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We don't know about you, but we love it when random fascinating facts catch us off guard at times. For the most part, a lot of us tend to enjoy and are entertained by surprising or strange tidbits of information from the fields of science, history, and even some like pop culture.
Here is a collection of some random and entertaining trivia that can pique your interest if you've happened to turn into the family's glorified quiz master and are getting ready for the holiday weekend full of family gatherings. It's also perfect to use at your upcoming dinner party (holidays aside).
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#1
Bec 2 years ago
From my understanding this is very unusual because owls, even in captivity, do not tend to lose the instinct to fight their captors
Ches Yamada 2 years ago
I've read that they bond very tightly to their human caregivers.
Load More Replies... J loves cats 2 years ago
I've always been of the opinion that animals understand love and when you are helping. There was one time I helped a goose that was in immediate danger. While I was helping it the 2 others just stood behind me watching. And when I was done they all walked away. It was sweet.
Paul Brown 2 years ago
I know animals can show love to people! Sadly too bad many people don't show love back.
Karen Grace 2 years ago
Animals remember those who save them and nurse them to health. Those actions very often result in a close bond.
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GenXandEarnedItAll 2 years ago
I'm too lazy to search for the book name because it's Christmas and I've been drinking egg nog...book name, Santa? (Since you couldn't find a decent name 😊)
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Bill Allen 2 years ago
The number of great minds that were never allowed to flourish because of racism and misogyny must be huge.
Lorrie Rothstein 2 years ago (edited)
Watch hidden figures about the women who worked for nasa as human calculators
Happy Panda 2 years ago
I only knew about the fact that she calculated the trajectory, but I didn't know she was already in high school when she was 10 :O
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Before we had electronic computers, all computers were human. It was literally a job title.
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Robert B 2 years ago
I want to know who was the dumbass that said women can’t do math. First I want to show him some of the details about the women who did the calculations for nasa. Then I want to slap him in the back of the head for being stupid.
#3
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
The rare human is also nice but in general dogs are a hell of a lot nicer
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Ravens Mom 2 years ago
Because my dogs, unlike humans, will never take advantage of me, make fun of me or treat me like garbage
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
One of mine definitely takes advantage of us - but we love it!
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Pansexual Child of Hades 2 years ago
Dogs are better than humans in every aspect. we don't deserve them...
Crazy Nailzz 2 years ago
Makes sense! Once you look into the eyes of a puppy, there is no going back
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago (edited)
Dude y the hell are you downvoted, you’re just complimenting a doggo! Who’s stooping this low or am I missing something
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Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
When my granddaughter had to have her appendix removed, my daughter cried so hard they gave her an emotional support dog to hang out in the waiting room with her.
pink_panda 2 years ago
This would be so much better than any human support could be. Genius idea.
Kea_Tortilla 2 years ago
This goes hand in hand with the fact about empathy. We don't deserve doggos, they are absolute heroes
HarriMissesScotland 2 years ago
The cousin of a friend was convicted of 14 counts of rape on children under 12. An emotional support dog was with them as the 2 girls testified. Despicable human, brave girls. This POS got life in prison.
#5
Robert T 2 years ago
Reminds me of a little Jack Russell that went for a walk with us on the Isle of Arran. It just adopted us whilst we went for quite a long walk. We were just wondering what on earth to do about finding its owners, when it adopted somebody else and went for another walk with them. Was such a lovely little dog.
Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago
I would NOT want to be one of those dogs. Dogs should be family, Not call girls.
#6
glowworm2 2 years ago
There's an adorable story where one of his cats, Goliath, went missing. He became frantic and in despair, tossed a hibachi out the window of the guest bedroom. Thankfully, Goliath was found and was then petted and cuddled for over 5 minutes while also being scolded for leaving. Of course, being a cat, the little guy just calmly sat there and purred.
Ruth Harper 2 years ago
This was a good man. Anyone who loves cats and who is loved by cats has to be doing something right.
Philly Bob 2 years ago
I actually had the pleasure of meeting him and the band a few times in the early days. He was the most gracious man. He seriously acted like he was there to see you more that you to see him. The whole band was like that really but Freddie was just such a kind soul. I used to have pix but my EX kinda ruined a lot of my stuff. The best male voice ever put to record.
