the Viking landers. They weren't rovers, but they were the grandparents of the modern missions.
Not shown here: the bumper sticker that reads, "My other car is a space shuttle."
I'm picturing someone on the road for long durations, snapping down the visor to see the family photo tucked up there.
no advertisement and no bad news anywhere would be bliss
Load More Replies...Not really. The contract includes a lot of binding clauses, and the final product can only be a noncommercial, short (<45 min), short movie non meant for distribution. It comes with a lot of strings attached regarding the ownership of related IPs, including original ones from the filmmaker, that are transferred to mr. King on agreement of the contract. I am not saying it is a bad thing per se, but the way it is stated here overlooks a lot of the complexity of the contract involved.
Those restrictions make perfect sense. The intent is to make quality written content available to film students to hone their production skills, not for anyone to make money.
Load More Replies...And the continuing of pisspoor crappy Stephen King Movies continue....
I know it's an awful thing to say, but isn't he a peculiar looking individual?
If you know it's an awful thing to say, why do you say it?
Load More Replies...The first time I saw the movie I thought it was Timothy Olyphant. It's the second time I realized it was him.
he actually came in to try out for cable, but josh brolin had already been cast. pitt still wanted to be in the movie, so they put him in as the vanisher. he was, indeed, paid a cup of coffee.
He can still be alive! Multiverse and Cables time device! He saved Rob Delaney at least lol 😂 He was good in Man Who Fell From Earth , but Chiwetel Ejiofor aka Mordo slayyyyed
But also, he put in the actual work after she gave him the motivation.
Doing the work also takes motivation, you know. Ever given up on something when you’re just not motivated for it anymore? Yeah, it’s not all self-generated. We nearly always need some kind of help. So don’t minimize her contribution, Susan was the catalyst, and helped keep him moving the right direction. Now we have a gifted actor who is also clean, happy, and stable. Good for her. It was a tough job but she stuck it out and was successful.
Load More Replies...Wow. My wife gave me the exact same ultimatum 15 years ago when we first met. I quit the powder and have never looked back. I also lost all of what I thought were my friends. They weren't my friends. They just wanted someone to do drugs with and somewhere to do drugs - my flat. I miss them sometimes, but I can clearly see that I made the right choice. My wife is awesome. Thanks Melly!
out of about 20 friends i had, when i stopped it quickly went to 1
Load More Replies..."Wife" has a name, is a producer. Susan Downey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Downey
If I remember correctly, he also said the burger he got at BK was so horrible that it helped him to make that decision
Good thing the water lines weren’t either destroyed or rerouted for firefighting. It also looks like the landscaping doesn’t have a load of highly combustible “natural areas” too close to the house, which is a huge factor in property loss from forest/wild fires. I’ll bet the whole family is not only relieved and counting their blessings, but also patting themselves on their backs, because their home was spared because of smart planning (landscaping and installation of sprinkler system) and smart last minute thinking (to turn on the sprinklers), with a whole lot of fate and good luck mixed in.
Yes, this is becoming common practice. The pond helps as well, as a pump can be used in it in the absence of hydrants on remote locations by fire fighters.
Load More Replies...This actually isn't the whole story. Firefighters helped to save it as well. I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but maybe someone can post a link about the facts.
Protagonist: "The villain's lair could be anywhere" The Villains lair:
Most probably he has a private well or his sprinkler system is connected to irrigation canals or pipes (non-potable water) Or he's pumping it out of his ponds. In which case he must also have his own energy supply because I doubt commercial power was still on. Been there and done that. California Gold Country aka fire country.
I imagine he would have to replace just about everything in his home anyway because of the permeating smell of smoke and burnt timber. When our garage burnt down the smell stuck around for days after the debris had been cleared.
That must be such a pain in the neck when he wants to buy a beer or... do literally anything only grown-ups are supposed to do, really. "Are you lost, sonny jim?" "No, I work here." "Very funny - where are you parents." "I'M THE MANAGER!" "You're playing truant from school, for a more-like." "Ugh."
Which is why he says he prefers to live in his small, rural, Russian village amongst those who have known him all his life instead of moving to the city. https://guardian.ng/life/meet-32-year-old-man-who-looks-like-a-14-year-old-boy/
Load More Replies...I wonder how long he will live and what he will look like as an old man
I know a girl like that. People stare at her and her boyfriend All. The. Time.
I was actually wondering about the whole finding a partner side to this. I know looks aren't everything, but dating someone who looks like a small child can't be easy, a.) because of society and b.) natural inhibitions that one has (or should have) when seeing a "child".
