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35 Random Facts Shared On This Instagram Account To Make You Question Everything
Interview
The Internet is loaded with all sorts of information to feed our curious minds. That’s why lots of people use it to find academic sources, books, or other ways to learn new things about the world. There’s also online content creators who cover an abundance of interesting topics; and luckily, there are some dedicated ones out there who have plenty to share.
One of them is Doug Sharpe—a true fun fact aficionado. His Instagram account is brimming with information on the most random of topics that have attracted nearly 200k followers already. Also known as the Fact Guy, the Canadian content creator covers everything from spiked self-defense high heels to acts of kindness while traveling or even babies ordering home delivery. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Today, we have gathered some of Doug’s most interesting fun facts on this list for you to get acquainted with. Scroll down to find them and enjoy.
Bored Panda has reached out to Doug and he was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. Scroll down to find our interview with him in the text below.
Canadian content creator, Doug Sharpe, uses his Instagram account to share random fun facts
Image credits: dougiesharpe This post may include affiliate links.
#1
While on a speaking tour in Japan, former President Jimmy Carter told a very funny joke. Or did he? While on a speaking tour in Japan, former President Jimmy Carter was giving a speech at a Japanese college graduation ceremony. During his speech, he made a joke which made the crowd erupt in thunderous laughter. After he had finished giving the speech, former President Carter wanted to figure out how the translator had translated the joke so perfectly. But when Carter did ask the translator how he had done it, the translator sheepishly admitted he had not translated the joke at all. He had told the crowd instead "President Carter has told a very funny joke. Please laugh now"
guineapiglover12 2 years ago
He said, "One of my favorite cartoons as a new yorker is a little boy, looking up at his father and he says daddy when I grow up I wanna be a former president." I may have gotten some words mixed up.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Not as bad as his speech in Poland - the one with the translation that he's sexually attracted to the polnish people and doesn't plan to leave ever again.... (fault of the translator)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When American TV shows were taped before a live audience, there was often an off-camera neon sign that lit up with the word "LAUGH" at appropriate times.
Doug shared with Bored Panda that his journey started with a random fact about chickens: “In 2018, I was at my parents’ house with my family and I was in the kitchen with my mom and sister. My mom was talking about how she wanted to get chickens for the backyard. I said, ‘Oh, fun fact, did you know you can’t add a new chicken to a chicken coop during the day or the chickens won’t accept it? You have to add it at night and then the chickens just wake up and are like, oh cool, new chicken’.”
It made his mom and sister laugh and they asked him how he knew so many random facts about nothing. His sister then suggested he should record some fun facts and put them on Instagram. The content creator said he filmed the first video a few days after that.
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#2
Humans feel more empathy for dogs than we do for other humans.
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago (edited)
I heard (could be an urban myth) humans find baby animals more appealing than baby humans.
Margaret Zahn 2 years ago
Dogs and other animals. I could not give a rat's a** about adults or children
Celia McReynolds Tinsley 2 years ago
Even in movies or television shows if the human dies I'm a bit sad but if the animal dies I will be crying through the rest of the show
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Children and animals aren't generally awful, and if they are it's not their fault. 90% of adult humans should go die in a ditch.
#3
A border collie who was ejected from their owners car during a crash was found 1.5 miles away herding sheep
Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
The best comment I read regarding this photo (no idea who to attribute it to): "This dog just yeeted himself into his dream job"
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
He thought he was on his own so he went out and got a job. Actually, his family was devastated and searching for him.
PunkRock*Bottom* 2 years ago
Dog "I was in a car crash" Dogs boss: "but you're still coming in right?"
“I made them on and off from 2018 onwards and people always liked them and encouraged me to make more,” Doug said. “I originally just made them for my friends and family because they were just fun and interesting internet videos.
“I posted a couple on Instagram in the summer of 2021 and they did pretty good views and I was like ‘oh cool, maybe I should make more of these’,” he added.
The fun fact connoisseur said he got on TikTok in October of 2021 and grew his account to 32k thousand followers after posting a bunch of content. However, a couple of months later, in December, he put a pause on the activity.
#4
In 2016, a 70 year old man robbed a bank because he rathered be in jail than have to spend anymore time with his wife. he was later sentenced to 6 months of house arrest.
Adam Jeff 2 years ago
Remember kids, if you're gonna rob a bank make sure you have a good excuse ready in case you get caught. "Sorry Judge, I didn't mean to hurt anyone, it's just I've been invited to live in the Playboy mansion and I'd rather go to jail because I'm afraid of rabbits. Please don't punish me by sending me there..."
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Half-way through reading this I expected the punch line to be: "... rather be in jail with at least marginal health care instead of sleeping between two dumpsters with a piece of cardboard over my head." I think I have lived in the U.S. for too long.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
I believe this scenario actually happened. Please don't downvote me if I am wrong.
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#5
Box Wars is an Australian event series where people build elaborate cardboard suits of armour, get together at a festival ground and then have an epic battle. The event was started in 2002. There are 4 rules during a battle. 1. There are no winners, only losers. 2. Use common sense during a battle. 3. Only recycled carboard allowed. 4. After the battle, kids plunder the battlefield. And if a kid asks you for your armor, you must give it to them.
Elita One 2 years ago
Huh, I'm an Aussie and I've never heard of this, I wonder f it was the inspiration behind the music video for Geronimo by Sheppard as they are Aussies.
Rose the Cook 2 years ago
Never heard of it either, must be a local thing somewhere.
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
I can't imagine how many fights break out there between adults that just refuse to give their very complicated armors and weapons to a random kid (I've seen cardboard armor and weapons that were like far too good to be just cardboard, and I would totally understand if someone refuses to give those up. I wouldn't, sorry kids.)
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
I mean I'd assume before participating they'd know the rules? If an adult didn't like that rule then they shouldn't get to participate. It's all for fun, and it's recycled cardboard.
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“My sister sent me a fact in July of 2022 and I needed something and making fun fact videos just kind of filled the hole. I started posting on TikTok Daily on August 1st, 2022 and have been so happy people have enjoyed the facts as much as they have, it’s crazy to see where all my accounts are at today. I’m just really stoked people like the content,” Doug shared with Bored Panda.
“It’s been a really long process to get my production to where it is today,” he added. “The fun facts were not good at the start but they got better and better with time and practice and I’m really happy and grateful everything is where it is today.”
He also pointed out that TikTok is no longer his main account, and that he mostly focuses on his YouTube channel nowadays.
#6
Bedtime procrastination is the act of staying awake later than you meant to for no reason while at the same time being conscious that not going to sleep now will negatively affect you tomorrow as you know you will be tiered.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
It gives me some comfort knowing that nobody at home is awake and that I’m free to do what I want so I binge watch some of my favourite shows
Monday 2 years ago
Same. It's my favourite time of day and I don't want it to end so I stay up way too late.
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White Paper Tsuru 2 years ago
I've heard this called revenge bedtime procrastination. Apparently people in busy lives/jobs/living situations (I'm looking at you, parents working your butts off) who lack freedom/control to create leisure time take it from their sleep time (intentionally or unintentionally) despite knowing they will feel like c**p while they chronically sleep deprive themselves.
