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30 Random Facts About Everything, Shared By A Twitter Account Called “Interesting Facts”
In the old days, people often confused wisdom and erudition. At that time, the whole modern methodology of scientific research had not yet been invented, therefore, whoever knew more scattered random facts about the world around us was sometimes considered a sage.
Now those days are gone, and just knowing a lot of things about everything will only get you through trivia quizzes or might come in handy while playing Jeopardy. But how pleasant it is sometimes to show off one's erudition among friends! And just for such cases, various dedicated Twitter pages - like this one, for example - collect wonderful lists of cool and thrilling facts from here, there and everywhere.
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Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
I'm so angry and feel so cheated if I don't have that 30 minutes+ before I actually get into bed.
J loves cats 2 years ago
Some of my favorite time. It's nice to relax and unwind and have nothing expected of me.
Beverly Schmidt 2 years ago
thats what being a mother is like. give me some time for myself ... f**k its 2am AGAIN
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
It's 3.22am.....my kids will be up around 7......I'm on bored panda.....enough said
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
Exactly what I am doing now. Bedtime for the family was over 3 hours ago 😴
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Lotekguy 2 years ago
Great idea! Anyone know how to reach Idris Elba for a development deal?
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Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
A black Samari. Aka the most badass thing I can think of. Damn that's a great movie idea!
Gionanna 2 years ago
First, as in black samurai used to be a thing? Very interesting, I've always imagined ancient Japan as very detached from the rest of the world
Andrea Steinacher 2 years ago
he went there with a missionary in about 1560
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Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Lol I have a funny scene in my head of a man chasing a woman and she just plays dead and he walks away making sad man noises
Vic 2 years ago
🤣🤣 I'm imagining she's lying down with her hands and feet raised up, like a cartoon possum..
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Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Ah happy early birthday Nova. I just read your bio, I'm not being weird I promise lol.
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Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
Nerd!! (I was about to say the same thing)
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D Peterson 2 years ago
Every woman in America needs to stand up & say, NO! And mean it! They will continue to erode our rights until women refuse to be abused. My entire life I'm been waiting for the Equal Rights Amendment to be ratified. (The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens, regardless of sex. If passed, legal rights would no longer be determined by gender.) 1972 - 2023, 51 years & Congress has not passed this bill. They say it isn't necessary because we already have equal rights but if that was true women wouldn't be forced to bear children they don't want!
Of course, many of the facts in such collections need detailed proofreading and some are partly taken out of context. For example, the one about George Washington, who never knew that dinosaurs existed. Yes, technically, this is absolutely true, but in reality, of course, people found fossils of prehistoric giants long before Washington - just guesses about whose bones these were, were actually far from the truth.
In many ways, we owe the finds of dinosaur bones to numerous myths and legends about dragons, giants, and other fantastic creatures. And only in 1842, the English biologist Richard Owen suggested the term 'dinosaur' per se. So yes, George Washington didn't really know about the existence of dinosaurs. And he did not know about the existence of Neptune as well - after all, the planet was only discovered in 1846.
#4
Fiona Parky 2 years ago
My great grandad was a horse drover in WW1. He absolutely loved horses and everything about them. After the war he became a shop owner and they had a horse to pull the cart that took the deliveries around. Great grandad came down with a bit of bronchitis and my grandad had to take over the deliveries for a few days. He said the horse stopped at the top of every street and would just follow him down as he made his deliveries so it was always next to him. It also stopped at every single pub they passed and wouldn’t move until he’d been inside. Apparently great grandma was a bit less than impressed when he told her.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
Weren't some of them killed and left behind rather than be transported back home... once it was over? which to me is horrific.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Because you're just learning that horses have ears?
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Bent Screw (she/her) 2 years ago
Far too many horses died in any war they were used in. As much s they were needed, they suffered terribly.
Shiva Ho 2 years ago
So glad they stopped hurting and killing those Majestic Beings for the sake of Politics!
