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This Instagram Account Shares 50 Interesting And Fact-Checked Things You Might Not Know About The World
If it’s not educational or amusing, it likely won’t hold our attention. Many of us still have an inner child whose eyes gleam brightly every time it spots something fun or interesting, whether it’s online or in real life. We’re driven by curiosity and there’s a deep inner desire to learn more about the world. Though it can get dimmer as we age, it never truly goes away. And one way to reignite our passion for learning is by snacking on cool, bite-sized facts about science, psychology, tech, and history.
That’s where the massively successful ‘Did You Know?’ project comes in. Run by a group of ‘knowledge crusaders,’ it shares fun, interesting, and unusual facts about the world that you may not have ever heard of. And today we’re featuring some of their best posts, as shared on their Instagram page, to help spread their mission of enriching people’s lives through education.
Scroll down, upvote your fave facts, and let us know in the comments which of these you found the most surprising, dear Pandas. Oh, and if you feel that you’ve fallen in love with the ‘Did You Know’ project, be sure to follow them on social media for their freshest updates.
We reached out to the 'Did You Know?' team and a representative was kind enough to answer Bored Panda's questions. We also got in touch with Steven Wooding, a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, part of the Omni Calculator team, and the creator of the Weird Units Converter, to have a chat about how scientists should approach things when there are competing interpretations, embracing mistakes, and staying passionate about your chosen subject. Read on for what they both told Bored Panda.
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A member of the 'Did You Know?' team told Bored Panda that they started the project over a decade ago, all the way back in 2011. The goal was to make it fun and interesting to learn new things that people might not know about the world around them, no matter if we're talking about the past, present, or the future.
"Specifically, we know if we can take something complex or long but filter it down to something snackable we have accomplished our goal," they said.
"It might sound cheesy, but we want to make learning fun," the 'Did You Know?' team representative told Bored Panda that, above everything, they put an emphasis on this key thing.
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Tamra 3 years ago
Well they could, but I suspect it would be quite silent. On second thought, that sounds pretty great.
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Unwelcomed Guest 3 years ago
I’ve been to Norway a few times now and believe they really are a blueprint for the rest of us
marte østensen 3 years ago
Sadly not the case for all our newssites. We've got terrible people over here as well. 💔
François Carré 3 years ago
That should be mandatory for TV reporters and their talk show's guests to begin with.
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François Bouzigues 3 years ago
THIS ! So much more important to acknowledge the past than canceling it.
JoyfulZebra 3 years ago
Agreed. Show the truth no matter what. Even if it is dark, even if it is twisted, and even if it is ugly. Justice and reconciliation will only come about if everyone is confronted with the whole truth.
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Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
In Georgia there is a push to remove the Stone Mt Confederate Memorial but I've thought it's a great memorial to demonstrate even well-meaning intelligent people can be dreadfully wrong [Robert E Lee was in all other respects a good man EXCEPT for his acceptance of slavery as natural and right] and that we should all keep open minds to where we might be mistaken in thought.
Yo Momma 3 years ago
Then why tear down statues and remove people from food products? Isn't that erasing/canceling history?
Kim Bush 3 years ago (edited)
I've always found it hugely ironic how the selecting of products to protest actually reinforces the stereotypes being fought against. Example: Nothing about Kentucky Fried Chicken has been challenged despite their logo prominently featuring an image of what most people see as a typical plantation owner. Must be nice to have been given the power to pick and choose what to rid the world of, except for the things that you personally enjoy.
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Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago
Except it's not the same as that. Banning the use of swastikas in Germany doesn't mean they deny Hitler's actions. They just won't allow it any more.
Monday 3 years ago
It is the same as that though. The banning of swatsikas isn't a blanket ban, they are still used in textbooks and documentaries to document that part of history and teach us about how Hitler used them. Similarly here the stereotypes are seen in the re-release of old media but are not used in new media.
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Christina B 3 years ago
As difficult as i may seem to some this is actually really important - you can't white wash history....
glowworm2 3 years ago
This was for the 3rd volume. Unfortunately, when putting in the Discs to watch cartoons, this intro immediately appears and if you want to get to the cartoons immediately, you need to press menu. The next 3 volumes simply had a written disclaimer at the beginning of them after putting the disc in. BTW, I’ve been watching Looney Tunes for years and have accepted this message for years. That and most of the shorts were still hilarious regardless of being politically incorrect.
They also revealed a bit about their approach to the research behind each fact.
"We focus heavily on the research and fact-checking when creating our content and hold high standards to finding and verifying sources," they explained. "No one is perfect, but we have reviews by writers, editors, and publishers before we publish to ensure we are doing our best to not misinform our readers."
Meanwhile, Steven, from the Omni Calculator project, shared his thoughts about how scientists 'should' behave if they come across two or more competing interpretations of the truth.
"Probably the main factor when deciding on which theory is closer to the truth is the amount and quality of the evidence for each interpretation," he told us, adding that scientists have to put in the work and immerse themselves in their field. Staying up to date with the newest information and findings is critical.
"You have to be prepared to keep up with the developments in a contested field of science, as new evidence may favor one or the other over time. And therefore, you need to keep an open mind in these areas."
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Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago
It has been my observation that most racist individuals don't know, or have never interacted with any minority people. (We fear what we don't understand.)
Monday 3 years ago
It's really easy to hate some faceless person...it's a lot trickier to hate the nice guy that asks about your kids and wants to hear about your work day.
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Mistiekim 3 years ago
A lot of these men and women grew up with racism without any other choice. Some of them swayed easily by a an adult when they are teens. It is just disgusting what they do, and I’m glad someone has the patience to do this with them. I highly recommend the movie American History X. It is a great story about how a bigot figured out his wrongs.
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
Great movie, but the curb scene makes me puke every time.
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Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
What makes me laugh about the KKK is that so much of their iconography is based in Middle Eastern, early Jewish and proto Christian beliefs - basically, badly educated white people following their beliefs which were actually recorded a thousand + years ago and codified to Turkey, Iran, Iraq - BY BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE !!! Good for Daryl though ... maybe he could make a start on the US education systen next ....
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I am not forgiving. Living next to a KKK member who bragged that they helped assassinate JFK did me in. He also stole my pet chicken and served it for dinner. My dad didn't tell me for years. I applaud him for his dedication and tolerance.
Say What 3 years ago
Did he alert the FBI? Could answer a lot of questions.
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Isidien Gudmundsdottir 3 years ago
"Kill" them with kindness may take a long time but it does work and that's the goal.
Duane Wright 3 years ago
I look this up and this man is amazing. A quote from him, "The lesson learned is: ignorance breeds fear", says Davis. "If you don't keep that fear in check, that fear will breed hatred. If you don't keep hatred in check, it will breed destruction".
Lara Verne 3 years ago (edited)
Smart guy. Many people left racism behind once they got to know one person of colour.
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xolitaire 3 years ago
It happens so often in nature, even the bigots should have caught up by now. I mean - vultures, swans, penguins, giraffes... and the list goes on...
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Panda in the Fake South 3 years ago
That's really sweet. Everything deserves love in the animal kingdom.
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Carolyn Risling 3 years ago
Because being honest and genuine is often admired, but hard to find . . . . . .
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
That's so awesome! Kindness in the world does still exist. It's just sadly overshadowed by dark and somber news stories. :(
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
I lost my fiancé last year at age 63. He was my everything. Being a “widow”.. wasnt married at the of his passing to truly be a widow… this made me cry so much. At my age when you lose your best friend, you’ve lost everything. I’m so glad people see us older people not as throw always but as human beings that still need interaction with others. This old man was so blessed. I hope someday God enriches my life like this too so I don’t die a shut in.
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 3 years ago
I'm so sorry for your loss. Stay strong <33 we love you!
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"One very powerful way of learning a new skill is by trial and error. Take learning to ride a bike for example. We fall many times and make numerous mistakes before we finally get it and we can ride error-free. So the next time you make a mistake, reframe it as part of the trial and error learning process and normal part of it," the member of the Institute of Physics in the UK told Bored Panda.
