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We think we might know everything there is to know about the world, but nothing could be further from the truth. All it takes is a casual stroll on the internet to remind us of this. There you are, looking at cat pics on your feed when you stumble upon a random fact or a cool photo that makes you do a double-take. You do a bit of background research and realize, heck, it’s actually all true!

The ‘WTF Facts’ Twitter page is a popular account that shares various science and history facts and pics that are as intriguing as they are unusual. We’ve collected a selection of their most interesting recent posts to share with you. Put on your thinking caps, scroll down, and enjoy!

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Brazen
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish I could upvote this more. It's also too bad billionaires don't think like this; the world would be a better place.

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    lovemy suffolk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    President Zelensky is a leader. Not a manager or figure head... a leader.

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    Founded back in May 2020, the ‘WTF Facts’ Twitter account has been educating and entertaining internet users for nearly three years now. It’s carved out a sizeable niche for itself on the social media platform. At the time of writing, it had 270.8k followers.

    The founder of the page posts new content every single day, so there’s always something for the fans of the project to look forward to. If you enjoy the facts, be sure to follow the account for the freshest posts.

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    Scooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not crying, you're crying. 😢

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    Nuku Nyara
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm cutting onions, I swear 😢😍😢😍

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    One surefire way to stand out on the internet is to find a mix between education and entertainment, just like the ‘WTF Facts’ account does.

    Internet users end up learning a lot of things they’d otherwise probably never have heard about. Meanwhile, they also end up enjoying themselves and sending the facts to their friends, classmates, and coworkers. (Personally, we like to keep a list of cool and bizarre facts in our suits to wow guests at fancy dinner parties whenever there’s awkward silence.)

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    Shyla Bouche
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this before. It's a beautiful tribute.

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    Genesis Angel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wish my country (the usa) would follow this example.

    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there were more money in peace, than weapons, then they would.

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    les
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my little sisters friend was killed by that bastard. she was 5 years old and had just moved to dunblane. remove that bastards face, showing evil smill=ing is an insult to the families

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, let's have a pic of the teacher and kids instead. They deserve to be remembered.

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    Scooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are too busy sending our thoughts and prayers to the victims families to have time to think about changing gun laws.

    TMoxraaar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And as Bill Mahar so eloquently puts it: "Thoughts are the opposite of prayers".

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    steven mayes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't show the shooters picture. He doesn't deserve to be remembered

    Rachknits
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely, despite knowing about Dunblane and the fact that the losses are commemorated every year in Scotland I had, rightly, no idea who the shooter was.

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    Kat Pekin
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia had a similar thing happen in the 90s. The government instituted a "gun buy back" program for people to return their guns for money. It was in response the to Port Arthur massacre where someone killed i think 35 people. There was severe backlash to the Prime Minister at the time, John Howard, who knew it was (at the time) an unpopular decision but did it anyway for the good of the country. Edited for typo.

    Libstak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never liked John Howard but for this I have always respected him, he acted so decisively and fast. Didn't agree with the decision at the time even though I had no personal interest in guns I felt people should have their own choice. I was wrong, he was right that's all.

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    Array Index Out of Bounds
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The right to bear arms was intended as a way to defend against the invading British. Now it's just twisted toward selfishness.

    Linda C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if it wasn't for the NRA & the GOP it could be that way in the USA.

    EarthGrowl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just remember. One day these tortured students will be our law makers and the NRA is dwindling as Boomers pass away. The 2nd Amendment will be repealed when the children who grew up with active shooter drills are the law makers.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Canada has some pretty strict gun laws, too, and getting tougher. We still get school shooting now and then, but nothing like what's happening in the State's. It's not like there are no guns and no gun violence, including among youth, but it's usually outside of school. There has to be a completely different factor, besides gun access, that is causing such a huge rise in school shootings in the USA that no one is looking at.

    Rebecca O’Donnell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    StrangeOne, my theory is bullying, online and in the school itself.

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    Whizzle Pop
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a UK poster it's worth noting that I had to google this man. I assumed this post referred to the Dunblane massacre (only because it's the only school gun massacre I can ever recall), but I genuinely had no knowledge of the name of the perpetrator. He has rightly been excised from our consciousness.

    G R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, same. I remember Dunblane but never knew his name or saw his photo before.

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    Anthony Docherty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even ONE school shooting is too much. Hide his face and name. Remember the children and teacher, not the cowardly bastard who killed them.

    Antony Aston
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you mention the incident, no one remembers the shooter's name - not a gram of glory for him. He deserved to be forgotten.

