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40 Hard-To-Believe Facts Shared By The “Unbelievable Facts” Facebook Page (New Pics)
If you've never heard of a Facebook page called Unbelievable Facts, the chances are you have been on the moon. This powerhouse of social media is home to 8.9M followers who come there for “the best bizarre, strange and extraordinary stories on the internet." Some of the facts that get shared on the platform are so random, you never knew you needed them.
Today, we wrapped up some of the most entertaining bits of information that got shared on this page and let me tell you, it’s perfect fuel to build up your trivia muscle. So get your notebooks out, put your glasses on and get ready to feed your brain! Psst! After you’re done with this post, be sure to check out more unbelievable facts from our part 1.
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Dave P 3 years ago
He is deeply connected to the CPP and supported the crackdowns in HK and claims that nothing is going on in Xinyiang. So not so good
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Qibli of the SandWings 3 years ago
One of the best rich people I have seen ever (other than Keanu)
Glirpy 3 years ago (edited)
Everyone is commenting about how good this guy is, but no one is asking why $314 is a month's pay for low-level employees?
Trey To 3 years ago
Most of the workers are in China and the cost of living there is a lot less (except in big cities)
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marianne eliza 3 years ago
More companies need to reward those on the frontline. The people who actually perform the labor that makes those companies so successful. Unions used to do that until companies started using trick tactics to convince workers that unions are bad. Remember "the good old days"? Unions were strong in those days.
Hot Babushka 3 years ago
The fact that this is on a list called "hard to believe facts" makes me sad. This should be the norm.
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
It's sad that the normal parks aren't more accessible.
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Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
YOU GUYS!!!!!!!! THERE IS AN ENTIRE BP POST ABOUT THIS! https://www.boredpanda.com/water-park-people-disabilities-morgans-inspiration-island/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!
Michelle A 3 years ago
Thank you for the link. I'm new-ish to the site and I can appreciate the info.
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Sawyer Kidder 3 years ago
That's really cool! I am curious how he made it wheelchair accessible.
June’s Very Own 3 years ago
Its very sad that this kind of theme park isn’t everywhere. But he is very sweet for doing that
Keyori Rose 2 years ago
this is one of the sweetest things I've heard today. but its also kinda sad at the same time :(
Sam Pineda 3 years ago (edited)
We love this place!!! We traveled to San Antonio specifically to go there. We haven't been since they added the water park feature but you will be taking my daughter back as soon as it's safe. Thank you, you wonderful man!!
#3
AnnaBanana 3 years ago
Mark Hamill has always been a lovely guy. So down to earth and unaffected by fame!
CaptainDinosaur 3 years ago
And he's still the best Joker too! (I will die on this hill, do not approach.)
mcborge1 3 years ago
Yes! Batman the animated series is a stone cold classic animated show due in no small part to Mark Hamills perfect vocal performance as the Joker and also Kevin Conroy for Bruce wayne / Batman.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
He so easily could've become bitter and resented the only part he's k own for. Instead he is so sweet and tuned into the fan base, a genuinely good human being.
Jaekry 3 years ago (edited)
Mark would have to arrive and be Luke Skywalker. The teenage wouldn't have a clue who Mark was supposed to be, he only knows Luke.
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Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
Sadly, Mark says he has done this hundreds of times. But what a good egg.
thEBOrdeSTpaNDA 3 years ago
No! It's not true! It's not possible! (I can't remember the exact line, I tried googling it but it just said that DV actually said 'no I am your father')
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There are more than 1.9 billion websites on the internet. And that’s the data from 2018. I couldn’t find an actual number for today to quote, but it’s obviously many times higher. The thing is, there is an immeasurable amount of information that gets shared on the internet every day. When I say immeasurable, it’s because it was estimated that in 2020, the amount of data on the internet would hit 40 zetabytes. A zetabyte is about a trillion gigabytes, and it’s still hard to wrap your head around it.
So what does it mean for us, the end users? Well, there’s way too much information to choose from. Right next to every reliable fact that comes from a legit source we have tons of variants of it that are not true. More so, today, we live in the world of fake news, unproven facts, misinformation, questionable arguments, gossip, and conspiracy theories that get shared online and tend to spread even more quickly than reliable information.
With fake news and misinformation reaching new heights during the worldwide pandemic, it became clear that everything we consume online should not only be taken with a pinch of salt but rather a bag of it. Previously, Bored Panda spoke with Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, about ways to separate true facts from false information online which you may want to look at here.
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Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Yes, I am in atheist but if ever I believed in angels on Earth it would be a fellow like this.
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the bean master 3 years ago
who wouldn't be happy if they got a personal call from Winnie the pooh, he's Winnie the Pooh
glowworm2 3 years ago
Jim Cummings is an AMAZINGLY versatile voice actor. It must be wonderful to receive a call from Pooh!
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
Have you ever seen the readings on YouTube where a bunch of random voice actors read the Star Wars script in their characters? Jim Cummings did Winnie the Pooh as Darth Vader and it had me screaming, highly recommend!
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Giles McArdell 3 years ago
I actually never liked the Disney version of Pooh or the voice they gave him, but if the guy does this then I don't care, he's a hero.
Peter Trudell Jr 3 years ago
Sterling Holloway was the original voice of Pooh. He also did the voice of Kaa in The Jungle Book and Flower in Bambi.
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
And what a great former Principal to recognise this man's talents.
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matt vanata 3 years ago (edited)
That is awesome!! The jobs people work don't determine intelligence and integrity.
María Hermida 3 years ago
That Principal was a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher. Obviously Mr Sonnier made the effort to study and get a degree, but it was the Principal's encouragement and support that made it possible. That's what wonderful teachers do: show you what you are capable of doing.
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
Not comeback. Nothing wrong with being a janitor. But how fantastic that he went upward from there
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Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago
The only "Captain Jack Sparrow". I personally will not pay to see another Pirates of the Caribbean" movie without Johnny Depp in that role.
Dena K 3 years ago
Oh with all the news coming out about the fake fbi agent, and the script she wanted these girls to read shes hopfully going to prison...but she's rich so I won't hold my breath... Ive known from day 1 he was innocent
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Parmeisan 3 years ago
Believe it or not, I had the exact same thing happen to me (minus the dressing up as Jack Sparrow and donating $2 million). 20 hours of dehydration and puking led to my kidneys shutting down. At the time we concluded it was penicillin, but I learned afterward that E. coli can have the EXACT symptoms I had, including the kidneys shutting down (I'm sure the dehydration didn't help) AND that there was an outbreak in my area that week. Lettuce, which I know I had. (I remember it because I couldn't eat at that restaurant for about a year as a mental block from getting so sick shortly after.) Anyway we were going to go to the hospital if I wasn't better after 24 hours, but at about 20 hours (at like 4 a.m.) I was feeling so bad that we decided to go. In the car, my lips were turning blue. I was in the hospital for 19 days and on dialysis. I did donate a DVD player and smallish selection of movies to the ward that took care of me.
Moxxie️️️ The Queer 3 years ago
Johnny Depp is my favorite actor :) It is simply horrible what Amber Heard did to him :(
Right next to the false information, you find collective speculation, a worldwide phenomenon that happens when internet users (and people in real life) share, interpret, and make conclusions out of bits of information unproven by any legit source. Also known as conspiracy theories, they’re also used as ways to explain things that people simply don't understand or lack a better explanation of.
We spoke with Thomas Roulet, the Associate Professor in Organization Theory at University of Cambridge, who shared some interesting insights into the complex world of conspiracies. Roulet explained that conspiracy theories are first and foremost collective narrative and so, “they make people feel part of a group.”
According to him, “they are not necessarily trying to explain something they don't understand—in fact it might be something they understand very well, but the way to approach this thing, collectively, as a group defending a theory, strengthens their sense of identity.”
