Interesting And Weird Facts About The World You Probably Didn’t Know (30 Pics)

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Martata 6 years ago

Pitch perfect.

50points

Mademoiselle Mirage 6 years ago

I'm sad! I wanted to make a pun saying "I si what you did there" but turns out that in English you say ti? (For context ti is si in french and it's pronounced see)

5points

Jo Choto 6 years ago

I went to school with a girl like that. Uncanny ability.

3points

lailyfnoor 6 years ago

Bless you, Ella!

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

Amazing, what a lady.

2points

S 6 years ago

That's so badass. Such an icon <3

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

The Goddess

1point

Spannermonkey 2 years ago

That's a cool idea, but considering the band is providing the music to which she sings, it makes more sense to tune to her rather than an essentially arbitrary standardised-amplitude note. (Remembering that an instrument is tuned from one note; the intervals are then tuned relative to that.)

0points

OMGhonestly 3 years ago

Test

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Janice Roland 6 years ago

i believe this. i've been blessed to have seen her perform twice. she sounds like a young girl...sweet yet deep.

0points

Iapetos 6 years ago

"Say 'c'!

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#2

#22

Final score:

287points

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Sasha Taylor 6 years ago

Cool!

53points

Mr Red 6 years ago

Make music, not war

27points

Tinley's Aunt 6 years ago

And that's as it should be.

19points

Anna Repp 6 years ago

You beat me to it - that's exactly what I wanted to say.

7points

Bored Llama 6 years ago

As an orchestra dork, this mean a lot to me. Make music not war

7points

Dilly Millandry 6 years ago

Sounds the right way round to me.

5points

Martata 6 years ago

I wonder how big both are...

3points

J. Zingler 6 years ago

116 men for the army. :)

1point

Edan Min 6 years ago

"plot twist* their army is disguised as an orchestra so they actually do have a big army and they are all talented too

2points

Maria Ivanilova 6 years ago

Monaco is like 2,5 km by 1. That's less than 1,5 miles long and 2/3 of mile wide. It one city. What army? I had no idea they had one.

2points

Louise Brigance 6 years ago

Maybe it would be a better world if that were the case for all countries!

2points

I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago

It's only 514 Acres but is home to people from 125 nationalities

1point

#3

#19

Final score:

286points

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Jonathon Smith 6 years ago

They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.

203points

Paola Martz 6 years ago

That's some cool info, thanks for sharing it! :D

34points

Isabelle 6 years ago

Thanks for that. Very interesting. Never heard about it. For once, we have a serious feedback on the subject.

8points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago (edited)

A lot of them run in barefoot too, that definitely helps.

4points

Ashley Kellers 6 years ago

Like Mo Farah and Usain Bolt!

1point

Emerson Cash Fannin 5 years ago

honestly you could have said something along the lines of our ancestors use to out endure prey and people would have got it

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Alexander Brior 6 years ago

Plus, the high altitudes make their lungs stronger.

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Stan Chung 6 years ago

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Noah Kandie 6 years ago

We are thw kalenjin tribe. And proud. Whether there is any bias racial or otherwise, we dont care. We are just thankful we have the ability to run marathon after marathon 💪

24points

Iapetos 6 years ago

Awesome!

1point

Sheila Weila 6 years ago

I also heard that their feet are superior (until they start wearing shoes too much).

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Back in the early 80’s in El Paso when I rode horses out on the huge array of irrigation ditches, I’d see UTEP Kenyan runners miles from campus. Talking and chatting like it was nothing

1point

Kaisu 6 years ago

What's the point in segregating by race? Isn't the race the place to see who is the best and the best just happen to come from this Kenyan tribe.

1point

Podunkus 6 years ago (edited)

I think it has to do with their training at a very high altitude around Mt. Kilimanjaro near the border with Tanzania. This has historically given them a cardiovascular edge on the competition.

9points

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

Why is eveyone looking for reasons?, it is simple the tribe have developed in such a way to produce this, be proud for what it is not theories etc.

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Iapetos 6 years ago

Now, this is a racist statement, but... they seem pretty super-human to me!

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CbusResident 6 years ago

But if true this means genetic differences between different ethnic groups really do exist! Someone suppress this knowledge. I'm putting my fingers in my ears when someone says it and shouting: "RACE IS JUST A CONSTRUCT!!!"

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JoJo is 50 2 years ago

This is not racial, it's tribal. Like a clan or large family. Genetics. They are still human like everyone else.

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Lina Mani 6 years ago

Already know

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#4

#14

Final score:

261points

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Daria B 6 years ago

IQ tests are flawed, though. They only adapt to one type of affinities. They're inventing various kinds of IQ tests and IQ groups because of that. And exploring various kinds of ways to measure intelligence.

18points

Leodavinci 6 years ago

That changed a long time ago... for reasons you cited. Modern IQ tests measure the ability to find solutions to conceptual problems. Problems that don't have cultural references.

1point

Falcon 6 years ago

It's not the size that matters it's how you use it....... 😏

4points

Ben kim 4 years ago

That's what she said

1point

Anna Repp 6 years ago

I know a certain individual who always boasts about his IQ (but never mentions the number, mind you.) I knew he was a loser, not a stable genius.

3points

Leodavinci 6 years ago

He could be a loser genius.

0points

Trav May 6 years ago

Also, those who claim to be a "stable genius".

2points

Crochet lady 6 years ago

We had our identical twins tested at the age of 8 because they were diagnosed With Asperger's and one scored 136 and the other 137 and we won't tell the which scored higher. They are in their 20's now and it drives them nuts!

2points

Wiggity 6 years ago

The first 4 words of that quote have been omitted here: "I have no idea."

1point

Bob Beltcher 6 years ago

IQ is not a measurement of intelligence, it's a measurement of how quick you can adapt and figure something out. It's complex reasoning. This is why people with large differences in IQ's view the same problem differently. Both people can solve the problem, it may just be in a different way and take longer for some.

1point

Edan Min 6 years ago

Him saying that is enough to know that he has a high IQ

1point

Iris 6 years ago

Agree.

1point

J Daviz 6 years ago

Ive never had a hacked up truck but always wanted one

0points

#5

#28

Final score:

230points

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Kaisu 6 years ago

When Jesus was alive, the Stonehenge was already a ruin. It's sometimes hard to grasp where everything is in relation to each other on the historical timeline

195points

Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago

Yup. Cleopatra lived 500 years closer to the Apollo Moon Landings (1999 years after her death in 30BC) than the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza (2511 years before her birth in 69BC). And as for what 500 years mean, 500 years ago Martin Luther had just nailed his theses to the door, Ferdinand Magellan was setting of to find a better route to the East Indies, Hernán Cortés was just starting his conquest of Mexico and the same guy that would have ruled him in Spain would have ruled over my birth town in Transylvania as well as half of Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, bits of what are now the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as other assorted bits of Germany.

43points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

I visited Stonehenge before it was closed off, and because the day I went was cool and rain threatened, I was the only one there. It was one of my best travel days ever.

15points

反社会的 UNDER COVER 6 years ago

Historical timelines are a huge brain-f**k (pardon my French)

5points

Lady Phoenixx 6 years ago

No proof jesus ever existed. It's a fairytale

4points

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Jesus was a myth.

3points

Jen Albert 6 years ago

Citation needed. Considering we have no historical proof of his existence.

3points

Ellen Turner 6 years ago

The Eiffel Tower and Nintendo came into existence the exact same year (1889)

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Dawn Soehren 6 years ago

I know right!

0points

Dani 6 years ago

Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the building of the pyramids.

27points

Jonathon Smith 6 years ago

That's one of my favourite facts showing just how deep time is

6points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago (edited)

Also......There was more time between the Stegosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus Rex than between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and you.