    Claire Ferguson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why show that bastards face?! My friends daughter was killed by this evil monster, she still can't say his name, this is insulting to all the families.

    Stephen Lyford
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just reinforces the fact that conservatives and gun-owners in the US care more about their guns, than they do about the lives of children.

    Mav Mav
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia did the same after Port Arthur. It's called growing up as a nation.

    jennifer brinkman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad Americans care more about owning guns than saving lives!

    Madster
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting fact: Tennis pro and Wimbledon champ Andy Murray was at that school at the time in a different class.

    Tracy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what happens when u use logic & not religion to make ur gun laws

    G R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catherine Gordon, the teacher at Dunblane whose quick thinking saved the life of her pupils. Mary Blake, the teaching assistant who managed to protect children even after being shot. Gwen Mayor, who was murdered while trying to protect her pupils. Remember their names, not his.

    Sarah Sismey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aye let's talk their names God bless them all what a horrible way to go

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    Lisa Taylor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please take down the picture of the perpetrator. Honour the innocent victims instead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre

    JMil
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the USA, we call this Wednesday.

    Mabelbabel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was an awful follow-up news "exclusive" after Dunblane. Some rag of a newspaper did an expose of what the survivors were doing years after the shooting. The paper trawled their social media and published photos of the survivors, now young adults, going to parties, having drinks in their hands, dancing, kissing other people etc. The report basically said that 15 years after the murder of their classmates, this is how they remember them, trying to insinuate they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy themselves or behave like any other young adult. It was totally disgusting-thankfully there was a huge outcry about what an invasion of privacy this was, given that the survivors hadn't sought publicity and the paper apologised.

    Carl Oxley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile in the USA, Gun Lobbyists bought politicians and we have more guns and school shootings than any of us can count.

    Ed Walker
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We prefer it if this man's name is never mentioned.

    Mark Bayliss
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that was Dunblane in Scotland. Also, I believe that Andy Murray went to school there.

    Chewie Baron
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was there that day. And older brother Jamie.

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    ValdaDeDieu
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: Despite its members being thoroughly trained, the US Army locks away all AR's, yet we have Republican members of Congress posing with them in the hands of children, due to the NRA's chokehold on the Republicans. Hypocrisy and immorality!

    Larry XK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, even private firearms need to be locked up in the Army.

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    Chewie Baron
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was in Dunblane. One of the kids moved to safety was a six year old Andy Murray.

    detective miller's hat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile in the US, we've had almost 400 school shootings since Columbine.

    DrGirlfriend
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's take this moment to honor the sacrifice of our brave school.children who lay down their lives to protect our right to bare arms.. fkn a 😭😭😭

    WA2DK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looking at you, United States of America 👀

    Sarah Sismey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for the lovely photo of the c*nt though. Still remember hearing it on the radio when my daughter was just a tot.

    Jenna Logan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also in Tokyo Japan guns are illegal so it has an extremely low crime rate and has been one of the safest city's in the world for years.

    Aubrie Allen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in the US. When I was a kid n the 80's we had nuclear bomb drills and hid under our decks. My boyfriends kids now have active shooter drills. This is so sad.

    Colin Matthews
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In particular the UK government changed laws about ownership of Handguns, which (correctly) were seen as people killers

    Madster
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was quite young when this happened in Dunblane. It was devastating and confusing. There will be no end to school shootings in nations that just won't give up their firearm rights.

    frinny
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love my country for this

    DonnerDinnerParty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    163 mass shootings in the U.S just since the beginning of the year! It is a terrifying time to exist. I am constantly afraid of sending my daughter to school and I avoid large gatherings and events. I really cannot stand living here any

    Conan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    unfortunately in the usa we have republicans that can be bought and sold so that will never happen here because they have no back bone and are very stupid as well

    Jane Hower
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are the UK, and we LEFT them to be a FREE country. Freedom comes with risks. Taking guns away from good people only makes it easier for bad people to do harm. This 'school' story says NOTHING about what the crime rate is, by whom, etc. etc. Any maybe their schools all have locked doors now.

    Jennifer Norton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wow look at that, gun control works! hmmmmmm, side eyeing my country

    Tara LeBrilla-Daniels
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US government is owned by the NRA and everybody knows this! Some people are so driven to uphold the laws of the constitution that was written 2 or 3 hundred years ago and fail to understand we need a new constitution for the present or a least an amendment and I believe that assault weapons have no place in any society and we’re invented for a high body count in war!

    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. /s

    Niall Mac Iomera
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similar thing in Australia. We had the Port Arthur massacre in the early 90s. Government passed strict gun laws and we haven't had a mass shooting incident since. Why can't the US get their heads around this incredibly simple solution?