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
It had nothing to do with caring about the animals. It had everything to do with the internal combustion engine.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Australia sent 136,000 horses to the World War 1 battlefields. Only one returned home, a horse belonging to a major general killed in action
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JinxBox 2 years ago
Thank you for the reminder that a healthy brain equals the brain of the majority only. Us with any hint of autism will always struggle with sarcasm and taking words too seriously -but we can easily imagine the world could do without people saying things they don't mean. Any autist would agree in wishing for everyone to just say what they mean without the filters we use to sound more acceptable.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
There are probably a very large number of "signs of a healthy brain." Pointing out one isn't meant to say that it's the only sign.
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LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
It's interesting that this Mom used a large bowl to cut all her children's hair.
Donkey boi 2 years ago
I think it was a legal requirement at the time. I'm pretty sure even the barber had to use the bowel technique
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Shannon Hawks 2 years ago
whole family involved in something together and someone comments on the haircuts. f*****g genius.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Not sure this counts as an "interesting fact" though...not something one could set as a quiz question.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
You could pick 4 family photos and say "which one of these is a mom helping her kids beat a hard gameboy level?" I bet it was Mario...that was a b***h
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Noname 2 years ago
Been there, done that, but do my kids remember this?? Noo- they're all "you suck because you made us wash dishes by hand, we had to do laundry". And I'm all, "I couldn't fight the Boss and unlock the next level for you if I was washing your dishes and doing your laundry".
RKBJR82 2 years ago
My mom passed when we were young. Her playing Super Nintendo Mario Bros to get past levels is one of my favorite memories. She would play while we were at school.
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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Mom, can you help me with this level in Sonic?.... Mom, is it my turn yet? You've been playing for 3 hours....
On the other hand, what may seem ridiculous to us is actually of great importance - including scientific too. For example, the book The History and Social Influence of the Potato really exists, and even went through several reprints. And if you think that potatoes have not had any impact on world history, you are clearly mistaken.
In fact, it is enough to recall, for example, the infamous 'Great Famine' in Ireland in 1845-1849, when the potato was the basis of the diet for the poor, and the massive infection of potato crops by pests caused not only famine, but also mass emigration. Mostly to the United States and Canada. To appreciate the scale, just imagine that by the middle of the 19th century, about a quarter of the population of large cities on the east coast of the United States were Irish. And this is just one aspect of the impact potatoes actually had on the history of humanity...
#7
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago (edited)
It's a well guarded secret in the Papal community that the pointy Pope hat is used to hide the bottle.
Kathleen McGann 2 years ago
The words whisk(e)y is derived from mean "water of life" (uisce beatha).
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
The vatican censored years of child rape too, and probably still is. And as god on Earth it is all the popes responsibility.
#8
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
This is an amazing book. It created a whole new genre of literature related to the history of nutrients and has been highly influential. You can tell it was well received as its at least a second edition, showing its popularity. The book to the left is the same one but doesn't have nice filigree lettering. Second, there is extensive wear on the book showing frequent use. Decades later, it is still considered the best book ever on the impact of a plant on humanity.
Nichole Harris 2 years ago
Loving your huge brain and the knowledge it contains
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Rali Meyer 2 years ago
Potatoes, apples and onions, said my Ouma, brought us through winter in Germany after the wars. Seems you can store them for months in dark, cold basements without going off.
not your average weirdo 2 years ago
My great great great great great grandfather discovered that potatoes aren’t poisonous. A true icon, I can’t live without French fries
Rivers of Belief 2 years ago
The follow up book...how French Fries Changed the Colonies and Ketchup the Masterpiece of Condiments "a Journey Through Time"
#9
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Apparently true, trialled in rural Victoria last year. But what they really need is glow-in-the-dark kangaroos so you can see them before they bounce in front of your car
J loves cats 2 years ago
I was just thinking how trippy this looks completely sober. I wonder if people will see it out while in an altered state just because it looks so cool.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
If you mean paint that reflects light from headlights straight back to the driver, making the lines shine brilliantly, that was trialled back 20 years ago. It's now so much the standard all throughout Australia that I can't imagine a road without it. The reflection comes from clear glass spheres embedded in the paint.
Nikole 2 years ago
I don’t think it’s reflective; I think it actually glows in the dark.