16points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

That’s amazing! Thank you for posting this.

1point

Jonathon Smith 6 years ago

But only on small islands north of Russia, I believe. And a pygmy species at that.

16points

Jonathon Smith 6 years ago

I'm kinda surprised how many down votes this has got. Which etiquette rule did I break?

9points

Podunkus 6 years ago

A visual map of history: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/02/delicious-visual-map-history.html

4points

Wordfloe-Acid-Test 6 years ago

Mind blown

3points

Danish Dynomummy 6 years ago

I love that you are alle throwing these mindblown facts in comments! Thanx

2points

Giorgio Prodoti 6 years ago

that's how they built them

2points

Mel 6 years ago

Aliens...

1point

Harry Potter 6 years ago

The birth of Cleopatra was closer to the making of the first pizza hut then to the building of the Pyramids

0points

#6

#12

Final score:

226points

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Daria B 6 years ago

"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Make it last 7 years - friendship never eeeeeehends" ♬♪

97points

Hans 6 years ago

arg! How to remove this playing from my head now?

19points

SweetCee 6 years ago

Yeah I could've done without that song in my head the rest of the day, thank you.

4points

Val Naim 6 years ago

I've always wondered about the real version of the song... shes saying you need to bang her friends ahead of time so both friends and man will no longer desire to bang one another, thus making the original girls relationship with that man safe from cheating with her circle of friends? Or do I have it wrong?

-1point

Podunkus 6 years ago

What’s the expiration date for people who annoy you?

13points

Ian Carter 6 years ago

about two minuets!

8points

DP von Icecream 6 years ago

Complete & utter BULLCRAP! Last decade I've said goodbye to a couple of friendships, which lasted (respectively) 34, 19 & 12 years.

10points

D. Pitbull 6 years ago

That... is... not... true... well, okay maybe I'm an outlier... two backstabs and one complete abandonment/ghosting... all three were friendships of over 10 years. I'm still alive. I think.

9points

Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

Did the two people survive the backstabbings?

1point

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

Not always true, i was best friends with someone for 19 years and we are no longer friends.

9points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

He stole from my mother, he was lucky i didn't bash his head in.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Who broke up with whom?

0points

Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

Obviously these things aren't always true.

0points

alwaysMispelled 6 years ago

Well experts are wrong.

7points

Frank Hadzàlic 6 years ago

Not true!

7points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Nope

7points

Andrea Benedict 6 years ago

Lol. Psychologists would be incorrect.

6points

KT Trondsen 6 years ago

false. Had friends much longer than that, turned out they were huge back stabbers

6points

#7

#27

Final score:

221points

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Sarah Brinsfield 6 years ago

I still believe in you, Pluto!

211points

Aneesha Prasannan 6 years ago

me too, I was sad when I learned he is no longer a planet

8points

Katniss Everdeen 6 years ago

Me too!

5points

Podunkus 6 years ago

Sending our love back to lonely Pluto... 🥰❤️😍😘 EFA29A84-A...0-jpeg.jpg

2points

Cody Kiefling 6 years ago

Youre still a planet to me, Pluto!

26points

Stille20 6 years ago

I also had a crazy year Pluto

12points

Iulia 6 years ago

poor Pluto.. not even 1 year old :(

9points

Rider 6 years ago

It's a planet, it's just a dwarf planet. Little People are still people, but if you deny or ignore their stature then you're denying a fact that many of them take pride in.

8points

sera / miss cupid 1 year ago

i guess u really feel for it

0points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Thanks, Neil deGrasse Tyson!

5points

Cookie Monster 6 years ago

Pluto needs about 250 years for the full orbit around the sun

4points

Lira Mai 6 years ago

I love you Pluto.

4points

Falcon 6 years ago

so Pluto went through a rollercoaster of events within a "day". Poor thing.

4points

hobbitly 6 years ago

A day is a turn around itself, a turn around the sun is a year. (sorry for bad English)

16points

Dawn Soehren 6 years ago

I believe it's still a planet! Period!

3points

#8

Final score:

216points

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Felix Feline 6 years ago

Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.

75points

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Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago

Australia doesn't have a diameter as it's not circular.

10points

Ben Smith 6 years ago

Yep.

1point

LSR 6 years ago

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Tricia Flynn 6 years ago

I'm a Aussie i didn't know that

2points

Podunkus 6 years ago

According to NASA: “The mean diameter of the Moon is 2,159 miles (3,476 km or .27 x Earth diameter).“

2points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

So that means this is also true for the USA and Canada.

0points

Bill 6 years ago

Australia has way more pubs and bars than the moon

1point

Emily Leonard 6 years ago

Russia has a bigger surface area than Pluto

1point

J Daviz 6 years ago

Believe it

0points

J Daviz 6 years ago

I believe it

0points

Janice Roland 6 years ago

huh?

0points

Bron 6 years ago

Wow!

0points

dev mehta 6 years ago

Canada is even wider !

0points

#9

#35

Final score:

205points

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Cyndi H 6 years ago (edited)

Yep... I had to Google it to believe it

97points

N G 6 years ago

Prepare yourself for lots of poop advertising - lol

24points

Evgeniy Shmelev 6 years ago

me too)

5points

Brent Kaufman 6 years ago

Now go and explain your internet history to your boss.

4points

Andy boi 6 years ago

Me too

3points

S 6 years ago

same lol

1point

G4dg3tG4l 6 years ago

Yep, same here.

1point

Lululoohoo 6 years ago

yup. i had to Google it too lol

1point

Amberly Middlemiss 6 years ago

Wombats use poop to mark territory and communicate to other wombats, and their dung is square so it doesn't roll away so easily. the cube shape is formed because the lining of their intestines stretches unevenly, creating the cube shape before it even exits the body.

12points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Thank you for supplying this crucial bit of info! [Not a snark]

5points

Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago

Ow.

3points

Vesna 6 years ago

Maybe I should communicate this way with my coworkers who eat my lunch....

2points

Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago

That sounds painfull on the exit...

4points

Stephanie Chapman 6 years ago

I don't want to see a wombat's b******e, but I gotta know.... is it square shaped??! If not, how does this happen? Sounds so uncomfortable.

4points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago (edited)

A very slow digestive system, it can take 2 weeks for food to pass through, it's all to do with the ridges of the large intestines.

5points

Euge Otero 6 years ago

#9b Fact: 100% of the people reading this will google it

2points

Baked Panda 6 years ago

Those corners must be tough lol

2points

Jenny Blew 6 years ago

ouch.

2points

Susan L. Miller 6 years ago

So does this make it's intestines square?

2points

Celtic Pirate Queen 6 years ago

So ... it has a square b******e?

1point

Noni Limako 6 years ago

Lol talk about laying bricks

1point

#10

Final score:

201points

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Katniss Everdeen 6 years ago

I knew this already! I knew something!!!

108points

TheKnightOwl 6 years ago

Me too! We are clever :^D

6points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

2points

Shane Chang 6 years ago

see #4 ;)

0points

Daniel 6 years ago

Anyone else have drops of Jupiter in their head now?

9points

Hilzillah 6 years ago

No, but I do have now. Thanks for that! :D

1point

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

The DeBeers did a good job of making people think diamonds are rare.

6points

Monika Rhodes 6 years ago

Send the Space Force there lol

5points

Claire Shamgochian 6 years ago

ouch!

4points

Mita Ghosh 6 years ago

Jupiter's a girl's best friend. 😂😂

3points

Donna Reynolds 6 years ago

Do you take this planet...