    CammyCat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And with El Salvador taking back their country from the drug cartels, the U.S. is going to start finding itself at the bottom of the barrel for a change. I'm seriously considering leaving the US. I just don't know what to do anymore. It's become so ridiculous

    Richard Henderson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello, USA? Are you taking notes here? Same thing happened in Port Arthur Australia and Christchurch NZ. Although we did have a previous spree killer in Aramoana, the laws were tightened but not quite enough.

    cogadh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the US just had it's 13th school shooting, 129th mass shooting, this year alone, today 3/27.

    Ozymandias73
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And why can't we (USA) learn from this? Oh yeah....."BUT MY RIGHTS!!" -MERICA

    Oliver Seitz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans still can just say "thoughts and prayers"

    Curious
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heartbreaking hard different things are in the US.

    Ciara Ann Stone
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The majority of Americans would probably be willing to make a compromise about guns, if not for the NRA, their backing of candidates, and the expectations that the politicians they funded, if won, would be beyond pressured-almost blackmailed - to vote in the NRA's interests. Because the politicians want to be reelected over and over for some benefits to themselves. Without the NRA, I think the majority of Americans would ban ARs, M16s, AKs, etc. while keeping handguns. Only certain, extremely thorough investigation, into the person wanting one of those high power guns, would have to jump through hoops a little bit less extreme than Japan's gun ownership process. But the NRA won't do anything due to money.

    LynzCatastrophe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then there is my neighbor to the south of us, determined that every single thing is to blame except guns. Constantly saying that gun laws won't stop it. Yet won't even try. You have kids wearing bulletproof backpacks, talking of arming teachers, bulletproof doors, active shooter drills. They blame mental health yet take away any funding that could go towards mental health issues and then claim that mental health isn't important enough. I've heard DOORS be blamed. When Columbine happened I still remember what was being blamed. BUT NEVER THE GUNS! How is a near hatred for everything somehow justified yet nobody looks at guns?! Those are defended to death and protecting children is only an excuse when banning drag queens and books about gay penguins?!

    LynzCatastrophe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And before people come at me, I'm not for banning guns. What I'm for is restrictions. I myself have a gun, but it's for protection, a simple hand gun, not an assault style weapon, those are weapons which are literally designed just to injure/kill as many people as possible per round, you don't need those for hunting OR protection unless you're in battle! There are weapons that never need to be in the hands of civilians and people who never need to have weapons.

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    Gina Babe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish the US would get it's schit together.

    Paul Richards
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All it would take is for one nutter to shoot up a banking board meeting instead of a school for the us laws to change

    Daria
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only civilized option.

    Aballi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *ahem* do you hear this, 'Merica?

    Marleina Hershberg
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why can't other countries do this???????

    EarthGrowl
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The wonderful thing about Democracy. One day the young people who lived through this harrowing period of American history will be our law makers. Perhaps these dark days will change the American cultural obsession with guns. The NRA and its lobby will pass away and no longer influence our politics. These tortured school children will repeal the 2nd Amendment.

    Jon Borrmann
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, but if it wasnt for Americans with guns,, all you in the UK would be speaking German.. Are you gonna get rid of all cars because drunk driving? Is it the fork and spoon that made you such a fat a*s?? Do pencils misspell words?? This is a MENTAL ISSUE... NOT A GUN ISSUE

    Miss Frankfurter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a person with a mental health issue I am furious at having to continue to hear this. We are far far more dangerous to ourselves than to anyone else. And anyway, if it were a mental health issue, why are there now states all over the place wanting to remove the need for a waiting period, have a permit, let’s not even need an ID to buy one. Stop making it easy for us folks with mental health issues not even have to produce an ID when we buy one. That’ll fix the whole people with mental health issues having guns thing.

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    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can take them all away and people will still find a way. You can make a gun with a 3D printer. If we could at least get rid of automatic weapons except for the military The NRA pays big to line our representatives pockets. I would never own one

    Rostit .
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no but plenty of stabbings.

    Nobody Knows
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its working well... "A total of 50,434 offences involving knives or sharp instruments were recorded by police between October 2021 and September 2022 – 11 percent more than the previous year and 78 percent more than ten years ago"

    Tanya Loewen-Watson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unpopular opinion: lack of gun control is a form of population control…

    Miss Frankfurter
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    But the answer is to put guns IN(emphasis), the schools. That way the teachers can have a gunfight with the active shooter. To quote Eddie Izzard once again “ People say guns don’t kill people, people kill people. That’s very true. But if you have a gun in your hand, it helps.”