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
They are trialling these on a stretch of highway into a town near me because of the high road toll, but I haven't driven down that way at night yet.
Also, pictures like these often make us think and we involuntarily make interesting little discoveries for ourselves - for example, that photo of an old mechanical shopping list dated by the first half of the 20th century presumes that ketchup used to be called 'catsup'. Yes, that's absolutely right - even this early recipe from 1817 calls the sauce 'tomata catsup', and suggests the additions of anchovies and cochineal... By the way, according to this recipe, the resulting prototype of ketchup could be stored for no less than seven years!
#10
Sara 2 years ago (edited)
My mom's dementia ward was locked up tight and alarms sounded if a resident opened a door (they had a fenced garden area they could access), seems like an easier solution than fake bus stops
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Depends on how vehement the patients are about wanting to leave, or "go home". Arguing is not going to help, and locking them up or medicating them into docility 24/7 is justifiably frowned upon. In the interest of keeping things peaceful between staff and patients investing in a bank with a roof and a bus stop sign is a good investment
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martymcmatrix 2 years ago
WHO ARE YOU JUDGING ABOUT ME AND MY SUPPOSED LACK OF SLEEPING HOURS? NO, I AM NOT ANGRY, JUST A LITTLE TIRED AND IF YOU WOULDN'T STOP INSULTING ME, YOUR FACE WILL RECIEVE A FIST FULL OF SLEEP.
Gozer LeGozerian 2 years ago
Is there anywhere we can apply for this fist full of sleep?
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Christy Means-Stephens 2 years ago
I’ve got a husband who will not treat his sleep apnea, so I’m in a constant state of rage
Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Sleep in another room, for your own health and sanity. And maybe that'll convince him to use his CPAP after all
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MushroomHead22 2 years ago
how do you lose hours of sleep? there is no standard. like somedays i feel great after 4 hours, other times i don't. most times im good after 5.5 or 6 hours, but sometimes not.... its not "losing a couple of hours" its how you felt before you went to bed.
Noname 2 years ago
I've lost weight that my friend found. It's just one of those mysteries that science hasn't yet figured out....
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A couple of HOURS? I'm furious if I miss a few minutes!
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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
I doubt that. You'd be one hell of an anomaly
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
There are whole groups of people who don't find me unattractive - people who are blind, people in comas, people who are asleep at that instant, people in coal cellars at midnight with the lights off,...
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
I wouldn't call you ugly! But you have to admit you *are* esthetically challenged.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Ah then my freakiness is a 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% percent, apparently
Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago (edited)
They are not accounting for the people who are indifferent to your looks.
By and large, there is a wonderful and fascinating story behind almost any of the pictures in this collection, which Bored Panda has carefully made especially for you. So please feel free to scroll and read to the very end, and in case at least one of these submissions really interests you, we can rightly say that our work was not in vain. Or you could just enjoy simply scrolling and commenting on it, so please don't hold back!
#13
Fiona Parky 2 years ago
I had a pair of pet rats called Eric and Ernie (you could tell Ernie because he had the short, fat, hairy legs). Eric was blind and very uncertain about his surroundings sometimes so he used to like to hide in my pocket where he was safe. Ernie used to love lying around my neck like a little scarf. Thing is, I had waist length hair at the time and he was basically invisible under my hair. I used to forget he was there then answer the door, only to watch the postman go pale and run away as Ernie poked his little head out to see who it was. Oops
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
I can tickle my children from across the room by wiggling my fingers suggestively.
RandomEpiBioPerson 2 years ago
Rats are surprisingly wholesome animals, and can actually make really great pets, despite their bad image.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago (edited)
Had a rat just out of college named Phil, named after Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. Lived in a remote cabin in Idaho to recuperate after…well…college. Best memory: shaved the whole left side of my beard and mustache and took him on a weeklong mountain bike camping trip. Because why not! He would ride on my shoulder! Good times!
marianne eliza 2 years ago
Pet rats are so cool. Affectionate, playful. But their life spans are too short. Mine would follow at my heels as far as the hard surface floors, where the dogs were allowed, then wait for me to come back. When rats are in a hurry they can actually hop like rabbits to keep up. (Dogs were well trained to not hurt any critter, at any time, and we had a baby gate.)