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
He was later induckted into the Hall of Fame, even though his opponent tried to 'teal the race! If he hit one of those birds, he should've been charged with a water foul!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Instant karma's going to get you! Right on, it's never a bad thing to be kind to animals.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
He's often seen on the subway and randomly helps people out without making a fuss about it, just random acts of kindness, no publicity stunts. He donated most of all of the money he made with "The Matrix" to cancer research. And again, just never mentions it. Great guy.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
To truly give selflessly it should be anonymous. I love this cuz it means he didn't do it for the fame or for anyone to pat him on the back he did it for the right reasons.
KurtCobainofficiallmao 3 years ago
Love him(: he is such a kind person and a wonderful role-model for us all (:
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thebossanovabird 3 years ago
Fortnite may not be the best game, but it’s creators sure are great people
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Meanwhile, the headline... "Millennials killing suburban neighborhood construction business!"
Xottel 3 years ago
I need a zen/exploration game named Box Creek Wilderness where you can simply roam around and explore those 7000 acres of nature. Maybe in VR. The profits would help preserve more wildlife.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
That's a game I'd actually play. Not much of a gamer but that sounds amazing!
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Moreover, the professor explained that conspiracy theories are particularly popular when they do address the unknown. Like, the “questions for which we don't know the answer (is there life after death? are we alone in the universe?) as they address both identity needs and our desire to have answers to persistent questions.” Roulet said that “The two are related—when people feel they hold answers that nobody else has access to (they feel they have access to a truth), they feel like they are part of an even more exclusive and higher-status group.”
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
When I was a kid we used to get 2 cents for every bottle returned to a grocery store. We used to go bottle hunting for candy money. Beer came in bottles. If people returned their beer case they received a discount on the next case for returning them. It encouraged people to do so, so the glass could be recycled.
María Hermida 3 years ago
Back then, the glass bottles and jars were not recycled, but reused as much as possible. Recycling requires a lot of water and energy, and although it's obviously a much better option than just throwing glass objects away as rubbish, it's not as efficient as reusing. A glass bottle/jar can be sterilised and reused hundreds of times. All single use plastic stuff should be banned immediately. Again, recycling is fine, but its high time we stopped using plastic for everything.
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Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
Can't do that in America, a giant corporation might miss out on some pennies.
Soggy Crumpet 3 years ago (edited)
Put aside your anti-US sheep mentality for a few and realize that the US does not need to do this as most places have convenient weekly curbside recycling pick-up or recycling bins very nearby. Indonesia has no such infrastructure for plastics specifically and plastic recycling represents greater effort.
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Albert Lin lost his leg due to complications from a motor vehicle accident. He travels the world, scuba dives snd has hiked mountains in remote areas on a quest for archeological areas. He has a show on National Geographic channel. He met a guy on the beach with one leg watching a led bodied people playing soccer, he asked the man about prosthetics, the man said they were too expensive, so Albert challenged the tech gurus at Stanford to come up with a viable inexpensive prosthetic. They created a model from plastic bottles, a win for everyone
Dadolwch 3 years ago
US cities need to do this - would help provide free transport for a lot of people who need it.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
You'd need better public transportation nets for that to work, though. But the idea in itself is good!
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Ellie Rosser 3 years ago
Except the part where her owners obviously didn't feel the same strength of emotion about her and sold her in the first place.
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Zophra 3 years ago
They were liquid mountains I guess... in the desert, of course.
Load More Replies... Who Panda 420 3 years ago
That's so cool but lawfully that Camel still belongs to the other people. So I wonder if it got to stay with its old family or if they new owners came to take it back. That would be devastating
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A B C 3 years ago
Absolutely! I don't understand why this hasn't spread any further yet.
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Katinka Min 3 years ago
As nice as this is - we have them in my country too - shampoo and detergent are a teeny tiny part of plastic bottles. By far the largest is water. I see people buying and drinking beverages fomr plastic all the time and everywhere. THAT is what we really need to fix.
Sherman Von Gee 3 years ago
Why isn't this everywhere? Last year I switched to only buying bulk things at Whole Foods like.. rice, oats, cereal, beans, coffee, pasta, dried fruits, peanut butter... and so much more and I bring all of my own mason jars and I cannot believe how much recycling I have cut down on. I used to make a trip to the recycling center every month (we don't have street recycling where I live) which is 45 min. From my house... now I make 1 trip every 3-4 months. Most of my current recycling comes from laundry detergent, soap containers, cleaning products etc. but I'm looking into switching the The Grove which is a company that only uses glass and reusable products for your home. I'm so sick of single use plastic. Once I had to start taking my own recycling in... it really opened my eyes to HOW MUCH WASTE we create. N I'm only one person.. next I'm going to learn how to make my own wet cat food so I can stop buying cans! If only we could make all of this easier for the whole world!
Leslie Crittenden 3 years ago
Nice for you but I don't have a whole foods near me, the closest one is 45 minutes away.
Load More Replies... Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Should be everywhere. We had that for fresh milk too but they discontinued it. I don't know why.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
I think it's because the machines had to be really very thoroughly cleaned and sanitized and it probably got too expensive.
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Soggy Crumpet 3 years ago
This is great for companies that have small amounts of stores or smaller service areas.
When asked what role social media plays in how conspiracies spread, Roulet said that “the 'social' aspect is particularly important for the spread of conspiracy theories as adherence to them is driven partly by the willingness to be part of a group.”He added: “On social media, people can directly connect with people who hold the same beliefs and more clearly identify to that group. Social media will also help those communities structure themselves and be associated with specific artefacts (logo, images, memes, quotes, etc.).”
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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)
Never stop CPR till the the paramedics arrive, it takes less oxygen to prevent brain cell damage than for the person to be conscious
Alexander B 3 years ago
Didn't know this! Hopefully nobody will ever need CPR from me but without this info I probably would have stopped after a few minutes.
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Mazer 3 years ago
That is a very very long time to be performing CPR. It’s physically and emotionally draining to perform CPR on people. Kudos to everyone who has gotten trained
zububonsai 3 years ago (edited)
Yep. Happened to a work colleague: he had just turned 40, played soccer at a weekend. Collapsed with a heart attack. All of his soccer friends CPR'ed except two who were looking and giving directions to the ambulance which promptly arrived 45 MINUTES LATER (in a German city!!). He survived
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Jessica Cifelli 3 years ago
Why did it take 96 minutes for paramedics to arrive? I know its a rural area but still, it should of never have taken that long
lazy panda 3 years ago
North Dakotan here! Based on where Kent, MN is at (literally hugging the line with ND), it's about 30 minutes from the nearest city that would have ambulance services and if something else was going on in the area during that time, 96 minutes isn't off base. This is one of many reasons I don't want to live in a rural area again.
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Maybe things have changed, but at one time everyone in Seattle was required to learn CPR. I think that's a great idea.
Nadja Lambacher 3 years ago
Another one bites the dust works too, but is a bit macabre.
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Sportsgal 3 years ago
It said rural Minnesota, but that does seem like a long time!!
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TheNewJenBrady 3 years ago (edited)
It's also okay, even taught and encouraged to do chest compressions only to keep the blood pumping. If you aren't comfortable or able to do rescue breathing, chest compressions alone until paramedics arrive can help save that life. My dad and I both survived sudden cardiac arrest because CPR was started (by bystanders) within the first 2 minutes after collapsing, along with paramedics arriving quickly with portable AEDS.
Chris Osborn 3 years ago
My stepfather collapsed at home, my then 67 year old mother did chest compressions only on him (with instruction from 911 operator) until police and ambulance arrived and took over. She's not sure how long it took, 8-10 minutes maybe? He was successfully resuscitated, had a pacemaker and defibrillator placed and today you would never know it happened. Those stories are too frequent but they happen. Don't ever be afraid to do compressions.