3points

Mya Lugar 6 years ago

How many attempts to reach Jupiter will this post create???LOL

3points

Just Curious 6 years ago

10.

1point

moogical dank creature 6 years ago

I need to invent a collector ship to collect all the diamonds

2points

DC 6 years ago

Oh wow. Why don't they just send some dudes to Jupiter and harness the diamonds?

2points

Arietis 6 years ago

Diamonds are basically worthless. There are tons of diamonds on earth, it's just that one company holds the monopoly and creates an artificial shortage. They're just pretty rocks.

44points

Kaisu 6 years ago

I think you have a too optimistic opinion on the current state of space travel

18points

Isabella kratosisy 6 years ago

Bc they would not be worth s**t afterwards.

2points

Panda Panda 6 years ago

"'Quadrillion tons of diamond' may be buried 100 miles under Earth's surface" - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/18/quadrillion-tons-diamond-likely-earths-crust-mit-study/794956002/

2points

Bored Llama 6 years ago

Because jupiter's dangerous for humans

1point

DP von Icecream 6 years ago

Your future career opportunity says: hamburger flipping until robots take your job! ;-)

0points

Jordan W. 6 years ago

Dang. too much minecraft for u

0points

Lenka Smetanová 6 years ago

I have better idea. Lets harness frozen water in space? Water will be soon more valuable... Oooh wait. We are unable right now to send even a other astronauts to the moon...

-3points

#11

#23

Final score:

199points

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Stille20 6 years ago

...but were they edible?

101points

Jennifer Brekke 6 years ago

And long cigarette-smoking caterpillars resided atop them. A whoooo arrrrrre youuuuuuu?

14points

moogical dank creature 6 years ago

*ME TRYING TO THINK WHAT 20 FT IS IN metres* ahhhh

3points

Dynein 6 years ago

Okay, THAT I had to google. They did exist, but looked different than the "modern" mushrooms we know today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxite

3points

Bill 6 years ago

The red ones make you big and the green ones give you another life

2points

Thundor Fox 6 years ago

I think I might know where Minecraft got the Roofed Forest biome idea from

1point

Vincent Jay 6 years ago

First thought which comes to mind: Alice in Wonderland.

1point

Edan Min 6 years ago

350 million years ago, the earth was Wonderland. Who knew?

1point

Trix 6 years ago

Were there Smurfs living in them, too?

1point

Janine B. 6 years ago

... and smurfs ruled the world. :)))

1point

#12

#17

Final score:

197points

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LanteiaTG 6 years ago

But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more...

64points

Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago

Just to be the man that walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door...

17points

Karin Love 6 years ago

Well played everyone!

2points

Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago

Yeah. Like "Honey, I would walk through fire for you, but if it's raining this evening I'm not comin over."

1point

Mer 6 years ago

Now I must go and listen to this song. It calls to me like cliffs to lemmings.

5points

Just a Purpler 6 years ago

I enjoy your humour xD

2points

Martata 6 years ago

Maybe the tape got stuck in the fiero.

2points

moogical dank creature 6 years ago

*me trying to figure out what 500 miles in kilometres* AHHHHHHHH

1point

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

About 300

0points

I love izuku midoriya 5 years ago

What about ground control to major tom?

0points

Lindy Mac 6 years ago

I think I will just take a nap while listening to the music....

0points

S 6 years ago

I like this one :)

0points

TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago

To think they started as a small rebel faction in the Middle East and now have space capabilities

0points

Andy boi 6 years ago

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0points

#13

#16

Final score:

186points

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LanteiaTG 6 years ago

P-please... I already do this...

112points

BusLady 6 years ago

And you're still alive! Lol

6points

Bubble tea 🤗 6 years ago

Honestly me too

1point

Azure Autumns 6 years ago

100th upvote :)

0points

Bubble tea 🤗 6 years ago

That’s a mood

0points

Lina Mani 6 years ago

I know right? Betcha those hummingbirds are lining up at the doctors for heat diseases checkups, though

0points

Jordan W. 6 years ago

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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Here’s another good one about hummingbirds: they go into semi-hibernation each night because otherwise they would starve to death before morning.

17points

RitaGG 6 years ago

Yep, it's called torpor.

3points

TheAnimeGirl 6 years ago

Ahh sweet diabetes

7points

lailyfnoor 6 years ago

My metabolism demands me to drink coffee for surviving in this society

3points

Talia Johnson 6 years ago

If you drank a can of Coke every minute I'm not sure you'd stay alive for long...

1point

Shane Chang 6 years ago

This post makes my teeth hurt.

1point

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

Imagine people's teeth.

1point

DanikaSerina 6 years ago

What would that convert to in pixie sticks? I'm not a huge fan of soda. Does anyone remember those giant pixie sticks! My g/ma would get me one for helping with laundry! I swear she did it to tick my mom off. She also thought my mom spelled my name wrong, she thought Danika should have 2 Ns so to bug my mom she called me Da-nee-ka or neeka!!

0points

Amanda Ammermann 6 years ago

o.O .....O.o.....O.O

0points

Kjorn 6 years ago

and pee as much every minute

0points

#14

Final score:

174points

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Falcon 6 years ago

A good stance, but difficult to execute due to pressure from the school and classmates, I would assume.

63points

Lina Mani 6 years ago

Did the same with my brood - Condition was if they could afford the cost of having one, then go for it. They never had issues with their peers; quickly got in to part time jobs at their legal ages; and have never been abusive to their phones/costs - best ultimatum ever!

5points

David cedermark 6 years ago

I think the kids got enough social status at school by being the kids of someone famous.

1point

María Hermida 6 years ago

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0points

Amanda Ammermann 6 years ago

ESPECIALLY when you get the dirtiest looks ever if your child dares to utter even a sound in a restaurant. My daughter is well behaved but shes talkative , she's three. So she does not typically jump around in the booth but she will say hi to people and ask me approximately 3 million questions and people around me have sighed. But I also get side eye if I give her a tablet to settle her down .. you cant win lol.

0points

Joonscrab 6 years ago

Technology is very important these days ... "A good stance" ... Imagine how hard it'll be for them to adjust in a world where technology rules the world ?

-3points

Christine Blackburne-Kowal 6 years ago

He also denyed that he was his first daughter's father, and even when it was proven by DNA, he was only paying $500/month in child support when he was a multimilionaire. So ... Not sure we need parenting advice from him.

26points

Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago

Ugh, really? That's shoddy.

5points

Kai 6 years ago

Lot of the most sucessfull IT parents do this.

14points

Mer 6 years ago

Eh, IT is a fantastic tool for creating great products/content. I also think that it shouldn't be anyone's - especially a kid's - sole or even main entertainment source, either. People, nature, and your own self (lol, to the extent that you can stand it...) should (in theory at any rate) take precedence. There's a place in a balanced life for both IT and "non-IT".

7points

Monica Michelle 6 years ago

Not sure how I feel about this. We use iPads in our house to write books, animate movies, read comics, research, and take classes. I don't feel like that is a waste of time. I see it as a tool and tools can be used for good or not so great ways.

6points

Daria B 6 years ago

Thank you! Been trying to tell these things for ages. Good to see there's more rational people out there.

4points

Zelda Blue 6 years ago

That is so hypocritical! Gets the world addicted to his product but doesn't let his own kids suffer the same fate.

4points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Lol I said the same thing and got 6 downvotes. Confused pandas :p

3points

Jordan W. 6 years ago

He still can't escape that he ruined many other people with his iPads

4points

Leodavinci 6 years ago

Care to provide some examples. I know many, many people with iPads/tablets. None of whom have been "ruined" (in any sense) by using them.

1point

Bob Beltcher 6 years ago

He also denied he was the father for years, great guy.

