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40 Lesser-Known Facts Shared By The “Not Common Facts” Instagram Account (New Pics)
Can you think of a better way to spice up a stalling conversation than artfully whipping out some surprising trivia? After all, random bits of knowledge catch you off guard and entertain you in the best possible way, so they are bound to leave you talking far into the night. Thankfully, heaps of golden nuggets floating online are just waiting to be uncovered, and the 'Not Common Facts' Instagram account is truly an excellent place to start.
Self-described as "The OG Fact page on Insta," it is dedicated purely to sharing lesser-known pieces of information about how intriguing our world really is. The project's creators can’t get enough of the compelling trivia they share on their social media feeds, and with a whopping 7.1 million curious readers, they’re clearly not alone.
Below, we’ve gathered the newest batch of the most unusual, weird, and riveting facts to get those brain cells buzzing. So continue scrolling and upvote your favorite ones! And if you’re interested in even more trivia goodness, check out Part 1 of this feature right over here.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
This is pocket change for him. He earns $2.25 MILLION. A WEEK. 😮😮😮
ToGo 3 years ago
Look at the billionaires of the world who wouldn't do that though. Take Kylie Jenner, one of her makeup artists was in a life threatening accident and needed money for surgery. She donated 5K and shared the guys GoFundMe page with her followers. Her followers who a) got her so rich b) will never even, in their LIFETIME, sniff 1% of what she earns in a year.
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Travis Fox 3 years ago
$83,000 for brain surgery. Certainly not in America. Recently, while trying to diagnose my condition, the hospital performed a marrow biopsy on me. That procedure, alone, was $134,000.
Sydney-Kate 3 years ago
Such a good guy. I’m sure that kid is forever grateful for his sacrifice and donation
Natalia A 3 years ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/international/europe/cristiano-ronaldo-new-documents-emerge-in-rape-allegations-a-1241349-amp.html He raped someone, and admitted to it.
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Natalia A 3 years ago
He's a rapist. He admitted to continue to have sex with a woman (rape her) after she said no. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/international/europe/cristiano-ronaldo-new-documents-emerge-in-rape-allegations-a-1241349-amp.html
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Alessa Gillespie 3 years ago
He's super talented and incredibly arrogant but he is a hard worker and quite charitable
CanadianPanda 3 years ago
I have nothing against the family, but the Kardashian/Jenner family needs to learn from this man; as Kylie Jenner only donated $5K and asked for her fans to pay a life-threatening surgery for her own employee. Compassion can go along way is all I'm saying.
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
My cats do this. When I had dogs, my dogs did this. When I had birds, my birds did this. I don't know how people live without pets.
WildHoneyPie 3 years ago
This is true. When our cat died I was crying out in the backyard when I took the dogs out for a last break before bed. They both came running! It helped. I still cried but it helped.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
My dogs do this, if I am sad they try to lick me or cuddle. But the oldest also does it if I am frustrated or angry. She keeps trying to distract me, lick me and make me feel better. I dont deserve them
Ladedah 3 years ago
My husband and I have 2 APBTs (american pit bull terriers) who also desperately try to lick and cuddle us when we're sad. If we're in a rather heated debate about something, my male will go grab a toy, get between us, and then start jumping in circles, waving the toy around all happily (in hopes of interrupting us). The other day, my husband was being cuddled by "his" dog (our female) and wanted to see if she would stick up for him (i.e. get between us)... so he told me to "pretend [I] was mad" and smack him (which I did, on the foot anyway). She instantly jumped up from his lap and went to the other end of the sofa, and looked around pretending to have no idea what had just happened... she was most certainly trying to make it known that she was not a part of whatever trouble he had just gotten himself into 🤣. And people say pitbulls are aggressive - HA! They're the biggest babies and the sweetest dogs I've ever owned.
Load More Replies... Anne 3 years ago
My dog works as onofficial greeter at the café I work at. She greets all the guests in exchange for pets (and wouldn't say no to a bit of your lunch). She also runs around with all the other dogs - no worries about her getting fat!. She spends most of her time with people that seem sad. she just lays at their feet or nudges them to pet her. She's the best dog.
Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
I thought that, too. I read it and went, "duh..?" Fact, and mercifully, NOT uncommon!
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
It’s because they tune into us and feed off our vibes. That’s why they’re called companion animals—-and it also applies to cats and any other pet shows love for us. From the moment they come into our homes, they’re studying us, and memorizing how we feel in every situation. That’s how they can detect emotions like sadness, even if we’re trying to hide it. Best of all, they love us unconditionally. They don’t care if we flunked a test, or gained 10 lbs, or didn’t get promoted, or we just feel like nobody loves us, because they love us. I work from home and my husband doesn’t. It could get kind of lonesome, except I always have at least one of our 4 animals (3 cats and 1 dog), and usually at least 3 of them, in the office with me, just keeping me company. Not lonesome at all.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Our cat will immediately try to comfort me or my wife if we’re upset, but our dog will leave the room! Little brat!
#3
Max L. 3 years ago (edited)
Again ? It's been said so many times even on bp : the queen was in her event and happened to see there was a marriage at the same location. Wasn't invited to the marriage. Edit : I mean wedding.
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
I seriously doubt that the queen of England has ever said "Bazinga!"
Load More Replies... YetAnotherSarah 3 years ago
It used to be fairly common to invite the queen or the president to your wedding, if for no other reason than to be able to frame the official decline/congratulations.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Frances and John Canning meeting the Queen at Manchester town hall.
Our time is precious, isn’t it? We don’t want to waste it by spending hours scrolling through the endless source of information that is the internet, aiming to find interesting pieces of trivia to have on hand at our next dinner party. What we do want is to spend this free time wisely, so carefully curated accounts like the 'Not Common Facts' are the perfect outlets to help our mission. This page on Instagram is like a breath of fresh air where people can find concise and easily digestible information that is also fun to read through.
But as much as it is delightful to discover lesser-known historical and scientific details about our world, acquiring new knowledge is much more than just pure entertainment. According to an article by Harvard Health Publishing, learning and mastering new activities trains our brains and gets our minds going. The researchers explained that our mental muscles can grow and learn as we get older, but they can only do that if we give them something to work with, like picking up a new hobby or performing a challenging activity.
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Carlotta Müller 3 years ago
Or being autistic. Even when being happy. Everyday life is so stressful on the autistic brain, that more sleep is needed by a part of the autistic community.
MSP 3 years ago
Someone needs to tell my body this because when I'm at my most stressed, my body seems to think insomnia is the cure.
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
Not always true. I live on 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night and have done most of my life and I suffer from depression.😕
Natalia Allen 3 years ago
yup was going to say this. Some days I just go to sleep to stop the tears.
Load More Replies... iseefractals 3 years ago
Eh....i find this doubtful, at least as a hard rule. At the absolute most, occasionally i managed to squeak in 4.5 hours of sleep in a night, provided i've been awake for 36+ hours. Short of that i usually get 2.5 - 3 hours...and i genuinely cannot remember the last time i was content, let alone happy. The world is slowly, but steadily devolving into open rule of either idiots, or hateful idiots. Big problems are ignored in favor of short sighted, self centered, self serving social issues, everyone is more divided than ever because everyone gets to pretend their right about everything by retreating to their echo chambers in between lobbing insults at anyone with different opinions or priorities than themselves while they desperately cling to a glimmer of optimism by fixating on animal rescue stories, or instances or generosity that amount to the bare minimum level of decency. Every day is a parade of disappointment a little worse than the one that proceeded it...yet i remain awake.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
You could have insomnia as well - I know I do. That would override the above statement.
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kjorn 3 years ago
i confirm! i F*****G confirm. i never hated peoples in general more than now in my entire life. when you are loyal you expect other to be loyal too. but always ended up disappointed.
Anna Snorrepot 3 years ago
surround yourself with people with Aspergers, we are fiercely loyal! And funny, even if I say so myself.