Jennifer Gilmore 2 years ago
Guilty as charged! Plus, it nice to only have to worry about myself and my own needs and wants. Just me and the dog. She looks forward to it every night.
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Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago
I did that last night, but it turns out I'm merely tired, not tiered.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
My take had always been that once I go to bed, I'm guaranteed not to do the stuff I was supposed to do today, but as long as I'm up there's still a chance
Caroline Nagel 2 years ago
I'm doing that right now. It's 1.20 am and I know I should go to bed but I'm postponing it.
#7
During the British rule of India there were far too many cobras in Delhi. To combat this problem, the British Government offered a bounty to the local Indians, telling them they would pay them for every dead cobra they brought in. Initially, the program was a success. The Cobra population in Delhi was decreasing and people were making money. But somehow the number of dead cobras being turned in every week stayed consistent. And that was because some entrepreneurial Indians started setting up Cobra Farms in their homes to make a little extra cash on the side. The British Government found out about the Cobra Farms, so they canceled the Cobra Bounty and stopped paying for dead cobras. So the Indians shut down their Cobra farms and let their cobras go free in the streets, resulting in there being significantly more cobras in Delhi than before the program started.
Saint Thomas 2 years ago (edited)
This is since known as the "Cobra effect" : when the actions you take to solve a problem result in said problem getting worse. Another well known example happened in 1900, in the then french colony of Vietnam, with rats. From internet : "Civilians were paid a bounty for each rat they killed. In order to reduce the space needed for entire corpses, only the severed rat tail was required for payment. While the rat population decreased initially, large numbers of tail-less rats suddenly appeared on the streets. It turned out that rat hunters simply cut off the tails, received their payment, and released the rats for further breeding and tail-making. Even worse, health inspectors discovered new farms on the outskirts of Hanoi dedicated to importing and breeding rats."
Christof Irran 2 years ago
There is a collateral to this that insurance actuaries call "Risk Homeostasis." It basically describes the phenomenon that the safer you make an activity the greater the risk taken by those participating in the activity, thus negating all benefits from making the activity safer. We saw this effect in jurisdictions where bicycle helmet use became mandatory, and the number of bicyclists' fatal head injuries increased instead of declining. Or when traffic fatalities briefly spiked after airbags became more common in automobiles.
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JACKSON NIESE 2 years ago
They should have instead announced ahead of time that they were shutting it down
Brent Hollett 2 years ago
Fun Fact: The "King Cobra" is not a cobra. It's a member of the genus Ophiophagus, not Naja.
#8
When Denny’s the 24/7 breakfast house decided to give it’s employees Christmas Day off work in 1988, it set off a very strange series of events because no one knew how to close the restaurants. They also didn't have the keys to the doors as they were always open
Bell-acose 2 years ago
It’s not that sad. Lots of places never close. Some rural hospitals and all the 24 hour gyms in the world suffered the same issues during the pandemic. They had never locked their doors before. Nobody knew alarm codes or had working keys. It was a mess.
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Joshua David 2 years ago
I'm surprised that no one had keys. If there was a threat on site, stores will lock the doors for protection.
Clément D. 2 years ago
Used to be a manager at macdonald's (France). We were opened everyday 8:00 to midnight. except we closed one day every year, on christmas. Every dec.24th closure was super tricky. Food preps, point of sales, appliances... Every year. And yet we knew how to close the thing, as we were not 24/7
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
This is silly. I've worked in places like airport terminals and other 24/7 businesses supporting them - all the doors have locks, and not all are even open at all times! I live in south Florida - you get a cat 4/5 hurricane headed directly towards you, you lock it all up and head home or to your safe place. Heck, I've been to 7/11s (worldwide popular 24 hour convenience store chain) where they were closed at night for floor polishing or whatever!
Jeffrey Weaver 2 years ago
Same happened at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas during covid, the doors didn't even have locks.
Kelly Kenrick 2 years ago
That’s surprising. You should always have keys to lock the doors if you get robbed - protect the crime scene) or if there was a problem…. Flooding, structural damage. You have to be able to lock the doors
Kim Kermes 2 years ago
In Reno, Nevada, a Denny's in a casino had no doors, so they had to hire a guard to stand in the doorway.
Doug revealed that one of the things he likes most about creating the videos is also one of the most challenging ones. “Because I create a new fact daily, I like the time crunch,” he said. “I have very poor time management skills so most of the time when you see a fact posted I more than likely just finished it. It’s a constant push to create and be consistent in my creativity.
“Creativity can get stagnant at times. So many people have a pet project they’ve been working on forever because it has no deadline. I like the constant movement of the creation process.”
The Fun Fact Guy also mentioned he really likes researching and writing the material. “When I’m researching, I get to treasure hunt the best parts of the fact. I usually use 3-6 sources and will pull the best piece of information from each and use them in my script. I like that I can highlight what I think is most cool, interesting or funky about the fact.”
#9
Bob Ross never made any money from the syndicated Joy Of Painting TV show which aired weekly on over 330 PBS station across North America.
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
there's a bunch on YouTube for free
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Icecream Sarang 2 years ago
Watch the documentary on his show. It’s sickening. All he wanted to do was paint. And this couple took advantage of it. It’s really eye opening.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
That's how you atone for being an Air Force drill sergeant :-) aXYrXKv_70...83caa9.jpg 
Kat Min 2 years ago
I watched his show when I was an exchange student in Canada 1987. There was no 'program', I just lived with friends of my parents. I was so exhausted from school, understanding only half of what wwas ging on. I schlepped myself home, bunked myself on the sofa, drnak balckcurrant tea and watched cartoons and Bob Ross. His show was so soothing!! I don't even like th style of his paintings but just seeing them emerge was wonderful. Bless you Bob and thank you for this wonderful show.
#10
In 2019, a man wearing a TV on his head dropped off TV’s on random porches in Henrico County, Virginia. Nothing is known of the TV Man
Surenu 2 years ago
I'm fairly certain this person did that precisely to become a weird internet fact.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
We may know nothing about the TV Man, but we can be pretty sure he's giggling every time he sees this
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barn owls ️ 2 years ago
i’m from a country near henrico and this is virginia’s cryptid lol. other states have bigfoot, we have the virginia tv man
oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
also Virginian (near Stafford) and I've never heard of the TV man. My middle school was rumored to be haunted though
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Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
I live in VA, and I remember when this happened. I wish he dropped some old CRTs at my house so I could make cool cat beds and fish aquariums out of them.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
Also, it's pronounced Hen-RAI-co, for anyone who may not know.
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Z 2 years ago
There is a mystery person going around Waiheke Island in New Zealand leaving sausages in people's mailboxes. It's been happening for a year.
#11
A pair of twin satellites nicknamed Tom and Jerry chase each other around the earth to map the earth’s gravity field
David Paterson 2 years ago
I thought so, NASA's GRACE mission. NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment. They are are in very low orbits to more accurately measure the gravity of Earth.