Load More Replies...He stopped aging in the way he looks. His body still ages physically. https://guardian.ng/life/meet-32-year-old-man-who-looks-like-a-14-year-old-boy/
Load More Replies...He's lucky. I knew two people in high school who had a similar syndrome. They both died before they were 30. 😔
Seems this would make dating/relationships difficult. The article I read says he has a GF that has known him most of his life but it seems like it would be odd (don't know the right word to use here) to be making out or have a sexual relationship with someone that looks 14 even though they are in their 30s.
Some people have a "bad/lazy eye" and a "good eye" and mainly use the "good eye" to see; the information from the other eye is largely ignored. Accordingly, they never learn to align the two visions of their eyes into one 3d-vision. You know how when you let your eyes space out and hold your hand in front of your face, you see two slightly see-through hands? If you concentrate, you may be able to make one or the other version of it appear more solid by explicitly focusing on the vision of the corresponding eye. That's about how these people see - they see two versions that don't quite overlap and solve the issue by focusing on one eye. I don't know if this *specific* story is true, but 3d-movies have indeed been used to cure this issue! If the difference between the eyes isn't too bad, or one eye too much ignored by the brain, it can be solved by sheer *training*. As it happens, it's waaay easier to concentrate on a 2h movie than to spend that time doing therapeutic eye exercises...
Load More Replies...Sorry, but I have my doubts about this one. Having no depth perception literally means your brain only gets information from one eye. In most cases the reason for this is amblyopia. I have really bad depth perception due to strong amblyopia. Basically one of my eyes is very weak and mainly just adds to my field of vision, while my other eye (the "better" one) is the one that sends information to the brain. Since the brain needs to overlap information from both eyes for spatial vision, watching a 3D movie never worked for me. This type of visual impairment doesn't just get "cured" by watching a movie.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/17/3d-movie-hugo-improves-mans-vision#:~:text=Bruce%20Bridgeman%2C%20a%20professor%20of,when%20he%20left%20the%20cinema.
Load More Replies...This strikes me as dubious. Willing to be proven wrong. ETA: Thanks to all for additional info.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/17/3d-movie-hugo-improves-mans-vision#:~:text=Bruce%20Bridgeman%2C%20a%20professor%20of,when%20he%20left%20the%20cinema.
Load More Replies...So he sees everything in 3d now, must be alarming when some woman tries to kiss him or something... Bet he eventually dies from a heart attack from the ordeal
I can never watch 3D films without getting a bad headache within a couple of minutes
No matter how slim the odds, everything happens eventually. Look, you are still alive! Miracle!
no I'm not, I died 3 years ago.... eh... boo
Load More Replies...after that she still lost her retirement savings, but it was a fun moment
Sounds like a typical casino scheme. The slot machines aren't called "one armed bandits" for no reason lol. I figure the small(ish) payouts of a few hundred dollars is the casino's scheme to get you thinking "hey, if I won $150 off this small bet, I'll keep playing, & playing higher bets, & I'll come away with thousands of dollars". I'm pretty sure casinos were built under the guise of "there's a sucker born every minute".
The 4 year old provided them with food.... Because a 4 year old is better then wolves at getting food in the wild? 🤔 Yeah, sure...
Load More Replies...From what I remember, it wasn't the leader of the pack, he was being fed by them. Also, it wasn't wolves, it was stray dogs. But this is cooler. Oh, he didn't run away, he was abandoned by his parents, lived in an abandoned parking lot with the dogs. Not sure about the army thing
Another made up story... It seems that somebody read "The Jungle Book" and thought that it was a documentary...
Me running away from home at age 6 after a fight with my parents: I hate you I'm never coming back Me ten seconds later: *runs back into house*
I would actually love to see some of the sources for these BoredPand.. I’m having a lot of trouble believing some of these
His wife must be fabulous, 80 cows is a lot! I reckon I’m probably worth a bag of lizards and a magpie or something.
Also, his English wasn't great so he inadvertently invented the phrase "My bad."
He's one of the tallest players in NBA history. The other was Gheorghe Mureșan, also 7 ft 7 in (231cm). He also played for the bullets, years later, and his number was his height - 77.
In 1994, at the end of Manute Bol's career, he came back to the Bullets for two games. '94 also happened to be Muresan's rookie season. I don't recall if they were ever on the floor at the same time, but that would have been quite the sight.
Load More Replies...Just looked it up; apparently he was guarding some livestock.
Load More Replies...I already wrote this (half-jokingly) conspiracy theory in another thread: What if Covid was a test for the world to see how we would react and how effectively we would take counter measures if an ancient virus would ever be unearthed.
Well we managed to fail the apocalypse on its easy setting. So I'm guessing not well.
Load More Replies...Obnoxious airport official: "Ha! A likely story! Take your shoes off."