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Berdarien Brown 3 years ago
I lost my business during Covid. Not to covid issues. To my best friends stealing from me as the wife did my billing and booking. I was warned saw them have issues with other people, but they were my friends. Had eaten with me on Thanksgiving and Christmas. No way it would happen to me.
I love the 80’s 3 years ago
I'm sorry this happened to you! People scare me. It seems like they're more selfish and greedy then ever.
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olx 3 years ago
whats the mj quote? if you expect disappointment, you'll never be disappointed?
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I would say the more you expect people to read your mind and know exactly what you want every minute is more of a recipe for disappointment. Then again, that’s not something people applaud, like loyalty. But you know, you can be loyal without placing someone on an unrealistic pedestal then putting your blinders on to their faults. TBH, you set them up to fail when you do that. Every single one of us is human. Nobody’s perfect. We have feet of clay. We f**k up more than we’d like to admit. S**t happens. You can be as loyal to someone (or something, if you’re a “company man”) as you want, just see and accept them for the flawed human being (or company run by flawed human beings) that they really are.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago
That's super interesting. I know I have always had trust issues, but I also go ahead and help people as much as I can. So... it's a weird balance, I guess?
MoMcB 3 years ago
I agree. But I know I've done my best, and not been an a*s about it.
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Mad Dragon 3 years ago (edited)
He had Tritanopia, which made him unable to tell the difference between blue and green, purple and red, and yellow and pink.
Michelle Brandt 3 years ago
I mean, if he's just following a recipe and it always looks the same then what's the problem?
MJ 3 years ago
Ok funny story to me possibly amusing to you. I worked at the Gap for many years. My friend was an assistant manager and new to the job. He had to color organize new flow coming out. It wasn’t until then he said I need your help I’m color blind I can’t organize it the way it should be. I was like why do you look so color coordinated while coming to work? I mean honest question. He had fashion skillz and always looked the part. He told me his grandma had been picking out his clothes for him for years, as far as color coordination goes. I was floored. We also worked together in another store after that. I think he felt relieved to finally tell someone. It’s not a fault but he thought his career depended on seeing the right colors. He is gay so he had a rainbow above him.anyhow.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
He didn't pick the colors or make the wax, he ran the assembly line to mold the physical crayons. Colorblindness doesn't matter when you are telling others to use the 50lb block of wax labelled "brick red" to make crayons that color.
Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago
This MIGHT cover all of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
There are supposed to be 120 current colors, plus a few retired, and some specialty ones.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago (edited)
It's a medical fact that 96% of the persons who are color blind are men. Many of which work in the printing industry - I know because I had to argue Pantone colors with them. 185 Red, Carl.
"Eventually, your cognitive skills will wane and thinking and memory will be more challenging, so you need to build up your reserve," Dr. John N. Morris, director of social and health policy research at the Institute for Aging Research, said. "Embracing a new activity that also forces you to think and learn and requires ongoing practice can be one of the best ways to keep the brain healthy."
The good news is that we can pick out any new activity we can think of, as long as it follows three important guidelines that would maximize brain training. The first one, Dr. Morris stated, is that it must be challenging. Although if you can’t think of something new that would pique your interest, you can spend time improving your existing skills. "You don't have the challenge of learning something new, but rather the challenge of increasing your skill set and knowledge," he added.
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Just Another Girl 3 years ago
Because women are conditioned to be polite which men mistake as interest. When men are interested women think they’re just being polite. Can we all just start being honest and clear about how we feel about other people?
BadCat 3 years ago
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I used to think when a guy was being nice that meant he liked me. Not necessarily in the romantic way, but enough to maybe want to be around me. But then I'd be told "don't flatter yourself, he's polite to everyone." by their friends. I don't know what to think anymore with people.
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Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
^_^ Nothing wrong with that! Hubs favors at least several flowers for gardening, as did at least one of my uncles(yeah, I miss him).
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Jihana 3 years ago
Guess that's because in general men are raised to be more confident than women.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Or to think they’re entitled to whatever they want, regardless of how they’ll use it once they have it. If they ever have it.
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Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
Shocked - knew there was a reason they wouldn't take a polite no thanks and end up pestering you all night
Tarryn Louise 3 years ago
I know plenty of guys who are 100% oblivious to a girl who is interested in them. One of them is my brother. He is straight up completely unaware of anyone's interest.
georgios pahatouridis 3 years ago
wait what? everyone I know, myself included, believe 100% the opposite.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
We need to go back a few centuries and carry cloth hankies. If we drop them, we are interested.
#9
Random Panda 3 years ago
The father took the son and some of his belongings and was found 13 years later when applying for colleges because there was some problem with his social security number when he began applying for colleges and went to a school counsellor for help. They found out he the missing 5-year old boy Julian. The father was arrested and they found out he was living with another woman and two other kids. The FBI informed the mother and family who were really excited about the news. In the end he went back to his real family.
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Barong 3 years ago
This happened a friend of mine in high school. He’s now unofficially part of our family and my brother in all ways but on paper. Anyway my friend had psychologically abusive mother, and dad. He left home the moment he turned 18. When he joined the military, he found out his mother wasn’t his biological mother at all and that his dad had kidnapped him from his biological mother. His biological mother and her side of the family had been searching for him for years. The situation explained a lot of the weird things and secrecy that his father and “mother” did.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Some of those newish Homeland Security Rules showed he had a fake social security number and birth certificate.
Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/missing-alabama-boy-found-safe-ohio-13-years/story%3fid=34992408
Another thing to keep in mind is the complexity of the activity. Not only does it make us more excited to delve deeper into the subject, but it also accelerates problem-solving and critical thinking. And lastly, you need to practice it to make it permanent, just as with everything else in life. "You can't improve memory if you don't work at it. The more time you devote to engaging your brain, the more it benefits," Dr. Morris said. "It is the constant repetition of working to improve, and not the quest for mastery, that can have the greatest impact."
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Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
I even hear the voices of the characters in books while I'm reading. I really love to read.
Mistiekim 3 years ago
This happens a lot for me when I know a certain celebrity is going to play that character in a movie or tv show. I picture that person as the character too. Not sure if it ruins the books, or helps when I read!
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Daycare Attendant Sun 3 years ago
Mnemonic memory. I get it with characters, voice actors, etc.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
You don't really need to be close, just hear them enough to imbed it in your brain. I hear Elmer Fudd everytime I say, think or read 'Be very, very quiet'
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
Not just people you're close to. Try for example reading a quote by Morgan Freeman without hearing him saying in your head. Try it. 😊 morgan-62b...c6ebac.jpg 
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Cicero.
#11
Sydney-Kate 3 years ago
I lost both of my best friends I’ve had in the past 3 years . I miss them so much sometimes
MJ 3 years ago
Some people are toxic. It takes a long time sometimes years to realize. Took me 20 years. My bf just had me around to make herself seem more attractive because I was not as attractive as her. Her attitude is unattractive.
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Anna Tribe 3 years ago
My best friend was having an affair with my husband. I've not trusted any friends that much ever again even though this was 20 years ago
Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
Unless you count my husband I don't have a best friend, I rarely see anyone outside my own family to be honest. It can be a bit lonely having no one to talk to, don't know why but I just don't seem the type of person who keeps friends long term, at least my husband and kids love me
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Moving away, too busy, huge disagreement, etc. Maybe the two of you just grew apart. Hell, even marriages break up for that last one. We evolve from one decade to the next, so it would be pretty rare to stay friends with someone whose own evolution takes a vastly different direction. Though I do love hearing about lifelong friends who managed to stay friends from childhood.
Auntriarch 3 years ago
I have 3 best friends from school still, half a century since we met. Two are an hour drive away, the other is 6 time zones, but she's coming over this summer
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Natalia A 3 years ago
But surely she should have given you a chance to explain? I'm sorry you lost your friendship.
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Angi 3 years ago
I've had a few best friends over the years. You grow you change and so do your friends. It's only really sad when it's fighting or worse that ends it.