Since Doug now focuses most on creating YouTube Shorts, his videos can be no longer than 60 seconds. However, he told Bored Panda that finding the best bits of information and fitting it all into a concise, interesting one-minute video is another challenge he enjoys.
He revealed that it encourages him to work on his vocabulary and sentence-building skills; by making him think about what short words to use instead of long ones, for example, or what to cut to make it shorter. He also said he has to consider how one word lines up into the next so that he doesn’t “eat” a word mid-sentence.
“Building the scripts, especially when I have a minute [to fit] twenty worth of material and have to figure out how to piece it into a one-minute video, is very satisfying.
“I think one of the things people appreciate about my videos is that there is no fat on them. Nothing extra; just bare bones, clean, concise, information video.”
#12
A German man who had become completely paralyzed by ALS was implanted with 2 brain electrodes which allowed him to communicate again, he promptly asked his care givers for a beer.
Plebbit 2 years ago
They're leaving out the best part! The other thing he asked for was to listen to his favorite band, Tool. I wouldn't have done it any differently myself!
Id row 2 years ago
"I want a beer and to listen to the song Sober." I hope he got all the beer and music he wanted.
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User# 6 2 years ago
Serious question: if he was unable to communicate, how did he give his consent for this procedure?
Bethan Coleman 2 years ago
He may have been able to answer yes/no questions by something as simple as moving his eye slightly to the left or right.
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#13
For $10 you can pay to have a cockroach named after your ex and fed to a zoo animal as part of the San Antonio Zoo’s Cry Me A Cockroach Fundraiser.
sturmwesen 2 years ago (edited)
Maybe the ex of headless Roach is one of them already
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
Does it have to be an ex, or can it be anyone who annoyed you? Asking for a friend...
Headless Roach 2 years ago
I think I love you, hard to explain emotions without a head, though.
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Ann Coffman 2 years ago
It's just one of the many, many fun fundraisers at the zoo. There is always something fun to going on here in San Antionio.
Brenda Fleischman 2 years ago
HOW HYSTERICAL- IF I NAMED one after my x-boyfriends thru my entire lide, the zoo would have enough money to feel the elephants and Giraffe for an entire year! Yes, I had a boyfriend for a couple of weeks then dumped then for someone better!!!
#14
Working on the cinematic masterpiece, Shrek, was actually a punishment for Dream Works animators who were underperforming on other projects.
Tim 2 years ago
It wasn't. It's an ironic situation that one of the best movies DreamWorks produced was made by the outcasts.
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juice 2 years ago
if i recall correctly, The Prince of Egypt was under production at the same time. those animators would be punished by getting moved to work on Shrek (someone called it "getting Shreked"). also the CG grass was actually created using the hair texture because the grass texture wouldn't work for some unknown reason. so all the grass in Shrek is actually hair!
Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
The animators probably still didn't get rewarded or paid what they were worth.
Doug told Bored Panda that he usually stumbles upon the facts while browsing online. “They just come to me during my travels around the internet. A lot of them are underreported news stories or fringe news stories. I also spend a lot of time on Reddit.
“I also have a very curious mind. If I ask a question throughout my day I’ll have to immediately google it to get the answer,” he added.
#15
A 15 year old boy playing hide and seek with his friends ended up being found in a different country 6 days later.
Ali H M Salehuddin 2 years ago
He hid inside a shipping container in Chitaggong, Bangladesh. He got accidentally locked up and shipped to Malaysia. Malaysian port authority who discovered him initially suspected him as part of human trafficking syndicate. After it was confirmed this was not the case, he was sent back to Bangladesh.
Marleina Hershberg 2 years ago
Bangladeshi teenager Fahim fell asleep while inside a shipping container during a game of hide-and-seek and woke up in Malaysia.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Is this the kid that hid in a cargo container or something and ended up on ship heading out to another port?
#16
Bluetooth is named after viking king Harald Bluetooth Gormsson, who united Denmark and Norway in 958 through non violent negotiations.
Serial pacifist 2 years ago
He negotiated peace with Magnus Ipad Applesson and Ragnar Wifi Signalfried.
Jake stenhouse 2 years ago
Unfortunately he was never able to unite Wilfred wireless headphonsen with Igor iPhone Sevenson
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
The bluetooth logo is a combination of HB (harald bluetooth) in runic script.
Gozer LeGozerian 2 years ago
He also introduced Christianity to Denmark, so duck him, honestly.
loopyallie 2 years ago
Recently discovered that’s he’s my direct ancestor… 34xGreat Grandfather… bizarre
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
No dear english speakers, his name wasn‘t „bluetooth“. It was actually Blátǫnn / Blåtand, which just translates into bluetooth
#17
In 2012 a woman joined a search party for a missing tourist in Icelands Eldgja volcanic region. The only problem was she was the tourist they were looking for.
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago (edited)
"We're looking for me? Wait...I'm me. I've done it! I've found me! I'm a fuc*ing hero!"
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
This actually happened to me too in Iceland, but it was sorted out much more quickly than with this woman. The tour bus drivers just memorize people’s clothing and if you change they get completely confused.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
There comes a time in everyone's life where you just need to find yourself.
Linden 2 years ago
the woman broke off from her tourist group and changed clothes, the Reykjavik Grapevine reports, citing Icelandic news website mbl.is. Apparently she returned to the tourist bus in a different outfit so her group didn't recognise her. Then she didn't recognise herself in the description of the "missing person" (Asian, in dark clothing and speaks English well) so joined the search. At some point in the night during the search she realised they were looking for her.
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
So who exactly was keeping track of her, and why? She didn't think she was lost.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
She was on a voyage of self discovery. She was just trying to find herself.
Dash Junior 2 years ago
I sure do hope that she found herself. I still have not found myself and I am almost old.
The mastermind behind the fun fact videos also revealed that he feels very grateful for every person who watches his content and usually tries to read as many comments as he can. Doug said he’s really interested in what people take away from his videos. “The comments also frequently make me laugh, I love a nice internet roast,” he added.
Doug said he has big plans for the future and advised us to keep our eyes open for longer form content on his YouTube channel coming up August this year.
#18
Joshua Jack thought he was about to get fired, so he brought an emotional support clown with him to his meeting with his boss.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago (edited)
I've seen workplaces with support clowns. They're there to support management, and they go under the generic name of 'H.R.'.
glowworm2 2 years ago
Turns out, he did indeed get fired, but his bosses were grateful he decided to “spice up the meeting” and “could see the humorous side.” The clown mimed crying as Jack’s employers slid the redundancy paperwork across the table and created a balloon unicorn and poodle to lighten the mood. The clown was a bit distracting though. “It was sort of noisy, him making balloon animals, so we did have to tell him to be quiet from time to time.” More from article here:https://nypost.com/2019/09/13/man-being-fired-brings-emotional-support-clown-to-meeting/
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
It's hard to have a support clown when YOU are, in fact, THE support clown.
Joshua David 2 years ago
If he did this when thinking he was getting fired, he must've been doing other crazy things too.
LesAnimaux 2 years ago
Darn I wish I would have thought of this. It would have made for a much more interesting conversation.