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    2nd Amendment

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    I really wish the US wasn’t impressed upon by the British, necessitating the… f**k it… can’t do it… I really wish that we acknowledged mental health problems and dealt with them quickly instead of blaming others later. Don’t make your awkward someone’s funeral.

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    Edged implements, on the other hand, still present a huge problem. Maybe, it's not about access to weapons, improvised, or not, that is the problem?

    Q B F T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you saying the UK has a problem with school stabbings? Can you provide details, say, the number of mass school stabbings in the UK vs the number of mass school shootings in the US, adjusted for population size, and including number of deaths? Cos I don't think it's a problem. When I lived in the UK I saw not one story about a mass school stabbing. A lot of the US school shootings made the news over there though...

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    tell us again when they will also make foreign interventions extremely difficult.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: he was a time traveler and saving the baby was a purely selfish act

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    At the same time, researching and double-checking absolutely every tiny tidbit of information can be incredibly time intensive. So you need to leave that for the fringe cases where your alarm bells are really ringing. In the meantime, try to evaluate the credibility of the source that’s publishing the information.

    How trustworthy is the account, outlet, or reporter? How do they ensure the reliability of the information that they share? What does their track record look like?

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    cbw3451
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's getting proven right now here in the USA

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a similar vein, Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest...and came third

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    The fact of the matter is that there are no perfectly reliable sources; however, this doesn’t mean that all sources are equal. Though everyone makes mistakes, professional outlets make fewer of them, make corrections, and acknowledge if they’ve accidentally misled their readers.

    So it’s always best to opt for reliable sources like Reuters, Associated Press, or The New York Times that employ fact-checkers and editors. These are always better choices than random, extremely biased, clickbaity websites that only care about getting views at any cost.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Further proof that dogs are perfect in every way

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    There are some signs that indicate that some facts or claims might be fake. Some of the red flags that you should look out for include things like the information being incredibly outlandish or unheard of before, or the facts coming from a source that’s either disreputable or completely unknown.

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    Nuku Nyara
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The work he put in for the crochet shawl is impressive 🤌

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    You should also listen to your gut: if something sounds too good or too awful to be true, it might just be. Look for some other sources that might back up the claim before you repost it: it’s very easy for misinformation to spread in this day and age because there are more and more internet and social media users. Even doing some minimal Googling is better than blindly accepting everything as fact.

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    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if we go against evil, we end in jail. Evil is also individual.

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    Meanwhile, keep in mind that as our attention spans are shortening, content creators and news outlets are having to adapt to the changing needs of their audiences. People prefer short-form content these days because that’s what they’ve been consuming. It’s all a bit circular.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beautiful and heartbreaking. Art at its finest.

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    kate <3
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and didnt kill him! what a good child!

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    So you end up having to condense a ton of information into bite-sized posts, meaning some context gets left out. At the same time, long-form content and in-depth analyses still have a place in the world for those who want to learn things in a nuanced way, instead of having a very black-and-white perspective on life. Long-form content also has the added bonus—it can help restore our attention spans and ability to focus.

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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a photo out there of a bear ripping into a tent. The photographer inside took a photo right before the bear killed him. It is the most terrifying photo I've ever seen. This may be #2.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing. Good for him. Glad she was able to do that for him and he accepted.

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    Which of these facts, photos, and insights about the world made you do a double-take? Which ones did you find the most interesting? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments, Pandas! We’d love to hear from you.

    Meanwhile, if you’d like to enjoy some more interesting facts and edutainment, check out Bored Panda’s earlier features about ‘WTF Facts’ right here, here, here, and here

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    Flying Bacon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang, that's incredible. Reminds me of the pictures of four seasons together! So pretty

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    LoneTomato
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Feels pretty similar to my winter activity

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I met this guy! It was actually a grain elevator that cut his arms off (according to him). He waited for the ambulance in the bathtub so he wouldn’t bleed on his mom’s carpet.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now, even worse, Elon Musk has a company using his name

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    Oh Gosh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jack Black should play him in a biographical movie. Perhaps 🤷

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    I have a hard enough time memorizing words in English, let alone another language.

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    fair_weather_rose
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Solid proof that you really can learn anything on youtube

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    Susan Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The more I look at the picture, the more I see Ron Perlman’s face 🤔

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    Little Phoenix
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can live your life like there is no god and still be a good person.

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    Natasha
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg that’s….idk what, impressive? Lucky? Or unlucky?