3points

Valerie Lessard 6 years ago

no, he just let other, browner kids make them for slave wages

2points

Juan Alcorta 6 years ago

They say drugdealers don´t use drugs...I guess we´ll never know

2points

#15

#39

Final score:

168points

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LanteiaTG 6 years ago

Curious!

42points

knittin' kitten 6 years ago

They swim... a lot. A moose can swim 6 miles at a time and go from island to island through a killer whales home

59points

jenjie.newt 6 years ago

Because they swim around in the San Juans, easy and delicious dindins

2points

jenjie.newt 6 years ago

Because they swim around in the San Juans. Easy and delicious prey

1point

Just a Purpler 6 years ago

Everything's natural predator includes the killer whale ha

11points

Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago

It's a good point. I tend to avoid swimming where they'll be.

4points

Jody Brown 6 years ago

I'd like to see a credible reference on this one.

4points

Jill 6 years ago

Well in Sweden we don't have many Kill Whales...maybe that explains why we have so many Moose.

3points

Aaron W 6 years ago

If a Killer Whale chases you, climb a tree. They can't climb trees.

3points

Wordfloe-Acid-Test 6 years ago

Hmmm.

2points

iblowsheep 6 years ago

"Hey ROCKY! Wanna watch me go for a swim?"

1point

Foxyloxylou 6 years ago

what the what?

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

That makes sense. When they mosey into populated areas around here they are given a wide berth

1point

ERIN W. 2 years ago

How did you come up with this?! Inquiring minds want to know! 🤔

0points

#16

#24

Final score:

164points

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Kaisu 6 years ago

Older people should take like Internet safety classes to prevent this from happening.

101points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Why do you think it’s all old people? I’m 63 and I would never fall for this, and my mother’s 82 and she would never fall for this either.

8points

Hard 2 Guess 6 years ago

I am sorry to say this Mary Rose Kent and Kat Humble but according to statistics for USA Elderly person falling for a scam is extremely higher. How do I know that you ask. Well, I work in a financial industry and every year we have to take compliance training called "Elder financial abuse." That compliance test specifically talks about how to prevent and elder from being a victim. So please don't take offence to this kind of comments, if you are smart enough not to fall for it. Talk to your friends, neighbors and anyone you know, chances are someone could be at risk.

7points

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Shus, nonsense. I used to be a banker. Guess who were my Number One group of scammed boneheaded nincompoops? Guess. College Students. Email them about free jobs and they are yours. Life tip: don’t let personal bias inform fact based opinion. Christ on a crutch

6points

Andrea Delden 6 years ago

Why do you assume that it’s only “older people”?

2points

Caroline 6 years ago

My dad is 73 and doesn't trust anyone and has never fallen for a scam.. My 75 year old aunt on the other hand.. She's very gullible

1point

Nelson 2 years ago

Biggest group of I-net scam victims is gen z.

0points

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

Think you are attacking the wrong age group

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 6 years ago

I think it happens more to people who just aren't computer savvy, not necessarily the elderly (the stupid come to mind). This type of scam will eventually become less & less popular as our communities become more and more educated/aware.

0points

Koalamonster 6 years ago

I feel like people saying that younger people having a higher total of scams neglects a couple things. First one being that there's a much higher volume of younger people on the internet constantly. Second one being that some older people don't even realize they've been scammed. They've gotten their computers "fixed" or "helped a relative." Stupidity knows no age- but honestly I think there is a large segment of the population that could use internet safety classes.

0points

Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago

Yeah, But the figures would even be very much lower of the younger people educated themselves on internet scams, influencers, Nigerian princes and last wills of distant familymembers that they've never heard of. /s

0points

KT Trondsen 6 years ago

That is a very good idea

0points

Zahra Shehu 6 years ago

Nigerians. Our name has been tarnished

24points

meapthealien 6 years ago

Why must they do us like this? Also is that Abacca wearing sunglasses

4points

Mr Red 6 years ago

Is it... is it a scam?

6points

BusLady 6 years ago

I would have thought maybe Alabama...

4points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Or Mississippi...

2points

SweetCee 6 years ago

"when the son of the deposed king of Nigeria emails you directly, asking for help, you help! His father ran the freaking country! Ok?"

3points

Kjorn 6 years ago

it's a scam? but why? i got my money. e-mail me your contact info and credit information and i'll give you help to got your money… :-)

1point

ƒιѕн 6 years ago

More specifically, Dearborn.

1point

Dorothy Cloud 6 years ago

Sad.

1point

Meyer Weinstock 6 years ago

Why are we not surprised?

1point

EmCWolf 2 years ago

I wonder if their population also skews older

0points

#17

#32

Final score:

152points

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Lenka Smetanová 6 years ago

I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!

14points

Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago

I'd suddenly be bloody fast if I fell in some water which had alligators in it!

4points

tuzdayschild 6 years ago

Sadly, that's not saying much.

1point

Doober 6 years ago

Well yeah. If they're slow in water...they drowned. Duh.

1point

Giorgio Prodoti 6 years ago

also penguins, but much more than 3x faster

1point

papergirl2 6 years ago

Zoom!!!😊

0points

Alexander Brior 6 years ago

They also poop once a week.

0points

Shirley Heyn 6 years ago

I would assume this would be true about many of the "water/land" mammals, no? ie: otters, seals, walrus, etc.

0points

Edan Min 6 years ago

0*3 is still 0 haha but kidding aside, they're a lot faster in ferraris too lol

0points

Steve Lor 6 years ago

I mean considering that there used to be river/water sloths in the past; it's believable.

0points

J. Zingler 6 years ago

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee ............... ;)

0points

#18

Final score:

145points

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Podunkus 6 years ago

Her great line on SNL: “If I ever wanted get in touch with old friends, I’d have to use a Ouija board.”

119points

Ryan Hanna 6 years ago

Sliced bread is the best thing since Betty White

17points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

I don’t understand how this is not at the very top. For heaven’s sake, it’s BETTY WHITE!

10points

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Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago

I've never even heard of her.

-3points

Catlady6000 6 years ago

She's been on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls and Hot In Cleveland, among others. She's also been a spokesperson for the ASPCA. Look up her Muffin skit on Saturday Night Live on YouTube

2points

Charissa Brown 6 years ago

Betty White one of those GOAT

2points

Janine B. 6 years ago

I love her! :)))

1point

meow point1 6 years ago

But "best" is an opinion.

1point

lyra vincent 6 years ago

Bruce Forsyth is seven months older than sliced bread.

1point

ERIN W. 2 years ago

I really enjoyed her! 🙂❤️

0points

Mita Ghosh 6 years ago

Betty bought some butter to make her bitter batter better. Lol

-1point

#19

Final score:

142points

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Cyndi H 6 years ago

Why though?

64points

Podunkus 6 years ago

They prefer beer.

86points

Christine Blackburne-Kowal 6 years ago

Scientists think it's in cats' DNA if they respond to catnip or not (much like humans and our dislike of cilantro), so if the set of cats with out receptors keep procreating on one island, they will populate that area with non-capnip sensitive kittens.

13points

Giorgio Prodoti 6 years ago

they have better grass

11points

Inflatable Lunchbox 6 years ago

cause they're already high on huntsman venom

6points

Claudia Machado 6 years ago

Bad design of cats or catnip, or both.

0points

Foxyloxylou 6 years ago

the heats high enough

0points

Martti Laurson 6 years ago

My cat also is immune to catnip and cat thyme. I have to use regular heroin on her :D

4points

Kim Bush 6 years ago

My cat doesn't either, she couldn't care less about it

2points

Tricia Flynn 6 years ago

Mine so ignores it and yes we are Aussies

1point

Magpie 6 years ago

Ahhh THANK YOU.. in my time ( 50something years) I have lived with 10 cats. NONE of them liked catnip.