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Martha Higgins 3 years ago
I lost one of my two closest friends to MS and the other now has dementia. It's hard being the one left.
Superninjatiger 3 years ago
My best friend died 2016 but I still call her my best friend when I talk about her.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I once bought a crocodile tail keyring at a stall selling other such leather accessories and I asked what happened to the rest of the crocodile? They told me it all came from a crocodile farm which supplied leather for designer handbags, but their customers only wanted the nice soft leather from the belly skin and the rest they sold off as keyrings and hatbands and such. So basically I bought Louis Vuitton's leftovers.
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Jef Bateman 3 years ago
David Moscato fact checked this and found that it is not true. Here is a link to a short article he wrote about it: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/natural-world/no-crocodiles-are-not-immortal/
BoredPanda 3 years ago
that makes zero sense have you been living under a rock
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Sue Denham 3 years ago
Hold up. If they start out as tiny newly hatched crocodiles and grow bigger isn't that ageing?
Sir Beer Korma 3 years ago
Well that was a quick end to the usual "Find the False BP Fact" competition...
We previously had a chat with Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester and author of Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything, who agreed with Morris’ line of thinking.
"New knowledge serves as a sort of mental trellis that allows new neurons to survive, thrive, and grow," she told Bored Panda. When we’re not engaged in learning, these "new neurons, instead of nestling into your neural lattice, will wither and die. And you can find yourself becoming less flexible in your thinking as you increasingly rely on older neurons," the professor added.
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Caffeinated Hedgehog 3 years ago
Only 40 times? Those are rookie numbers!
Load More Replies... Jihana 3 years ago
I know some humans like that as well. Never get any work done, but produce a lot of sh*t.
Dee 3 years ago
Greetings Robert, I think your recipe is missing an ingredient.. love! (I add it to all my recipes, it always makes it better 🥰)
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Shelby Moonheart 3 years ago
I have a recurring dream where I can't find a working toilet despite running all over the place. It finally kicks in that I should wake up and go to the bathroom.
Moxxidude 3 years ago
After sleeping in the basement due to a heat wave and no AC in July 1988, I woke up, sat up in bed and noticed instead of my right hand holding the sheet as I assumed, I was instead holding a disembodied hand and the arm went beyond my field of vision. You can imagine how well that went. In 96, my wife & I got up to attend to our new baby in the middle of the night & I noticed something thrashing in the sheets of our bed. I called for my wife as she got to my daughter first and when she came in and turned on the light, the thrashing stopped. That’s when I knew what I had experienced BOTH times. False Awakening. Not ghosts. It’s never ghosts.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago (edited)
A few years ago someone broke into my house while I was asleep and violently dragged me out of bed and threw me onto the floor, and then I woke up. A few months later it happened again, but this time an invisible force dragged me through the bedroom and the kitchen and out into the garden, and then flung me up into the stars (which I'll admit was a beautiful sight). Then I woke up and it was all a dream... except the speakers I kept on the headboard had been knocked down and were somehow hanging in midair, and then the stuffed griffin next to my bed came to life and bit me and THEN I woke up... but I was so confused and terrified that I didn't want to go back to sleep.
Charity Slagter 3 years ago
I often "wake up" a few times before I actually awaken.
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H Edwards 3 years ago
Yeah, happens to me all the time. Always in the mornings or if I'm taking a rare afternoon nap.
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Gemma jones 3 years ago
this happens repeatedly in some dreams for me like i will dream i wake up but then dream im asleep until i wake up, my dreams are so vivid that when i do wake up i aks my husband if he did the thing i dreamt of and he confirms it was a dream
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Happened a couple times for me. Once dreamt that I was asleep and dreaming. Like a dream within a dream. When I woke for real, I was kinda skeptical if I was really awake or not.
Timothy Leung 3 years ago
I went through that once and 'woke up' 3 times from a dream until I was really woken up by my alarm clock.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago
Has happened to me. Sometimes I even dream I am on my way to work I have finished something I have to do that day. It's frustrating as hell...
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I knew a kid named Junior. Not named after anyone, but literally named Junior.
Uncommon Boston 3 years ago
And once the father dies, Junior becomes Senior. His son is now Junior. Unlike royalty, the number following their names never changes. After Sr. and Jr, the rules are flexible, no right or wrong it is a family choice. See: https://emilypost.com/advice/mens-names-and-titles Or https://ancestralfindings.com/the-difference-between-ii-and-jr/ Or https://www.thoughtco.com/jr-or-ii-suffix-3972347 Middle name is a good way to distinguish which family member. Mike M vs Mike R.
Kiss Army 3 years ago
It's my understanding that with the new digital age of keeping records, they do not do this anymore.
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sofacushionfort 3 years ago
In the US, you have to have the same middle name, and change from “Jr.” to “II” upon your father’s death.
Lara Verne 3 years ago
In Czech republic, there's acting family. Eldest son was always named Rudolf, after father. So people called them Rudolf oldest, Rudolf older, Rudolf younger and Rudolf youngest. Youngest don't have kids, so perhaps he's last?
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
Rudolf Last is a bit sad as a name, though. Poor guy.
Load More Replies... Janet Graham 3 years ago
How interesting! What about George Foreman who named all of his sons George?
Carolee Samuda 3 years ago
But, if the jr. has a son with the same name, the child automatically becomes the lll, I think.
Lauren 3 years ago
My sister is named after my mother. Mom is FIRST Maiden LAST. Sister is FIRST Dad's Mother's Maiden LAST. Same initials... KTR. Brother is named after my dad and grandfather. SSN and credit applications have been mixed up for years.
Load More Replies...When you wish to become better at educating yourself, setting a goal is of the utmost importance. After all, when you have your eyes on the prize, it encourages you to keep going and helps a lot with the whole process. "You might set a goal of reading 20 pages a day of a book, which can amount to 15 books or more each year," Oakley suggested. "And there are wonderful online courses on learning!"
The professor herself teaches courses online like Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. According to her, online learning is great since we can access these lessons from any corner of the world, and they can add a lot to our educational journey. "You’ll see that many of these online courses are divided into 'chunks' of material that you can reasonably cover each week," Oakley told us. "And you’ll get weekly reminder emails to help keep you on track."
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Guys, when a service worker is nice to you, it's not because they like-like you, okay? Don't make it weird/creepy.
MJ 3 years ago
Yes. I worked as a bank teller for three years and I could not believe the amount of men who thought that I was being nice to deserved something extra. It was my job to provide excellent customer service but my female customers didn’t think I was deserving of extra attention. Worked the drive thru line. Men would use the drive thru canister to send in chocolates foods gift cards sone guy tried to send in a bottle of beer. Being nice and providing great customer service does not give you right. Glad I quit. I had to have a one customer banned for harassment. Sickens me.
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
To many men, including me before I took too long to grow the hell up: politeness = friendliness; friendliness = affection; affection = attraction; attraction = permission.
Ren Karlej 3 years ago
You're there now and admitting your past faults - kudos. All too many don't manage that!
Load More Replies... D Battle II 3 years ago (edited)
True. A hello and a smile Is usually just a hello and a smile. Nothing more.
Cookie 3 years ago
You don't even need friendliness, you just need to look in their general direction.
Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
Ok, I remember there have been many genuinely nice men I've met who honestly were not thinking of anything other than being just nice and helpful, not expecting more, in over 35 yrs of my life.
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Angela Jester 3 years ago
I think they meant "a week". There are days some women won't see a man as they go about their lives.
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Upstaged75 3 years ago
More like the wind between the sheets. Grown men still think that s**t is funny. :)
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Natalia Maciel 3 years ago
Exactly it is not about romance but true love that comes with accepting that you are flawed humans and deserve love anyways
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Fall F. 3 years ago
If you hold through the day, it comes out at night. If your partner didn't mention till to you, he/she is a keeper.
Load More Replies... Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
There's truth. I never could or dated in my first marriage. My long term relationship, who I adore and who just passed in January, we could blow the covers off the bed and nobody even care.