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Janos Schumacher 3 years ago
I'm from northern MN. Almost everyone is CPR certified. Tons of first responders. It sounds like something that would have happened in my home town. Someone needing a first responder plus a Lifeflight was a standard any day of the week. You can land at the school, Gheen corner, or just down the Crain Lake road where the road makes a turn and has enough room for the rotors. The airport is kind of a haul so I wouldn't bring someone there. We spent half a year learning CPR when I was in school. We did it so much that I still get angry at movies and TV shows that do it wrong.
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Nitro Codes 3 years ago
This man is not a man. he is an angel is a man's body.
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Monday 3 years ago
I don't believe so, mainly because it was very unlikely to work. The 5 year old boy had much better odds of the treatment working, which is part of the reason why Black gave him the money.
Load More Replies... Panda 3 years ago (edited)
A better question is "why didn't the health care system provide the treatment to both of them?"
Load More Replies... Katinka Min 3 years ago
Why the hell didn't his health insurance pay that?? It's not THAT much money to cure someones paralysis.
martin734 3 years ago
Because he was from the UK and had no health insurance. He travelled to the US for treatment because that was the only country where it was available.
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Wonderful! She paid it forward. She provided an opportunity for him to move forward. It's not about handouts, it's about a hand up.
Uh huh 3 years ago
This one made my eyes misty. Being homeless is harder than you think. I know about it.
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Polar_bear_lover 3 years ago
MAybe she couldn't survive in the ocean due to an injury, idk \/( o __ o)\/
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Reasoning and planning and passing on information. We're not the only ones!
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago (edited)
Woah! 😳 They taught some seals (or was it sea lions?) the same trick and the seals found a just as clever but a lot more peaceful solution - they tore the litter into smaller bits to bring their trainers bit after bit. More bits of litter, more 🐟🐟🐟. Absolute genius!
Uber Mensch 3 years ago
Just _another_ example of how dolphins are so much smarter than most people give them credit for.
Jules 3 years ago
I am nothing but saddened by this. We know dolphins are intelligent animals. The idea of keeping them, or orcas not to mention seals and sealions in captivity is abhorrent. None more so than when they are expected to "perform".
Carrie Smith 3 years ago
Long before I started working at the zoo I worked at [I'm a zoologist], we had a polar bear who noticed that seagulls would come into his habitat to try to get any meat scraps. He started purposefully leaving a tiny bit out and pretending to be asleep and wait for one to come and land and he'd WHAP! Then he'd have a seagull treat.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
They do something similar at the dolphin research center in florida. They train them to pick up garbage out of their areas and while I was there a Japanese tourist dropped his camera into the pool and they had the dolphin and go in retrieve it kind of cool
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Bobby 3 years ago
I mean, where is the law saying you can't submit your own modified agreement as a counter offer to the one they initially provided?
Richard Anderson 3 years ago
Not fraudulent at all, he presented them with a counter offer and they accepted. Devious, sure but not fraudulent.
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Emiloy 3 years ago (edited)
Rather than saying this proves “that love makes everything possible” I’d say instead this shows how much we routinely underestimate people with Down Syndrome (edited:typo)
It's Me 3 years ago
Yeah, this isn't about love. This is about understanding the limitations/abilities of a syndrome we labeled a disability.
Load More Replies... Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
Lovely family! Some people with down syndrome have a university degree, it doesn't necessarily impact your intelligence. Check out Spanish teacher and actor Pablo Pineda https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Pineda
APL 3 years ago
Yeah, people with Down's have just as varied capacity as people without. We're seeing more Down's syndrome actors breaking through now as people catch on.
Load More Replies... Sherman Von Gee 3 years ago
From my experience... people with Down syndrome are easily one of the most compassionate, loving, supportive, create and intelligent groups of people I have ever encountered or worked with. As a whole, we grossly underestimate the abilities of people living with Down syndrome and similar disabilities.. if anything this story should show us that we need to stop doing this and stop allowing our own lack of understanding n bias to determine the possibilities of people who live with disabilities... not only is it just stupid.. but it's discriminatory. Why do we still treat people with disabilities as if they're like half human and incapable of living normal lives like the rest of us? It's very very unfair. I worked with kids who had Down syndrome in high school and that changed my entire perception of the world as a whole and showed me just how flawed our society is when it comes to our expectations for nuerodivergent people and people with disabilities. Can we stop doing this already?
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
...that definitely doesn't prove that love makes everything possible
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Ellis Tamura 3 years ago
Oops! I made some wine on ACCIDENT(Definitely NOT on propose) Oh well, gotta drink it.
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A B C 3 years ago (edited)
Oh bummer, me too! Dear me, how could THAT happen? Better drink it before it falls in the wrong hands!
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Moo Moo Futch 3 years ago
Bailey Sarian talked about this on last week's Dark History episode.
GlipGlop 3 years ago
Sounds like an immense brick of cocaine lol. One line of this & you'll be saying hey to Da Jeezus!!
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Zaza 3 years ago
Just like that teacher who emailed all his students to go on a "rant" about how they needed certain extra pages or new textbooks and to not click on any of these (named a few specific) links where they were free-to-download, because he as a teacher could and would definitely not recommend that to them
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Still doing this by fighting to try to save Kiev. I forget was city his brother is mayor of.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
See I actually learn more from my fellow pandas comments then I do from the main post.
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
He also holds a PhD in sports science and is now always seen by the side of his brother Vitali, the mayor of Kiev.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
He's perhaps the only Hollywood A lister who doesn't have an agent, everything goes directly through him That's what led him to agree to do that awful Garfield movie, he simply mixed up the directors.
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Scagsy 3 years ago
He scared me and I wasn't even in the same continent as him. Unnerving.
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Nena Rosebud 3 years ago
I didn't care much for No Country For Old Men but Javier Bardem's character was utterly terrifiying. He kept me watching the movie.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
"What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?"
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Luna 3 years ago
Here’s an article that goes more in-depth on this study: https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-psychopaths-study-400-movies-most-realistic-2017-12?amp
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Moo Moo Futch 3 years ago
These Storks lived in a guys garden, or at least Malena did. If my memory serves me correctly, he was taking care of Malena when Klepetan wasn't around and would bring her in to his home at night so she wasn't attacked.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
They have a little name-tag under their right wing. Didn't you know that?
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
Actually... I'm sorry to say, but storks aren't really loyal to their mates. They are loyal to their nests, and if the same partner is on that nest at the right time - great. But if it's a different stork, they'll just woo them and mate with them. Geese and swans, now... totally faithful. Same as pigeons.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
He died of an aneurysm. My dad died the same way. My dad was awake and talking and gone the next. So quick and painless. Our doctor said that he wouldn't have known he had died. It would have been like someone switching the light off. He was in absolute full health and looking forward to Christmas which was just a week away at the time. I hope grant went the same way. It is so sad that he had to go but at least if he went this way he went the way he deserved to. Without pain or sickness.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
I'm really sorry for the loss of your father.
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GoldShovel 3 years ago
He was really cool on the show. It was a big surprise when i heard he passed.
Load More Replies... GlamourGhoul 3 years ago
He always struck me as the most humble, genuine person. I hope someone continued on with this project.
Mr. Sasquatch Guy 3 years ago
He basically had a ruptured, undiagnosed aneurism.
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Cuppa tea? 3 years ago
There are three tombs in the area, Newgrange is only one of them. Other one is Knowth, that is accessible, third one is Down that is not accessible. Few years ago during period of drought there was spotted circular structure which may be another site.
Mari 3 years ago
They are all on the archeological site of Brú na Bóinne.
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Momma Alisa 3 years ago
You can visit anytime. I went on a school trip it was pretty amazing. If you want to be there during the solstice however that's a different story, probably the lottery system.
Amy Broderick 3 years ago
it's not that far outside Dublin and an absolute marvel to see in person
julien 3 years ago
"The Tumulus of Bougon, France : The oldest structures of this prehistoric monument date to 4800 BC.