As for keeping our passion for our beloved subjects burning bright over the years and ups and downs, Steven suggests taking a look at what's fresh and new in your chosen subject. It's bound to rekindle any curiosity or passion you feel you may have lost.
"One good way is to keep up with the latest news happening in your subject area. You will be exposed to all the new developments and realize that the subject is progressing past what you know and learn new things," he said.
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Kookamunga 3 years ago
They went to Julliard together in the 1970s and were best friends. They were both so awesome. RIP chris-and-...f8dd17.jpg 
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Sometimes people need s**t like that. I tried to keep myself upbeat and make people laugh after my accident it wasn't easy but I had to remember life was gonna be okay and I was still breathing. I don't look the same and that bothers me but I still crack jokes about it every now then.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
People who truly love you, love you for who you are, not for your looks. I am sorry about your accident, but hope things are getting better.
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Cara G 3 years ago
I don't see this mentioned in the comments so I'll say it. After Robin Williams' death, all these stories began coming out about charitable contributions he made either silently or anonymously. One of them involved Christopher Reeve. When Reeve's estate could no longer pay his exorbitant medical expenses, Robin took over and paid for all of it until the day Reeve died. And he paid for his funeral. 🥰
Y D 3 years ago
Christopher Reeves' medical bills and funeral, and Christopher's wife, Dana's bills and funeral after she fell ill with and passed very young from lung cancer. Robin Williams was that friend.
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Vepřík Boubelatý 3 years ago
The first doctor who wanted him to be healthy. Not just cure him.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Laughter is the best medicine. Robin Williams knew if he could get Christopher Reeves laughing, he could also get him to see his accident wasn’t the end of the world. Robin, you did a great job, we love you for it, and miss you so terribly much!
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James Edwards 3 years ago
Yes it is, and something I haven't seen posted one hundred times before.
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Everything is fascinating. 3 years ago
Apparently we are, but only faintly, and our eyesight is not good enough to see it.
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AsexualShrimp 3 years ago (edited)
Imagine the amount of hard work it would’ve taken to figure this out! Kudos to those teens!
Poly Amorous 3 years ago
I imagine based off the description that they would have to be quite close to death, and that the bacteria would only grow in special conditions
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Tomáš Houdek 3 years ago
My son who was born 5 weeks premature had one. Its a bitter sweet reminder of that period. He is 4mo healthy smiley baby now. For everyone having preterm baby - stay strong, they are amazing little fighters.
Nadine Debard 3 years ago
You're right! My son was 7 weeks premature and now he's a wonderful 10 mo healthy baby! Babies are amazing!
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Emerald Ocean 3 years ago
I hope they get to take them home with them! It’s so cute! Bye-bye teddy, hello octo!
Nitka Tsar 3 years ago
I assume so. I don't know if it is possible to sterilise or even wash them properly enough for the health standards of a hospital.
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Glitterati 3 years ago
Octopuses….octopi….those blobby things ☝️are so freaking cool. And this is too cute
Tami 3 years ago
Cool! My brother could have used one of those when he was in the hospital after surgery for a brain aneurysm. He had the usual tubes in his arms and a couple orifices, plus a couple tubes draining fluid from his brain. He was a little confused about what was going on and kept trying to pull tubes out. Come to think of it, he could have used a couple crocheted breasts as well, the nurses would have appreciated that! 😮😬
The team behind the ‘Did You Know?’ project states that their main purpose is to “enrich the lives of others by providing fun and interesting ways to learn about the world —past, present, and future—what lies within it, and what’s been discovered beyond it.”
According to them, they provide new ways of “observing and understanding life” in the massive stream of information that many of us have access to at our fingertips.
Above all, the ‘Did You Know?’ team strives for quality, reliability, and excellence. They do a ton of research to make sure that what they’re sharing is as close to the truth as it can be.
“We know you want more than just random, meaningless facts, so we work very hard to live up to your expectations. Whether you’re interested in giant tarantulas who have tiny-froggy pets, lifelong couples who die holding hands, everyday people striving for social justice, the fact that magenta doesn’t exist, or the reason why your diamond engagement ring is the result of a decades-old marketing ploy and holds no actual monetary value, ‘did you know?’ has something for everyone,” the team writes that they try to provide something interesting for everyone, no matter who they are.
No, really, they’re aiming to make everyone happy: “the knowledge junkies, the trivia addicts, the know-it-alls, the need-to-know-mores, the don’t-know-enoughs, the young, the old, the incorrigible, the bored, the eager, the downtrodden, the underdogs, the lovers, the dreamers, and you.” It just goes to show that they really do believe that everyone’s a fan of something. No matter how jaded or cynical.
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Electric Mayhem 3 years ago
That happened to me once. My sister, my cousin, and i were in not bad but also not great seats singing along and a security guard comes up and asks us if we wanted to move closer. We wound up in the front row and Billy gave us all high fives! He puts on a good show.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Makes sense. I read that Lin-Manual Miranda keeps an eagle eye out on stage for anyone on their cellphone. He then alerts security to have them removed or otherwise punished. Madonna was, very rudely and inconsiderately, on her f*****g cellphone while in the audience ar Hamilton. Miranda denied her access to the backstage after the show, when she requested it, making no bones about telling her that, since she couldn’t be bothered to stay off her phone and watch the musical while it was being performed, she has no right to come backstage and mingle with the cast afterward. If that’s how the wealthy act, even at a musical that has been f*****g impossible for non-wealthy people to get tickets for, I can only imagine how infuriating it is to have to look at their bored faces in the front row, performance after performance, while true fans who are delighted and excited just to be there to see Billy Joel perform live, are relegated to the cheap seats. I hope more celebrities, especially those who weren’t born rich, and still remember what it was like to struggle, start doing this. Put a stigma on the type of rich people who rub everyone else’s nose in the fact they they’re rich and we’re not, so we’re not worthy of any of the goodies they can afford to have. F**k ‘em.
Bored Bunny 3 years ago
And yet, for her last tour, everyone had to have their cell locked up in special bags by the staff before the show. Because someone didn't want to look out to a bunch of people fiddling with phones instead of watching.
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Amy S 3 years ago
My husband and I went to see him at MSG a few years ago. We sat in the handicapped area since my husband is in a wheelchair. There was a woman sitting next to us who was there with her two grown sons. She was well into her 70s. She LOVED Billy Joel and this was the 10th or 11th time seeing him. Turns out, she had stage 4 lung cancer and her sons took her to see him play. She hoped to make it to another one; I don't know if she did. But bless her and her devoted sons.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Same thing happened to us at a Rolling Stones concert. All of us who were seated out in the middle of nowhere were approached by a person from the tour and our tickets were exchanged. We ended up in the 8th row.
Say What 3 years ago
Capitalism? Making up for all the money his manager or accountant stole?
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Valerie Anne 3 years ago
I grew up watching old episodes of his show with my mom. She shared her love of art with me by teaching me the different things he did on his show. I unexpectedly lost my mom in January. She was only 67 and was my best friend. I just got home about an hour ago from cleaning out stuff from her house to get it ready for sale. In her closet she had a Bob Ross Joy of Painting acrylic paint set in her closet with other art supplies I got her for Christmas one year to help her try to heal from losing my dad. It is now home with me. I'm going to use it all to help me start to heal from losing her.
Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope her paint set helps alleviate your pain.
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Yugan Talovich 3 years ago
Chinese painting have a long tradition of using black, gray, and white. The Japanese picked it up and call it sumi, which means simply water and ink.
Tiffi 3 years ago
Such a great guy. My daughter went to her grandfather-in-laws funderal and noticed a gravestone not to far away covered in coins. Out of curiosity she went to see who was buried there, and low and behold, it was Bob Ross. He's buried about a mile from where I live in Orlando Fl. He was in the military and the coins let the deceased soldier's family know that someone stopped by to pay their respects.
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Scagsy 3 years ago
No lie, I'm having a bad day and that comment made me smile big and broad! Thanks Denny, good one, that! Wholesome.
Load More Replies... LH25 3 years ago
"I don't care how big you get, you are still my baby and you need to wash behind your ears"
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
Novosibirsk Zoo is an amazing place not just displaying animals but doing tons of research and working on species preservation! Totally worth a visit if you happen to be in Siberia (so please, please don't think that all Russians condone the atrocity happening in Ukraine right now, and come to experience our breathtaking nature once it's safe)
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
A friend just got back from Siberia, but I haven't seen her yet. My guess is, she went.