Brendan Roberts 3 years ago
I can vouch for that. My wife and I are very comfortable around each other.
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Inigo Montoya 3 years ago
My 4yo son... Absolutely everything I say/ask/tell him is met with why. With a very small margin of the occasional actual answering me. It's cute as well as frustrating.
Gosiaatje 3 years ago
I ask my son "Why do you think?" He either gives me his cute view of things or says he doesn't know 😁
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Oakley pointed out that virtually any kind of new learning helps keep our brains fresh, as long as it is challenging and complicated enough to increase our intelligence. "Whether it’s a new language, bringing back your rusty math skills, improving your ability to code, or taking up a new sport," the professor provided a few examples. And if you’re not sure where to start, picking up a book and reading a certain number of pages is a great way to feed your curiosity.
"If you want to make your new learning 'stick' even better — and reduce mental fog — add some exercise to your life," Oakley continued. "Exercise helps produce a chemical, BDNF, that serves as a sort of fertilizer for newer and stronger neural connections in the brain. In other words, BDNF helps you focus and remember better!"
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N G 3 years ago
goats are actually good singers. In 2008 a goat named billy won "Britain got talent"
Best behave.... 3 years ago (edited)
Well, considering the competition on BGT, colour me unsurprised....
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Mary Rotman 3 years ago
Unfortunately, these days, singing ability is not at all necessary to become a pop star.
Lara Verne 3 years ago
She might sound like goat, but she's still better singer than half of the pop stars.
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Laura Jackson 3 years ago
I would say after the first 2 or 3 dozen the rest could just crawl out.🤣
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ToGo 3 years ago
Excuse my language but really all I could think after reading this was F**K. THAT.
Mona 3 years ago
Not counting any recovery time or anything like that she'd have to have been pregnant for approximately 243 months, or around 20 years.
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Sounds like there wasn't much recovery time going on! Poor woman.
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27 pregnancies would be one per year from age 15 to age 42. She essentially spent 75% of those years pregnant. Bet she was overjoyed to go through menopause, and finally have it all be OVER. That is, IF she lived long enough. Speaking of that, how many of the kids lived to adulthood?
Sky77 3 years ago
All survived except a pair of twins that where still born, also she lived into her 80s.
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Mommitude Attitude 3 years ago
I read somewhere she had a rare genetic disorder that caused the multiples each pregnancy
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Shelp 3 years ago
there's a subtle hint that Tom is actually the good guy: during WW2 the "Tommies" were the British soldiers, and the "Jerries" the Germans
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Jason Marin 3 years ago
Jerry is the real villain because it's simply Tom's job to keep Jerry from causing trouble but Jerry not only causes trouble, he gets Tom in trouble too.
Random Panda 3 years ago
My parents called me and my brother "Tom and Jerry" because were always fighting about meaningless things and were always teasing eachother
Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
I thought they were actually friends but Tom had to act like he was pursuing Jerry. Maybe I'm wrong.
When asked whether the internet is a good tool for learning new facts and building up our knowledge, she told us that it gives us incredible opportunities to learn from some of the best teachers in the world. "Athlete Julius Yego, for example, couldn’t find top javelin throwing coaches in his native Kenya and couldn’t afford to travel overseas to train," Oakley said. "So he started watching YouTube videos." Surprisingly, by watching tutorials online and practicing on his own, "he became the world champion in the javelin!"
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Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
Not true. It'd be physically impossible. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2021/06/humpback-whales-cant-swallow-a-human-heres-why
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
Indeed. My best friend from school and I were friends for about 10 years when suddenly she stopped being interested in us. It was very weird but its been other 10 years and I still miss her.
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Nizumi 3 years ago
Nope. I took the middle ground in a bitter argument and got ghosted as a result after 20+ years friendship. And it wasn't even a case of a spouse cheating - no. Two friends got into yet another tiff, I tried to be the bridge and got ghosted for my efforts to save a friendship.
Christine Jemison 3 years ago
My best friend was with me for 45yrs until the day he died. Everyone assumed that we were siblings. Miss him every day.
Richard Haven 3 years ago
Who are these scientists? What evidence did they base their conclusions on?
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Nope. I’m no longer friends with my formerly three closest friends of 10, 25 and 30 years. Two because they moved away and one because we eventually became very different people. I used to keep in touch with the other two, but it just faded over time. And the best part is, how the f*ck do you make new close friends when you’re a 50-year-old introvert?!
ChariotLee 3 years ago
False. We were friends for 12-13 years and then it all came to a bitter and angry end.
Lee Kerr 3 years ago (edited)
I met my best friend on our 1st day at secondary school. We had to find seats in our new classroom and I sat next to her because I’d always wanted hair like hers. About 20 years later she and her husband moved to a different town. 5 years after that my husband and I also left my home town. For 30 years we sent birthday and Christmas cards. I went to her mams funeral 10 years ago, then 5 years ago her dad died and I asked if there was anything I could do? We spend a week sorting out her dad’s house and arranging the funeral. I know if I needed it, she’d do the same for me; you don’t have to see each other often to stay best friends.
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Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Yes but some diets are more conducive of farts than others.
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it wasn't even that which was the main cause. It was the sudden thrust a flaming fart generated that was really worrisome. That stuff could take a module out of orbit. But they can't advertise that fact so officially, it was the fire hazard. True story.
Susanne B 3 years ago
That sounds like it might be true. They never carry more fuel than is necessary for the intended use.
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Sarah Brown 3 years ago
And now I'm picturing astronauts farting and going blowing up space shuttles..
Also, if you want to become better at remembering the things you recently learned, the professor explained that the best way "is to use what psychologists call 'retrieval practice.'" She noted that this simply means retrieving information from your brain. "That is, checking to see if you’ve got that information stored inside you."
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Oerff On Tour 3 years ago
While you're here, go to our doctors and dentists. You'll save enough money to basically have your tickets, meals and accommodations free as well. And still be cheaper off!
Load More Replies... Mat O'Dowd 3 years ago
May I add that the Bodega Irache on the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James) in Spain has one too, here is a link to their webcam, free wine !!! https://www.irache.com/es/fuente-del-vino.html
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Matthew DeWitt 3 years ago
That would make for some extremely deadly police chases. Doesn’t seem worth it.
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
Being an octopus is no fun. Typically, males die within months after mating, while females watch over their eggs until they hatch and then die shortly after. In one deep-sea species, Graneledone boreopacifica, females may brood over their eggs for up to 4.5 years without ever leaving to eat. https://www.livescience.com/49658-animal-sex-octopuses.html
Crouching hippo hidden panda 3 years ago
The new mothers also starve themselves to death watching over their young. Flipping martyrs
For example, try using flashcards or take a few practice tests. "Or simply look away from a page or webpage (like this one!) and see if you can retrieve (that is, remember) the key ideas. Like Julius Yego, through learning, retrieving, and practicing, you too can become a world champion — or at least the best person you can be," Oakley concluded.
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James016 3 years ago
How was he allowed to register a car in someone else's name? Are there no validation/security checks?
Nizumi 3 years ago
Nope. There are even cases of people taking out security numbers for infants, and then racking up credit card debt in their baby's name.
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Leo 3 years ago
She didn't get any letters or something about the tickets? And the airport didn't tow it??
Mary Rogers 3 years ago (edited)
Apparently her ex worked at the airport and parked it in an area that she was not allowed to access since it was only for employees. He also kept moving it around so that it wasn't accumulating tickets consecutively. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/08/woman-settles-with-chicago-over-100000-parking-fine
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Tina Smith 3 years ago
Not cool: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/08/woman-settles-with-chicago-over-100000-parking-fine.
Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
Not quite true. The car *was* registered in her name (it's illegal and impossible to register cars in other names than the owner.) Her BF was just a jerk and parked it there, yes. She ended up paying a small portion of the fine rightly arguing that the car should have been towed long before it racked up that amount of fines. The car had been ticketed 678 times in 3 years (which is ridiculous). The woman didn't show up for several court dates to try to resolve this so the fines kept adding up. All in all a classy couple. Not https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/chicago-woman-owed-106-000-parking-fees-settles-pay-fraction-fines-article-1.1435891
Susanne B 3 years ago
Silly to not show up. You ALWAYS need to do something yourself in such situations, even if just to protest the bill .
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James Tartaglione 3 years ago
contacting us about our planet's extended warranty
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Gwen 3 years ago (edited)
When you realize that you dialed the wrong number as it's ringing, so you hang up right away!
Rosemary Moreland 3 years ago
It was probably some Martian child mucking around while Mummy had a nap
Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
Some kid messing around with his dad's Ham radio set, saw what a stink he caused and said nope!
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Mistiekim 3 years ago
I can’t get my mind to stop talking to me enough to go into a true meditative state. I wish I could.
Mary Rogers 3 years ago (edited)
Visualize your thoughts as clouds passing through your mind. Notice them, but don't engage with or fight them.
Load More Replies... Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
But does the brain structure change for the "better" and what would "better" mean here? To be snarky, my brain structure also changes if you hit me over the head with a shovel, way more efficient than mediating for 8 weeks, whatever that means
over it already 3 years ago
I'd be willing to bet that the brain's structure would change after 8 weeks of doing any daily activity. That's what brains do - learn, adapt, change.
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Lian Beijers 3 years ago
This implies that there is a single technique to meditate, which is incorrect. There are many different types designed for different purposes and practicing any meditation without knowing the effects originally intended can lead to undesired results. For example, if you just want to relax and worry less but you end up having a no-self experience that can be very frightening.
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
You're right about needing to know how to meditate but it is important to address that it isn't something that can help everyone. Just like yoga and acupuncture. Source - 17 years of study and practice of yoga, 2 years managing an acupuncture practice (yay free treatments,) 2 years studying and 6 years practicing meditation as one of the acupuncturists at my office also taught both yoga and meditation courses at a local holistic wellness center. Unfortunately none of these have helped with my PTSD and I still can't sleep at night and it sucks. Lord knows I've definitely put in the work to learn the hows and whys. Lol
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ⒾⓈⒶⒷⒺⓁⓁⒶ 3 years ago
My school tried doing mindfulness and meditation, they make us all sit still while the teacher talks about waves or something. It really doesn’t work for me :’)
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
If I’m going to try to meditate, the very LAST thing I want is to have someone droning on about waves. STFU, will ya!?
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
The same can be said of most things. Play the piano, learn a language, start writing. After a few weeks of concentrating on one thing that involves the brain, it will start to rewire neutral pathways to be more efficient at the thing you want it to be good at!
BadCat 3 years ago
All I end up doing is reverting to memories that make me angry. I don't get meditation.
Dee 3 years ago
There are many kinds of mediations, maybe try loving kindness meditation.
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Tami 3 years ago
Scientists use brain imaging techniques, such as MRI and CT scans, to study the structures of the brain. The things they've learned about the brain just in the last 20 years are fascinating!
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I do it for ten minutes before I start work. Honestly, it's helpful. You don't feel like working is interrupting anything or getting in the way of fun.
Tami 3 years ago
Wow, you are getting a good result! Ultimately, nothing should be an interruption.
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Glasia van Duivels 3 years ago (edited)
That word describes Putin so perfectly that "Putin" may be a synonyme in '23 for this word.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Because that’s how these people are envisioning themselves. I guarantee you Donald Trump thinks he’s smarter than Einstein, Newton and Feynman combined.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
500 years from now, confused scientists will open up these freezers and try to revive the Findus Crispy Pancake that has been stored with the bodies.
D Battle II 3 years ago
They should just.....let it go. ( I deserve the downvotes for this) lol
LakeMonster 3 years ago
Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Freezing causes irreversible cellular damage, so they're just dead.
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
I wouldn't want to be revived in a world I didn't know and I wouldn't want to live in that world without my children and grandchildren
Matt Tyson 3 years ago
I just hope that when they unfreeze some of these people, the person will know to use water on the crops instead of Brawndo, even though it has what plants crave.
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
I need understood about this stuff why someone would revive them. Yes, they may have paid to have this done before they died, but we have no idea if at the time it is possible anyone will have the slightest interest to revive them, or if their payment even covers up whatever this would cost.
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Jason Marin 3 years ago
My brain doesn't choose to ignore things. I do. My phone went off not too long ago and I chose to ignore it.
Victor Trejo 3 years ago
I'm looking at the screen of my phone. My Jose just happens to be through my line of vision.
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James Tartaglione 3 years ago
this "ow" will be "ow" so "ow" profitable "ow" ~falls over
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Malwin Wellham 3 years ago
LoL, nobody ever buys or bought a Gallon of scorpion venom. It is expensive but their is no widespread demand of it. Scorpion venom is traded in Milligrams, value of it varies. However people still tried to set up Scorpion farms and ended up loosing their entire investment. Just look up scorpion venom farm scam.
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Wren Hard 3 years ago
i was going to say that but I knew someone else would have
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago (edited)
There was a myth that is was apparently forbidden to die at the British Parliament in Westminster. Someone explained to me that it this is because Westminster is a Royal Palace, and if you die in a Royal Palace you need the death to be certified by a Royal physician, and Westminster does not have one. So, in practice, you cannot technically die there...
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
An island in Japan will not allow a sick person or a pregnant woman, no one should be born or die on this island.
RoseAnne Hutchence 3 years ago
Cremation would be a good alternate to burial, right? Or, how about we simply have our dead bodies ground up for fertilizer? Would make more sense than using silks, satins and gorgeous wood to encase our corpses.
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H Edwards 3 years ago
I think it's when twins, usually identical, have an invented language that they both seem to understand. It usually goes away as they get older. I believe that my mother and her sister had their own language when they were little. They also say that they could feel the other's physical pain, even if they were nowhere near each other. Twins are fascinating.
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Laura Gillette 3 years ago
I have a non-identical twin sister, and when we were kids, we used to *pretend* we had a secret twin language... to annoy our older brother. Maybe only identical twins can have a language they truly both understand?
Kimberly Puchniarz 3 years ago
I did that with a cousin who is the same age as myself and we both remember it
Sydney-Kate 3 years ago
Oh I’ve seen this before, it’s like twins in the first few years of development can speak a language between the two of them that no one can understand cauee they invented it
Fran Morasco 3 years ago (edited)
My sister and I were 16months apart and had our own language for 4to5years. I didn’t talk to anyone else until she started kindergarten. She would interrupt for me to mom
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
You know how yawns are contagious, and if someone yawns in front of you, you will probably yawn too? Did you also know that phenomenon can cross species? If I yawn in front of my cats and dog, they will usually yawn too, though at varying times after my yawn. I have also yawned after watching one of them yawn. Would be a cool experiment to figure out if that is actually a fact, or just a correlation.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
The Mythbusters tried this one and it didn't work conclusively. They did say, IIRC, that there might have been a flaw in the setup they used. So... that doesn't help at all but I thought you might be interested to know, lol
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Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Shame this isn't always the case. It would be better if reading SMART would make people smarter.
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Joe Reaves 3 years ago
OK this is really deceptive. "The false ad lawsuit all started in 2013 by a US consumer, Benjamin Careathers, who believed the company's slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" is dishonest. He argued the slogan clearly doesn't mean the drink will give you wings but it is generally understood the drink should give a higher energy boost than an average cup of coffee. But when Careathers found Red Bull had less caffeine than a cup of coffee, he felt there were grounds for a lawsuit. According to the Red Bull website, One 250ml (8.4 oz) can of Red Bull Energy Drink contains about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, which is about 80mg." He argued the slogan clearly doesn't mean the drink will give you wings but it is generally understood the drink should give a higher energy boost than an average cup of coffee."