1point

Claire 6 years ago

I've always wondered why my none of cats never liked it! I almost thought it was a myth.

0points

Pavlina G 6 years ago

This is the thing! My cat is like, what the heck is this c**p.

1point

Katniss Everdeen 6 years ago

My cats must be australian then

1point

Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago

There are several varieties of catnip, not all cats react to all of them.

0points

Rosesinmyhair 6 years ago

Our Australian cat.. Just a moggie. Looooves Catnip.

0points

Rebecca Cote 6 years ago

I live in USA, my cat doesn't like cat nip, she literally acts like it doesn't exist. I've even tried the fresh plant and she just ignores it lol.

0points

#20

#37

Final score:

133points

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Kai 6 years ago

They are the best gift!!!

47points

Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago

Except for when u step on them. *pain intensifies*

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

After Christmas season you can hear 28 parents yelping in pain once every 1.5 seconds

9points

Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

And LEGO is Danish! https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/the_lego_history

3points

Danish Dynomummy 6 years ago

And the Carstensen Family who created LEGO is the third welthiest in DK. Also, LEGO is short for LEG GODT (= play well)

8points

BusLady 6 years ago

And the day after Christmas, carpets everywhere are covered in LEGO's.

2points

Laugh Fan 6 years ago

LEGO is lethal for the feet - and knees if you kneel on it!

5points

Shane Chang 6 years ago

I used to get paid in Legos for babysitting.

1point

ispeak catanese 6 years ago

I'll turn 50 soon and think Legos would be a nice gift!

1point

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Timmy O’Connor, who lived across the street from my maternal grandmother, was the first kid I knew to have Legos. This was 58 or 59 years ago. I was so jealous!

1point

DanikaSerina 6 years ago

I loved legos. I entertained myself for hours on end when I was little. I wonder if that would be calming now? Like how coloring helps with anxiety

0points

Kanga9ine 6 years ago

And that's 28 sets of little tiny pieces that get stepped on in the middle of the night while searching for batteries.

0points

Karina Andersen 6 years ago

all to my son, laugh

0points

#21

#15

Final score:

132points

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Niall Mac Iomera 6 years ago

Lots of airports do this. It stops passengers having to wait

64points

Andy boi 6 years ago

That makes sense, by the time people got there, their bags would be there already, so there’s no sitting around and waiting for them

5points

Leodavinci 6 years ago

Never been to an import that does this because I've always made it to baggage claim before my luggage has.

1point

Kate Wheeler 6 years ago

But like.... why do the bags get from the plane to there that much before the passengers

0points

octo chan 6 years ago

I heard the long walk is to help people get a little workout and not hurt themselves trying to pick up heavy bags after having been sitting down for hours

1point

Terry Tobias 2 years ago

I'd rather wait than run through the airport afraid I'm going to miss my flight.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 6 years ago

It gives the baggage handlers time to unload.

0points

Maggie Collins 6 years ago

Because by the time they walk there........

0points

Bernardo Santiago 6 years ago

That actually makes sense!

0points

Stan Chung 6 years ago

doesn't work in klia. i still walk fast enough to wait for the luggage. the real reason i believe is they want you to walk through the shops and spend money.

0points

Bob Beltcher 6 years ago

We have two international airports, both do this. It's to give the employee time to get the luggage there. You'll still wait about 20 minutes before it starts.

0points

Valerie Lessard 6 years ago

ok, and what's the purpose?

0points

Caprice Percle 6 years ago

Instead of feeling like you are wasting time waiting for your luggage, the time is spent with you walking to the luggage while the carriers transport it over. Plus you are not standing around where the other passengers ar trying to board.

0points

Dorothy Cloud 6 years ago

Why?

0points

#22

#25

Final score:

130points

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Amr Mohamed 6 years ago

Well Nintendo the company, not their first video game product.

113points

反社会的 UNDER COVER 6 years ago

wasn't it like... a Japanese card company? I read about it in an article but I don't actually remember what it was.

9points

Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

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Podunkus 6 years ago

Mind blown. Apparently Nintendo began manufacturing playing cards in 1889. The Ottoman Empire dissolved in 1922 as a result of World War I.

21points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Thank you for the context!

3points

Dani 6 years ago

Nintendo was around when Jack the Ripper was on the loose!

8points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Thank you for that cheery thought...

1point

LanteiaTG 6 years ago

what...the...frack...

4points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Yeah, they were a playing card company originally, I saw it on an episode of QI

10points

Carol Emory 6 years ago

Nintendo started off making playing cards.

1point

Bill 6 years ago

And they owned brothels until after the NES/Famcom became big

0points

Bob Beltcher 6 years ago

Yeah, the company has been around since the late 1800's.

0points

Mita Ghosh 6 years ago

And they were making long tables with figurines to set battle strategy. Hmmm......

0points

Ann McNeil 6 years ago

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-2points

#23

#18

Final score:

128points

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Laura G 6 years ago

He was kind of a jerk.

4points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Plus there was that whole Vietnam thing...

0points

Pamela Blue 6 years ago

I've cocluded that he was quite a nasty person. He probably didn't do this as a joke. He probably enjoyed watching their terror.

1point

Twenty øne doggos 6 years ago

I don't blame him, I would do it to if I could afford one.

0points

okpkpkp 6 years ago

A sweet girl picked me up hitchhiking in a boat/car. While running to the car after she stopped, I saw the boat propeller on the back. Nothing I'd ever want but a conversation piece.

0points

Kanga9ine 6 years ago

Ted Kennedy should have borrowed it. Thinks might just have turned out a little different that fateful night.

0points

Andrew Reyes 6 years ago

Without telling them, he also did this to prospective members of his administration to see their reactions

0points

Horizon 6 years ago

And back to google I go! Confirmed. The car was lagoon blue. Lol

0points

Candice Lewis 6 years ago

He apparently did this to see if his people were loyal. To see if his secret service would abandon him etc.

0points

Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

Ted Kennedy tried that once but he used the wrong car.

-3points

#24

#36

Final score:

125points

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Kaisu 6 years ago

In Finland we used to watch a Disney cartoon on Christmas Eve too! At least when I was a kid, don't know about kids today

39points

Bored Fox 6 years ago (edited)

It is the Disney Xmas special 'From All of Us to All of You' from 1958. It is shown in Finland and many other countries in every Xmas Eve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_All_of_Us_to_All_of_You

6points

Emerson Cash Fannin 6 years ago

i watch the fifth element every christmas

0points

Sverre Gidske 6 years ago

Norway Too!

0points

ShadowHunter7623 6 years ago

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Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

That's really curious, I wonder how that started? Reminds me of how Santa wore white until coca cola dressed him in red and white

3points

Danish Dynomummy 6 years ago

In Denmark we also have Disney Christmas Show, where they show the same Classics EVERY year. Im 36 and it has always been a thing in my lifetime

1point

David cedermark 6 years ago

I’m swedish and this is true. Here it is nearly as traditional as christmas trees.

2points

Panda Kicki 6 years ago

Sweden here, can really confirm! No happy christmas without "Donald and hos friends", the original 40+year old version. All attemts from state television to cut it or remove part cause tears and riots.

2points

Camilla 6 years ago

It's not the original version we watch here in Sweden. Disney chose to edit out a few scenes from "Santa's workshop" a couple of years ago and while people for some (to me unimaginable) reason protested Disney did it anyway. The only changes we have had any impact on is when SVT has tried to stop showing the program.