Load More Replies... Valerie Anne 3 years ago
Cats get a bad wrap as being jerks. This just shows they are such loving creatures. My two cats are such intuitive, kind, and empathetic balls of floof. I can't imagine life without them.
They also aim to bust myths and slay rumors, simplify science and remember forgotten history, showcase ordinary folks doing extraordinary things. And they’re not afraid of owning up to their mistakes (because nobody is perfect and we all make ‘em from time to time).
“We are against Internet rumors, recycled myths, and the spreading of fake news, therefore we cite credible sources for all our facts and credit the talented artists, photographers, and writers whose content and images we use to help further illustrate our educational information,” the ‘Did You Know?’ team explains that they invite opinions on comments on the facts they share.
The ‘Did You Know?’ team has nearly 5 million followers over on Facebook, and another 647k fans on Instagram. Our guess is that the great mix of information and entertainment works wonders to draw in the crowds and turns people into loyal followers.
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Duncan Rogers 3 years ago
Mike Ilitch is one of the best things to have ever happened to Detroit. And he makes that Papa John guy look like the racist fool that he is.
Jess 3 years ago
2002, Parks received an eviction notice from her $1,800 per month (equivalent to $2,700 in 2021) apartment for non-payment of rent. Parks was incapable of managing her own financial affairs by this time due to age-related physical and mental decline. Her rent was paid from a collection taken by Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit. When her rent became delinquent and her impending eviction was highly publicized in 2004, executives of the ownership company announced they had forgiven the back rent and would allow Parks, by then 91 and in extremely poor health, to live rent-free in the building for the remainder of her life. Elaine Steele, manager of the nonprofit Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute, defended Parks's care and stated that the eviction notices were sent in error.[84] Several of Parks's family members alleged that her financial affairs had been mismanaged.[85]
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Discordant Bluecheese 3 years ago
Love the one individual, different tree in the midst of it. "Day 3135080574034967346: They still don't suspect a thing"
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
Adding a similar fun fact - the largest organism in the world is actually a fungus (Armillaria ostoyae) in Oregon that covers about 3.5 square miles (9ish square kilometers) So there is, indeed, a humongous fungus amongst us. (I bring this up in conversation far more often than I should)
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
You might like the book Mycophilia by Eugenia Bone. I believe she mentions this in it. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/593694/mycophilia-by-eugenia-bone/
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manalonedies 3 years ago
Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earth, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earth, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earth...
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AsexualShrimp 3 years ago
This is so odd. Why pay so much for a weird and dirty pair of clothing??
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
I could give you the same for free, just give me your pants on a rainy day and I'll help out on my neighbors farm for a few hours - they'll look exactly like this, and they will even smell like work!
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El Dee 3 years ago
IT's like cosplaying poor. It's offensive. I've been dirt poor and don't want to repeat the experience..
JinjoBread 3 years ago
I wouldn't call it offensive. Misguided, tone deaf, insensitive, and just plain stupid? Absolutely, but not offensive.
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Joshua Moon 3 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of the ripped blue jeans fad when I was in highschool. I'm wearing my torn up work pants because I'm going right to the farm after school. Upper class girl asked me where I bought my pants from. Had to explain several times that all the holes in my pants came from working on them and when I bought them they were dark blue with no holes. She just didn't get the idea
Barong 3 years ago
Ripped jeans are back in style, although I’m not sure they ever really went away.
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Lisa H 3 years ago
Mike Rowe is an amazing person. I bet he tips servers well, too, because he understands hard work. I admire him for bringing to light what goes into some of the most underpaid and undesirable (and sometimes dangerous!) jobs that most people wouldn't ever do. I applaud this man.
Nikki Gregerson 3 years ago
This drove me nuts. I live on a farm and even my "good" jeans have a mud stain on them somewhere.
Media expert Mike Sington previously explained to Bored Panda that it’s vital to find reliable sources to rely on and to be careful what you repost on social media.
"Red flags to watch out for that a claim may be fake: it's outlandish, it's too good to be true, you haven't seen the claim anywhere else, you've never heard the source, the source isn't reputable, you can't find two other sources making the same claim, your gut tells you, 'this can't be true,'" he shared with us some of the signs that a fact or claim might not be true.
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I just can't comprehend being underground like that, I'd freak out. It amazes me when people enter those long caves, I'd be panicking.
madbakes 3 years ago
Same, but this one doesn't seem claustrophobic at all!
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This needs a huge door fitting over it to keep the lookie loos out. First they come to see, then starbucks opens and it goes to hell.
Jack 3 years ago (edited)
I would like to think it's protected from things like that happening.
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
Journey to the subcutaneous layer of the Earth https://oxalisadventure.com/cave/son-doong-cave/
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Serial pacifist 3 years ago
Israel died so young. His funeral is shown at the end of the music video with thousands of Hawaiians showing up to show their last respect. Such a shame to lose such talent so soon.
Kelsey Rivera 3 years ago
Agreed I would have liked to go to one of performances like my mother father and grandma
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
Most cover songs never live up to the original. IZZ absolutely made this song much more soulful and better. You can actually feel his words vs Garlands. Miss ya big guy
Moo Moo Futch 3 years ago
This song and Sara McLachlan's "When She Loved Me" make me sob just thinking about them.
Sabi Piršel 3 years ago
I´ve never heard this one tbh. For me it´s Hurt from Johny Cash.
Load More Replies... Valerie Anne 3 years ago
This was played at my wedding. It's what the bridal party walked in to. It is my favorite version of the song.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
It’s a version that makes me feel so peaceful, happy and hopeful. He gave us a gift from the universe.
Rose Miller 3 years ago
It is the most beautiful version that I have ever heard.this man with the beautiful. Pice fed far too soon
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Jason Marin 3 years ago
Another interesting fact. Edith Macefield's refusal to sell her house was the inspiration for the movie "Up."
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
But you can't fight the government. Florida took my house and my property to build a road that never got built. As the crow flies, I was less than 2 miles from Disney proper, and I could see the fireworks nightly from my dining room window. My first night in the house, I heard what I thought were explosions. Nope, just the fireworks. We owned 2 1/2 acres of orange groves and the house. They took everything for $99, 000. Just the property is worth $750, 000 because of it's proximity to Disney. One interesting thing though, a century plant which had been planted when the house was built in 1947, bloomed. They take a minimum of 20 years to bloom, and this one took much longer. It's stalk was almost 20 feet high, with gorgeous flowers, and then it died, which is normal. F**k Florida.
Mika N 3 years ago
I was thinking about this kind of thing too :( I hate that the government is able to do that in some situations.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
You can’t buy sentimental value. Humans can become attached to a place because of its significance in their lives. We have memories contained in the space that we don’t want obliterated. She probably lived in that house her whole life, or whole married life, and was determined to die in it. I understand that, and I know I’m not alone in that understanding. It’s just that those who are driven by cold hard cash to be unsentimental and uncaring have ignored their own understanding in favor of money. That lack of caring is what has already destroyed so many green places and beautiful old places, and that’s a disgrace. We’re supposed to be better than that.
dream of delusion 3 years ago (edited)
:0 that’s so cool, i’m kinda jealous :p
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"The rise of social media has decreased the reliability of information because misinformation can spread so quickly before it can be corrected," Mike pointed out that the speed of sharing information has also made the spread of fake news that much quicker.
One quick way to check the reliability of a fact or a course is to start off with a simple Google search. "Do this and think before reposting or you may be contributing to the problem. Amplification doesn’t make a claim true or accurate," he said that just because something is repeated a lot doesn’t make it true.
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Christina B 3 years ago
That is how its done and done so well! Congratulations to her and I hope more follow in her footsteps
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Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
This is true for a lot of species, even when we cannot tell that they are lonely
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
I feel like dogs are a bit the same, they benefit so much from being with other dogs.
Sterling Hill 3 years ago
People should never get baby monkeys - these creatures need troops! Too many people don't bother to do their homework and their beloved pet sits and rocks and cries and pulls its hair out from loneliness.
Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago
Absolutely - I love primates, but they don't make good pets for many reasons, the fact that they're typically social animals being one of them. Not to mention that being kept as pets tends to result in primates becoming aggressive, and since many of them are stronger than humans, this can become a very dangerous situation.
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
In my experience as a lifelong dog slave, I've found that two dogs are happier than one alone. I always adopt two dogs now. It's not always simultaneously due to logistics issues, although that would be ideal, I think.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
The Strauss family owned—-started—-Macys Department Store. These were rich people sacrificing themselves so younger people could live. They were also an old couple, long married and still very much in love, who wanted to die together, even though Mrs Strauss could’ve rotten a place on a lifeboat. She just couldn’t face the idea of living without him. That’s true love, people.
Yayheterogeneity 3 years ago
I never knew the bit about their maid. How amazing is that. Does anyone know her name and what became of her?
charli 3 years ago
there isn't much information on her, but her name was ellen bird. she was born on the 8th of april 1881 and passed away on the 11th of september 1949
Load More Replies... xolitaire 3 years ago
The scene of this couple in the bed as the ship sank was the only moment in the movie that really hit hard for me.
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
The scene with the immigrant mother locked below in 3rd class down in the belly of the ship always got me. She calmly tucks her children in bed and tells them a bedtime story. You know there were probably hundreds of people in 3rd class who didn’t have the choice to leave the ship like Mrs Strauss. I can’t watch that scene anymore. Makes me cry too much thinking of all the children who needlessly drowned.
Load More Replies... Everything is fascinating. 3 years ago
So many empty spaces in lifeboats because people were so restrained and "polite". Not sure if this one was full, but many were not. After you. No,after you. No, I won't hear of it, after you. No, after you No, after... blub blub blub
Kaa 3 years ago
Yes, and because the stewards were advised not to let 3rd class passengers on the life boats 😟
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Paul Werner 3 years ago
I can't imagine what people would do to each other if that happened today!
Jag Yu 3 years ago
im reminded of an incident here in my home city. some years ago, after a strong earthquake, mass panic ensued when rumors of a tsunami hitting the city started. everybody started leaving their work place and their cars to evacuate for higher ground. there supposedly was an elderly couple who at that time were riding on a jeepney (local form or mass transportation). when everybody started running, they thought that they could never outrun the tsunami and decided that let fate do her job. so they just sat there calmly waiting for the inevitable to come while the rest of the population devolved into madness. this happened around 2012 and i guess the indian ocean tsunami of 2004 was still fresh on peoples memories.
According to Mike, some of the most trustworthy sources out there are the Associated Press, Reuters, and The New York Times. "They employ fact-checkers and editors that ensure the information they post is correct. They’re basically doing the research and homework for you. There are literally too many online sources to list that can’t be trusted and should be avoided. Anyone can basically post anything they want… proceed with caution," he told Bored Panda.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
He may have always had positive encounters with people at the lodge, so remembered it as a safe place, as well as realized his injury needed a vet. Sometimes human-animal encounters can be good, as long as the humans are good people who want to help, instead of harm. F**k poachers and f**k big game hunters. They have NO business being in the game preserves—-they’re called PRESERVES for a reason. Both poachers and big game hunters should be shot on sight.
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HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
BTW, elephants do have I very long memory. I witnessed it more than once. And IMO, they are smarter than the average human. Poachers are below the lowest form of life. The Rangers who care for them are heroes. Over 140 have been killed protecting elephants and gorillas. So sad.
François Carré 3 years ago
Well a 30 year-old elephant is as wise and experienced as a grown-up human, if not more. He had certainly seen the vet many times and knew what they do, where to find them and that they would eventually show up. That's very clever, patient and brave from him indeed.
Valerie Anne 3 years ago
Elephants are such intelligent creatures. They develop emotional connections, even mourn like many humans do. I adore them. It makes me so angry when I hear about the actions despicable humans take against them.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
When an elephant dies, it's herd forms around it to say goodbye and to protect from being eaten. Other herds from over 20 miles away also come. Baby elephants are introduced to other herds during migration, and the scent of the new friends remains active for over 40 years. This way, if anything happens to a herd, they can join a new herd. Rarely happens with humans - taking in other humans during times of tragedy. F****n Supreme Court
Load More Replies... Moo Moo Futch 3 years ago
I believe the wild elephants visit the Daphne Sheldrick elephant orphanage if they have injuries that can be treated.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Must be kind of a grapevine thing going on, where the residents of the orphanage advise their wild cousins to seek help there, and to pass the message on to all their friends.
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Susan Teter 3 years ago
Absolutely ZERO TOLERANCE for people that hurt or abuse animals. There should be OPEN SEASON on those sick individuals...KARMA in it's purest form.
Liv 3 years ago
Yes please, only fair. Let's purge human cruelty and send the message that even if you don't have compassion, there are consequences for hurting/abusing others - including animals.
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Kate 3 years ago
And we know this because the letter was found among Stalin's personal effects after his death. Apparently Stalin was so amused by the letter, he kept it.
CultOfBambi 3 years ago
I wonder if Navalny has sent something similar to Putin?
Load More Replies... Hugh Willie Mungous 3 years ago
Tito was a serious player. His success against the Germans in WWII prove that. He was not the type of guy with whom it would have been wise to fall out.
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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
Not just noise prevention, it caused a general friendly ambiance, resulting in fewer fights and arrests.
Nancy Collins 3 years ago
I do this for my students during lockdown drills. It keeps them very quiet, but also makes the whole experience less scary for them.
Kay Kelly 3 years ago
That's a great thing to do, only wish you didn't have to have the drills. Thank you.
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Katherine Boag 3 years ago
Note to self, carry lollipops for screaming kids (ask parents first)
donna peluda 3 years ago
we used to do that where I worked. We also made sure they crowds a closing time didn't all leave in the same direction.
"Our attention spans have been reduced to mere seconds at a time because that’s the way information and entertainment is fed to us now. People get tiny bite-sized bits of news by scrolling a Twitter feed, they entertain themselves by scrolling quickly through Instagram and TikTok. It’s creating a habit that doesn’t have to be.”
He continued: "The good news is there’s plenty of long-form entertainment and news available, you just have to seek it out. I believe the benefit is worth it. I’ve discovered it improves your ability to focus, it’s more calming, you retain more information, and it gives you a more balanced and nuanced view of the world."
#25
Pat Bond 3 years ago
Lol. Famous actor who played a stoner in a double act in the 1970's and made a nice bit of money for his efforts is most definitely not stupid.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Proof that copious pot smoking does not kill brain cells.
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manalonedies 3 years ago
Chong: "Hey, man, you just ran a red-light!" Cheech: "That's OK, man, I'll stop twice at the next one."
Jessica Cifelli 3 years ago (edited)
I remember that episode. I remember thinking that Anderson Cooper was kind of dumb. At the time I didn't know who Aisha Tyler was
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Cheech has just opened a museum in SoCal for his personal collection of Chicano/Mexican art.
Timothy Leung 3 years ago
Very often intelligent people made successful appearance as idiots - Rowen Atkinson, Lucille Ball etc.
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Henry Russell 3 years ago
oh my gosh i have found something like it but it was 20$ dollars instead i wonder if someone else did something liek that
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
I could see that (getting kicked out). Could you imagine Lee's laugh in full roar? I'm sure it was loud.
Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 3 years ago
OMG, I would have loved to have been in that movie theater!
Meanwhile, Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said that countering misinformation is “a huge challenge” and isn’t as effective as we’d like it to be because it only presents accurate information as an alternative to false beliefs.
“In my opinion, understanding conspiracy theories and other false beliefs is best understood as a byproduct of mistrust and misinformation. If people don’t trust authoritative sources of information, they aren’t going to replace their false beliefs with facts and we’re not going to be able to agree on what facts are. That’s where we often are these days,” the professor told Bored Panda.
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Kookamunga 3 years ago
I have this app on my cellphone - called Fake Call - that is a valuable tool. Good way to extricate yourself from people or situations.