Ace Geography Nerd 3 years ago
Also a single man didn't receive 13 million dollars, rather many people who also claimed false advertising received 10 dollars each. This resulted in a 13 million+ payout by Red Bull in all.
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Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Then all other advertising should fall under this same verdict . . . products don't do anything to actually enhance your mind, your body or your life.
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
All energy drinks are like water to me, no umpth at all. I have 1 mug of instant coffee every day made with 3 tablespoons of instant coffee granules and when I have a headache I make it with 4 tablespoons of instant coffee granules. Yummy. No clue how much caffeine is in it but feels like more than an energy drink
All's Gravy 3 years ago
You may be surprised to learn that many such cases are often tested in the High Court, London. Also challenges of patents and copyrights etc.
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Emmydearest 3 years ago
Maybe they put the slogan in quotes or they added a small note at the bottom like *not actual wings.
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Caroline Nagel 3 years ago
What a sweet little house. I wouldn't sell that either if I were 84 yo. I would want to die there.
Gretchen Rohrer 3 years ago (edited)
Looks like the Greens house from Big City Greens minus the balloons
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago
My eyes are brown, but... can I feel special too?
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Upstaged75 3 years ago
I have green eyes too. Although the eye color in this picture is not natural at all - it's been enhanced.
The local idiot 3 years ago
My mom has green eyes and out of all five of her kids I'm the only one with green eyes.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
My mom has green eyes. She's one of 9 and the other 8 all have blue. My dad has dark brown and us siblings are hazel, light brown and green (3 total)
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
My mom has blue eyes, my dad has brown. My dad's side all has brown and my mom's side is all blue (very German). Yes I'm my dad's biological child, so someone wanna tell me where my green eyes came from?
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Dynein 3 years ago
At any rate most of the earth's oxygen is produced from photosynthetic *water* organisms - most of them tiny algae.
Lily Langtry 3 years ago
I was just reading recently about how amazing whales are, for capturing CO2 from the environment, and also their poop feeds the phytoplankton. Save the Whales!
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Kevin Humble 3 years ago
So this is confusing because they added in "per year". So it it takes 7-8 trees to produce the oxygen a person needs on going the "Per year" does not apply - I mean 7-8 trees output for a week is a years worth? So the fact they are adding an the per year ... does that mean in a week they will provide a years worth of oxygen? That much in a day... I now know less than I did before I read the fact.
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Some people really need to go and apologise to the trees for wasting their efforts.
James Tartaglione 3 years ago
know a lot of people who need to apologize to those trees for wasting their hard work
#44
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
It's genetic and there is a test you can take. Many people don't take the test because there's nothing that can be done about it and would you really want to panic every time you can't sleep that this is it, it's kicking in, I'm dying?
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
If it's genetic I'd want to know so I can make sure not to have biological children. It's completely unfair for the child to be born with such a terrible genetic disorder
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You would know if this runs in your family long before it gets to you. The picture above is of a sister and brother from Australia. Their mother had it, so they got tested. Both of them have the gene. They travel to Seattle (I think) because that is the only place where there is research being done. They are trying to help find a treatment.
AnnaBanananna 3 years ago (edited)
There’s a not great movie about being unable to sleep then dying called ‘Awake.’ I don’t think it was actually FFI related, but same premise
Gina Beatty 3 years ago
But wouldn't they be able to be sedated? It seems like they should be able to take the stuff they gave to MJ that eventually killed him. That way at least their bodies could rest?
Upstaged75 3 years ago
No - because your brain degenerates. Insomnia is just a symptom. It's a prion disease (like mad cow or CJD) where the brain basically ends up like swiss cheese. It's a very horrible way to die. :(
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𝖊𝖆 3 years ago
Yup, PoTS means I get this every time I stand up, go up a set of stairs, lift my arms above my head, use an escalator or lift, or bend over to pick something up, or put my head under something like a table, bed etc. it’s fun :/
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
I developed POTS after a serious viral infection. It has completely disrupted my life. Plus, it's a horrible sensation.
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lemon doesn’t understand 3 years ago
yes actually I just drank some coffee and now I have giant wings
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago
Probably an evolutionary trace for safety?
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Lou Cam 3 years ago
The same sense that makes people turn around and lock eyes with you when you're people watching in public. Seriously, I love sitting out a pub with a balcony into a busy street and watching people go by but some of them must be flipping psychic when they turn right around at me.
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Kristel 3 years ago
I was going to say that about my boxer! He’s the best cuddler
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Kittiorigami Cat-Lover 3 years ago
Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Load More Replies... IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)
Not in my case. I'm as blind as a bat and as thick as pig poo.😕
Lou Cam 3 years ago
But you're self aware so actually smarter than the majority of the population.
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Not Telling you 3 years ago
Ok, here is my explanation why. People who got glasses ( aka displaying their poor vision) moat likely wanted glasses for reading. And people who read are generally smarter. Its not like your bad vision makes you smarter.
Christof Irran 3 years ago
"Can be associates with" neither implies a correlation nor a causal relationship. All it means is that one or more persons at one time associated the two for some reason. One such reason could quite possibly have been the person(s) advanced state of intoxication.
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Upstaged75 3 years ago
Well then my family and I will all live forever I guess. For some reason we all look about 10 years younger than we are. My brother grows facial hair solely so he doesn't get carded all the time - he's 43 LOL! Most people think I'm around 35. I'm actually 47. It doesn't suck. ;)
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
My grandmother was 85 when she died and looked 20 years younger. The inside health did not match the look of her body. I'm 35 and have been mistaken for 25 for a while now. I'll take it as long as I can.
Michelle C 3 years ago
I’ve found it’s usually a combination of taking excellent care of themselves and genetics!
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Perhaps that's why I laugh extra after a few days of insomnia; my brain is desperate to catch up
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
15 minutes at once? If so, that's not easy. Even the most hysterical belly laugh will wind down within 5 minutes.
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James016 3 years ago
You sound like a chipmunk. Sorry you had to find out this way
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I have a VERY deep voice, and it's the opposite for me. Everytime I hear myself on a recording it sounds much deeper than I hear in my head.
Devil child 3 years ago
Yeah I get asked alot on the phone if my mam is there and I'm 40 and not lived with my mam since 17
Return of Saturn 3 years ago
Now I wanna walk up to every single person I've ever spoken to and give them an apology.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Is this true? My voice has always sounded deep and a bit husky to myself so I often speak with a higher pitch, almost like Paris Hilton. I gotta look this up. And then maybe apologize to some people.
Michelle C 3 years ago
I’m frequently mistaken for a 12 year-old- girl on the phone. “ May I speak to your mother or father, please?” I’m in my 30s!!
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
How about when I can't hear any difference in voices, eg boys before puberty and after? Everyone has the same pitch and tone for me. Couldn't even tell you if someone was singing soprano or baritone
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago (edited)
I read somewhere that a group of people drank from a collection of 3000 year old bottles found in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. They described the taste as "saline, with notes of wet dog".
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GoodWolf 3 years ago
Oooor maybe I'll just stuff food in my mouth without looking because my eyes are glued to the BP page
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
It's very hard for me, I like food and drinks either at lava or permafrost temperature. Once it cools down/warms up it's no good anymore
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Lian Beijers 3 years ago
If you're permanently "freezing" or freezing often without obvious cause you might have some kind of neurodevelopmental difference (e.g. autism) or post-traumatic problems. "The body keeps the score" is an helpful resource for understanding the physiological effects of trauma.
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Lian Beijers 3 years ago
In my experience our nervous systems are just more sensitive, meaning autistic people can experience it after something that might not cause the phenomenon in others.
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Griffin McKinley 3 years ago
You need creativity and more detailed sight to beat a video game, so your brain says that it wants to beat it so it gives you sight on steroids, versus a board game where you get 30 seconds to do one thing
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
My husband is an avid gamer, I swear he should start his own streaming on YouTube or twitch or something. Anyway, can confirm. Most of it. He's not great with creativity but his eyesight is incredible, and his amazing concentration skills have gotten him to rise in his job so fast he's set records.