1point

Kate Wheeler 6 years ago

In the us it’s a Christmas story on repeat for 24 hours on tbs

2points

Joannie Goulet 6 years ago

In Quebec it's the Asterix cartoons.

2points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

Over here it's The Snowman with that walking in the air song.

2points

K Miller 6 years ago

I remember watching the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show around Christmas here in Canada... loved that show!

2points

Kira Leseman 6 years ago

American here and on Christmas Day they show “a Christmas story” back to back for 24 hours on at least 2 channels. Don’t shoot your eye out.

1point

Janine B. 6 years ago

Germany watches "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel", a Czech and German version of Cinderella from 1973. Best version of a fairytale ever.

1point

#25

#30

Final score:

124points

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LanteiaTG 6 years ago

She was Great for a reason.

64points

Sill Marien 6 years ago

she was great for a (T)reason...

-1point

Katarina Sujono 6 years ago

So that's why roller coaster means literally "Russian Mountain" in portuguese.

9points

Maria Ivanilova 6 years ago

Oddly enough in Russian they are American mountains:)))

2points

Zenozenobee 6 years ago

In French too ( Montagnes Russes)

2points

ispeak catanese 6 years ago

And in Spanish. Montaña rusa.

2points

Danish Dynomummy 6 years ago

I wonder why Katarina is translated into Catherine??

4points

Noura 6 years ago

She was German, so the right spelling would have been Katharina.

4points

Maria Ivanilova 6 years ago

Ekaterina, the name she used in Russian was Ekaterina. But in English it Catherine.

1point

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

That’s how she’s referred to in English, although I can’t tell you why.

0points

Andrea Benedict 6 years ago

Guess that better than the horse thing she's known for....

3points

Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago

Woah thats cool!

1point

jenjie.newt 6 years ago

And also some very creative R-rated furniture

0points

c Fuller 6 years ago

I wanna ride it!

0points

tuzdayschild 6 years ago

weeeeeeeee!!!

0points

Jo Choto 6 years ago

I saw this place when I was in Russia a couple of weeks ago!

0points

Donna Reynolds 6 years ago

Weeeeeeeeeee!

0points

#26

#21

Final score:

120points

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Podunkus 6 years ago

Now there’s a fine title for an Irish ballad...

98points

Anna Repp 6 years ago

♫ There are no moles in Ireland, there are no snakes in Ireland... They have good beer in Ireland - Let's all now drink to Ireland! ♫♫

24points

Wyndmere 6 years ago

Moleless Celts - ?

5points

Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago

You can sing it in the tune of "The house of the rising sun". But don't, it will get stuck in yout head. Too late...

1point

Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago

Yeah, mournfully sung by the Drop Kick Murphys.

0points

Nomadus Aureus 6 years ago

I get why they'd chase the snekks off, but which saint had a beef with moles?

10points

Stille20 6 years ago

LOL! This is the best comment I've read today. I'm picturing Saint Patrick's younger, less successful sibling gathering up a sack of moles.

5points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Or new zealand. Isolated places get random introductions historically from ships, and I can't imagine a mole wanting to be in a ship. Obviously all UK is islands and they are in England etc, just saying :)

8points

Ellis 6 years ago

Must be due to all that stomping on the ground when Riverdancing. Finally found a good solution to chase out moles!

6points

Nicky OldfieldDesciple 6 years ago

We don't have snakes either.

3points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Where is we?

0points

Zelda Blue 6 years ago

Is that because they used to run their little heads into potatoes and died off. ha ha

2points

Blue Cicada 6 years ago

The large island of Great Britain was once connected to mainland Europe, as recently as 7,000 years ago. Ireland has been isolated a much longer time.

1point

Matt 6 years ago

There are no moles in Ireland The British took them all Drink a beer for st paddy And move to Donegal

1point

Emma Burns 6 years ago

But the idiots at B&Q had Mole scarers on the shelves for 6 months before someone pointed this out

1point

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago

My grandad spent his life battling moles, he loved his lawn and they would ruin it. He would wait with a spade like a real life game of whack a mole, i didn't agree with his ways but old men love their gardens.

1point

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

While in Golden Gate Park, I once saw a Great Blue Heron snag a mole tail as it was tunneling into its hole, toss it into the air, and then swallow it whole. The GGPark groundskeepers love GBHs.

0points

#27

Final score:

113points

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Emma Hunter 6 years ago

You can't drink it though, wrong kind of alcohol.

75points

Podunkus 6 years ago

On a more practical level, you can’t drink it because it is in outer space. 😁

48points

Isabella kratosisy 6 years ago

Ya can inhale it. Good enough.

4points

David cedermark 6 years ago

Not wrong kind, but pure.

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago (edited)

Exactly, it would be ethanol.

2points

Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago

Buzz killer.

1point

tuzdayschild 6 years ago

Says you!

1point

Jeff Requier 6 years ago

"The Liquors calling the shots now"

0points

BusLady 6 years ago

ISS crew: let's party!

5points

Wij 6 years ago

interstellar drag racing!!!!

2points

DanikaSerina 6 years ago

It's wasted up there, how can we get the Champagne showers

1point

3xtr3m3 6 years ago

*Goes to space and gets high*

1point

Kanga9ine 6 years ago

Last tiki bar with those cute umbrellas in a coconut. Happy Hour varies.

0points

c Fuller 6 years ago

where does it come from?

0points

Noez 🇸🇪 6 years ago

Going to space now. Bye.

0points

TheAnimeGirl 6 years ago

This made me very sad. That we caused this...it's so bad

-2points

Carolien Bakker 6 years ago

I don't think we caused this

4points

Miriam L 6 years ago

I'm pretty sure it's naturally occurring, near the outer planets if I remember right. Why don't you look it up? Whatever you find will be your own knowledge

1point

Pamela Blue 6 years ago

Oh dear! You did make me laugh very long and hard. Now listen - we did NOT cause this.

1point

Hard 2 Guess 6 years ago

In space like where Moon and Sun and Stars and Planets are, not atmosphere.

0points

#28

Final score:

112points

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Podunkus 6 years ago

Well that may be, plus cacao’s theobromine (an alkaloid similar to caffeine), but who the hell drinks three cups of pure dark chocolate a day anyway?

33points

David cedermark 6 years ago

Milk chocolate, not dark chocolate.

13points

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

4points

Spannermonkey 2 years ago

*cough* puts down mug of hot dutch cocoa...

1point

Twenty øne doggos 6 years ago

*raises hand slowly* (jk)

1point

Hard 2 Guess 6 years ago

I would if I could make it easily. Ummm....Milk chocolate.

1point

Kaisu 6 years ago

Why though?

1point

Shirley Heyn 6 years ago

Is that why kids are so hyper ? ? ?

0points

Krysta Pandoo 6 years ago

Probably only true in America.

0points

ChickyChicky 6 years ago

This is not true. A 12 oz can of Coke has about 32 grams of caffeine and a 1.4 oz milk chocolate bar has about 20.

0points

Mita Ghosh 6 years ago

No wonder the kids are high all the time....lol

0points

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Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago

So that's why no-one stays awake after eating chocolate, yeah?

0points

Rhon 6 years ago

I’m caffeine intolerant so can’t drink chocolate milk or coffee at all BUT I can drink tea without a problem.

0points

Kiwii Stone 6 years ago

It may not be the caffeine that causes you issue, I used to be caffeine intolerant but I remember that there was something else that wasn't in tea that was also as common

3points

Arnlaug Bøe 6 years ago

I call bs!

0points

Tina B 6 years ago

There are 34 mg of caffeine in 1 cup of milk chocolate. But also 900 calories.

1point

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Really? Crud muffins, I already prob ably have too much caffeine, pls don't take ma chocolate!