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Oh GOD whats happening to my brain? DAY AFTER DAY not "rat day" and "after day" like they are
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Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
My mom had a plastic clicker to count prices (in the early 70's). It was about the size of a pager, and could go up to 9999.99. There was a button (with a gear attuned) for each placeholder. If the item were $4.79, you'd just click the ones button four times, the tenths button seven times, and the hundredths button nine times, and the numbers were displayed in the little windows. Any carrying was done automatically. It was quite useful, but as far as I can remember you couldn't erase a mistake.
Bethany Heller 2 years ago
Anything not set in metal cannot be trusted, so make sure Ruin can't muck up your grocery list!
#15
Nikole 2 years ago
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. Why he was wearing my pajamas I’ll never know.
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John Truglio 2 years ago
Hey buddy... How's it going today?... Just wondering... See you tomorrow (Walking away snickering)
Arthur Waite 2 years ago
Be more efficient and less stressful if they just zapped 'em while they sleep.
Chris Bridgman 2 years ago
No, they don’t even have a trial or get sentenced. One day they’re they’re just making a snack in the kitchen, then there’s a knock at the door
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christie lowe 2 years ago
That is cruel, although im sure it is more notice than some of their victims
Maureen Rouse 2 years ago
I wonder if the Japanese have seemingly unlimited appeals for death penalty offenders. I am so tired of us taxpayers having to pay all the expenses involved in keeping them alive.
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
Do they have a chance for appeals beforehand? In the US people are on death row for years and years and sometimes die naturally before they can be executed.
PandaGoPanda 2 years ago
Yes, Japan has a legal system with appeal procedures like most other countries. Almost can't believe I'm saying this, given how long Japanese court procedures are dragged out for, but the appeals hearings are concluded somewhat quicker than in the US. Very rarely succeed though.
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SCP Panda [REDACTED] 2 years ago
Well the f*cking dinosaurs didn't know George Washington existed either
LK 2 years ago
It was in 1677, Robert Plot discovered the first dinosaur bone of 'modern times'. It is most likely people have been discovering bones and fossils for a long as there have been people. It's only in the last few centuries that we have classified them as 'dinosaur'.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago (edited)
Fact. George Washington also didnt know about nuclear power or weapons. Plastic. Petroleum. Natural gas.,CocaCola.....
#18
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I was looking up Y2K on Wikipedia and 2038 kept coming up as like a second Y2K. Anyone know more details? Cause 2060 I can deal with but 2038 is much closer
WindySwede 2 years ago
It's a Jurassic Park problem. "This is a Unix system!" /s Though it is Unix that is the problem. More reading here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
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Lisa Hathaway 2 years ago
Leibnitz simultaneously proposed it would end on November 14, 2060 but never got credit because gravity.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 2 years ago
Dang. I don't think I'll live that long. I really want to see if he's right.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Newton thought a lot of crazy s**t. He was right about gravity, wrong about A LOT of other things. Brilliant man though, but most of us are insane.
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Lotekguy 2 years ago
Hope no one is careless enough to leave this on their screen, allowing spiders to read it. Scroll down before you set it down!
Caroline Nagel 2 years ago
I've read a fascinating scifi book called Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's about spiders that become sentient and intelligent on a terraformed planet and their relationship with a group of humans.
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
What a wonderful book! I was rooting for the spiders by the end.
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
This is why we need to eat more that 24 a year.... let's up our consumption to at lease 3000 a yer!
Themoonprincess 2 years ago (edited)
If you ever see a cutie spider like this, try taking its photo with the flash on. If you wait long enough, it'll jump on your phone. Learned it the hard way.
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
I had a friendship last for 7 years and then we had to break it off because we grew into different people and couldn’t relate with each other anymore
John Truglio 2 years ago
Most people end friendships with me at 6 years 364 days. The ones that didn't were during Leap Years.
§• Råinbow Påndå •§ 2 years ago
But ur memory only starts at around age 5, so it’s really 7 years:( And I just moved away:(
Load More Replies... Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I have someone I've been a friend with for 40 years, despite her having moved around the country while I stayed put.