#7
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I wonder if any of the truckers he talked to were named "Luke".
#8
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
'...books your flights and hotel for you, but doesn't tell you where you're going.' Hey, that's called 'Life'!
Tracy Sellars 2 years ago
Years ago we had something similar in Australia. Mystery flights which would be for a day or couple of days including accommodation and even mystery day train trips.
#9
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
...recruits are, apparently, taken off the street, turned around three times, given a gun, and sent out on patrol.
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pineapple87 2 years ago
Not just Norway, but the majority of European countries have similar standards for police training. There's a reason you don't constantly hear news about the police shooting unarmed people 20+ times outside the US.
CD King 2 years ago
In British Columbia, Canada you must have a minimum of 2 years education (law, sociology, stats, criminology, etc...) plus after you are hired you must have 9 months more of precise training.
Ottawa 2 years ago (edited)
Its similar in QC. You need a 3 years college diploma (police course) followed by 15 weeks at the QC police academy. Or university degree in law enforcement followed by the 15 weeks at the academy.
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Robert T 2 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of when I was teaching a course a Police Training College in Scotland. I was teaching IT staff, rather than cadets, but I had the misfortune to decide to go to the loo just as a group came out of one of their lectures. It was a requirement that they address anybody in a suit as "sir" and they weren't allowed to not acknowledge you either, even if you were only in your 20's. Most embarassing as I was desperate for a pee. I also learnt that the plural of "sir" is "sirs". So when two of us were walking down the corridor, we'd be addressed as "sirs". LOL
Jesus Ortiz 2 years ago
Here in the backwards state of Idaho, police academy is only 10 weeks.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
A high percentage of US cops were on their high school football team. That somehow counts.
Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure "dumber" cops are preferred in the US, like IQ 90~. That group is usually better at following orders
#10
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Do they do it on a park bench wearing dark glasses and trenchcoats? Please tell me they do it on a park bench wearing dark glasses and trenchcoats!
Jul_Jul_C 2 years ago
That would be so funny. " I have you mail Stefen. Also your mum says hi."
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
Slovenia makes better wine, and Slovakia makes better beer. I know that much.
Zara the Lemur Queen 2 years ago
Hello how are you? Good how about you? I'm good. Here's your mail. Thanks man.
Agfox 2 years ago (edited)
On our first trip to the US, we went to a PO to send something back home to Australia & the postal employee printed a postage label to Austria - twice - before getting it right. On that same trip, a café cashier in Oregon asked us where we were from &, on being told Australia, asked if we'd driven to the US. At the same time, everyone we met was friendly & happy to help if we asked directions, etc
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
I love America and Americans buuuuuut they are not necessarily the brightest bunch. I mean they hardly know that anything outside the USA exists 🤷🏼♀️
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#11
Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago
I've had more than a few cats who talked back to me. They're cuter about it than politicians, though.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
I'm offended. Of course we talk back. We have to tell the soft can-openers how to do it right!
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Dixie would undoubtedly be smarter than at least one recent occupant of the Oval Office.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
The last time the White House had a cat was when Bill Clinton was President.
glowworm2 2 years ago
Actually, there was one more cat after him before the Bidens adopted one. George W. Bush had a cat named India.
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Danielle 2 years ago
A month isn’t nearly as long as ‘infinite’. Those researchers just weren’t patient enough.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Agreed. Plus the theorem doesn't say that the monkeys will write Shakespeare on the typewriter; maybe they will write it in shiit. In which case they are swiftly on the right track.
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Lawrencium 2 years ago
Solution to the infinite monkey theorem: The earth will be swallowed by the sun and the last stars will eventually fade out before random chance has given the monkeys enough time to recreate Shakespeare's works. Alternatively, given infinite monkeys working in parallel: the universe will collapse in on itself due to the infinite mass.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
Most likely nothing. Odds are they had an old computer and used that
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Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
They're off to a good start! Give them a few million years, you'll see!
#13
Michael Sanders 2 years ago
Man. Joe has dysentery real bad, someone should take care of him. Wtf wants to nurse a guy through dysentery? No one that’s the problem! Wait, don’t we have a baboon around here?
that weirdo in ur closet 2 years ago
I was actually just going to comment this. U made my day!