Vladimir I 3 years ago
Unfortunately, this doesn't work with some people. They just stay and wait till you end call to keep chatting (tested with real important calls in my office).
Rosemary Booth 3 years ago
I've been working from home, and I can tell you it definitely doesn't work with cats either. It seems no matter how important the call, they refuse to leave my lap.
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Tracy Shaw 3 years ago
That's when you have your bestie call you 15-30 minutes in, and you answer, and say to the horrible date -- oh I have to go now... :)
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Carol Emory 3 years ago
Actually, at our work, we have headphones for web calls. I brought in a pair of gamer headphones that are large and blue. I found that when I'm wearing it, people leave me alone.
Pensive_Panda 3 years ago
Sweet!! Why didn't we know about this before the pandemic??? Like, in Dilbert cubicle days...
James King 1 year ago
That doesn't change the fact the Google is a f---ing evil corporation that willingly helps oppressive governments censor the information their citizens have access too.
#29
Deux 3 years ago
A street in my city only got a new fence built as a replacement this decade! Edinburgh still have LOTS of places where fences were cut down, can still see the stubs.
GFSTaylor 3 years ago
I lived for years in part of a grand old Victorian house. The low wall out front still had the stubs of the old fencing in the wall, like many other houses along the street. I'm sure I read somewhere that actually not much of the scrap from fences was actually used in the war effort, in the end.
Load More Replies... Sheryl Hart 3 years ago
Did you know that in Bisbee AZ there are a lot of fences made of iron headboards because there were so many brothels in this mining town back in the 1800s
#30
Kookamunga 3 years ago
It happens. I went out for milk and came home with the Great Wall of China.
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Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
It DEFINITELY costs more than a shilling, although I wouldn't rule out it costing the same due to inflation
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
If Chubb had had a mobile phone this wouldn’t have happened. He could have called her from the shop and checked if it was Stonehenge or chairs.
Jayne Kyra 3 years ago
Ugh, same. I go out to buy veggies and cat food and buy wine and cat food instead.
Adam Manley 3 years ago
It's around £25 / $31 for entry. Absolute rip off and very sad, as you can't get close to or touch the stones now. Plus there is a free public right of way which runs behind a large section of the paid route separated by a waist high wire fence. Also if you know where you are going you can actually ignore the signs and drive down another public right of way to Stonehenge and even camp there if you have a motorhome / campervan with the hippies and druids. The visitor centre is like over a mile away from.the actual Stones and you can either walk or get a coach. How do I know this, because I do it all the time in our campervan ✌️
SewingStaffy 3 years ago
People can't touch them anymore because too many people were vandalising it and chipping bits of to keep
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Sue Denham 3 years ago
But, sweetheart, just imagine this around the dining table instead. It would be a conversation piece.
Glitterati 3 years ago
Former localish to Stonehenge Brit turned Australian here. Yep you can get in free if you live in one of the following: The Town Council of Amesbury, The Parish Councils of Bulford, Figheldean, Durrington, Durnford, Woodford, Winterbourne Stoke, Shrewton, Orcheston, Tilshead, Winterbourne, Idmiston, Allington, Newton Tony, Netheravon, or the Parish Meetings of Milston, Wilsford-cum-Lake, and Cholderton. Yes Wilsford Cum Lake is a place 😳
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In his view, ‘inoculation strategies’ can help beat misinformation to the punch. However, the sad fact is that, online, misinformation usually finds its way to people before accurate info. What’s needed is a “retool from the bottom up” in the way people are taught, putting more emphasis on analytical thinking, data reasoning, and media literacy, starting in grade school.
#31
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 3 years ago
That's because cencoring it would be a d**k move
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Hugh Willie Mungous 3 years ago
Almost definitely the motivation was neither sexual nor salacious. The phallus, to the Romans, was a symbol of good luck. Think of it as an ancient equivalent of a rabbit's foot.
PandaJon 3 years ago
Wouldn't want a punishment swinging at the end of a keyvhain
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Everything is fascinating. 3 years ago
I go for walks there. It's not on Hadrian's wall. It's in a quarry near hadrian's wall. But it's in a soft sandstone quarry, the chances are it could not have lasted 2000 years. The stone is so soft you can rub it away with your finger.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I think similar carvings in walls in Pompeii were actually signs that showed which way the brothels were. Unless there’s documentation—-a letter from a soldier to one of his bros saying he carved a d**k on the wall—-then it might show which way archaeologists might find the remains of a brothel.
B Hobbit 3 years ago
You would think that a drawing of vulva would have been better suited.
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Poultry Geist 3 years ago
I use to hate Eminem! Then I watched 8 mile and I loved him after that! These feel good stories about him make me love him even more ! I actually feel like we would get along !
Miguel justino C 3 years ago
Afterwards he still didn’t care he won. Wu-tang, NIN, Run-DMC all won Grammys. Not the Oscars but didn’t give a s**t!
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Actually, I heard that he didn't bother to attend because he didn't really care about winning an Oscar. But then again, it wouldn't surprise me if his own people put that out there haha
#33
Justme 3 years ago
And then the ambulance company bills you $1,000 to take your dying child to the hospital 1 mile away and your insurance says it’s not a covered benefit.
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I've thought that battle, as a former fire department employee (Florida) who later had a ride he couldn't afford, I can tell you that they 100% have the ability to cancel the bill. You may have to talk to a few people and explain that you won't pay no matter what but they will end up hurting you and getting bad press. But they will throw out the debt...
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Jihana 3 years ago
I've been saying this for years. Also, an angry snarling Chihuahua is NOTcute
Unadulterated Glitter 3 years ago
I have a Great Pyrenees Saint Bernard mix and he's adorable
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 3 years ago
Nothing new. As a result, there's way too many badly behaved Yorkshire terriers, who have never known any training.
La Petite Morte 3 years ago
I ended up 'dogsitting' a Yorkie I'd known since he was 2. I was the only other person he loved (got peed on daily due to *omigidomigodomigoditsYOOOOUUU* paroxysms of joy) and my dog Tesla was the only dog that he tolerated. I agreed to watch him for a 'few months' when he was 8 while his Dad found a new place to live. It's been 5 years and I still can't break him of angrily announcing my step children every time they come upstairs and loudly trying to keep them out of my room. He will bark and growl and snap while getting very much wanted scritchies. Unfortunately, his original owner liked that he was angry and antisocial. I don't let the kids touch him unless I'm immediately supervising, and he's always muzzled for vet visits. I KNOW he won't actually bite anyone unless he's startled, and he's never bitten anyone but me while I was trimming his belly fur, but the fact that he constantly *looks like* he's about to rip your arm off is enough for me to keep a close watch on him.
Load More Replies... xolitaire 3 years ago
This. There are so many overly aggressive, dangerous Chihuahuas out there, but nobody cares because they are "small and cute". If you've ever had a terror like that in your household, "small and cute" are the last words you'd associate with it
Missmegs 3 years ago
I live in a community with a large chihuahua population. Those little a-holes form aggressive packs and attack cars. No way would that be tolerated with larger dogs.
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TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago (edited)
Yes! I can't tell you how many little "Pookies" and "Babies" have tried to eat my face off in 2 decades of vet work, but the bestest, goodest boi I ever worked on was a 200 lb Neapolitan Mastff/ Boerboel cross named Luigi ❤️ Edited because my dog, Hedwig the teeniest Boston Terrier in the land, was giving me the fisheye...ehh..small dogs are awesome I swear!
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
My dachshund is providing quite a challenge to train, but I’m not giving up on the little noodle!
Hiram's Friend 3 years ago
Dachshunds are notoriously stubborn and too darn smart.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 3 years ago
We call little dogs "Handtaschenhunge" (hand bag dogs) and "Wadenbeisser" (calf biter)
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
It does sound like a hoax doesn't it. Just goes to show, no matter what they say, you can be anything you want to be.
Justin 3 years ago
Or in the case of the platypus, *everything* you want to be.