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    RafCo (he/him/ele)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read about karoshi, and then tell me this is a good thing. These people are napping at work because they're expected to work a twelve hour day.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women with bigger breasts and butts would get the same discount as an obese person. I call that unfair.

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    And that's why it's so important to do your research, children.

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    Heather McDonald
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This guy makes more money than I do just changing light bulbs.

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    The second shot was what, a spasm?

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    Flying Bacon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *throws a dart at map* Oh wow look at that! Just crazy that it landed there! Guess we're going mountaineering! :D

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    Shyla Bouche
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read that in the 1800's, it was illegal to attempt suicide in England. Punishment was the death penalty. Rather ironic, if true.

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    Shyla Bouche
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have quickly strolled out again, and then screamed for a few hours.

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    HurlWurk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    False. Mariana causes many deaths from paranoia related activities and delayed reaction times of the users. Colorado did several stories on this when the state traffic incident rate went up noticably after they passed medical marijuana use.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is horribly sad. I wonder what was going through her mind as she was going through that.

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    Distant relative of MacGyver.

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    Damn, I am super conflicted by this fact. Like, do I hate him for kidnapping a kid? Or respect the hell out of him?

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    Robert Trebor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would this make the momma able to helicopter parent her calf?

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    Missandei Worm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss going to the movies and having GOOD options to choose from. Lately and even just before Covid you had to choose the least bad option. The art has been taken out of movies and it’s only about profit

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That will be the most rest he'll be getting for a few years.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scribbles are scaring me more than the face they create. The more I look at it the more I'm reminded of how I feel when I'm at my worst mental state and that scares me more.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What they mean is a prop. Just because it's putting up with it now doesn't mean it won't snap at any moment.

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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that’s just savagely petty.

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    Flying Bacon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's kind of sad. I fully support plastic surgery to cover up scars that people want to, but changing your appereance to fit beauty standards? It's sad that people think they need to do this :(

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    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't smoke anything, but, wow, i think that the WHOLE Republican party could do with a big session on blunts.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once would have been epic petty. EVERY christmas? That just turned to pathetic petty. Move on.

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    Jay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a computer chip. The lack of greenery is actually kind of sad, but I guess that's because I've never lived in a huge city

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he live in his parents basement?

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    rodger coghlan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At age 90 she sold her apartment for the right of occupancy and 2,500 francs a month. She outlived the purchaser by 2 years and received more than twice the value of her apt. She quit smoking at age 117, she stopped bicycling at age 100 after breaking her leg - she recovered and continued walking - she lived alone from age 88 until she was 110 and was forced into a nursing home because that winter the pipes froze in her apt (her hands became frost-bitten)

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    Apachebathmat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this where ‘basket case’ comes from I wonder

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    Kaspar Kristiansen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a thing, but a very regional tradition. I've only heard about incidents like that some places in Jutland. Depends on the culture in the friend group.

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    Is the because of the Ukraine/Russian conflict?

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    Emma B B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Sex slave'..... let's call it what it actually is. Had the situation been reversed then the correct terminology would have been used. Rape is rape. It's non consensual intercourse.... it's rape.

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    ADDee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    20 iPhones would buy you a house????

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    Imani Nzombe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I quite not like how the death of this young girl is now on a "WTF facts" twitter thread

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife and I were visiting Tokyo and a new friend offered to take us to a museum and show us a fun day. But he only owned a motorcycle. On the day, he picked us up in a car. He said he drove 4 hours one way to borrow it from his parents. I said, “ Oh, so they live outside Tokyo?” He said, “No, still in Tokyo.”

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    ADDee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another common thing between the two is the wife 🤔

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    Squilmo ️‍️️
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just covering up a racist comment from Robin. Move it along, folks.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To this day, his teacher has still not picked him to answer the question.

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    In the US these days, that building might be gerrymandered into three different Congressional districts.

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    Excuse me while I go plunge my face into a vat of boiling water before I go to bed.

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    RaptorNXT
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    North Korea is a prime example of Evil flourishing because the so called good men do nothing.

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    Liz Clarke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe cheap white bread, but some e.g multi grain/seeded can be a good source of protein as well as vitamins and minerals

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just want to know what it's about. Not watch it. The wisest advice ever said "What you see cannot be unseen."

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    Eric Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GTA V has generated around $8 billion in revenue, roughly the same as the entire James Bond franchise.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's not illiterate but this challenge has a sort of manipulative undertone. It's not like neither have not done charity work. Both have.

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    K- THULU
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A new definition of hell on earth....

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well I guess we all know one particular person who's the exception to that generalisation...

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    Shyla Bouche
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does the man have any friends he didn't pay for?

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