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Joshua David 3 years ago
I had iPhone from its inception to the 3g version. I replaced the screen 5 times during the duration of the year I had it and left. Is it better now?
Darla Taylor 3 years ago
That’s why you attach a screen saver before using it or using an otter box case
Erika 3 years ago
For a while, I had an iPad with a minor crack on it. For some reason, I've been fortunate when it comes to technology and I haven't had any of my phone screens break on me. My current tablet (iPad pro) has one scuff mark from me possibly dropping it and it still works, no cracks on the screen whatsoever)
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Nope for me. I need my space and can't be touched by anything; though sometimes I can fall asleep when my dog cuddles my leg but I have to be able to freely move it
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I sleep better without my husband. We gave up sleeping together years ago when it became clear our sleeping habits were never going to match. It was only making us miserable because we weren't sleeping. This arrangement works for us.
Not A Panda 3 years ago
We just split our bedrooms because this is patently untrue. Love each other to bits, but we can't sleep in the same room. He snores, I run marathons in my sleep.
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Jihana 3 years ago
Maybe dumber men are just more often unfaithful because they don't realize heir spouse will find out.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Or on the flip side, the smarter ones get away with it.
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Beck 3 years ago
Now a few weeks ago on here they said penguins will march away but not one is sure why.
Maren Villadsen 3 years ago
They will end up dieing. But it is still not known why they do it
Load More Replies... Inigo Montoya 3 years ago
Raccoon moms will also abandon their young if they are (the baby) very sick/dying. Seen it happen many times where I live out in the country/rural area.
Oogiebogieaugiedaddy 3 years ago
If I had to stand in those sub zero temperatures, starving, while balancing an egg on my feet I would just kill myself.
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𝖊𝖆 3 years ago (edited)
Ooh this was on a (fictional) tv show. They said the victim had exsanguinated from every part of their body and couldn’t figure out why. Turns out they weren’t murdered but had been bitten by a snake. Cant remember the program now but it was a good one. Would be one of the most painful ways to die and no cure?
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
I think I have a box jellyfish hiding in my house and secretly stinging me.
Not Telling you 3 years ago
Are you ok? This sounds like a cry for help. I know (not from experience or anything) that people who joke about that kinda thing often aren't joking...
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Eva Verde 3 years ago
Irukandji jellyfish from Australia, the smallest and the most venomous jellyfish
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Those things are terrifying. I saw a show where the researchers who were studying them both got stung - they were in agony for days.
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Ian Webling 3 years ago
He was a British airman, Richard Alkemade. He crashed through pine trees and landed in a deep snow bank. No bones were broken.
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Why would people downvote this? Just for more info?
Load More Replies... Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
I mean... it says he became a POW for two years so... yes?
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Did they check the DVD section at HMV? Or look it up on Amazon? How hard can it be to find a popular film?
Captain Haddock 3 years ago
They should have swallowed their pride and look for it on pirate sites
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Libstak 3 years ago
Actually it would be because it would be illegal for them to have died in a particular town I'm guessing....nice little loop hole.
Load More Replies... Joe Reaves 3 years ago
This is because there are inheritance laws and other things that affect spouses v partners and illegitimate children. As long as you can prove that the deceased genuinely intended to marry you then you can marry them after death to make you their legal widow/widower and legitimise any offspring. It became a law because of the First World War. Many soldiers and their girlfriends did not have time to marry before the soldier was deployed but decided to not wait for marriage to have sex. When the soldiers were then killed in action they often left an unmarried woman carrying an illegitimate child. The law was put in place to allow a route for women to legitimise those children and allow them to not be disadvantaged by their father dying in the service of his country before he could marry their mother.
Ian Taggart 3 years ago
It's probably for circumstances similar to the second Peveral brother.
Fabian Meresse 3 years ago
Only if allowed by special appointment of PM or president. Happened a few times, look for Arnaud Beltrame , a hero who faced terrorist in order to save lives
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Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Which inventor of the TV? Because as with movies and the telephone and the aeroplane there are several people who could lay claim to being the inventor.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)
Psalm 23 A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
manalonedies 3 years ago
Yeah, I've walked through the valley of the shadow of death but I will fear no evil... because I'm the meanest m**********r in the goddam valley. (On the Mekong, 1969.)
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Arwen 3 years ago
Having genetic similarities doesn’t have to mean you’re related, just that you have happen to have some gene sequences the same, which could give you some traits in common. You’re not related to every person with same colour eyes as you, for example.
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Will sell soul for corn chip 3 years ago
The only genetic similarity me and my friends have is that we all have noses
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Jihana 3 years ago
Not necessarily. There are naps, there a bathroom breaks in the night etc.
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Harlan Bleiler 3 years ago (edited)
So that’s every Saturday and holidays waking up in a good mode. Monday through Friday is cuz of work and Sunday is because you know you have work the next day
Luis 3 years ago
Of course.. first thing you think in the morning is: How a im going to pay "X" bill? And/or I have to see my F...boss... Work in what you like ( I use to, that why I know) make you wake up happy!!! That make you a (Good) reason to jump off the bed... When you get that... you wake up happy all the time!!!
Queen fhk 3 years ago
So approximately 95% of the time u wake up with a bad mood.am totally freaking out
Kise Miarse 3 years ago
Considering most adults wake to the blaring of an alarm, this isn't surprising
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
This does explain the stupid choices I made early on in my relationship.
Fabiano Sousa 3 years ago
I tend to be more productive and solve most of my problems when angry.
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troufaki13 3 years ago
There's a saying in Greek that roughly translates to "an old person will either die from falling or from pooping" 😂
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Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Yeah, these are phrased so badly... This makes it sound like you always know after that time period, meanwhile, I actually fell in love with my now husband over months of regular interactions, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Lokitti 3 years ago
I think they're intentionally vague, misleading or badly worded just to get a reaction.
Load More Replies... Uncommon Boston 3 years ago
It is called 'chemistry' . It is or it isn't there, although in a few cases the feelings develop over time. When using online dating sites, the only reason we turn down potential matches is chemistry. Either you are attracted or you are not. I knew when I read my partner's profile he was the one. The phone call confirmed it. The kiss sealed the deal. Seven months living with the love of my life. I have never loved as strongly or been loved so deeply. I found out after marriage my ex husband had serious anger issues. Physical and emotional abuse followed. There are problems that develop with time. Something you can't predict.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Not so much love at first sight, but he was the first one I spotted at the campground we were staying at that looked my age. I saw him and my first thought was "you're cute! I want to be friends!" Then proceeded to stalk him. I guess I was the lesser of two evils when compared to his younger siblings because I wore him down quickly n__n.
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Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
We all have 'comfort zones', and how close (physically)we are happy with people being to us. A stranger will be kept a good arm's length away, but a parent, child, or romantic partner will be allowed to be very close, and invade the 'personal space'. The same is true for hugging. The more intimate we are with a person, the longer it is comfortable to hug, or snuggle with them.
Load More Replies... John Smith 3 years ago
Anyone hugging me for that long I am suspicious of, are they trying to pick my pockets? I am not a hugger.
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Liney Knotley 3 years ago
Oh… so that’s why I tell my sister all of my deepest secrets at night and the regret it in the morning
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Because I'm hoping if I'm honest I'll say something that'll make you leave me alone!
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Caroline Nagel 3 years ago
It's true: average distance from earth to the moon is 384,400 km - add up the diameters of the seven other planets and you get 380,008 km - that's 8,030 km to spare. See this link: https://www.universetoday.com/115672/you-could-fit-all-the-planets-between-the-earth-and-the-moon/
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Something off here... 384,400 - 380,008 = 4,392km (Not 8,030)
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Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Nope. That's not the Troxler Effect. Not even close. "The Troxler effect (also known as Troxler fading) was first discovered by Swiss physician and philosopher Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler. The effect was first recorded in 1804 when he observed that staring at a fixed point for an extended period of time would cause the peripheral areas of the image to fade away."