Load More Replies... Kharyss 3 years ago
The duck-billed platypus, small aquatic friend Made from the pieces God had over at the end. According to His reckoning (He'd not been wrong before) He hadn't made enough: He needed one mammal more. He studied all the corners in His cupboard large and bare A little foot here, and a little nose there, A scrap of fur, a feather, nothing anyone would miss And God said, "Oh Good God... Yes?..... What can I make out of this?" There was a funny flat tail and a great enormous beak Which had lain in the cupboard for a year and a week. There were four webbed feet in the manner of a duck And hanging on a peg, a furry overcoat for luck! So the turn of the platypus came to be fitted God sat him down and honestly admitted That the finished platypus might appear a little odd, 'But look on the bright side of it,' said God. 'You can swim in the river, you can paddle in the creek, You can tackle anybody with a great big beak,
Kharyss 3 years ago
There's a tail for a rudder or alternatively legs And by way of consolation you've got babies and eggs.' So God took all the pieces into Workshop One And there he told the men the sort of thing he wanted done. The Carpenter and Plumber stroked the platypus's neck And said, "Don't you upset him, he cant run, but he can peck!" So the platypus was made, and his beak was firmly rooted And God found him a home where he would not be persecuted. They packed him up and sent him with his tail neatly furled In a brown paper parcel marked "Australia, The World."
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
Totally understandable because in the past there were a huge variety of hoaxes created by combining different animal parts together.
Simon Kerr 3 years ago
Nah, they're fake, so are kangaroos, and koalas, and wombats.. all fake.. but drop bears, 100% real, and those pricks will go you something shocking
#36
Panda in the Fake South 3 years ago
I took 1 singing lesson as a child. My teacher told me to stop coming and that I didn't need them because I was awful and they wouldn't support the kind of misery my singing would bring to the world.
The Other Guest 3 years ago
My husband tells me I sing like a bird. Well, his actual words are "sing like a crow," but hey - a crow's still a bird, right?
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Richard Willis 3 years ago
When Iwas growing, as a Catholic, we had in the church choir an Irishman who had an angelic tenor voice. He would sing solos during services and at weddings. He, too, was told by a music teacher to never take lessons as it would ruin his voice. He lost two sons in separate motorcycle accidents, several years apart. He lost his faith and vowed to never sing again.
Kookamunga 3 years ago
I never really considered Cash to be a singer. It's more like countrified rapping.
Kathy Wilbourne 3 years ago
So many singers have had their natural styles ruined by singing teachers.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Hard disagree. No one's style is changed by learning more techniques.
Load More Replies... Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
I call BS on this. No decent teacher would say this. Everyone has room to improve.
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
Everytime I hear Johnny Cash sing Hurt and watch the video I cry. It always reminds me of my dad who passed away.
Mary Obrien 2 years ago
My husband sits outside when I start singing so the neighbors don't think he's strangling me
#37
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Ingenious use of what he had at the time. Hell, any of us would’ve done the same, using briefcases, shoes (especially spike heels), or anything to get out. Hell, I would’ve started chewing the f*****g wall if that’s all I had! Teeth can now be replaced.
Jason Henninger 3 years ago
Need to look up the story of Bettie Lou Oliver and the Empire State Bldg.
Kevin Warner 3 years ago
And the American perpetrators have STILL escaped justice to this day!
#38
SparkleFarts 3 years ago
Homosexuality occurs in over 400 species (iirc). Homophobia only occurs in one.
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Hex Gurls 3 years ago
that would be funny if it also applied to humans, like being gay is only making elaborate plots to steal babies
Anta Babb 3 years ago
they probably transport it in the same way the adults carry and move the eggs when they're incubating them, but tucking the rock on top of their feet, covering their bodies over the rock, and slowly shuffling
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donald ready 3 years ago
You do realize this says "im so happy to report that homosexual penguins exist to steal other penguins kids out of jealousy!" Its not really a pro-gay angle....
#39
Jayne Kyra 3 years ago
Me when I want to work-out, eat healthy, and not drink beer on a hot day. Fail, fail, and fail.
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
Can someone help my poor brain out. I can only see failed assassination and suicide. Where did he fail at murder? I'm obviously missing something. Help me!
Terran 3 years ago
"one of them threw a bomb and missed" in the third line.
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Chewie Baron 3 years ago
Gavrilo Princip, the man who eventually assassinated the Archduke and the Achduchess, had a fear of loud noises too. He was asked in 1917, after being told of the destruction that he helped to start, if he had any regrets. None was his answer. He died a few weeks after the Armistice.
Kimberly Spharler 3 years ago
I read your comment and then read your name incorrectly as "Chewie BACON". Sorry, not sorry. Lol!
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Robert Trebor 3 years ago
The Archduke and his wife almost made it, but their driver took a wrong turn and had to turn around. Princip was on the sidewalk disconsolate at the failed assassination, saw them, and did the dirty deed. The Archduke was heir to the throne, was basically otherwise a non-entity, and really the only noble thing he did in his life was to marry Sophy, whom he loved but he couldn't give her his title. Not Archduchess bt Duchess of Hohenberg, and by the family law his children had no inheritance rights.
Navindu Wijewardena 3 years ago (edited)
But the thing is, when this guy in the post threw the bomb, it exploded and injured some civilians, and then Ferdinand went to the hospital to see them, but the driver took a wrong turn which led him straight to Gavrilo Princip, who was the one who killed Ferdinand and started WW1
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MikeyWaveOven (he/him) 3 years ago
In that timeline, biff had the giant casino! This means we're in the timeline where Marty screwed up!
Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago
We gotta get Marty McFly to come back here and fix the timeline!
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Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
I am sure he would have been had he taken a shot at the Presidency!
Load More Replies... BrookeBT 3 years ago
And Tom Wilson is the absolute opposite of that a-hole. He was just paid to portray a bully - not be one.
Julianne Hannes 3 years ago
He's actually a Ned Flanders IRL, devout Christian family man who carries cards for BTTF fans
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Does Biff's casino remind anyone else of someone who ran (and bankrupted) multiple casinos? BiffTannen...a8705d.jpg 
#41
Mac 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I bet it's fun watching the little critter climb down after its drink!
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Marie Dahme 3 years ago
Reminds me of the Disney cartoon Dumbo. Did the little mouse see pink elephants on parade after he drank the wine?
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Matte painting on glass goes back 70 years prior to Star Wars. It was one of the basic techniques of filmmaking until digital compositing took over. Famous glass matte paintings include King King's Skull Island , the yellow brick road, Mount Rushmore for North By Northwest, and the Statue of Liberty beach for Planet of the Apes. Orson Welles use of them in Citizen Kane to save money was lauded I'm not disparaging the artistry of Star Wars. Instead, I'm pointing out they were standing on the shoulders of giants who shouldn't be forgotten.
GFSTaylor 3 years ago
Yep, when watching a movie on the telly (c1970's) if there was a grand backdrop to the picture, Dad would often say "painted on glass".
Load More Replies... setsuriseikou 3 years ago
Ok, but why "just"? Let's acknowledge the talent and hard work of the artist(s) who created them!
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
...that's just how movies worked back then. And sometimes still do.
#43
Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
To all teenagers everywhere: 1) You can't skip a shower and still smell OK. 2) you rarely need to spray for more than *literally* a second or two under each arm. 3) do NOT spray in your pants
Shane S 3 years ago
We weren’t allowed to shower in 6th grade here. I don’t think they allowed showers after athletics until high school. Having naked little kids was too big of a minefield.
Load More Replies... Mistiekim 3 years ago
Adults do it too. Sometimes you get in an elevator and are riding with a guy’s cologne/ axe spray long after the guy left.
Nolgoth 3 years ago
Hate when dudes and women bathe themselves in cologne or perfume. Nearly choking me to death with the fumes
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Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
Somehow kids have completely missed the concept of deodorant and antiperspirant. You put it on BEFORE you sweat and stink. It wasn't made to reverse funk, it was made to prevent it!
OhForSmegSake 3 years ago
My brother went through a can a day in high school and made my mother's asthma so bad she had to be on constant medication and was hospitalised several times a year.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
That s**t f*****g reeks. When it first came out, my husband tried wearing it. I Immediately sent him to the shower to wash the vile overpowering stench off. It made me gag and my eyes water. It was so strong I swear I could taste it. He has never worn it again.