TIL that all British passports are issued in the queen's name.
I'm reminded of the scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" where the mud farmer rejects the concept of royalty.
If she had one, it would show her social security number as number 1
No number plates on cars also, nor driving licence required for Her
In lockdowns across the world air pollution dropped. And yet we're right back to 'normal' now
Not only is the pollution sad but also that the country has that much control over its people.
There were serious floods, no car was going anywhere until the water went down. Hammond also borrowed a boat the next day and rescued his neighbours from their flooded house.
Load More Replies...A devoted father never the less but he had money to get there on time....
I'm amazed he's never bragged about this. So much attention is drawn to his accidents.
Thats cool. He was my favorite on top gear. My ex used to joke that he was the human version of the Gieco gecko.
Hard to believe that its only 4 or 5 minutes worth of computer generated effects in the whole film.
even more impressive is that after 20+ years, that CGI is better than what we see today.
Load More Replies...This one is photoshopped, they exist but they aren't quite that bright in colour.
I kinda thought if this was really true the bunny would be hella popular and we'd see it everywhere.
Load More Replies...I had that very thought before reading this comment!
Load More Replies...XD You beat me to it. I can see something similar to his happening on Binging with Babish.
Load More Replies...The Jack Daniels distillery is in a "dry county" where the sale of alcohol is illegal.
true. The touristy souvenir shops in the town (Lynchburg, Tennessee) even had to get special dispensation to sell whisky fudge because of this
Load More Replies...That used to be very common in the Scottish Whisky distilleries. It came out of “dramming” no longer being acceptable - I think now employees get a discount but nothing free for tax reasons.
I swear I saw this in Norway in the 90’s, I wish my memory was better. >.< Edit: Maybe it was the echo point in Vigeland Park I’m thinking of…
The Center of the Universe in Tulsa. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-center-of-the-universe-tulsa-oklahoma
After her story went viral she was contacted by a doctor din Utah who thought he could fix her so she went there for 2 weeks of intense therapy and it worked! https://www.fox17online.com/2019/11/24/16-year-old-with-2-hour-memory-starts-to-get-her-life-back-thanks-to-utah-treatment-center/
Load More Replies...No worries everyone - she got better thanks to a doctor in Utah and is now able to remember things.
Poor poor girl. We should not read about her here. I find it too disrespectful.
It is an interesting fact though, and nothing in the post is trying to make fun of her.
Load More Replies...She has had some cognitive traing that has given her back her ability to remember.
I remember watching a video on her! She had some amazing help at a doctor in Utah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3BRyiLBhFM and after a bit of research, it turns out she is on medication for a form of epilepsy, but her memory is better and she is currently at university. So glad to see she has managed to move on and have a better quality of life
Adam Sandler made a movie called 50 first dates with a premise like this.
Load More Replies...I have a list of people they can practice on with it. Mostly politicians. (No, I do not advocate assassination, ffs!)
Although it may be a myth, it is worth asking why it is so believable.
Load More Replies...How can anybody *own* the dolphins? They're intelligent sentient beings living in open waters and moving freely in and out of British territory.
The world's animals are all of ours to take care of. None can truly be owned.
Why do Americans insist in called Queen Elizabeth the "Queen of England"? She is of the Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
You really expect people to say that mouthful of bollocks? Who cares mate.
Load More Replies...Someone once told me she also owns the heads of everyone in the Commonwealth. I guess to make the legal side of things simpler when she has you decapitated because it just means she's reclaiming her property?
I'm sorry, but this gives me the creeps. Using someone's genetic material, without their conscent, to create a child that will never know its' parents and would lose all living family pretty early in life. Ew.
Be glad you don't live in the future...the present is bleak enough as it is...
Load More Replies...Disturbing how some people are obsessed with "legacy" and "family name" and of course "bloodline".
I'm sorry, I don't see any racist comments
Load More Replies...Since you didn't say anything posted here was untrue I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted (-2 when I first saw it) for merely stating a basic fact. I used my other phone to Google many of these to garner more information. Although I probably would have done some of this anyway, it would have helped greatly to have the most basic background information included. In fact, that would have even made it easier to Google.
Load More Replies...My favorite hard to believe fact is that 'Sharks are older than trees' I always thought that was so cool
Since you didn't say anything posted here was untrue I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted (-2 when I first saw it) for merely stating a basic fact. I used my other phone to Google many of these to garner more information. Although I probably would have done some of this anyway, it would have helped greatly to have the most basic background information included. In fact, that would have even made it easier to Google.
Load More Replies...My favorite hard to believe fact is that 'Sharks are older than trees' I always thought that was so cool