Ty Stratton-Quirk 2 years ago
I've had several friendships that lasted well over seven years. Unfortunately, dogs and cats have significantly shorter lifespans than humans, so...
Shelby Jackson 2 years ago
I have been lucky enough to have 2 very best friends. One for 19 years and one for 16. They are my chosen family and I adore them.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Same, one for 28 years, the other 20. I had lost touch with the first for a number of years, then reconnected and found we only live a couple of streets from each other!
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David Wambold 2 years ago
At least that's what their close colleagues of 10 years said before changing universities.
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Zophra 2 years ago
How would this be possible? The hair follicle is "dead" - no melanin production. Anyone know more?
Caroline Nagel 2 years ago
Or with chemotherapy. My mom had cancer, received chemo, never lost her hair. Instead her grey hair turned black again, her original hair colour.
Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 2 years ago
wow. That's a little side benefit, eh? Heh. Almost makes it worth while. Nah.
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TMoxraaar 2 years ago
I shaved about two inches of hair at the bottom of my head 2 years ago. It grew back dark brown with no gray in it. It looks like I dyed it.
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Would really like to know where the bottom of the head is.
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TheAnimalGoddess 2 years ago (edited)
This is completely true! My grandma had natural brown, straight hair even until she passed at 87. BUT she had gone through chemo roughly 10yrs before & when she started growing hair back it was coming in curly & grey - which she was actually excited about because she had always wanted curly hair & she figured it would be nice for people to stop asking if she dyed her hair all the time... About 6mo to a 1yr later it started coming back in straight - & brown! It upset her some, but I know most people would be excited that their hair was still naturally their hair color without any help at that age 😅 the really weird part- both of her siblings went completely white prematurely; one by 30 & one by 25
#22
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Yesterday, my 2015 iMac warned me that I was running out of application memory, and should close any apps I wasn't using. I only had one app open. It was Chrome...with one tab. I have 8GB of RAM. Corporations are hogging my system resources for tracking to the point that I can't run one bloody app without issues.
Wintermute 2 years ago
Fun fact. Modern computing is insanely inefficient. The increased capacity for memory and storage has spoiled programers to the point where everything runs sloppy. Imagine the computer they used to go to the moon. Like a pocket calculator or something. It was so limited that every bit had to be used to peak efficiency. It was like a well organized warehouse. Now we have 10 times as much stuff but a1000 times as many warehouses, so despite the increase in capability, there's no need to organize it well - hence inefficiency. If your computer was used to full potential you'd rarely if ever have to buy a new one. That's the next frontier in computing - streamlining function.
Robert T 2 years ago
As of May 2023, the largest SD card available is 1 TB and costs a very reasonable £156. 1.5 and 2 TB versions are on their way. When I think that my first hard disk was 100 MB around 1990 and cost probably twice that!
David Paterson 2 years ago
I bought a 1 TB drive back nearly 20 years ago, it only cost about that much back then, and it's still close to the largest available. Moore's law has stalled big time.
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David Wambold 2 years ago
OK. To sum up from the last time this was posted. A short man, a tall man, and a chubby man walk into a bar. The short man orders a highball, the tall man orders a shortball, and the chubby man orders a diet coke. Tall man and short man get their drinks 1st and the chubby man asks where his is. Ten minutes later the waitress brings the chubby man his drink. She looks at him and says "Sorry about the weight."
#24
BenTevye 2 years ago
Oh, yeah, I feel all warm and fuzzy about a Nazi sympathizer wanting to be close to a megalomaniac who electrocuted elephants just to try to discredit his rival Tesla.
Jackal 2 years ago (edited)
Agree with not wanting to glorify people who did bad things, but honestly, I didn't even care who the people were in this story. I'm going to just choose to think about how beautiful it is that a friend would do this and not who did it. I just made a mental note to remember this gesture as something to do for those I love. ❤️
Skye Ragsdale 2 years ago
My thoughts too. Even terrible people can have a good/compassionate thought. And I hope to be the sort of old person to support my friends in fun and silly ways.