0points

#29

Final score:

109points

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Nicky OldfieldDesciple 6 years ago

And the Japanese National anthem is only 4 lines long.

70points

earringnut 6 years ago

I thought it would be more of a haiku.

24points

Lola DM 6 years ago

and the Spanish anthem doesn't have any lyrics

15points

Laugh Fan 6 years ago

Sounds like my kind of national anthem...

2points

Azure Autumns 6 years ago

English translation: May the reign of the Emperor continue for a thousand, nay, eight thousand generations and for the eternity that it takes for small pebbles to grow into a great rock and become covered with moss.

0points

BusLady 6 years ago

Keeping it simple.

0points

Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago

This is inaccurate. The national anthem of Greece (and Cyprus too) is the first 2 verses of a poem. The poem is 158 verses long, not the anthem. The poem is called "Hymn to Freedom". Trust me, I'm Greek.

8points

Amanda Krueger 6 years ago

And I thought Amazing Grace took forever...

3points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

But do they sing them all, every time? Or do like, the first few, and save the full one for very special occasions?

3points

goodmorning 6 years ago

The melodized part is the 8 first verses of the poem "Hymn for Liberty." .( 158 stanzas of 4 verses .632 verses total)

2points

Zelda Blue 6 years ago

Holy gyros Batman that is one long winded song.

2points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Holy gyros...😁😁😁

0points

Georgina Lenna 6 years ago

Actually only the first two verses are played in any official or unofficial event

2points

jenjie.newt 6 years ago

And how many verses is their national debt?

1point

Karina Andersen 6 years ago

that's to cover all their amazing contributions to society

1point

Sandra Libertad 6 years ago

Spanish anthem has no one word, is just a militar march

1point

Nikos 6 years ago

Thats not true actually. The poem part of which was chosen as the greek national anthem has 158 verses. The 2 first verses are the national anthem of Greece.

1point

#30

#20

Final score:

108points

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Cyndi H 6 years ago

I found my spirit animal.

167points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Best comment for this entire set!!!

10points

Jjjane20 6 years ago

😂

6points

Jasmine Walker 6 years ago

Hahahahaha!!

5points

Arietis 6 years ago

I assume they gain that much during pregnancy, not childbirth?

37points

Pamula Furness 6 years ago

You read my mind! Otherwise, wtaf?????

9points

Benderong 6 years ago

No, while the young is peaking from the polar bears orifice, it suddenly doubles in density as the emotional weight bears down on mama bear

6points

Laugh Fan 6 years ago

Also, just birth. Not childbirth.

2points

Violeta D. Premium 6 years ago

Thank you for noticing and letting us know, we have updated the post with correct information.

0points

LuckyL 6 years ago

probably not DURING childbirth ^^

8points

Pryjmaty 6 years ago

During PREGNANCY. Childbirth is the act of birthing the child. I hardly think that's the moment 400 lbs. are gained.

6points

Margaret Becker 6 years ago

You meandDuring gestation? I think they may lose some during the actual birth process.

3points

Laura Martin 6 years ago

I feel better now, I only gained 300!

2points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago

I would expect them to gain it before childbirth, and lose it during... Unless something really funky is going on after they give birth XD

2points

Isabella kratosisy 6 years ago

I guess during pregnancy not child birth.

2points

Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

Why do the idiot people who create these things not learn how to proofread?

2points

Kanga9ine 6 years ago

It's all those chocolate covered seals.

1point

#31

#13

Final score:

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Cyndi H 6 years ago

I need a bit more clarity on this... Can anyone explain?

17points

Sanne H. 6 years ago

It has to do with the way all animals in the world are classified in sets and subsets. Tigers, leopards and lions are different species, but they belong to the same genus "panthera". The mouflon, the snow sheep and the domestic sheep are different species, but they all belong to the same genus "ovis". The West African giraffe, the Masai giraffe and a couple of other species all belong to the same genus "giraffe".

58points

Giorgio Prodoti 6 years ago

there are 4 species of Giraffes, you can find them on Google

15points

Isabelle 6 years ago

I've been told in Tanzania that they are classified in 2 or 3 groups due to the fact that they don't have the same marks on their skin as noticeable on the photo. They have specific adjectives even if they are still called giraffes.

4points

Andy boi 6 years ago

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Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

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Kiwii Stone 6 years ago

The most commonly thought of giraffe is the Rothschild giraffe :)

3points

Jon Wong 6 years ago

this sounds dumb but i have to know...are there different species in human

2points

Podunkus 6 years ago

Different extinct species of hominids, like the Neanderthal, but “Homo sapiens” is the single human species.

7points

Ahmad Pujianto 6 years ago

Southern giraffe ( Giraffa giraffa ), the Masai giraffe ( G. tippelskirchi ), the reticulated giraffe ( G. reticulata ), and the northern giraffe ( G. camelopardalis). But, wait.. Aren't all species have sub species too??

1point

Brad Scott 6 years ago

The plural of giraffe is giraffe lol

1point

Mieke Sorée 6 years ago

Is it the same with different types of elephants, or is that different?

1point

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

I’m guessing it’s the same since African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.

1point

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Like how zebras are closer to giraffes then they are horses, I guess?

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Well, duh!!

0points

Owen KL 6 years ago

There are four distinct species of giraffe in Africa – Masai, southern, northern and Reticulated giraffe, with several subspecies. All four giraffe species and their subspecies live in geographically distinct areas throughout Africa.

0points

Katniss Everdeen 6 years ago

aren't sloths and giraffes related or something

0points

#32

#40

Final score:

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Daria B 6 years ago

He's still celebrated in Croatia and kids get sweets on his day. They also get presents for Christmas too.

22points

Nomadus Aureus 6 years ago

In Eastern Europe as well. 6th of December.

13points

Kaisu 6 years ago

I'm curious, do you have the Krampus myth in Croatia?

5points

The Dutches 6 years ago

In the Netherlands as well, on the 5th of December.

4points

Eniko Bata 3 years ago

And in Hungary, too!:)

0points

Anna Repp 6 years ago

And part of his relic rests right next to me in a church in Morton Grove, IL.

1point

Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

And we science teachers base him on St. Nikola Tesla.

1point

David Jeu 6 years ago

In Belgium we celebrate st Nicolas on dec 6, then Christmas on dec 25. On both occasion children are loaded with toys and candies.

0points

Maria Rohlen 6 years ago

Not in Scandinavia.

0points

Frank Hadzàlic 6 years ago

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#33

Final score:

49points

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Sanne H. 6 years ago

15 inch = 38.1 cm, in case you were wondering

71points

Lauren Caswell 6 years ago

Thank you! Damned imperial system argh

22points

Andy boi 6 years ago

Why can’t we all just use the metric system?

18points

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Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago

Thanks. It's about time BP realised that the USA is not the world.

5points

Paola Martz 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks, :D

3points

Jjjane20 6 years ago

Thanks :)

2points

moogical dank creature 6 years ago

you saved my life

1point

Ben Smith 6 years ago

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hobbitly 6 years ago

I thought millennials were the biggest snowflakes. Ba dum tsss ;)

8points

BusLady 6 years ago

Quick, run get the ruler...oh, never mind.

2points

Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

So ... how do you see if it is one huge snowflake or several snowflakes stuck together? 🤔

2points

Tanner Cowens 6 years ago

The largest snowflake ever recorded is currently the President of the United States.

1point

Panda Panda 6 years ago

I call b******t. Donald Trump is much larger than that.

1point

Kim Bush 6 years ago

Where?

1point

Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago

HOW?