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
Grink? A mixture of green and pink? pink-and-g...f20e45.jpg 
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Fabulous Pigeon 3 years ago
Not only horseshit!!!!!! It is catshit, cowshit, chickenshit, pigeonshit, crowshit and b******t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Liney Knotley 3 years ago
I don’t agree… I would honestly spend more time with boys than girls. Boys are just more lighthearted. (I’m a girl btw)
Bisexual Tiger 🇺🇦 3 years ago
i don't think you've been friends with the right girls...
Load More Replies... Lian Beijers 3 years ago
Folks, these things are . Just because you're the exception doesn't mean this isn't true on average.
Question everything 3 years ago
They are not the exception. Depression and anxiety have nothing to do with the gender of your friends.
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Sharon Heim 3 years ago
Well, I think girls ARE more caddy and form clicks, making you feel left out...
Pheebs 3 years ago
While I don’t agree, as a female with mostly guy friends I can honestly say my female friends have caused me the most stress over the years. This statement is just misleading as there are many things in life (and individual biologies) that can cause depression and anxiety. Looking at only one aspect of a person’s life tells only a minute piece of their story.
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Kassiopeia 3 years ago
"Oh god, oh god. Yes babe, your gonna make me sneeze!" My imagination is cursed as well as it seems
Load More Replies... Lily bloom 3 years ago
Having six what though? Six hamburgers? Six glasses of milk? Six jellybeans?
Lara Verne 3 years ago
" Darling, I know you your stuffy nose is annoying, but can't you wait until we get home?"
Random Anon 3 years ago (edited)
Ok so there are many ways to go about it. And one of the ways is to stick your face where the sun normally don't shine. Is that what this implies? Honest question!
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Michelle Brandt 3 years ago
No, no it doesn't. I went to a gift shop that sells popcorn over the weekend, came out with $3.90 worth of salt water taffy, 2 mini bags of popcorn and one giant bag of cheese popcorn.
BadCat 3 years ago
Was it worth it? I love saltwater taffy. What kinds did you get?
Load More Replies... LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
It makes me make bad decisions while grocery shopping and fast decisions at work so I can get closer to my lunch.
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Dawn Depietro 3 years ago
And how many people have sex for a hour at a time is a better question
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Inmates under punishment for smuggling contraband have to mop up the puke off the floor the next day.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
The moon is a holographic projection, set up by our lizard overlords, to distract us normal people.
Poeha 3 years ago
The moon and stars are inside a hollow earth and the devil bends the light. 2 women on a forum said that. Noone was able to convince them they were wrong.
Load More Replies... Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Nope, and yes. There are spherical eggs. But often it is described as an oblate spheroid. It's bigger round it's middle than going via the poles of rotation. The same is true of the Earth. However, and it's a big HOWEVER, the Earth is smoother than a table tennis ball, if a table tennis ball was increased to the same size as the Earth. The same is true of the Moon.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
What came first, the chicken or the egg? Now to find that deep space chicken
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Indosidius 3 years ago
🙋🏻 But in all honesty it does see black, your visual cortex just overrides the 'black' image of the closed eye with whatever your open eye sees.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
But we have a built in mechanism to stop us from doing it except in really extreme situations so we won't destroy our bones and muscles in the process, apparently.
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Sanchez Vasile 3 years ago
thank you, girl, for not promoting the "mystery" and all its associated mysticism, that turns the physical reality into a manipulated riddle.
Load More Replies... Question everything 3 years ago
They may be intrigued rather than attracted to them. Also the "attraction" would depend how good looking the man is. I can't see a woman being attracted to an unkept dishevelled toothless man nursing a half drunk pint of beer in the corner of a bar. On the other hand, to each their own.
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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 3 years ago
This sounds like the statistic that 75% of stuff in the internet is made up. (And I made up that stat too)
D20 Games 3 years ago (edited)
They did a study of this. I forget who. A lot of it is dependent on an individual person and genetics. Example, my beau, needs 8-9 hrs to be fully rested. His mother is a 7-8hrs. I only need 4-5. My father is the same as me.
D20 Games 3 years ago (edited)
I looked it up. It was a study done by UCSF, and another done at Harvard. Those who sleep for 6hrs or less are more likely to live longer, be more optimistic, are better at multitasking, and have a more positive outlook. This is an inherited genetic. They identified 80 genes associated with sleep cycles and duration.
Load More Replies... Michelle Brandt 3 years ago
Oh good, then my kids are making sure I'm gonna live forever. Thanks kiddos!
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Glasia van Duivels 3 years ago (edited)
Kiwi has more vitamine C than oranges. One kiwi can replace a 100mg vit. C pill
Load More Replies... Ian Taggart 3 years ago
Maybe that guy on TikTok who claimed to drink bull milk for breakfast was onto something.
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Rachel Parker 3 years ago
Wrong direction of cause and effect. The Latin for 'left' is 'sinister'. And since left-handedness was associated with the devil, the word 'sinister' gained a meaning of 'potential evil'.
APL 3 years ago
Yes! Thank you. And the Latin for 'right' is 'dexter', so 'ambidextrous' literally means 'having two right hands', in the same way bad dancers are said to have 'two left feet'.
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Lynn Morello 3 years ago
My brothers teacher tried to stop him from using his left hand, he was 5 y/o
Brightheart 3 years ago
that's why some kid called me a weird demon last week! I thought it was because my eyes where shaking.
María Hermida 3 years ago
Until 20 or so years ago, left-handed people were not allowed to become primary school teachers in my country, because they were supposed to be a bad influence on children: they could imitate the teacher and become left-handed, too. I don't know who was the r******d who came up with the idea, but many people supported it unconditionally.
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Camouflage to blend better into the surroundings
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Nizumi 3 years ago (edited)
People who go for a jog twice a week are also less likely to die of heart disease.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Unless they die from a heart attack during the jog. That happened to my friends brother inlaw but he was a case of too little too late with trying to improve his health
Load More Replies... Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Well, sex is pretty good cardio exercise and I imagine the release of pleasure hormones has a pretty good effect on stress to.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)
I wonder if Bored Panda would censor the word S€X if you replaced the e with the euro sign?
Andrew Pugg 3 years ago
I want to meet the person who has all this S.ex to come to these conclusions
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
That's because your top jaw is fused into your skull and only the bottom jaw can move.
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Laugh or not 3 years ago
That one is just stupid: mucosa is the generic name for any membrane that cover a body cavities or internal membrane, such as oral mucosa, nasal mucosa, vaginal mucosa, etc. Some secretes mucus, some don't. It doesn't mean they are all the same.
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
And a huge turn off. There is nothing less sexy than a baby
Load More Replies... CaptainDinosaur 3 years ago
Tried this with a female law enforcement officer once. Zero stars, would not recommend.
Rachel Parker 3 years ago
Dumb factoid. It would depend on who is saying it, and who is hearing it. Even if it's a lover, not all women like that word. And plenty of men would find it comforting too.
Zena Belen 3 years ago
So, I'm immediately repulsed by someone who calls me 'baby'... I hate that.
Adrian 3 years ago
Actually this sounds like an excellent example when one should ask to see the evidence.
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Glasia van Duivels 3 years ago
BP censoring is like locking your door with only a thin string.
Lokitti 3 years ago
Came here to say this lol. A lot of them sound either cherry-picked, completely out of context, or completely fabricated.
Load More Replies... Random Anon 3 years ago
Take these with a fine grain of salt. Be amused but ffs don't treat these like some would the bible.
Glasia van Duivels 3 years ago
BP censoring is like locking your door with only a thin string.
Lokitti 3 years ago
Came here to say this lol. A lot of them sound either cherry-picked, completely out of context, or completely fabricated.
Load More Replies... Random Anon 3 years ago
Take these with a fine grain of salt. Be amused but ffs don't treat these like some would the bible.
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