#19
The Cemani Chicken is thought to be the most deeply pigmented creature in the world
BewilderedBanana 2 years ago
A google search would yield significantly different results
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#20
During a traffic stop in Florida a police officer was searching a car and came across two bags labelled “bag full of drugs” when he opened the bags they were in fact full of drugs.
Surenu 2 years ago
Hey, criminals need to stay organized too! That's why it's called organized crime!
A B C the Third 2 years ago
Alright, got it. Label one bag as "bag full of drugs", but actually leave it empty. Pack the drugs into the other two bags that are labelled "bag full gardening tools" and "bag full of household items", so when you get searched, they find the empty bag and you can tell them "see, there's no drugs here. Don't bother with the rest, it's just what it says". Then again, the first one wasn't *full* of drugs either, so maybe they won't believe you. Dangit, gotta think this through a little more!
#21
The reason water bottles have an expiration date on them is not because the water goes bad, its because the bottle does.
Laugh or not 2 years ago
Bottled water companies don't produce water, they produce bottles - most of them plastic.
Wintermute 2 years ago
Actually, it's so you throw out old stock and buy more. Most expirations dates seem to have that little fringe benefit.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
Bottled water labeled spring water such as Poland springs is authentic. Bottled water that is filtered such as Nestlé it’s just that. You could save a lot of money if all you care about is filtered water by buying a Britta filter, attachment for your faucet and refilling your own bottles.
#22
Raccoons are taking over Europe.
Amanda Rose 2 years ago
Raccoon in the picture : "Yes, yes. Everything is going according to plan."
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
They're cute and all, but an invasive species and they endanger local wildlife
oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
one time a family of raccoons took up residence in my chimney (native species here)
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#23
A hiker who was lost in the Colorado wilderness ignored multiple calls from search and rescue because they came from an unknown number.
Rats Inc 2 years ago
honestly i dont even answer calls from ppl i know sometimes. ya cant blame them for not answering lol
BewilderedBanana 2 years ago
same here but if i'm completely lost, i'll pick up :) having said that, if i have coverage, i would have called someone myself
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I always wondered, if he knew he had cell service, why he didn’t call for help.
James016 2 years ago
I'm wondering if this is the person that wasn't lost but just needed some quiet time
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Sylvi Ann Børsheim 2 years ago
Ignoring unknown numbers is a sure way to miss important calls. What's the harm in answarding? If you get an unwanted call/ scam call, just hang up.
Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
Maybe he thought it would waste battery on his phone and he wanted to preserve it because he was lost? But I still would have answered. But it is also perplexing how he had service to receive calls but not send them. I have questions
#24
Princess Leia’s iconic double cinnamon bun hair style was inspired by real life rebel Clara De La Rocha who was a colonel in the Mexican revolution fighting against long standing dictator porfirio Diaz.
Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc 2 years ago
I accidently read the comment before the post and was so confused XD
Load More Replies... Phil Clarke 2 years ago
That's a lie. The female revolutionaries in Mexico would not wear "buns" but more loops of braided hair. In an interview with Lucas he admitted the falsehood of his initial claim. However the hair style is said to represent the hopi tribe
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
*inspired* here's the first thing that popped up in Google. Both things are sorta right. But inspired is the key word; https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/princess-leias-hair/:
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And the sticky bun with his morning coffee. Sweet Leiaha and bitter Harrison.
#25
A woman in Ohio was arrested for breaking into a home, cleaning it and then leaving them a bill with her name and phone number.
White Paper Tsuru 2 years ago
Lol. You can break and enter my place any time, lady, there's an annoying stain on the couch that could use some attention.
Full Name 2 years ago
"there's an annoying stain on the couch that could use some attention." - That's how my GF refers to me.
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#26
In 1998, the car flame thrower designed to prevent car jacking went on sale in South Africa.
Monday 2 years ago
Or flame grilling your kid because they decided to sneak up to your window and scare you as a prank.
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Hawkmoon 2 years ago
It seems efficient. A little extreme, but effective. Next stage: rocket launcher for slow drivers ahead.
BeepBoop the Single Pringle 2 years ago
depends if you think they're going slow because you want to go faster than the speed limit, or if they're going 10mph in a 30mph. In the US that rocket could never be a thing because those damn lane weavers and tailgaters would control the market
Load More Replies... Delta Dawn 2 years ago
I went traveling abroad in 1998 and purposefully did not go to South Africa because of stuff like this. I did meet expat South Africans on my travels who’d had enough of the violence and left. But that’s what tremendous wealth disparity will do to a society, you can count on it.
Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
Idk. I know the country has its issues (I'm from the US and it's definitely not a utopia over here either), but I studied and traveled throughout South and Southern Africa in 2003 and it was still, all these years later, one of my top 5 most favorite life experiences.
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Der Kommissar 2 years ago
A cheaper method to get revenge on carjackers in Jo'berg was to leave a bottle of poisoned whiskey in the glove box. Hopefully, the parking attendant didn't take a drink.
Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
Mad Max was right all along, except it was South Africa and not Austrailia
#27
On March 30th, 1987 an Alaska Airlines 737 that was taking off from Juneau airport hit a fish mid air.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Flying fish (seriously though, my Alaskan bestie says this happens sometimes when a bird of prey drops their catch)
Load More Replies... Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
There goes the theory that weasels don't get sucked into jet engines too.
Michelle Smith 2 years ago
On a related note, I worked an aircraft engine. at General Electric. One of the jobs to test the aircraft engines is to throw (dead) chickens into the engines to simulate flying through a flock of birds. Which is a real danger.
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
I hit a fish riding my bicycle (or did it hit me?) . It was a flooded park but most of the bike trails could just be ridden on. It was big enough to almost knock my mountain bike over.
#28
In 2012, scientists from the US, UK and Germany crashed a Boeing 727 in the Mexican desert for a tv program
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
...andthe lesson was 'avoid first/business class at the front of the plane. Those people are doomed'.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Several generations of my family have kept me safe by staying way too broke to sit in front of the wing
Load More Replies... Spooky Scary Skeletons 2 years ago
Best place to avoid getting hurt in a crash is to be at the area where the wings are attached to fuselage because that's it's strongest point. Also WORST place to be is at the where the wings are attached to fuselage because you'll be charred to a crisp from the ignited jet fuel coming from the wing tanks.
Odin Schmidt 2 years ago (edited)
They should have filled it with Karens like this: https://www.boredpanda.com/upgraded-first-class-now-move/
SparkleFarts 2 years ago
The further back you sit the safer you are In a crash, the empanage is less likely to break apart
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Well, what else can you do with a plane that Boeing stopped building in 1984 and "[...] By 2003, most airlines had retired the loud, thirsty plane"
#29
A man went searching in a field for a hammer his friend had lost and instead found buried treasure.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
The true hammer was the friends we made along the way
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
This seems to be missing information like country, name of person, date, etc. Otherwise you may as well be like, "A man went to the beach once to find shells and instead found his watch". Whatever.
Linden 2 years ago
Eric Lawes, Hoxne village, Suffolk, November 16, 1992. Found 60 pounds of gold and silver objects, including 15,234 Roman coins, dozens of silver spoons and 200 gold objects. The British government gave him £1.75 million for finding the gold and leaving it intact. He split it with the farmer on whose land he found the treasure. Also, he did find the hammer which also went on exhibit.