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
Newgrange was built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC." Tumulus-A-...8ef322.jpg 
julien 3 years ago
Tumulus of Colombiers-sur-Seulles, France : 5000 BC Colombiers...977d3f.jpg 
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Bobby 3 years ago
I never knew Harper Lee was a woman, I always thought Atticus Finch was a character that represented the author. Shows what I get for assuming
Micah 3 years ago
I was supposed to read the book for school, didn't do so, but still wrote a report on it. When we watched the movie in class, I yelled out "Wait! The family is white!?"
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
Shameful to admit that I never read the book. It's on my to-read-list, but it's been there for quite some time. I did read "Catcher in the rye" in school and thought it was insanely boring, so maybe that's why I never gave To kill a Mockingbird a chance ...
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Mazer 3 years ago
She named the tree Luna, some POS came along later snd damaged the tree with a chainsaw. Not certain just how much damage was done or if the tree succumbed to the damage. Just recently someone destroyed one of the oldest trees at Samuel P Taylor State Park in Marin County California. The tree named “Pioneer Tree” had survived decades of logging surrounding it, only to die at the hands of some absolute POS disguised as a human
Ham Sandwich 3 years ago
Good news the trees alive as the last mention of it on Julia Hills Wikipedia page mentions the tree alive in 2007 and it was cut in 2000.
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Jaybird3939 3 years ago
She stayed up there through one of the worst storms seen on the Calif. Coast. She was really determined. She had a lot of haters, but a dang lot of supporters too.
JE Cummings 3 years ago
I remember her, and how hateful people sneered at her as a "tree-hugging hippie idiot", and now she's hailed as the hero she was. How the world has changed!
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glowworm2 3 years ago
She's an Asian Sheepshead Wrasse. Her name is Yoriko!
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Michael Sanders 3 years ago
Hopefully they don’t have the same relationship as Aquaman has with fish
Susanne B 3 years ago
We once had a fish in our aquarium that absolutely adored my husband. If he put his hand in the water palm up, she would swim into it so that he could lift her up and kiss her. She never once sprang off his hand, she was so confident, that he would put her back in time. He was the only one that could get her to do this
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Michael Sanders 3 years ago
This is a great story, but man did her partner ever get the ring size wrong.
Casey Horn 3 years ago
that’s me! i’m the partner that got the size wayyy wrong. but i’m not this particular partner.
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Jessica Mae 3 years ago
then she took him home and her husband made him the starting quaterback of the hometown high school team - he was 56....
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
The story where a homeless man used his last $20 to buy a woman gas was a scam, but I can’t find anything that says this was
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Sam 3 years ago
He also got screwed out of royalties and had to sue to get proper compensation
Stacey Montebello 3 years ago
One of the smartest things he did was file patents for his inventions ( the mechanism is uesd in Nerf guns too). It was stolen by Hasbro who lost a case to him over royaltys and had to give him $73 million. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago (edited)
He also invented the nerf gun and a bunch of other, non toy related things. Amazing man.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Maybe my ignorance, because I have always lived in very multicultural areas and we don't have science fares, but what is the significance of him being the only black kid at the science fair? Is it an opt-in activity?
Ambry Petersen 2 years ago
If all wars used super soakers there would be no death.....on the flip side they are so fun we might also never be not at war.
Surfing Panda 3 years ago
I read that they had an incident at the lab which made cooling liquid of an instrument squirt out, which gave him the idea for the squirtgun.
Luis Marro-King 3 years ago
He was then robbed of his idea and he had to sue to get his compensation
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Munchkin 3 years ago
well that just proves that these awards are people's opinions and not that accurate
Alexander B 3 years ago
Or that she stands by her mistakes just as well as her successes and takes criticism seriously. That deserves some recognition.
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Michael Sanders 3 years ago
Very relevant. I was wondering if now Will has to move in with his auntie and uncle in Bel Air
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elysse stands with the ukraine 3 years ago
The blind side was bloody awesome. A real tear jerker.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I think it's awesome that she had the humor to go and pick up her razzie. Most people never show up to get it.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
Not every movie is for everyone. I saw "all about steve" in the theater. It wasn't that bad.
Carrie Smith 3 years ago
I stand by my opinion that award shows are just giant Hollywood circle jerks. Enjoy whatever movie/TV show/music/book/video game you like. They don't need award shows to tell you whats "the best" when media is subjective.
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Wayne Lee 3 years ago
He is a brilliant martial artist. And a very good actor to boot. Whach the "Ip Man" series of movies. Very easy to watch.
Rick Seiden 3 years ago
He's amazing in those, although I don't like the final fight in 4.
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Monkey Spunk 3 years ago
Iron Monkey and Once Upon A Time in China (Donnie's in the second one but the first 3 are all great) if you fancy decent Donnie films.
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
😳😳😳 Thank God she didn't lose it somehow and just think "Oh well. It wasn't valuable anyway"
Rachel Ainsworth 3 years ago
If she did it wouldn't be a problem becuase she didnt know. Same as the person she bought it from will never know.
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How is a 26 carat diamond worth only half a million?!? If this is the same it’s was worth a lot more than that!!! 3.3 million which sounds a lot better lol. https://amp.theceomagazine.com/lifestyle/jewellery/rare-26-carat-fortuna-diamond-unveiled/
Susanne B 3 years ago (edited)
Maybe because it is not cut as a brilliant. Old cuttings are not as highly valued, and maybe the stone was not unblemished
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I thought the rest of the number was cut off! But it’s really $13 I guess!
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Phill Healey 3 years ago
Not entirely true it gets opened every 10yrs and has its water topped up.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Do they ever outgrow their containers? Is it possible to move them to a bigger container without killing them? Should you just start them in a big container, or would they not generate enough recycled air and water if they’re too small? Sorry, I’ve never had a terrarium and have been thinking of starting one. Guess I need to start reading up on it.
Teresa Spanics 3 years ago
I bet scientists will want to study that plant in a way that keeps it alive!
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
The inventor of the artificial heart was a famous ventriloquist. Maybe someone out there remembers his name.
TuesdayDangerGirl 3 years ago (edited)
the first patented artificial heart was invented by Paul Winchell
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Bobby 3 years ago
They also invented a "beatless" artificial heart. Went way over my head but I guess it uses some kind of a centrifugal pump instead of one that has a stroke, so there is no heart beat for these people
PolymathNecromancer 3 years ago (edited)
All Pandas: these comments remind me of a film I watched as a boy when HBO was new. It was called Threshold, made in 1981, starring Donald Sutherland, Mare Winningham, Jeff Goldblum, and other very talented actors. Excellent, excellent movie. I watched it many, many times. A Must See! Edit: a major tear-jerker, I cried myself a few times!
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There was a man on TikTok who had one of these devices, an LVAD and he put his phone up to his heart so you could hear the heartbeat and it was like a hum instead of a beat. It was pretty neat.
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Casey Horn 3 years ago
that’s a huge reason stigmas about tattoos need to go! there are many places that won’t hire people with face tattoos. and how are you going to tell someone their religious and personal identity is not work appropriate? and to the kids who will jump in and talk about the less meaningful face tattoos, still hirable. what’s not hirable is a bad attitude or bad work ethic. facial markings don’t determine that.
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Dave P 3 years ago
And last year for the first time in NZ history a morning TV presenter was a Maori woman with such a tattoo, in the past the networks didnt allow visible tattoos, but after realizing that it was freaking NZ and the Maori's homeland, a network made an exemption for Maori face tatoos. Soon the other networks did as well.
Erihapeti Swampwitch 3 years ago
I've worn my moko kauae four four years now. Seeing photos of myself before it was done is strange.
•porcelain•doll• 3 years ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10355363/Maori-newsreader-person-traditional-chin-tattoo-anchor-primetime-news-bulletin.html A great accomplishment!