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VeryDarkMatter 2 years ago
No matter how much people sugarcoat this story, it's just another sad example of humans using animals in their warfare.
GingerPanda 2 years ago
And then you remember that apartheid in South Africa didn't end until 1994. (Yes, I know that it didn't start until 1948, but their ability to treat other humans with less respect than this primate even later in time is disgusting.)
Emie N. 2 years ago
Don't know why you were downvoted, but you're right. During WWI white South Africans still treated people of color horribly, but this primate was still given more respect than the human beings were.
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Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
No, you don't. Jackie was exceptional. Most baboons will quite literally tear you to shreds.
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Phil Green 2 years ago
"...BY accident..." I hate seeing "on accident". They were invented by accident... ;-)
Not-a-Clue-What-to-Call-Myself 2 years ago
That's really interesting. I'd always assumed it was 'pop' in the same usage as a fizzy drink, not someone's dad!
#15
JunosLostLeg 2 years ago
I mean I dunno- that's a pretty convincing horse
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Saggi 2 years ago
Still better than my horses. They honestly turn out looking like a mouldy corn on the cob with four sticks.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
This? (Can anyone else see this? My internet connection is bad) 486AF97C-9...d-jpeg.jpg 
Jennik 2 years ago
I heard Maurice Sendak speak once and he said the friendly monsters were based on his childhood perception of his relatives. When he was a little kid at family gatherings his aunts and uncles (and great aunts and uncles) would loom over him, pinch his cheek, and say, "Why, he's so cute I could just eat him up!"
#16
WindySwede 2 years ago
"But I want to be a [insert other life path]! No child, you will grow up to operate the family bussiness!" Maliciously obedience: *Proceeds to run it like Basil in 'Fawlty Towers'*
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JamezyJamez 2 years ago
The second and third oldest hotels are also in Japan, founded in 717 and 718. They're also the second through fourth oldest companies in the world, only surpassed by a Japanese construction company. I spent a night in the Hoshi Ryokan (718) last year because it's not far from where I live and it was quite beautiful, though I doubt any of the current buildings date back to the 700s. It's more of just an impressive fact that it remained in the same family all these centuries. I recommend searching "world's oldest companies", it's interesting how many of the oldest are in Japan.
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Current Era. Now days most historians don't use BC and AD because they are religious references. BC is now BCE (Before Current Era).
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Saggi 2 years ago
Well, the previous generations of the family have to find a way to stay there somehow!
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Tim Douglass 2 years ago
There is some other useful knowledge to be gained from this: Dogs will and do travel long distances at fairly high speeds. If you live in an area with livestock never let your dog out unsupervised, they can and frequently will travel several miles to harass animals before returning home. You think they were just playing in your yard for an hour, but they went a mile down the road and killed 5 chickens for fun while you were having coffee. Be a responsible pet owner.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Reminds me of Wrinkle the duck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN4O2jq1x_A
#18
Catie 2 years ago
My problem is that I remember irrelevant details, but forget important ones!
Victoria Anderson 2 years ago
SAME! This gets me in trouble all the time, especially when I forget that my brother is obsessed with keeping doors locked...and end up locked out of my own bedroom or the bathroom. Or when I forget my other brother isn't pretending to be a moron and his strokes of genius/normalcy are purely coincidental miracles... 😭
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Bob La Capra 2 years ago
I read an interesting post about how being forgetful isn't necessarily a bad thing but I forgot some of the details. I wish I could remember where I read it. Darn.
pink_panda 2 years ago
Texting this to my boyfriend... The internet says I'm smart and I have proof.
#19
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I've cried over more characters in books than in any film or TV show.
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Crazy Nailzz 2 years ago
It makes sense. I feel sad when a season is over or when a book is over and I will never be able to see what happened next in the life of those characters.
More! 2 years ago
Thanks Gods, I thought I was becoming antisocial and boring. I’ll be going about my day and randomly, I start looking forward to watching an episode or two later. I do have friends and I have a family, but I really enjoy the characters and their stories on the shows that I watch. And it is always so disappointing when I finish a series.
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Well that explains why when I heard Geralt’s voice after the Witcher 3 update it felt like a warm hug, and I thought, hello old friend!
SheHulk 2 years ago
And authors! When Terry Pratchett passed, it was as if a dear friend had died.