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Fiona Parky 2 years ago
So, let’s just get this straight. One of the Ten Commandments is Thou Shalt Not Kill, but the Vatican had an official executioner? Was it the shalt or the not they don’t understand?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Spoiler alert: religion is a lie created by men to control the masses. Religious leaders will twist any “commandments” or so-called moral/ethical “requirements” in order to suit THEMSELVES.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I am curious as to why the Pope needed an official executioner? So much for preaching love and tolerance
Timmy Pillinger 2 years ago
The pope acted as king of a chunk of Italy before Italy was unified.
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I expect it was hard to swing the axe for the last few years--68 years on the job
Skye Ragsdale 2 years ago (edited)
I thought it meant he was the guy who killed popes if they were bad & I was like howwwww were there 514 popes in 68 years??? 🤣 😆
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
Your pope had an executioner and I can't have a couple dozen abortions?/s Hypocrites!
gerard julien 2 years ago
well America is a christian country ( in God we trust) and still has the death penalty. you're right : total Hypocrisy.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
Oh yeah. But she didn't know it was her grandma until the wolf revealed itself.
Agfox 2 years ago
Who remembers these song lyrics? "Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, You sure are lookin' good, You're everything a big, bad wolf could want"
John Truglio 2 years ago
I would've done the same thing with my grandmother. She was supposed to give me her Chevy Cavalier when she passed and instead gave it to my brother who sold it to Bernie for $1000.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago (edited)
Wolf eats grandma, I eat red ridin... ouch! Is she 18 or older?? If not, the wolf can have her....
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Christof Irran 2 years ago
The statement is essentially not too wrong, but not particularly accurate either. A) it's photons, not light. (light is generally understood to be photons with a wavelength that's within the spectrum visible to us.) These photons, when produced, have the wavelength closer to that of gamma rays. B) The trip within the stellar structure "...can take anywhere from a few thousand to a few million years" (170,000 is awfully definitive and is likely made up), and it starts at the inner limit of the Radiative Zone not inside the core. How long for it to get from the Core to the inner limit of the Radiative Zone? Who knows. C) Sure, let's say it's 8 minutes for the sunlight to get to us though it really takes an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds, depending on how far the earth is from the sun at any given time. "8 minute" is so definite, and that this is sold as a fact without qualifiers shows a lack of knowledge about the structure of our solar system.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Side note: Funny how in all the pictures showing the our solar system and planets, they never depict Uranus with rings even though it does have them.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
That's just an average. Some particles get shot straight to the surface immediately but most spend a long time bouncing around the core.
Michael Baeron 2 years ago
Well that must be because of something other than distance purposes. The sun is approx 864,000 miles wide and Earth is 93,000,000 miles away.
Mrs. Joe V 2 years ago
Lol.... we can't go past the moon but somehow know the amount of time it takes heat to travel through the sun?!?! Haha.... ooookay
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Atero 2 years ago
I've just tried it, but unfortunately it did absolutely nothing for me and I gave up after about 30 min of staring at nothing... :(
DCD 2 years ago
Are the ping pong balls somehow different than a simple blindfold? I mean, how many people have ping pong balls lying around versus a quick hand towel to cover their eyes?
Nupraptor 2 years ago
Sort of, yes. The ping pong balls will leave you seeing a diffused white light. Blindfold is more akin to closing your eyes.
Load More Replies... Trophy Husband 2 years ago
This is waaaaaaaay too specific to not be something someone tried while stoned. And I suggest that may have played a role in the end result!
Chris Landrum 2 years ago
how do we know the person who figured this out wasn't hallucinating already?
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Do you have to be standing on one foot with an opposite opposing finger pointing up, while cutting the ball in two for this to work?
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Melissa 2 years ago
I'm not so sure. My Gay cousin could spend an entire decade just staring at Lady Gaga.
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Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Alright I want to get mine over with, anyone ok with me staring at you for a year straight? /JJJ
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Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
Wyatt Earp spent his last years in Hollywood working as a consultant on western movies.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Yes he did. And Tom Mix was one of the pallbearers at his funeral.