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
I love this. I also love that it is becoming a common thing amongst young Maori women.
Jihana 3 years ago
Maybe that's a stupid question, but the chin tattoos in the pic seem to be exactly the same. How can it be about their true identity if everyone has the same tattoo?
JasonBrown1965 9 months ago
Fair question, almost, but not everyone has the same tatoo, as you claim. These two in the photo might have the same design, but neither of them have a tatoo. This is (good) makeup for performances during a festival, and is part of a team presentation.
Load More Replies... Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I think this looks absolutely amazing and if it wasn't considered cultural appropriation I would be tempted to do something similar. It's hard when you like and appreciate something but you don't want to be branded as being a cultural appropriator. It's a fine line between appreciation and appropriation I guess.
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Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
Wow. So medical professionals are....right? Don't tell the crazies.
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
And all the others at that time had to be convinced.
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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago
The first person to perform a successful c section was also a woman.
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
Don't forget ignaz semmelweis. First evidence based medicin. He was put in a mental asylum by his dr colleagues because they didn't like what he said.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
Almost all phones were party lines back then. My grandmother still had a party line when I was a kid. You only knew if a call was for you based on the way the phone rang, and had to be careful what you said on the phone because you never knew which nosy neighbors might be listening.
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
Each user on a party line was assigned a distinct ring pattern. If too many nosey neighbours were listening in, the voltage drop made it hard to hear your incoming call.
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Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
A fellow from Alberta told me he would talk with his buddy by touching their walkie talkies to the fence wire. The devices were only good for 1/4 mile over air, but were good for a mile using fence wire.
Seabeast 3 years ago
As late as the 70s it was possible to answer a ringing phone that wasn't on a party line and hear two other people talking away on it. It was a rare occurence that disappeared altogether when exchanges went digital.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
OTOH, if you had a cordless phone in the 1980s or early 1990s, you often could hear other people's conversations.
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Those barbed wire fence telephones that they used also supposedly saved lives in emergency situations. One guy said that it was incredibly hard to understand what was being said because the quality of the call is horrible but it's better than nothing. I just saw a documentary about this the other day weirdly enough.
Steve Murdick 3 years ago
Disneyland used to have an old time wall phone in the general store which was a party line. You could listen in on a recording of folks gossiping, such as “He had gallstones the size of baseballs!” and “Wait a minute, Mabel, I think someone is listening in!”
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Dynein 3 years ago (edited)
False information. The bell does exists (google "oxford electric bell"), but it's function and endurance is no mystery to scientists. Basically it consists of two bells of opposite electric charge, with a metal clapper between. When ringing one bell, the clapper takes on a bit of it's charge, is then repelled but attracted to the other bell, where it takes on a bit of it's charge and is then repelled... The clapper transports electric charge between the bells in this process and will stop when they have an equal charge, but because the charge transported is very small it can run for a long time.
Billy Allen 3 years ago
That's implying perpetual energy / motion which isn't possible so it makes sense that there is something unique in the composition of the battery.
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alwaysMispelled 3 years ago
Isn't there also a lightbulb somewhere that's been lit since the 1800s?
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Don't think of ringing as a telephone. It rings about twice a second.
Hailey B 3 years ago
The battery has functioned for so long because it’s kind of like a newtons cradle but there are clappers inside and instead of just sending kinetic energy as mechanical, the energy is constantly transforming from mechanical(the “clappers” are moving back and forth) and electrical(the energy has become an electrical current inside the bell). The transformation between electrical and mechanical— electrical being about 70% of what form the energy is in— causing less friction to occur. (NOT THE ACCURATE DETAILS, SIMPLIFIED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS)
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
It angers me that we try to use our cars less, travel by train if possible, recycle or only eat regional and seasonal food to reduce our carbon footprints and on the other hand people are mining gold and shipping water from halfway around the planet to drink on a shopping tour plane ride to Milan or something.
Steve R 3 years ago
The system works, there's nothing bad about having billonaires, the rich are our friends, we don't need change, people being unable to afford homes isn't anyone's fault, average people needing 3 jobs just to survive is good, admire wealth, go back to sleep, everything is fine.
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PolymathNecromancer 3 years ago
Jim Henson undoubtedly sits with Mr. Rogers looking over and looking out for us.
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Ian Webling 3 years ago
This is incorrect. The warning mechanism actually works through underground mycaelia. What is even more interesting is that the plant can detect, though analysing saliva, what species of animal is browsing it and respond accordingly, e.g. increasing tannins to lower branches if the animal is a small buck.
Purple Potato 3 years ago
giraffe: you may have outsmarted me, but i have outsmarted your outsmarting!
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Dynein 3 years ago
Yeah. Humans are also so buoyant that they can rest by floating (on their back) and not drown - the catch is that the nose is so close to the water level that even the smallest waves pose a risk.
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They are s as Loo excellent trackers, using scent like dogs do. Older tracks leave trace scents of damaged plants snd disturbed leaf litter or soil, it’s only when a dog or in this case an elephant gets within a certain distance of the person they are tracking do they smell that person.
Fat Harry 3 years ago
I read once (and I don't know if it's true) that the difference between an elephant and a horse is that an elephant will only swim out as far as it knows it can safely return from, but a horse will swim out until it's exhausted and will drown. That's not the only difference, obviously...
Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Horses can't turn round when swimming in water that's why this happens.
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
True, but I do wonder if people would be similarly dismissive of the age gap if it were the other way around.
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Synsepalum 3 years ago
My guy is 15 years younger than me. We've been together five years, and our first date was a concert as well. I am thankful that my kidneys are fully functional as of this post.
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Chich 3 years ago
He tried again in 1983 and was shot and killed by FBI. (NY Times, but they have his middle name spelled Curt)
Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
Oh wow I love the rest of the story! Thank you!
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Jeeze did homeboy do a shot during the hijacking? Seems he would have higher priorities
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julien 3 years ago
"The subterranean monolithic church of Saint-Jean in Aubeterre, France is an underground church carved into a cliff overlooking the Dronne river in the 7th century and greatly enlarged in the 12th century by a community of Benedictine monks. From the nave to the centre of the vault with its semi-circular arches is nearly 20 metres." aubeterre-...2a170e.jpg 
Box Knight 3 years ago
There's a doorway next to the guy if you look closely. Maybe there's stairs there?
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oktopus 3 years ago
That's a Taiwenese Shinkansen, but anyway Japan has a network of highly sensitive seismometers which detect an earthquake as close to the source as possible and provide early warning to affected areas (and since 2018 updated warnings based on seismic observations as the earthquake's effect spreads). This allows systems like the railway network to take preventative action such as shutting down, and also results in alerts broadcast on TV, radio and to mobile phones. There was an earthquake last month which resulted in derailment, fortunately the train in question had already come to a halt due to a quake a couple of minutes previously.
Saeyoul Akiyune 1 year ago
Thank you for that information :) Aside from the obvious, I must say, the Taiwanese Shinkansen is a gorgeous train.
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Glasia van Duivels 3 years ago
Now women take in Japan the 500 km/h Shinkansen bullet train and they feel still fine.
Ranax 3 years ago
The number of babies being born in Japan is suspiciously low 🤔
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Oh, there are circumstances in which women don't complain about having them there 😉
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Auntriarch 3 years ago
Some days you can hardly cross the road without being hit by one
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GoldShovel 3 years ago
Mythbusters did an episode on this. They ruled it was possible, but VERY hard.
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
But not as hard as NOT doing it would have been. He was lucky he was clearly a talented mechanic.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
This is not much of a fact if you don't include at least some sort of information showing that it's more effective than other barriers.
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
If they had them around here someone with a lot of blue paint wound turn them into Minions.