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Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
The treasure of no longer having that friend who will probably say part of it belongs to them.
#30
The thinnest building in Beirut, Lebanon is known as the grudge and was built by one brother specifically to block his brothers view of the ocean and lower his property values
Christof Irran 2 years ago
I wonder what happened to it during the event on August 4, 2020 PHOTO-2020...9358df.jpg 
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
It's a big, wet thing. Lots of water. Sea might have been a better word here, though.
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Adam El Helweh 2 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house apparently this is a whole thing just to make buildings to make ppl mad lol
#31
Squirrels will eat meat when given the chance and are known to hunt and kill snakes
kathoco 2 years ago
I find it hard to believe that a squirrel could hunt and kill a horse.
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BewilderedBanana 2 years ago
They could have sorted out the New Delhi cobra problem mentioned in another post here
Icecream Sarang 2 years ago
Funny. My cat is known to hunt squirrels and raccoons. Never forget the sight of her starring down a raccoon who was standing there holding a can of her food in its paws.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Snakes attempt to eat squirrels all the time (live and invade their burrows.....ground squirrels in particular). Squirrels will find shed snake skin and rub it all over themselves to hide their scent with the smell of snake. The squirrels will also kick huge amounts of dirt at a snake that is getting too close to their burrow.
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
Humans eat snakes and squirrels and bats and cats and roaches and pig guts and rotten... I'll just go over there.
#32
For over 30 years teams of house keepers from the best hotels on the Las Vegas strip have been competing in the House Keeping Olympics.
White Paper Tsuru 2 years ago
I read an awesome post somewhere (probably here on bored panda) talking about the skills it takes to make two queen beds among other things. As a nurse I make beds all the time (sometimes with people still in the bed!) I would LOvE to watch this.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
As someone who works in housekeeping at a hospital (EVS), I don't want to know what kinds of things they've seen in Las Vegas.
#33
Trabajo, the Spanish word for work, comes from the Latin verb Tripaliare meaning punishment, torture or pain. Tripaliare comes from the word Tripalium, which means three sticks and was a torture device used in ancient times where a person was tied to three sticks with their limbs extended and tortured
Surenu 2 years ago (edited)
I'm willing to bet someone else's money the Spanish adopted this word on a Monday.
Skulls.N.Succulents 2 years ago
Sounds close to trepanning/trepanation and that's what work feels like
#34
In 2009, a man parked a car registered in his ex girlfriends name in a secure airport parking lot. The car went on to rack up $105,000 in parking fees.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
This guy was, and is an a*****e. He did this to try and destroy her life. It took her months, and thousands of dollars to reclaim her car, and try to get some of the debt cancelled. This man is an tw*twaffle of the highest order.
Joshua David 2 years ago
My mom was brutally beaten and dumped by her boyfriend in North Carolina back in 2010. Her nice car she went with, he sold and kept the money, didn't work and was an all around POS. So he gives her a beater SUV to drive back to Illinois with. I flew to SC and made the trip with her. Turns out he canceled the insurance and didn't tell her but it was still in his name. So my friend and I drove for hours through toll ways. We ended up leaving it illegally parked thinking it would be towed, and instead it was full of parking tickets and he ended up having to deal with a lot more than he bargained for.
LoneTomato 2 years ago
Can't get over the fact that the picture has a MySpace tag in the corner
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Where I live (Massachusetts, US), you can't register a car in someone else's name for obvious reasons.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Driving around aimlessly is a way of getting to know the area if you are new. If you not in a hurry. You can drop me in most places I've been before and I'll find the hotel airport etc without using my phone. If you go somewhere for the first time and use satnav the chances are you will not be able to find it again with out satnav.
Phil Clarke 2 years ago
Love the man bashing going on. She could have been a b***h and deserved it. Now reverse the situation and guarantee the woman would be heralded as a hero...women power and all that wank. It's disgusting to know that small narrow minded f***s still exist
#35
To solve a rodent problem at the White Settlement Library in Texas, the librarians brought in a cat from the local shelter; 6 year later White Settlement Town Council passed a motion that said the cat had to find a new place to live and leave the library within 30 days.
Monday 2 years ago
My favorite extracts from the article Corwin 02 linked: 1. The cat's name is Browser. 2. The a*****e that wanted him gone did it "demanded Browser’s removal after the worker was not allowed to bring a puppy to work at City Hall". 3. The a*****e was "the lone vote to get rid of the favorable feline" and finally 4. this resulted in "world-wide backlash" that lead to the council member losing his seat when he lost in an absolute landslide during the next election.
Sue User 2 years ago
Ueah, that derailled the whole story. Forget about the cat, rename the town.
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Corwin 02 2 years ago (edited)
The council man who wanted it gone was booted and the cat got to stay https://www.cbsnews.com/news/library-cat-outlasts-councilman-that-wanted-him-gone/
Load More Replies... Icecream Sarang 2 years ago
In my childhood neighborhood in San Antonio, the stray cat population got out of control. Animal control went crazy cleaning it up and adopting out the cats to other areas…then rats and snakes got out of control because no cats to hunt them. The solution? Trap, fix, release about 1/2 the cats they catch, still leaving some in the breeding population.
Ruth Harper 2 years ago
This started out the best fact. Then it got stupid. Really, people? You want to force the library to get rid of the precious cat that is actually doing its job?
Christof Irran 2 years ago
And the moral of the story: be very careful when considering casting your vote for a city council candidate who might be a former HOA Karen.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
So Texas was just as racist (and unimaginative) in 1840 as it is now? I mean, 'White Settlement'?
#36
In 1955 an Italian shoemaker began producing spiked self defence shoes for women to help protect them from Rome’s street Romeo’s as they went about their day.
SkekVi 2 years ago
Alex McQueen made sure it didn't--haven't you ever seen a spiked high heel?
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Justin Smith 2 years ago
Would make sense with it being named after a knife.
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#37
To discourage people from cutting down live trees in public parks to be used as Christmas trees, land managers began spraying the base of their pine trees with a mixture of fox urine, glycerine, water and dye in the early 1990’s.
User# 6 2 years ago
Would be more effective to spray the loggers with a mixture of fox urine, glycerine, water and dye.
A B C the Third 2 years ago
Loggers have legs though, so they can run away. Also they come at night when land managers tend not to work. So the trees are, simply said, the easier target.
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Coca Cola is the worlds largest plastic polluter, they won the undesirable award for the past 4 years and are on course to take the win again in 2022.
SkekVi 2 years ago
the wild thing is that they started off including a recycle bin and service with vending machines for the glass bottles. You put the glass bottle in the bin on the vending machine and somebody from coke would come gather them up to be sterilised and re-used or recycled if broken. But then they switched to plastic and started up the whole 'let's put the burden of pollution we create on the consumer' and the rest is history.