Noname 2 years ago
I feel sorry for the actors that play a villain character because fans of the movie/TV show often forget the actor is playing a role and hurl their anger at the actor in public.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 2 years ago
I read Jeffrey Dean Morgan was flipped by an 80 yo woman because of his character Negan from TWD.
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Sue Denham 2 years ago
I went through a kind of grieving process after I finished reading the last Harry Potter book. I was sad that I wouldn't know how the characters' lives would progress - it was like losing friends forever.
#20
ItsJess 2 years ago
This is a pretty cool factoid (micro was one of my favorite subjects in college) but it's not exclusive to influenza; viruses in general have a coating called a capsid that protects the material inside while allowing it to attach to the host cell and replicate/infect.
gas station cola 2 years ago
it isn't a factoid if it's true. factoid doesn't mean fun fact, it means false fact. the -oid suffix means "similar to, but not actually," like in the word humanoid (similar to a human, but not actually a human). a factoid looks like a fact but isn't. it isn't a synonym for small fact.
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David 2 years ago
I also heard another news article that said in cold weather the parts of your nasal passages that help fight off cold and flu are not as effective. Sorry I do not recall the details. Just thought it was interesting and they were saying that was part of the reason cold/flu more prominent in winter.
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
I remember reading about that. Apparently the nose itself has an immune system and has cells that replicate when coming into contact with a respiratory virus. These cells basically act as decoys for the virus, and are eliminated from the nose through mucous. So the idea is for the virus to infect these cells instead of the normal lining of the nose. Apparently cold weather makes it harder for these cells to replicate, so you have fewer of them during cold weather.
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Best Behave 2 years ago
I think a big contributor to autumn/winter flu season (uk at least) is that the schools go back after summer
Jacqui Bryden 2 years ago
So when should they go back? I don't understand the point being made here.
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K-Dawn Bennett 1 year ago
Isn't this is why hospitals and a lot of restaurants and other bldgs are cold inside? Seems I read that before
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
Lol. Really it isn't necessary to get your blood pressure up over it.
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Edda Kamphues 2 years ago
They are not solitary creatures. In fact they become suicidal if bored and deprived of company.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Whoever said octopuses are "solitary"? They're very intelligent and social creatures.
Evelyn Haskins 2 years ago (edited)
but they keep changing. So it is more of a boarding house, (This if it is not just made up silliness!)
#22
Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 2 years ago
I want it, how much is it, I’ll report back with my findings
juice 2 years ago
it's $120! there's a different version that is also $120. both are sold only from the makers' website: https://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product.php?code=336
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Mav Mav 2 years ago
single-handedly responsible for a sharp increase in sanatorium admissions!
Abby 2 years ago
but u could just bring the puzzle with u. keep playing, drs think ur insane. boom free room and borad
Load More Replies... LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
But the point of a puzzle is to complete it. Great gag gift though.
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SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Me too, so is my kid and she is a real smart kid. She feels like she is dumb sometimes because she isn't good at maths and science, but I have explained to her that there are lots of kinds of intelligence. She is great at art and creative writing; I was the same as a kid but nobody ever told me I was smart xD
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Noname 2 years ago
Life as an adult has stressed me out so much, I don't know how to daydream anymore 😢
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Do you read much? Might help (Not sarcasm, genuinely may help)
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Jeffrey Diehl 2 years ago
“All people dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” Paraphrased from ― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago
i stare off into space worrying about who the f**K am i, does that count
#24
Lennart 2 years ago (edited)
That's actually not surprising to me. The main way radiation kills living organisms is via DNA Damage. The most susceptible is DNA being decoded, as unused DNA is curled up and will less likely be damaged by radiation. The faster stuff grows the more susceptible to radiation damage (that's why radiating tumors works). As a bonsai is by design being kept withing very strict growing boundaries it has a much higher chance of surviving radiation than a normal growing counterpart. Plus fact: there is a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans which as you may have guessed ist extremely durable towards radiation, they do this via very good DNA repair mechanism but also low metabolism and division rates.
Pandasizing World Peace 2 years ago
That's the first thing I thought too!