Carrie Smith 3 years ago
This is a really good idea! Those barriers that push in have been under review because a young girl who was from where I live died recently (in the past 2 years) when the impact didn't absorb the shock, it sheared her car in half and killed her.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I think I answered my own question as far as Australia, because the wire rope flexible barrier that is often used here works on a similar premise, where the barrier absorbs the energy rather than transferring the energy to the car. These ones still look as though they would result in less damage to cars and passengers though.
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Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
Man I've been thinking about Dave these past two days. Bless his sweet heart. RIP Taylor.
Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
When they trolled the Westboro Baptist Church, it was the best thing. Good people the Foo Fighters are.
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Kristen Wood 3 years ago
Only ever seen them live once, well twice technically, at V festival in 2007. They did a surprise acoustic set billed under a band name 606. Dave on the drums and Hawkins sang Cold Day in the sun. Was an amazing experience that I will never forget. RIP Taylor Hawkins.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago (edited)
This video always makes me so happy. And the best FF song https://mashable.com/video/dave-grohl-nandi-bushell-played-together-live-everlong
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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)
There will be people bringing in ethics to prevent that, we could be way ahead if it wouldn't be for some groups to always bring up half-baked concerns
Chich 3 years ago
Think you are looking for "Ethics" :) But yeah, it is amazing what we can do these days.
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Dav Carro-Ripalda 3 years ago
Isn't it a 3D print a hard print? The heart needs to pump and to be able to contract and expand. Would that 3D print do the job?
PolymathNecromancer 3 years ago (edited)
The print establishes the structure. It is done with heart cells printed in the form of a heart. As I understand it, they "know" to beat when started and supplied with oxygen and nutrients.
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Yeah. Her story is well known here (Germany). My elementary school was named after her.
Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
In America we have a quarter with her picture on it.
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Vetus Vespertilio 3 years ago
One of them, The Miracle Worker, won both Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Academy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe for Patty Duke and a BAFTA award for Anne Bancroft.
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*witty retort* 3 years ago
Ashton is one of the only celebrities that deserves the fame and money 😊
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Display Name 3 years ago (edited)
An architect in youtube had covered this topic under crushing your pinterest dreams on why this is a bad idea - https://youtu.be/Vejm0EZXkto?t=174 and the hypocrisy of being green - https://youtu.be/wPDr8odygJo?t=456
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Anapv 3 years ago
It looks great, but the truth is plants and trees will damage the walls and structure, also bringing humidity to the house. It's good to go green, but it should be done in the streets outside. Doing this, although it looks good, will cause the buildings to be damage sooner so it's not a sustainable choice on the long run.
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Susan Egan 3 years ago
Years ago I worked at the PO. A man came in "robbed" one teller of a minimal amount of money then walked slowly down the sidewalk. We were told later he had spend a good portion of his life in jail. He couldn't deal with being out. All the changes, the chaos, it was just too much. He figured if he robbed a Post Office he'd go to a federal prison (it is said that federal prisons are nicer than general prisons).
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Adam Jeff 3 years ago
Well, to be fair, they were probably right at the time. Just because Marvel were able to make good movies out of those characters, doesn't mean they weren't s**t characters.
Data1001 3 years ago
Not to mention that, had Sony bought the rights to all those characters, they might not have been able to make the same blockbuster movies, so all that success might have never happened.
Load More Replies... IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
This is like in the early 1960s DECCA records refused to sign up a little quartet of musicians from Liverpool because they were convinced that "Guitar bands were on the way out". That little quartet of musicians from Liverpool were The Beatles.🙄
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
But with sony owning the rights to the marvel characters the films would never been filmed. Its like if u travel back to kill hitler. If u killed him no need to travel back so hitler would still life so there is a need to travel back but when u kill hitler,....
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
The universe and everything doesn't want marvel to be owned by sony.
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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)
Dogs also evolved to understand hand signs and gestures, while wolves have problems with following us
Edgar Rops 3 years ago
Not just gestures. Voice signals, and some of our language. Once I saw an English shepherd and his two collies manage a flock. Such teamwork...
Load More Replies... Michael Sanders 3 years ago
It’s gotta be hard denying evolution with those eyes looking up at you.
CaptainDinosaur 3 years ago
Check out 'The Wolf in the Parlor' by Jon Franklin. Essential reading for dog lovers.
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
If there's one thing Michelangelo was really good at, it was knowing how bodies moved and worked. Definitely better than any pope, I'd assume...
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Edgar Rops 3 years ago
That's how cops generally catch crooks. The difficult part is to make it usable to the prosecution.
Load More Replies... Who the What 3 years ago
The only reason we don't have a worldwide hacker crisis is because all the hackers don't really feel like causing a crisis.
Bobby 3 years ago
I was just under the impression hackers appreciate a challenge more than anything and stealing your personal data is far from challenging to those folk
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Carol Emory 3 years ago
I just saw a video of the Jonathan Ross show where Vin explains how his daughter got her name. It's very heart wrenching...have the tissues ready.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
I feel terrible for not remembering him in Saving Private Ryan. Huh.
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
It's stupid to think that causing people to smash their only method of communication might, in any way, hurt the company that made the phones, which had already been paid for. You're just hurting regular people, idiot.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
They’re just going to go buy a new phone, aka more money for Apple. Not a great idea for the people at all.
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
Then there would have been a ton of potholes and cracks in the pavement all over the place
Load More Replies... jammer 3 years ago
So much hatred towards iPhone. People, it’s just a device!!! Get a grip, willya?!
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah honestly the fight between android/Apple users is really annoying, I’ve owned both and no matter which one I’ve been using there’s always someone being a snob about it. Feels like capitalist brainwashing 🙄
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Who the What 3 years ago
Are we sure this isn't the site where an alien vessel crashed millennia ago?
Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
There's a tree/mushroom thingy in BOTW that looks nearly just like this!
GlamourGhoul 3 years ago
I used a tincture made from dragon's blood after surgery last year, it's supposed to promote faster healing...it did a little bit. I had to put it in really strong mango juice to help mask the taste.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
I noticed the casinos in my state have big pictures of the big jackpot winners. In permanent paint on permanent walls. Because winners are apparently just that rare. And we all know that if someone starts to win they get kicked out or charged, like these guys, with crimes. Why I never understood why anyone likes to go to casinos to gamble. I mean, I have a toilet at home. I can just throw the money there and push the flush lever, and save the travel money.
Chich 3 years ago
I also do not understand why many movies make casinos appear so glamorous? I've only been to two to pick up a friend and they were decidedly not.
Load More Replies... Bobby 3 years ago
I heard about a guy that recently won a jackpot in vegas but wasn't aware of it because of a machine malfunction. The gaming commission had to hunt the guy down to give him his prize. Honestly the whole thing sounds like a publicity stunt to me "Hey we do care about you getting the winnings you deserve, see we'll even track you down across country" https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/gambler-wins-229000-jackpot-doesnt-know-it-for-three-weeks/
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The Scout 3 years ago
He seems not to have been that content with designing war machines, though. Most of his more advanced drafts have fallacies that are either too absurd or too well hidden to be coincidences. The mentioned tank for example would have been impossible to turn around as opposing gears would have blocked each other. A genius like Leonardo simply would not have made such an error - except if he wanted to keep his drafts from being used. It is also possible that he built flaws into his drafts to keep them from being copied or stolen.
Monica Michelle 3 years ago
Al Jazari beat him to the robot by a few hundred years https://www.robotshop.com/community/blog/show/fathers-of-robotics-ismail-al-jazari
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Robin DJW 3 years ago
They're handy, all right. Handy when you need to shop for more stuff than you can comfortably carry in 2 string bags, when supermarkets began to appear, when you needed to shop in bulk for a whole week's needs, handy only after car ownership became ubiquitous, etc. It was an item whose time had come in 1st world places. My point? I dunno. Maybe that there is more to the shopping cart story than adoption tales. The cart was invented in the mid-1930s, which fits right in to "progress" in the USA.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago (edited)
He had to convince people that pushing a large basket on wheels was better than the alternative? 🤦♂️
Walking On Sunshine 3 years ago
So. The shopping carts only affected .00001 of the population? Not gonna use one!