David Paterson 2 years ago
In a survey of garbage collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, more than 50% of the floating garbage came from fishing boats. Floats were the worst plastic pollution, and even fishing crates washed overboard were a worse problem than plastic bottles. On land in my country, the worst plastic pollution is plastic bags blown and washed off council tips, after being responsibly disposed of by residents. On Lord Howe Island, the worst seaborne plastic pollution is balloons released during parties, which some seabirds mistake for squid and jellyfish.
#39
1500 sheep who were grazing on a mountain side jumped off a 50 foot cliff for no apparent reason. The first 450 sheep who hit the ground were killed on impact but the remaining 1050 who jumped later on were all saved because the pile of sheep who had jumped before them formed a soft wool crash pad for the rest to land on and survive.
Will Cable 2 years ago
How do they know the first 450 were killed, didn't they fall sleep watching them?
Billie Templeton 2 years ago
Sounds like a tale of woe my parents would use as a lesson.... "So if your friends jumped off a cliff..."
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
And my answer would be yes, as long as 450 of my friends jumped off first.
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KOTLC_Fan 🇺🇦 2 years ago
I’ve seen this before, apparently (if I’m correct) one sheep grazed a little too far and fell off and all the other sheep followed
David Paterson 2 years ago
A large number of sheep have been known to die from drinking seawater. One of the flock started them off and all the others followed. At least 90% of an extremely large flock died that way over two days.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Sheep have been known to follow one another over cliffs. That is how strong their flock instinct is.
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A 2 year old boy in Texas accidentally ordered 31 McDonalds cheese burgers from door dash while playing with his moms phone.
#41
Volkswagen sold more sausages than they did cars in 2015.
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
Makes sense though - many people buy sausages in bulk, I've never seen this done with cars so far
Full Name 2 years ago
I buy packs of 10 VW Golfs and put 9 in the freezer.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
Hey... I spoke with a few of my friends in Germany ... as I found it amusing and incredible - and indeed! Apparently the Volkswagen brand wurst are the 'expensive' ones! They're supposed to be quite good. You could be a pig farmer and technically be a Volkswagen employee.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Volkswagen use to, and I believe still do, make sausages for lunch for all their workforce on a main assembly plant. That way, the workers don't leave the workplace during lunch time.
der sebbl 2 years ago
They do leave their workplace during lunch time. Ever heard of a canteen?
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
Weird that people stopped buying VW's prior to the emissions scandal (which officially started Sept 18, 2015).
Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago
I have been trying to get my hands on those sausages. I have heard they are really good.
#42
An Italian Punk Rock Band once cooked and ate spaghetti on stage at a performance rather than play any music
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
Peter Sellers was once so annoyed by a theatre audience that for the second half he came on stage with a record player and just sat there listening to an album.
#43
We will never know Albert Einsteins final words because he spoke them in German but died in an American hospital.
SCP 4666 2 years ago
The nurse who was with him during his final moments said that he mumbled something in German shortly before he died. And since that nurse is probably dead as well there's no way of knowing
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
He may have said "Hah, I fooled you all right to the end. e actually equals mc-CUBED!"
Christof Irran 2 years ago
"Mehr Licht"? Nah, that was Goethe (though appropriate for Einstein, too).
#44
Eric Stagno was arrested for doing naked yoga inside of a Planet Fitness Gym because he thought it was a judgement free zone.
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Gymnasium, from the Greek gumnazien, meaning exercise naked. So he was right.
#45
In 2018, polish charity EcoLogic Group placed a tracer on the back of a white stork to track the birds migratory habits; they later received a phone bill for $2,700.
David Paterson 2 years ago
There are tracers now that are even small enough to be attached to insects. I don't believe that the $2,700 was a "phone bill", but tracking equipment can easily cost that much.
#46
Peter Jackson wanted The Army of The Uruk Hai Orcs to sound as organic as possible in their yells and chants and roars and the only way to do this was to actually have a large number of people yell and chant and roar
Serial pacifist 2 years ago
He actually got the orcs to yell, chant and roar, and they laughed in unison when Peter told them that he had just told a joke.
Charlie the Cat 2 years ago
The large number of people was the crowd at a New Zealand vs England cricket match.
#47
A Canadian Man named John McCue became so frustrated with the pot holes in Nova Scotia he began filling them himself with a sign that read “I filled the pot holes, pay me instead of your taxes.”
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
one of our local supermarkets started selling kits. https://briefly.co.za/people/130156-locals-stan-stores-decision-sell-asphalt-people-fix-roads-themselve/
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
I found that if you take bright pink spray paint and draw phalluses around the potholes, ALL OF A SUDDEN they disappear! As if by magic!
#48
Expedia’s 2019 Airplane & Hotel Etiquette Survey found that American travellers tend to be nicer travellers than Canadians and perform more acts of kindness while travelling
ShellsBells 2 years ago
I was graciously given the Trudeau salute by an Ottawan couple that was driving 10 mph (16 kph) below the posted speed limit in the fast lane, holding up traffic.
#49
A 75 year old woman in Georgia accidentally cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia while she was scavenging for copper to sell.
Yugan Talovich 2 years ago
Some time back, three thieves in Taiwan dreamed up a scheme to steal copper wire. From the poles. All cooked.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
That's exactly why contemporaries of Werner von Siemens thought he was a moron when he suggested having over-land electricity wiring networks built.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
Copper, yes. There used to be a problem of scavenging steel from railway tracks to sell, with even more dangerous consequences. The taking of lead off church roofs also used to be a popular pasttime.
JammaCoast2Coast 2 years ago
Clarification for *friends who might not know* - There, I fixed that for you.
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#50
A 2010 study found men drive an extra 276 miles a year driving around aimlessly while lost rather than asking for directions.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
The easiest way to garner credibility for your invented facts is to preface them with "A Study found..." Doesn't matter whether there ever was a study or not - no one's going to check.
Wintermute 2 years ago
Sometimes I like to take an unknown route when I go places just for fun, curiosity and maybe some peace and quiet. I'm sure I add up a lot of extra miles.
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Is that like 276 miles each? Or 276 miles total among all men in the world?
#51
Since 2005 a man has regularly been taking poops in the golf holes at the Stavanger Golf Club in south-west Norway.
les 2 years ago
nevr appologise for words, appologise for the intent of the words instead, it means more
Load More Replies... Luna Crow 2 years ago
At least he's regular? Really though, how has he never been caught in this many years?
LoneTomato 2 years ago
That was EXACTLY my thought. It's been going on for almost 20 years?!
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Ash 2 years ago
I guess they assume a woman wouldn't do something that crass lol
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We will never know what species Master Yoda, Grogu & Master Yaddle are because that’s the way George Lucas wanted it to be.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Never occurred to me to care. What are they going to do, say "Yes! We finally know he's a Flippen-snurfer!" and then they all go about their day?
SkekVi 2 years ago
listen there ARE people who feel a burning desire to know this information. not me, but like... i have been on the internet, in geekdom, long enough to know that there IS in fact someone who feels the need to know this level of detail. XD
Load More Replies... Laura Aliaga 2 years ago
No, we didn't know anything about Yoda because Lucas wrote himself into a proverbial corner when he killed off Kenobi and then got a sequel and realized he had no one to train Luke. Yoda was a last-minute character who was never given a backstory, and Lucas kept him a mystery *after* the fact.