Jojo Dancer 3 years ago
PE teacher here- we band it in the locker room at our middle school for this very reason 🥴🥴🥴
Alessa Gillespie 3 years ago
I firmly support the ban. Less douchy teens and adults in the future
#44
Vepřík Boubelatý 3 years ago
Of course, brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
Randolph Croft 3 years ago
Generally, pets do not compete for the same resources as siblings. Including love from the parents.
debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
Some (many?) probably wouldn't if they could.
Load More Replies... HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I haven't seen or talked to my sibling, aka the spawn of Satan since 1999 when my dad died. He changed the locks on my dad's house and he refused to let us go in to get a suit for my dad to wear in the casket. He also did not come to his funeral. He is also a well known sci-fi writer, having written over 90 books. I haven't read a single one, and never will. He is despicable.
Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
Please tell us his name so we can be sure to avoid his books.
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#45
Indosidius 3 years ago
Two introverts seeing each other and wanting to hookup without engaging?
Anta Babb 3 years ago
psh, that's easy to fix. Just get them to have oral sex! Have each person yell "f*** you!" at each othe from afar!
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Dawson James 3 years ago
This word could be used to describe like half of my social interactions
third molar 3 years ago
If colonized by British they they would have made the word as "mintpie" and teach it as different from a "mint pie"
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
When a kid asks an awkward question and neither parent wants to answer.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Why is that considered difficult to translate? Seems to me that they offered a perfectly valid translation. And how is it the most succinct word?
#46
Simon Kerr 3 years ago
Freedom!! You can't tell me what to do ... with my own body ... unless I'm making the heartbreaking choice to terminate a pregnancy ... but I can have a little gun to protect myself ... from someone with an assault rifle ...
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Nimues Child 3 years ago
To be fair, we all complained so much that the beloved cartoon went to PBS and was shown in its entirety commercial-free.
Katherine Boag 3 years ago
Many tv stations do this; it should be against their licencing rights
#47
Grudge-holding Treefrog 3 years ago
My mom got me a tiny one of these for like, 30$ for my birthday, because I had been begging for one for a long time, and then found 2 big ones for 10$ the next week 😂
#48
Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago
It's a rock. Reject conformity and use that money for something useful like a down payment on a house.
Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
I recently got married and we chose flower crowns over rings. Jewellery is not our thing and we have practical lives that they wouldn't work with.
Vicky De Raedemaeker 3 years ago (edited)
I don't see the difference between diamond or shining glass. I don't need expensive jewelry, as long it's pretty, shines and the color doesn't change i'm fine.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
2 MONTHS SALARY!!! That's insane. I would not be happy if my partner spent a weeks salary on a ring, let alone 2 bloody months. Thankfully he knows me enough not to.
xolitaire 3 years ago
I don't even like diamonds. Opals are so much cooler! But I'd also be thrilled by resin jewellery
Mark Faby 3 years ago
Yup. Additionally, DeBeers was in cahoots with another diamond company - sorry, I don't remember that company's name - but DeBeers owned 51% of that company and that company owned 51% of DeBeers. The for many, many years the head of DeBeers was not allowed into the U.S. under threat of arrest for his manipulation of the diamond market. Again, I don't remember the details, it was quite awhile ago, but he worked out some plan with the DoJ to be able to come in.
Mark Faby 3 years ago
Typo: 'For many, many years the head of DeBeers...'
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Bi-Polar Express 3 years ago
I picked a ruby ring, because I had a ruby (inherited) and I like red.
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
I prefer opal and definitely not more then 1000$. Anything more is just a waste of money.
Alessa Gillespie 3 years ago
The whole wedding industry is a major scam. What justifies the prices of wedding dresses?!
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Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
He was also a vampire hunter. They made a documentary about it. (/s obviously)
Rico Mendez 3 years ago
Well, yeah, I can see why he'd win, since the man looks to have been ay least 10 feet tall in the drawing. Looks like the villagers were trying to bring him down.
#50
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
The physical book is a metaphor of its contents. Poorly done bondage that society doesn't want .
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Can't be recycled. my a*s...take a damn Sawzall and cut the binding off, ffs. Recycle the pages and trash the bindings. Or use them for kindling.
Shane S 3 years ago
Pay some teens a small fee to cut the pages out with a boxcutter and recycle the pages. It’s just the binding that has the glue.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
No one wants to be caught with those books on their shelf. But I got to admit, my first read through of the series was kind of a hot, fast, read. But if you try to reread them, you've slowed down enough to realize just how bad they are.
While the 'Did You Know?' project aims to provide educational nuggets that are both fun and informative, it's intriguing to note how physics intertwines with our daily curiosities. Take, for example, how physical forces and principles explain common phenomena around us.
For instance, the relationship between the human body's inertia and seatbelts could be explored further in the context of interesting physics principles we've always encountered unknowingly.
#51
Bob Bobbs 3 years ago
Why why why would you say that? I don't need that in my head. It'd be funny though.
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Carrie Hebert 3 years ago
Honestly, those things creep me out. I'm a little iffy about santa as it is.
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 3 years ago
Who ever cam up with elf on a shelf should be shot along with the people who use it to terrify their kids.
J loves cats 3 years ago
I always just let my daughter play with it. She actually had several. She still believed in the magic. Or more appropriately the magic of Christmas.
#53
Monday 3 years ago
Take hamlet, mix in some kimba the white lion and add just a dash of ridiculously catchy music.
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I idolize you 3 years ago
Considering the actual story of how pocahontas was treated, and how Disney made some ridiculous romanticized version of her life... I don't have a point just wanted to say that.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
This explains why the animators stole so many scenes from another cartoon
#54
Sky Render 3 years ago (edited)
Fun Fact: I have a tie to John Dillinger by marriage. One of my wife's great aunts was his long-time girlfriend and was photographed at least once with him on the public record.
madbakes 3 years ago
"In the Line of Fire" can give you visuals. It's also a Client Eastwood movie so win-win.
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Kathy Wilbourne 3 years ago
This reminds me of my camel-riding gimpy knee cure. I could hardly walk but took a ride on a double-humped camel in Ladakh, and the way my legs were swinging free completely fixed my knees. When I got down after an hour's ride, no pain and I could walk perfectly. Went back and did it again a few years later.
Alexandru Bucur 3 years ago
In Romania, there was a folk remedy for back pain of being walked and sat on by a tame bear. Not practiced anymore for obvious reasons, but it's fascinating to see pictures from the early 20th century of this practice: danseaza-u...beniuc.jpg 
Panda in the Fake South 3 years ago
I can personally attest this ride will shake everything inside your body loose. It also will rearrange your spine. Like you just saw a really bad chiropractor who employees a very angry body builder.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
By passed, does that mean the people who had the stones wet themselves on the ride?
#56
xolitaire 3 years ago
When my depression was at it's worst I slept a lot, because my logic was that you can't make mistakes while sleeping. Also sleeping comes very close to the feeling of not existing/not being part of the events around you
L.A. Trefry 3 years ago
It's not so much "not making mistakes" -- it's that you don't usually feel emotional pain while sleeping.
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Jason Marin 3 years ago
I'm in my bed a lot but not because I'm lonely. It's because I like to play my video games while sitting on it.
Monday 3 years ago
I'm in my bed a lot because it's really comfortable in my bed...especially in the winter where the bed gives warm hugs.
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When I was severely depressed, I used to construct elaborate stories while I was trying to fall asleep. As soon as I woke, I would anticipate the next time I could reasonably go back to sleep and continue my "storyline". I still remember that feeling of wanting to be unconscious and occasionally, to this day, I still get that urge when I have dilemma or am just having a very off day. I think this is the brain's way of protecting us in stressful situations and also to allow our broken psyches to heal.
#57
Draco's Dragonfly 3 years ago
Hahaha 104 degrees Celsius would burn a lot more than 140 calories :)
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Mark Faby 3 years ago
'Pre-med' is null-term. Unless things have changed there is no major called 'Pre-med' or 'Pre-law'.
Bee she/her 3 years ago
It’s when your major is taken with the goal of further schooling.
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BrookeBT 3 years ago
I make bad jokes all the time. I haven't got arrested for them but, good for him. I don't smoke weed but it shouldn't be a crime.