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Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
An unneccessary police action becoming excessive? In the U.S. of A.? :surprised confusion:
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Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago (edited)
Besides the fine, imagine telling everyone back home about the extreme and strange response they had in the US 😂
Cordelia 3 years ago
Really though why would you leave a baby unattended, you just asking for some creep to kidnap them
Frua 3 years ago
It's normal in Denmark, we do not kidnap each other's babies
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Carol Emory 3 years ago
The couple was arrested. I don't remember them saying anything about her being strip searched. And I thought they were from Norway...
Rez Fidel 3 years ago
Yeah... like being fearful all the time and having a gun in your purse.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
And......did it help? Google it is. EDIT- no such luck. It's only at one facility and they don't say if it's successful or not.
Synsepalum 3 years ago
Can it hurt? The idea of starting the day with an affirmation from loved ones sounds innocuous and easy to employ.
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JustAFan 3 years ago
They left out the best part of the story! To quote Tumblr user 30-seconds-to-marx: "The breaking point that incited his plan of escape was being forced to watch Barney reruns all day, everyday at his care center. Sitting in front of the TV, he learned to tell the time by the shadows on the wall. If he had time he could know when Barney would end. With the ability to measure his days, he was able to pull himself out of the void and ultimately start down the path to recovery. Today, Martin can communicate whatever he wants with the help of a computer program, but there's one thing he can't articulate: "I cannot even express to you how much I hated Barney." This guy's pure hatred for Barney the dinosaur literally pulled him out of a locked-in state.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
My mum and I still get frustrated thinking about how often teens with disabilities are put in front of Wiggles dvds for hours a day in care places! Two of my brothers had severe physical disabilities, including little verbal communication, but not significant mental impairment and we had to insist when he went into respite care that he wasn't made to watch the Wiggles as it was not age/developmentally appropriate!
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He was 12 when he fell into the coma... for 12 years... and woke up at 19... I ... am I having a stroke?
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I think he was unconscious until 19 but still couldn't move or speak for another 5 years. I had to read it twice after your comment to work it out.
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IDK_Something 3 years ago
It took me a full minute to re-read it and make sure I wasn't putting random numbers in the sentence. 7 years is still a long ass time!
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
The doctors caring for him never conclusively determined what caused his condition, but there are several likely possibilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome
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Ellie Rosser 3 years ago
No such thing as an ex-marine, you are a marine for life. There are however 'retired' marines.
bexxms 3 years ago
I got the 15 seconds part covered, comfortably. Someone else can do the minutes and hours.
LuckyL 3 years ago
Maybe if we team up and everyone does 15 seconds. I would be willing to train until I can help with them ;)
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xolitaire 3 years ago
... why though. I mean congrats, thats spectacular, but what... is planking useful for
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Persephone 3 years ago
Yeah sadly they would lead short animals in that would suffocate and die (being closer to the ground and heavy gases), to prove they were "holy".... although I doubt they had a full understanding either.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
While I was reading this (before i scrolled to the solution), I thought "Well... duh, people are taller than animals??!" and lookk - I was right! (Sorry - I felt like bragging a little bit about my basic knowledge of CO2 ;-) )
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Random Anon 3 years ago
With big teeth. Don't f*ck with it if you see one.
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
This may have been due to the water being boiled to brew the coffee, isolating this man from bacteria and intestinal parasites.
Sheepdude 3 years ago
odd, I have 4 pots a day and I feetyygnhj byh67uj.jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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Spring Fisk 3 years ago
we have the same in Kansas city! There are Many businesses and storage facilities down in the "caves" and also roads that semitrucks can ride on.
LuckyL 3 years ago
and I thiiiiink - that's where I went to a criminal dinner. 10 years ago, but that just triggered a memory
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Carol Emory 3 years ago
Reminds me of The First Wives Club with Goldie Hawn where she was forced to sell all of the marital assets and split the proceeds with her ex 50/50. She sold his Ferrari for $1.00 and, when he complained about receiving 50 cents for his share she was like "Fine! Here..you can have the whole dollar!"
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It would have been interesting if the had kids- King Solomon may not have sorted that out!
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IDK_Something 3 years ago (edited)
I wish this one was attached to the one higher up! ETA: I am glad he had the means to sue them, he deserved the royalties.
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K- THULU 3 years ago
And the little alien bird things ( whose name eludes me at the moment) were created so they wouldn't have to digitally remove the flocks of puffins that nest on the island!
NsG 3 years ago
Porgs. My dad bought me a plushy version because they made me laugh and he bought it to cheer me up when I was ill (I was 37...)
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Cuppa tea? 3 years ago
After that, they've build a replica site on more accessible area, also to protect this site. Weather was factor too as on some days crew was unable to take boats to island, halting the filming.
Michael Sanders 3 years ago
This is BS. There are no Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi
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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
I can’t decide between the Nike Pol Pots or the Adidas Hitlers /s
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Lis Daglish 3 years ago (edited)
I believe I saw a segment where the great man Billy Connolly had filmed his stay there - worth a look-up and a watch
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I haven't been here but I have visited the Australian town of Coober Pedy which is largely underground due to the heat as it is in the middle of the outback. We walked through an area that was an opal mine and became an underground museum, as well as a hotel. It isn't as deep as this obviously but it would be very unpleasant for people with claustrophobia. (I wonder how my sister went when she visited) The majority of locals live underground and they do have all the amenities such as bathroom, kitchen and even tv and internet (I don't know what the reception is like though).
Michael Fernandez 3 years ago
It also has a pile of (expired & decaying) survival supplies from when it was contemplated to be a fallout shelter. It’s really a surreal place.
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Scagsy 3 years ago
Apparently they were going to name the Silver Shadow, the Silver Mist, but for an unfortunate translation in German that would have seen the car being called the Silver S**t.
Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
Precisely "Silver Manure". Not such a big difference, but still.
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Rolls Royce emblems were red until the death of the founder, now the emblems are black
APL 3 years ago
For a time one was red and one black, because one founder outlived the other.
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E M 3 years ago
I signed in to BP just to thank you for that comment. Perfection!
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Penelope Orange 3 years ago
Wayne Grezsky was an amazing hockey player. For some reason this particular photo is giving off strong Lord Farquaad vibes in his features/expression. LOL!
xolitaire 3 years ago (edited)
Did they actually choose a picture of his wax figure?! They did him dirty :(
Vetus Vespertilio 3 years ago
Watching him play was an event in itself, even when he was playing minor hockey. Always a team player!
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Ellie Rosser 3 years ago
Apparently he was a total d**k to his family though, so not the best plan ever.
Paul Davis 3 years ago (edited)
He lucked out though because chess pattern learning takes advantage of part of the visual cortex that is already well developed in humans. That's true with most discrete skill learning. Why there are so many "genius kids" with discrete skills like mathematics. Aside from that, the guy lucked out that his daughters had a genetic predisposition to enjoy chess. In other words I disagree with the guy to a point. You can't say nurture is everything. It's always a complex interaction between nature and nurture. And he thought he could train them to become genius artists or other type of creative genius, I guarantee he would have fallen flat.
albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago
I know of a few folks who are incredibly good at chess......and nothing else. Therefore chess does NOT equate with genius.
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Purple light 3 years ago (edited)
There was a guy, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who worked in the Netherlands and stole nucleair secrets. A whistle blower, Frits Veerman, tried to warn the authorities, but no one believe him. And that is how Pakistan got an atomic bomb...