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RedMarbles 2 years ago
Apparently the "Old West" is defined as ending in 1912 and mainly relating the US westward expansion in the second half of the 19th century.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
The world's first selfish stick. It used to be called "taking a picture of myself"
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Haha my phone corrected selfie to selfish. I think it's more fitting
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Bethany Heller 2 years ago
Here in the US, you're probably better off killing a thief than injuring them! Because they get hurt and live, they can successfully sue, if they die you can claim self defense! Isn't that lovely! (/S if it wasn't obvious. )
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Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
The owner set up a shotgun that would fire at anyone who entered, including a fireman come to put out a blaze, a policeman investigating a break in, or a child who was lost and looking for help. The court ruled that this was excessive protective force for an unoccupied building.
Nupraptor 2 years ago
Not only that but killing or maiming a person for stealing property is excessive. In the Katko v. Briney case, someone's leg was blown completely off because they were stealing old bottles and fruit jars from what they thought was an abandoned shack.
Load More Replies... Chia 2 years ago (edited)
The real story is not quite what this post would have us think. Katco v. Briney 1971https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney .
Tee Rat 2 years ago
Homeowners in the US can be sued for willful and wanton conduct if they set up booby-traps to prevent burglary. Whether or not they'll lose is another thing entirely.
JL 2 years ago
So the movie Home Alone should have ended with a civil trial?
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#34
Ronnie Cutshall 2 years ago
I just carry a hammer. It's easy, has various uses and makes bum rushers thank twice. Did I mention it's a twenty pound with a 13 inch steal rod.
Bobby 2 years ago (edited)
I've yet to read any car manufacturers confirm this, but I did read one European company, not popular hear in the us so I can't recall which, say they do not design head rests for this purpose and they recommend an escape hammer. Found a snopes article on it https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/car-headrests-emergency-escape/
GlitterQueen541 2 years ago
Test if you can remove your head-rest before assuming this will work! No all head-rests come off, and you don't want to find out when it's too late in an emergency.
#35
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
You drunk, science? Those memories are how we learn to not make the same mistakes repeatedly.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
If they could just turn down the intensity a bit.
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Ashley Conover 2 years ago
I find it nice, but also, how would you learn valuable lessons one can gain from them? I have PTSD due to relationship trauma (breakups) and it would be nice to have that gone.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Yes. You would still be you without painful memories.
Load More Replies... TheAnimalGoddess 2 years ago
I can see this being a wonderful treatment for PTSD, BPD, possibly crippling anxiety; I hope that it comes to fruition sooner than later
#36
Michelle C 2 years ago
That appears to have some type of live culture… I’m not sure if I would want to drink that..
KombatBunni 2 years ago
Run lighting through it and I bet you’d get sentient life again
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Silvermidnight 2 years ago (edited)
2000-year-old mammoth meat, along with the same age dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds that the scientists just recently planted.
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Thegoodboi 2 years ago
What if it's the best tasting wine in the world. Just looks like bottled vomit..
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Well that for sure is going to get you F****D up. I don't believe in a good way.
#37
Hairy Weisenheimmer 2 years ago
It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again…
#38
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Ahh I remember the days of fighting to be first, getting it home and firing it up to play your new game for the next 48 hours straight. Now I'm lucky if I can afford the dang thing and you better have good internet because for the next 48 hours straight you'll be installing and updating c**p
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I’m looking forward to the Diablo IV launch in a few weeks, but I’m dreading the hours of installation, updates, and then the hours of queue itself to even log into the game… XD I’m 41 now, I grew up playing video games, but yeah, I don’t have the energy or the patience for the shít I used to do XD I remember standing in line outside of a GameStop overnight for the PS2 launch XD
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
Cleopatra lived closer to the release of the first iPhone than she did to the building of the great pyramid at Giza. Let that sink in...
Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
Once again there were no new ‘facts’, just the same facts copied from every other ‘amazing historical facts’ post you make.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Cleopatra lived closer to the release of the first iPhone than she did to the building of the great pyramid at Giza. Let that sink in...
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Once again there were no new ‘facts’, just the same facts copied from every other ‘amazing historical facts’ post you make.
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