1point

#34

#29

Final score:

47points

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Natalie KS 6 years ago (edited)

Are there any black rhinos left? :(

19points

K Miller 6 years ago

Not sure when it was last updated but SavetheRhino says there's between 5,366 to 5,627 Black Rhinos left. And between 17,212 to 18,915 white rhinos... I thought recently though, there was one kind of Rhino where they were 'functionally extinct' as there was only a male left or something... could've sworn it was the black or white rhino but maybe not.

11points

Kim Bush 6 years ago

Evolution is outsmarting poachers. More and more rhinos are being born without a horn, negating the reason for the bastards to slaughter them

4points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Given that the horns aren’t ivory (I think it’s matted hair, but I read this so long ago I’m no longer certain), rhinos can withstand it being cut off, so long as it’s not cut at the very bottom where it would bleed. But it’s not likely they’d stand for it, so they’re killed. Most of the horn is used for kris handles.

1point

D. Pitbull 6 years ago

Yup - White rhinos were purportedly called "White" because of a bad translation. The "White" is derived from "wijd" - meaning wide. The white rhino's mouth is wide and flat - but allegedly early English Settlers heard the word, thought they heard "White" and... ta-da... the Black Rhino has a pointy mouth shape.

4points

Val 6 years ago

And neither are white nor black. White rhinos have wide muzzles, black ones have more pointy muzzles.

3points

Wasn’t Me 6 years ago

'White' was a mistranslation. Comes from Afrikaans word meaning 'wide'... as in that species top lip is a bit wider....

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

White are from the German for “wide”

1point

Alethia Nyx 6 years ago

The names black and white rhino come from a misunderstanding of the locals when they were first named to outsiders. The white rhino was called the "wide" mouth rhino, but it was heard by westerners as "white", and the name stuck. The difference between the two is that the white rhino has a wide flat top lip whereas the black rhinos have a pointed top lip.

1point

Marcellus the Third 6 years ago

... but they have different lips and feeding habits, so this image is lazy!

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Pixie Knuckledust 6 years ago

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Zelda Blue 6 years ago

Yes they have some at Fossil Rim a wildlife preserve in northern Texas. If you get a chance to go there it's a really fantastic experience.

0points

Blue Cicada 6 years ago

A) thank you for great travel advice! B) as an animal, I'd be leery of moving in someplace called Fossil Rim. Just sayin'.

0points

#35

#26

Final score:

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Eunice Probert 6 years ago

What, each?!! ;-)

45points

Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch 6 years ago

No wonder there is an obesity problem

16points

Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago

Mythbusters: Plausible

4points

Laugh Fan 6 years ago

Can't blame anyone for eating pizza - it's delicious!

3points

Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago

You know what? Yeah, sure.

3points

ankit kr 6 years ago

Americans it is

2points

Ben Smith 6 years ago

No, of course not.

1point

David cedermark 6 years ago

Together, of course.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

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Johnny 6 years ago

Maybe some Americans do, but I can barely finish one, maybe two slices in a second.

3points

Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago

Dude, you’re just not trying hard enough! P.S. This comment brought me the biggest laugh of anything in this entire set.

0points

Claire Shamgochian 6 years ago

That's around 30,240,000 slices of pizza per day!

2points

Bored Llama 6 years ago

Sounds about right

2points

John Seidel 6 years ago

I’m falling behind.

1point

DP von Icecream 6 years ago

Looking at the Murican levels of gout, hart or every organ failures, diabetes & every imaginable form of obesity (even those extreme forms Asians & Europeans have never ever seen in real life.....) I am not surprized at all!

1point

Lina Mani 6 years ago

With 327.2 million (2018 census), am not surprised.

1point

Andy boi 6 years ago

That confused me for a second - until I realized it was all Americans, not each individual

1point

Jordan W. 6 years ago

Imagine 300 mil people eating together 350 slices together lol

1point

SweetCee 6 years ago

And it shows.

0points

#36

Final score:

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Wyndmere 6 years ago

Never heard of it. — Also, never heard it.

31points

Jennifer Brekke 6 years ago

That's because you didn't put the lime in it.

31points

Nicky OldfieldDesciple 6 years ago

Here it is . Enjoy ☺.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo

12points

debrina blackmoon 6 years ago

i first heard it on The Muppet Show lol

2points

Misterscooter 6 years ago

Drink it all up.

7points

Nikki D 6 years ago

Lime and the coconut?

6points

Gaya Knust 6 years ago

🎵She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up🎵

3points

Susann Campbell 6 years ago

Put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up. Repeat this several times.

2points

Podunkus 6 years ago

Twenty-four effing times to be exact. That song is pure torture!!!

2points

Octavia Hansen 6 years ago

I think they speak of Harry Nilsson's "Lime in the Coconut" . . . he was playing around with a 4 track cassette recorder. The song never changes key or tempo . . .

1point

Anna Repp 6 years ago

Oh, thanks, - now I'll be singing this song all day long!

1point

Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

What about the “One Note Samba”?

1point

Xian Tian 6 years ago

Harry Nilsson - Coconut (1971)

0points

Dawn Soehren 6 years ago

Put the lime in the Coconut and call me in the morning....

0points

#37

Final score:

39points

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Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

If Prince the artist had been made a prince in a tribe, would his title then be “Prince Prince”?

14points

Audrey D 6 years ago

f**k him. He was an actual child rapist, not that anyone seems to remember

9points

Elizabeth 6 years ago

I remember, I remember when the allegations initially came out and his lame excuses/reasons. Stopped liking him that very day. I remember being annoyed when he died because people didn't care about anything other than his musical talent. He was a great musician but there are more important things.

1point

Moo Moo Futch 6 years ago

Michael Jackson was not only NOT a child rapist, he never paid a single dollar to anyone. It was insurance paid out via his record company who saw the allegations as hindering what was a lucrative tour. They did not care that HE wanted to fight the claims back in 1993. The most recent allegations by Wade Robson - one of whom I know - are based purely on greed and nothing else. Wade himself has even said he was inviting his alleged abuser to BBQs the year MJ died. Robson expected that the estate would hire him to choreograph the Vegas One show but they declined him after Wade had already gone on tv saying he got the gig. When he was shown up by the estate, he sued for $1.5bn. He also owes the estate $60k.

1point

Chris_the_Creative 6 years ago

He was a child molester. Period.

3points

DP von Icecream 6 years ago

Officially Michael Jackson was black!

0points

Andy boi 6 years ago

Wait what

-2points

Ava Ford 6 years ago

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Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago

He was a pedophile. End of story.

7points

Andrea Benedict 6 years ago

Found not guilty is not the same as innocent and he was never tried. Paid off outside of court. Maybe YOU should do the research.

3points

Monika Rhodes 6 years ago

He paid off outside of court- yeah- innocent people do that. He was weird as f**k and only surrounding himself with small boys and slept with them (whatever way you want to take it)- what grow up a*s man needs to be around kids so secretly all the time? Guilty af.

3points

#38

#41

Final score:

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Lotte 6 years ago

why??

4points

Spannermonkey 2 years ago

Because using cut real trees is not practical in many places.

0points

#39

#31

Final score:

26points

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Wordfloe-Acid-Test 6 years ago

I'm confused... Summer days are still longer than winter days.

25points

Octavia Hansen 6 years ago

It has to do with the sundial . . . you know, when the bright yellow disk travels across the sky and moves the shadow faster or slower. It's also why clocks run "clockwise" direction . . .

2points

Andy boi 6 years ago

That’s why sundials don’t measure time accurately

0points

Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago

Not quite. The Earth does not speed up or slow down in it’s rotation. The reason was that the romans devided day and night into 12 equal parts. It is possible to make an accurate sundial 🙂

0points