Chancey 3 years ago
the father of the Pakistani bomb, acknowledged that during the past two decades he had secretly provided North Korea, Libya, and Iran with crucial technological and intellectual building blocks for making nuclear weapons
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Blurryface 3 years ago
Um… the same doctor? For NINETY years? How old was the doctor when she died? I have questions… (sigh)
the bean master 3 years ago
she should have just used a gun, like "shoot my brains out with my 12 gauge shotgun when im dead
Paul Davis 3 years ago
Reminds me of the movie Top Secret! General Streck, German High Command : [talking on the phone] What is the condition of Sergeant Kruger? [pause] General Streck, German High Command : Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition. [Hangs up] General Streck, German High Command : He's dead.
Hilary Rudd 3 years ago
I had one patient asked for the dr to cut her wrists after she died to ensure she was dead. He did what she asked !
Sasy 3 years ago
Isn't this why they used to have those bells above ground, so that if someone was buried alive they could ring the bell ? or have I just watched too many strange films ?
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
They did exist, but I don't think they were as common as people like to believe.
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Random Anon 3 years ago
Ouch these things are nasty. They have a kind of venom or something that prevents blood from coagulation. You can bleed to death from a bite.
Xenon 3 years ago
Yes, their blood carries toxins. They bit their prey and just kinda follow it until it dies from it, then they eat it.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
I wonder if he was singing the hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" while he was doing it?
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Carrie Smith 3 years ago
He had to snort so much Vitamin powder to make it look like cocaine he ended up in the hospital
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
The problem is your body can't break apart enough carbohydrates from the protein fast enough to keep itself alive. It does this by stripping an ammonia group from the each protein molecule. And then it has to get rid of the ammonia. This is why cat pee smells so strongly of ammonia - cats are obligate carnivores whose livers can break down a huge amount of carbohydrate from protein compared to humans.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago (edited)
One of the funniest episode of QI featured this fact. It was funny because Alan Davies just couldn't seem to grasp the fact that 'if you eat nothing, but, rabbit you will die'. In other words, if you add just potato and butter to your diet you should be fine.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
Surely the company can make an app or something with GPS for anyone who wants to use it. Maybe a drone or special guides scattered around the maze ready to help anyone who was lost. Why waste the time of emergency services.
It's Me 3 years ago
The dispatchers tell the caller to relax and then they put out a call to the owner. Also, this seems to have stopped happening nearly ten years ago. As in that was the last time there was a real article about it.
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Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
The rule of maze solving: keep your left hand on the wall as you travel. It may be a long journey but you will get out.
Leet_loves_space 3 years ago
pro tip for corn mazes stays to one side. follow the outer border of the maze eventually you will have to find the exit by staying on the side
It's Me 3 years ago
They go into the maze with a map. I think that because the maze takes an average of two hours to complete that it's too long for people and they become disoriented and panic.
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Mazer 3 years ago
Hidden by clouds….much like the San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate (prior to the bridge being named) is often covered in fog especially in the summer. The fog kept the bay hidden from many early explorers
Blue of the yams 3 years ago
I was just there today, and yes indeed, that fog is impenetrable!
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
So, was this their fist year, or just the first year they closed for Christmas?
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I love the people who immediately go from “we don’t exactly what this is or how it was made” to “ALIENS!”
Kate 3 years ago
Meanwhile, when archaeologists are stumped by an item's purpose, it's filed under "ceremonial purposes."
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago (edited)
I don't buy that the switch was made in a hospital. Clearly, the man (and the exchange-baby) were born at the Chattering Order of St Beryl.
Viola Yarrow 3 years ago
Had to study that this year. Thanks for the reminder because I need to reread it for my English exam
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Carrie Smith 3 years ago
I recently heard a story about two women who were accidently switched at birth and only found out through Ancestry DNA.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
I betting they weren't called "murder bottles" until way after the fact. Germ theory was still so new, and medical and biological science had not caught up. And there was no such thing as consumer protection laws. So there was so much people didn't yet know. And before judging these folks, think about how even know, at least in the U.S. politicians in the pockets of corporations will pass laws to prosecute doctors for telling mothers about things in the water, air, and commercial products, that are a clear and present danger to theirs and their babies' lives.
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T. D. Bostick 3 years ago
Man, my town needs this. Here it seems like a misanthrope designed the timing of the traffic lights to ensure you could never get through the town in a decent amount of time.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
When I read about traffic control I keep seeing this obsession with creating "packets" of cars, which is why they set up the lights to stop you at every single stop. Because "packets" are everything, apparently above and beyond pollution and traffic jams.
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To be fair, London drivers are all psychopaths, so it probably makes sense to them.
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
That would be true if this was a story about how they replaced intersections with roundabouts ;)
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Sasy 3 years ago (edited)
They need to make a new Home Alone movie - not the recent one - with Macaulay Culkin as a Security Specialist of some kind, and stops people robbing a Hotel over Christmas, where he comes across a kid that stayed behind while his family went to watch The Nutcracker and did not notice that he didn't go with. Or he is a security guard for a department store that closes over Christmas and for some reason is evacuated due to some flooding in the basement, but they forget to tell him, so he continues his job and some people break in to try and steal from the store and hilarity ensues :) I just want 15% of the merchandise, thanks
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
If you knew some of the batshit, irresponsible ideas some American leaders had about what they could do with the nukes while they thought they had a monopoly, you might see the kid's point. Still you'd think there'd be better people to give it to than the Soviets.
btaglln 3 years ago
Traitor for one, ally for the other. His point is not 100% bad tho, I wouldn't trust a world where only the U.S. had the atomic bomb
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Honestly - how would the world look if only the US had nuclear weapons? Do we really believe that along the history, the fallout wouldn't have been even worse, considering some of the 'great leaders' the US has had? And don't get me wrong: ANY country with the sole power over nuclear weapons is a bad idea.
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Justin Smith 3 years ago
War is war and hell is hell. Out of the two war is worse. Hell is for the guilty, but war makes no distinctions.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
I'm so shocked that someone with so little personal and professional integrity also holds almost no relevant credentials.
Bill 3 years ago
George must know somebody in the biz. I'm not saying its aliens but its aliens
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Wait, an expert in the completely plausible field of ancient aliens didn't find and complete a relevant tertiary degree? Why not? :)
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Cordelia 3 years ago
I know for certain to fine dining one is fake because you see them several times on some of his shows enjoying fine dining
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
... as part of the show. Entertainment. Not the same thing as allowing them to do it in real life. I don't know anything about their family "for certain."
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
I'm sorry but not spoiling them? They live in a mansion, they went to private schools, one of his daughter's had her own TV show, they travel all over the world, they have several holiday homes. How do you define 'not spoiling them'?
Paul Davis 3 years ago
You have to wonder with his intense, world-girdling career whether he spends much time with his kids.
Sasy 3 years ago
His work on MasterChef Junior is amazing, he is so kind and considerate with those children all three of the judges are, it encouraged me to read one of his books, and from what I read, he builds these restaurants and then pretty much hands them over to his seconds so that they become incredibly successful, he is definitely a teacher and mentor.
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
I think Dr O'Neal has a motto "you need three degrees to touch my cheese" so he wouldn't raise spoiled kids and because he values education above all.
Monika Rhodes 3 years ago
No he's not. He's a nice guy, the shouting is for tv.
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Dave In MD 3 years ago
It may be covered in pure white gold, but it is not made of pure white gold. The metal is to soft.
btaglln 3 years ago
Anyone who knows a little about car can see that is bullcr*p ... First, gold is heavy and sof so not good at all to build a car. Secondly 0 to 100 km/h in less than 2 sec is insane and only done by a few cars on this planet
Mazer 3 years ago
Gold is one if the only metals that can be pounded into fine flakes, so it’s not so far fetched
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Cordelia 3 years ago (edited)
And how many people in his region are starving every second I wonder
Chich 3 years ago
Tell me you can't find your d**k when you have to take a piss without telling me you can't find your d**k when you have to take a piss
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