Laura Aliaga 2 years ago
This is the same revisionist history as 'Revenge of the Jedi' where Lucas now claims he didn't think a Jedi would take revenge, so he changed it to Return.... When in reality, it was to save money on printing costs because it has one less letter
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#53
Sony owns a patent for television ads where if the viewer of the advertisement screams the product name then the ad ends immediately and the viewer can get back to their tv show.
les 2 years ago
how does this work on broadcats telly? it could only work on recorded programs
Telmo Belo 2 years ago
Can work on YouTube. They're already listening anyway.
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#54
In 2003 Marvel won a court case proving that Mutants are not human
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
The reason for this being that the taxes for non human toys are lower than human toys. Ironic, isn't it?
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago (edited)
I mean, it's great that you've sourced the bit about tax law, but it's still not ironic. It's actually wholly appropriate, since the mutants of that universe themselves are divided on the issue of whether they represent an adaptation of humanity or a superior species to it.
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 2 years ago
uhm if your parents were/are human so are you- even if you are a mutant. A three eared cat is still a cat.
Justin Smith 2 years ago
A mutant in the marvel universe isnt human scientifically. They are Homo Superior and not Homo Sapien.
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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
And this is why, if I was a mutant, I would be on Magneto's team.
Justin Smith 2 years ago
How does that make sense? He didnt argue for equality but mutant domination.
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A Brazilian priest launched himself into the sky attached to 1000 helium filled party balloons in an attempt to break the world record for the longest time in flight with party balloons and in the process raise money for a road side chapel.
Carries 2 years ago
He reached an altitude of 6000 metres before losing contact with authorities. The lower half of his body was found 3 months later floating in the ocean near an offshore oil rig.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Well, having a Brazilian does mean taking off everything down below...
Load More Replies... Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
If this was Adelir Antônio de Carli, they lost contact with him and then found the lower part of his body in the ocean 11 weeks later.
#56
2 workers who were performing maintenance in a chocolate factory became stuck in a tank full of chocolate
Michael Largey 2 years ago
And they were rescued because they yelled "FIRE!". When asked why they yelled that, they replied "Would you have come if we had yelled 'CHOCOLATE'?"
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
🎶 Oh I fell into a vat of chocolate, oh I fell into a vat of chocolate 🎶
Allen Scherr 2 years ago
He reached an altitude of 6000 metres before losing contact with authorities. The lower half of his body was found 3 months later floating in the ocean near an offshore oil rig.
Olive Harper 2 years ago
Why is this comment posted here when it doesn't seem to have any relevance to the post, and why is it commented further down the list by a different person on a different post? I am confused.
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Scientists believe the reason men developed beards is to reduce injury, lacerations and contusions to the skin and face muscles during hand to hand combat.
Cherreka Wirth 2 years ago
It's a fact that scientists believe this. Which is what it says
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Jake Lewis 2 years ago
Seems like every time I read "Scientists believe..." it's followed up by unsubstantiated conjecture on why things evolved a certain way.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
Beards turn gray before head hair does, and generally speaking the older the man the thicker or longer the beard. My hypothesis is that the beard is a sign of age/maturity, like the silver back fur of male gorillas. Someone send me lots of money to test my hypothesis.
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
They're still not sure about this tho. Why humans have beards is a mystery - they also once believed that women find beards more attractive, but it turned out to be wrong when they actually asked women. It's just a trend depending on the beauty standards in different countries.
Monica Michelle 2 years ago
Seems more peacock than battle. Soooo many women have been warriors
Will Cable 2 years ago
This also explains why a monkey is hairy....they have been spanked so often
#58
In 2014, a Chinese man spent $40,000 buying all of the tickets to the first showing for Transformers: Age of Extinction at 4 of the 6 Beijing Imax theatre to prove to an exgirlfriend she had made a bad decision leaving him.
Bugzz 2 years ago
She had dumped him because he could not afford 2 movie tickets their first date or sumn and said he was broke
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Goblin Mode has been selected as Oxford Dictionaries 2022 Word Of The Year
sturmwesen 2 years ago
"Goblin mode is a neologism for the rejection of societal expectations in a hedonistic manner without concern for one's self-image." example: This weekend I will live in goblin mode.
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Will Cable 2 years ago
Just waiting for Jimmy Carr to make a comment about Susie Dent on that 'word' of the year
#60
Derek Kieper was an anti seat belt advocate who believed mandatory seat belt laws represented too much government interference in the lives of everyday Americans.
Corwin 02 2 years ago
And the clincher is that he was killed in a car wreck being launched through the windshield because he wasn't wearing his seat belt
Vanessa Panerosa 2 years ago
Honestly, after having elected Trump as our President, I marvel at how we ever managed to get seatbelt laws passed in the first place.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
You think that’s impressive/impossible in todays climate - look into how much cooperation was sustained, for over 5 years, to eradicate small pox world wide.
Load More Replies... Allen Scherr 2 years ago
Hi was killed when ejected from a vehicle that rolled over multiple times. He died but two others in the vehicle lived as they were wearing seatbelts.
#61
The character of Dopinder in the Dead Pool movies is a tribute to one of Ryan Reynolds childhood friends.
#62
The most annoying word in the English language is whatever and it has been for more than a decade.
Monday 2 years ago
Is that even officially word? Isn't it still only considered slang?
Load More Replies... Rosie Red 2 years ago
Haha I just commented the same thing. It seems to make a lot of people cringe.
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Tom Hardeveld 2 years ago
I think the word is fine, the people who use it condescending are annoying... but you know, Whatever!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If you're being laid off, the most annoying word is "right-sized". Maybe more than just annoying.
#63
After the passing of Amou Haji the worlds new dirtiest man is Kailash Singh Kalau who hasn’t bathed, brushed his teeth or cut his hair in in nearly 50 years.
Rosie Red 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, he died not long after he cleaned up.
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Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Little known fact: Haji actually died as a consequence of standing directly downwind of Singh.
#64
In 2022, 43 camels were disqualified from the Camel Beauty Contest at the King Abdul Aziz Festival in Saudi Arabia.
#65
The only married couple to travel into space together was Mark Lee and Jan Davis who were launched into space on September 12, 1992 aboard space shuttle endeavour.
The Scout 2 years ago
Actually this was not permitted by NASA rules, so they kept their marriage a secret until it was too late to replace them.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
doesn't make sense to me. If my partner was at-risk of dying I'd want to be with them because if they died (think Challenger), I'd not want to live without them.
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Fish Fingers 2 years ago
We all know they probably scored another couple of 'firsts' while up there, right?
#66
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey is the most popular holiday song of all time making approximately $500,000 every holiday season in royalties. its estimated the song has generated over 60 million dollars since its original release in 1994.
Monday 2 years ago
Whatever the amount is, I'm sure we could raise it in a GoFunMe.
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MaryHadaLittleLamb 2 years ago
It's not even really a Christmas song. It's a love song that takes place at Christmas time.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
And I say it's time to bring it back to mainstream!