Hey! 1 year ago
Having 10 lb. is a crime in itself. It's not for personal use.
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This sounds like b******t. 10 pounds of weed is bulky, even if it's vacuum-sealed.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
If they hadn't eliminated this office I bet Mother Teresa would not have even come close to being canonized.
Christof Irran 3 years ago
And in order to motivate the Devil's Advocates to do their very best work, they generally chose very rich men and put their entire wealth at stake, and their wealth would be forfeited to the church if they lost their case. So, when someone says "Oh, I am just playing the devil's advocate here" it's actually a rather frivolous comment because being the Devil's Advocate is a very serious and drawn-out business.
Panda in the Fake South 3 years ago
In the USA especially Florida the dark ages are happening now. Women have no rights gays/trans have no rights and anyone who speaks out against it gets revenge laws made against them.
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I don't like that it's called a demon cat, it looks glorious. Look at that wonderfully wise angelic sage. Here from another realm to guide souls through.
Lisa H 3 years ago
I agree, if this is true, then the cat appears to try to warn people that something bad is about to happen.
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athornedrose 3 years ago
if it just warns you and doesn't harm you, its a harbinger, not a demon
sapphoscousin 3 years ago
too bad it didn’t appear when roe v wade was overturned to wreak havoc on the people taking away our rights
L.A. Trefry 3 years ago
Too bad the "demon cat" didn't shred to ribbons the insurrectionist mob of scumbags.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
"...allegedly appears before major tragedies..." So it's the Mothman, but in cat form?
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
If only it had sat on Trump - before during and after the idiotitic reign ... Hopefully an ashsasshin cat will sort that problem out sooner rather than later ;o))
#61
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Most performers do this. It's hard to move and sing at the same time if you aren't in good cardio shape.
BusLady 3 years ago
She's so active on stage. It keeps her in great shape as well.
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I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 3 years ago
She was also used to practising on the treadmill with high heels on
Stephanie Barr 3 years ago
BTS practice singing on the treadmill. That's one reason they can sing so stably while dancing.
#62
Donnie Mc00 3 years ago
i work in the museum which houses them now. come see us! https://www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/national-museum-of-scotland/anatomy-a-matter-of-death-and-life/
Sterling Hill 3 years ago (edited)
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/mystery-of-the-miniature-coffins/ Thanks for the link "Collection of miniature coffins with lids and carved figures, found in 1836."
Miriam L 3 years ago (edited)
Didn't Burke and Hare sell the bodies to a doctor for him to study autopsies and anatomy? That's what I learnt, and I am NOT keen on researching it further. Edit: Ok, reread the post a bit, and the comments, and I see now that the coffins held dolls. Why? Were they made to replace the weight of the person who should have been in the coffin, or were they made by someone else as a memorial?
Donnie Mc00 3 years ago
you are correct about Burke and Hare. The coffins are only a few inches long and beautifully crafted. they are definitely an enigma and no one can say for sure what their purpose was. but since they were pretty new when found, the best guess is that they represented victims murdered by Burke and Hare since that was the only remarkable event in Edinburgh in the time period
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Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
That's impressive and very dishonest... I guess like a lot of advertising!
CorgiGirl 3 years ago
Then again, how many people fake their resumes hoping that they'll learn as they go
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Frank Hassler 3 years ago
To be fair this presentation was over 6 months before the phone was released, so the phones on stage were just prototypes and Apple engineers had plenty of time to work the bugs out.
Mistiekim 3 years ago
It was his version of “fake it till you make it”. Unfortunately Elizabeth Holmes idolized Jobs and thought she could do the same. The big difference is that her company was dealing with patients and patient test results. Her big promises were made BEFORE the tech was even remotely close to working.
Vanja Vidovic 3 years ago
From the very beginning, Apple was targeting stupid people as their customers. Sadly, it was a really smart decision.
Ozymandias73 3 years ago
Knew I hated iPhones for a reason. Had one once and regretted it. When it got stolen, I wasn't even upset.
#64
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
At first glance I thought this had something to do with M & Ms.
Lesley Relph 3 years ago
Nice that they list the victims, not the murderers. They deserve to be remembered.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I once went on the Jack the Ripper tour. I am ashamed of myself. I had visions of someone turning the Gainesville, FL murders into a tour. Yes, the murders were the first ever photographed, but there are descendants of these poor woman. I am sure that I am in the minority, but this disturbs me.
Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
To be fair, there only looks like a few dozen, and millions of people have lived or travelled to London in two centuries.
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Monday 3 years ago
white mugs apparently, unless you like it sweet then any bright colour seems better.
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Darla Taylor 3 years ago
Hot chocolate tastes pretty good with a shot or more of butterscotch schnapps in it also. Don’t forget the whipped cream on top!
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I drink mine out of a Dr. Who mug. The design changes when hot drinks are poured into the cup.The Weeping Angels appear.
The Other Guest 3 years ago
This might explain why my morning coffee tastes best in my Haunted Mansion cup...
Mistiekim 3 years ago
Hot chocolate tastes better with marshmallows and whipped cream no matter the cup color!
Beck 2 years ago
100%. You can I ever the color dehydrated marshmallows online. The kind that are in lucky charms.
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Lightningstar 3 years ago
The day he left was one of the worst days of my early childhood
Load More Replies... ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago (edited)
Educate yourself, friend. It's a good show
Load More Replies... Katy McMouse 3 years ago
Blue's Clues is (was?) a children's show that started in the mid to late 90's about an always upbeat guy and his blue cartoon dog. They would search for clues in the form of a paw print throughout the episode and in the course of their clue hunting, they would come across everyday objects, also in cartoon form. Very recently, there was a "reunion" with the original Steve, who had left for college irl. Adult Steve addressed the children whom would have watched during his time and proceeded to create an onion ninja apocalypse by explaining how he always thought about them after he left and to also say how proud he was of them. Whoo. I didn't mean for this explanation to be so long, but Blue and Steve were mainstays when my boys were babies and to some extent, me, along with a lot of other adults. Maybe if you watch an episode on YouTube and also watch the recent sob fest of a reunion video, you might get the appeal.
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Kenny Earthling 3 years ago
Did he see a vision of the world being a better place without him in it? He stole ideas from others, ruined lives with his business practices, and electrocuted dogs and cats in public demonstrations. He was bloody awful.
Joe Blowe 3 years ago
Nikola Tesla was a more proficient inventor, AC Power (alternating current), Radio, Neon Lamp, Hydroelectric Power, Induction Motor, Radio Controlled Boat among many others still in use today. When Tesla died, the government seized all of his inventions and papers for future inventions he was working on. The government has yet to release the stuff. Tesla died penniless partially due to Edison and his business ethics
#68
manalonedies 3 years ago
Not really. It's because a lot of Japanese think the Colonel looks like Santa. (At least that's how the custom started).
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Emily 3 years ago
Yes please! Enough political stuff, I want to read about hoax platypi!
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Valerian Haven 3 years ago
It's bad when a stereotype for male church officials (more often Christian and Catholic, to my knowledge) is to be a pedophile and yet they are the ones calling out the LGBT the loudest? When is the cycle of hate just going to stop? Because until we can accept that people can be different and still be good people. And that being an active church goer or volunteer does not automatically make you a good person either. None of us will find common ground. Someone's skin, race, gender, identity, sexuality, blood type, body type, religion, faith, eye color or anything like that defines who a person is. We live in a world of Grey where people's choices define who they are but no one's looking past the book cover anymore.
Emily 3 years ago
Yes please! Enough political stuff, I want to read about hoax platypi!
Load More Replies... Valerian Haven 3 years ago
It's bad when a stereotype for male church officials (more often Christian and Catholic, to my knowledge) is to be a pedophile and yet they are the ones calling out the LGBT the loudest? When is the cycle of hate just going to stop? Because until we can accept that people can be different and still be good people. And that being an active church goer or volunteer does not automatically make you a good person either. None of us will find common ground. Someone's skin, race, gender, identity, sexuality, blood type, body type, religion, faith, eye color or anything like that defines who a person is. We live in a world of Grey where people's choices define who they are but no one's looking past the book cover anymore.
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