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#67
A study found gas pumps were highly contaminated with nasty germs that can cause skin infections, toxic shock syndrome, pneumonia or meningitis.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
If its the handle, it's a worry. If it's the nozzle, no-one cares (except for a few weirdos).
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Those few weirdos are the reason this sign was created imagesqtbn...sqpCAU.png 
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
Technically, we should wear rubber gloves when pumping gas because it contains benzene, a cancer-causing chemical that is easily absorbed through the skin.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
oooooooohhh petrol pumps. I was thinking they meant this: slide1L-64...61c8f4.jpg 
#68
James Cameron has proven scientifically that Jack and rose could not have both survived on the makeshift raft at the end of titanic and one of them had to sacrifice themselves for the other
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Yes they did and Cameron's response was the script called for him to die.
Load More Replies... der sebbl 2 years ago
Kind of. They proved it was possible under specific circumstances, when you're knowing beforehand what you've gonna have to do
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 2 years ago
guys you need to drop this one. It's a tragedy movie, like romeo and juliet etc. It's meant to be sad, and it's meant to be about self-sacrifice for love.
GettingCereal 2 years ago
Never! I will never stop being frustrated and severely annoyed when tragedy is contrived. Make it inescapable, make it the only option, make it inevitable. Not something you can poke holes in *as you are watching it*. It ruins the moment for me.
Load More Replies... Monday 2 years ago
These things always lead me to wonder if there are still people out there that believe Jack and Rose were real people.
sturmwesen 2 years ago
That's a general issue if media is "based on true events". If I want to know I will google it.
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Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
My issue is why no one else was going around with a screwdriver and pulling of the 8 zillion doors still in place on the Titanic so everyone had one to be on.
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
And, yes, I know they literally didn't do so, but I can't see footage of those lines of doors in the actual Titanic on the bottom of the ocean without wondering why no one thought of it.
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I'm always a bit confused but didn't Jack TRY to get on the door but it threatened to flip over or something?
Sarah 2 years ago
Yes! I've always thought this and I don't know why the whole confusion started!
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Extreme ironing is a sport that combines the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt with the thrill of extreme sports.
#70
The world record for the most expensive Christmas tree was set in 2019 by a Christmas tree valued at approximately 15 million dollars located in the Kempinski hotel Bahia in Marabella Spain
Tom Hardeveld 2 years ago
meanwhile there are 40.000 homeless people in Spain according to wikipedia. well done
#71
During the course of a thanksgiving dinner the average American will consume about 3,500 calories and if you go back for seconds that can add about another 1000 calories to the total calorie count for the meal.
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
And when you realise that about 11% of Americans live in poverty and don't eat this much, someone, somewhere is keeping this average up.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Turkey-and-Gravy Georg is an outlier, and should not have been counted.
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The ideal amount of time to dunk and Oreo in milk is 3 seconds. 4 if you like your cookie a little soggier but not longer than 4 seconds.
#73
A Chinese man participated in a dancing competition and became worried spectators might post embarrassing photo’s of him on the internet. So he decided to cancel the internet.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
It seems like that soon us Chinese people are gonna be the next crazy Florida Man… but then I realized that no one could ever out-crazy the mighty Florida Man
SkekVi 2 years ago
I found out rrecently that the reason Florida Man exists is because Florida is required to post details of every single arrest publicly. If you were to do that across all states you would quickly find out everywhere is just like Florida.
Load More Replies... Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
This is not unusual in China. The government there frequently cancels the internet for fear of embarrassment.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
does this mean he cancelled his own subscription? or was he a delusional megalomaniac who thought he could cancel it for everyone? Because "decides" implies that he succeeded.
#74
Meteorologists use a formula called Probability of Precipitation to calculate how much precipitation a forecast area will receive.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
This is like saying people who play roulette use a formual called "probability split on red/black"... I mean... obviously you are going to call it that.
Linda R 2 years ago
It's actually more of how much of the forecast area will receive precipitation. If it's 100%, the entire area is forecast to receive rain. If it is 50%, then 50% of the area should receive rain. My brother works for NOAA, and that's how he explained it to me.
MRoyal 2 years ago
This is BS. Someone has been spreading this in the past few years and it is BS.
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Lou Pai is the worlds luckiest cheater.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
But not the best cheater. Otherwise, no-one would know what an enormous cheater he is.
#76
Turkeys are no longer able to naturally reproduce
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Sigh; I always wanted to shoot my own Thanksgiving turkey but my significant other nixed that idea. She thinks it'll scare the other Safeway customers.
Riche White 2 years ago
BS! I've seen many in the hills of Santa Clara county California. Were they created by immaculate conception?
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
wild turkeys certainly are, and i suspect that livestock turkeys are too...change "able" to "allowed"...it's probably just faster or easier to control who gets pregnant when...it's called animal husbandry for a reason
Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
Someone needs to tell that to the turkeys infesting my back yard. And the flock that lives over by the park. Or the ones that get up on my neighbor's roof and gaze balefully at me throughout the day.
Sherry Moore 2 years ago
Wrong maybe in domesticated but wild turkeys are going strong in my neck of the woods
#77
Your sense of smell will not wake you up while sleeping
Kristal 2 years ago
I completely disagree. I get woken up from pungent smells. It's really not fun. These smells can be disgusting smells or good smells, if they are strong in odor, it wakes me up.
Rider 2 years ago
Agreed. I like the sliding door open for a breeze on hot summer nights. There was a den of skunks under the patio slab, one of them must've been spooked. The smell woke me on the other side of the apartment. Not a fun night.
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
Uhh... Yes.. it.. will... I have definitely been woken up by ... erm... a bad smell before.
BPisaddictive 2 years ago
I live about 500 MT from an harbor. Few months ago while sleeping I was awakened by a strong smell of burning plastic. The wndows were closed. Fearing a dire in my house I looked everywhere and also on the landing but no smoke in the 5 stories building were I live. The following day I was told that a boat had been destroyed by fire while moored
Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago
False info. I wake up when the coffee starts brewing in the morning.
Sherman 2 years ago
I don't think this is true. I have a very sensitive sense of smell & I have 100% been woken up by good & bad smells. My husband does this to me on purpose. He'll make coffee & put it in front of my face. Or when we were younger he'd blow weed smoke in my direction & I'd wake right up. I've been woken up by dog farts & human farts before as well!
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yep, annoying because they are overt b******t.
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
I call BS on so much of it. Beards, btw, make great ways to *grab someone* in close combat, which is why *soldiers and martial artists don't wear 'em*. (Insert insult about neckbearded incels here if you want.)
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
The art of marginal and misguiding language is strong here. Very Annoying. I applaud all my fellow victims. Your responses have been admirable.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yep, annoying because they are overt b******t.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
I call BS on so much of it. Beards, btw, make great ways to *grab someone* in close combat, which is why *soldiers and martial artists don't wear 'em*. (Insert insult about neckbearded incels here if you want.)
Rahim Carlock 2 years ago
The art of marginal and misguiding language is strong here. Very Annoying. I applaud all my fellow victims. Your responses have been admirable.
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