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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 2 years ago
Y’all this is really random but it’s 11:11 and it’s also almost Christmas. So I guess make a wish
Orangepanda39 2 years ago
BRO. THE MOMENT I READ THIS IT WAS 11:11!!! YOU POSTED THIS 2 HOURS AGO.
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the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago
inspirational message for everyone who needs it ✨✨: you are STUUUUPId. you are STUUUUPID. and dont forget: you are STEEUUUUPid.
Jeffrey Diehl 2 years ago (edited)
And one of the guys working on PPG went on the create SpongeBob Squarepants and the creator of PPG is married to Lauren Faust who created My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic. You know how you can tell that I have daughters without my telling you?
#26
alias D. 2 years ago
I may have tricked you but I tricked you into thinking that you tricked me(repeat seven times with progressively louder tones)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Yeah, that's about how I think birds think. They seem to get stuck in loops easily.
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PattyK 2 years ago
Ravens are considered to be among the most intelligent of birds, along with other corvids (e.g., crows, jays, magpies, etc.). They make and use tools and can solve simple problems.
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Crows, specifically, are the single smartest bird in the world. Corvids in general are smart, but crows are wildly intelligent
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Ravens are also solitary creatures and nowhere near as intelligent as crows. This pisses me off so much- crows are the most intelligent bird on the planet. Maybe ravens are better and playing tricks but crows can communicate with an intricate and interesting language of their own, work together, solve arguments, and they're in the f*****g stone age. They use tools to make. Other. Tools. Crows are so f*****g awesome ravens are dumb as s**t comparatively. Appreciate crows you guys!
rodger coghlan 2 years ago
I have been feeding some local crows, I am trying to get some minions - now where ever I go, I seem to find 2 or 3 crows wandering nearby (yes, I know crows are everywhere - let me keep my dreams)
#27
Nunya Bidness 2 years ago
God is energy. I still prefer to worship Dog, but I'm dyslexic. What can I say.
Load More Replies... SoapMonkey76 2 years ago
One day mankind will leave the idea of a 'God' behind, after thousands of years of wars being fought over who's invisible friend is the best maybe that day can't come soon enough.
Tunk 2 years ago
Oh this old trotted out standard response is getting boring. Men will always find things to fight over. Even if there was an absence of religion. Also, there is a saying. Be careful what you wish for.
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Noname 2 years ago
When I was little, I asked my dad where God was and he told me to look around because God is in everything I see.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Me in my 20s. It's like worshiping the whole universe because it's the whole universe. Then you realize why would the universe need worship? It just IS. It doesn't need anything from us, but we need everything from it.
Mimi M 2 years ago
Unless you believe that the universe was created so that the infinite could experience itself (as before creation, all was undifferentiated). From that perspective, we do add something to the picture.
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Kelly Aitken 2 years ago
This is actually something I didn't know, and now will be obsessed with. Thank you bored panda lol!
#28
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
I wouldn't call substance abuse disorders and teen pregnancy "bad manners". I'd call them difficult situations that people find themselves in and need help to deal with.
Powerful Musk Ox 2 years ago
Yeah substance use disorders have nothing to do with being well behaved. More correlated with trauma and genetic predisposition than anything.
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N Miller 2 years ago
Ah, the "lumping everyone below a certain age into one bracket" thing again. Depending on when this was written of course, I would really hope that Millennial teen pregnancy rates are low - assuming a generation is 18-20 years apart, and the elder Millennial is 40, making the youngest Millennial 20....
AndyR 2 years ago
I'm a millennial - at 41 I think my chances of teen parenthood are pretty slim...
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Stephanie Barr 2 years ago (edited)
Millennials and those generations that came after them are constantly underappreciated and undervalued. They are (on the whole) thoughtful, progressive, empathetic people and deserve far more respect than they get. I'm Gen X and I'm willing to die on this hill.
Cathy 2 years ago
Gen Y and fully agree. Some of my best friends are millenials 😉
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Sanchi 2 years ago
Yes, but it is highest now in gen z. Gen z is now the most anxious, stressed, and misunderstood generation
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Emptycaketin 2 years ago
There's less substance abuse probably because there's cheaper addictions on the internet (e.g. p*rn, social media).
#29
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
A friend was travelling by road through Siberia. He said that they stopped for a break, and it was so cold that your breath froze in front of your face, but it was so quiet that you could hear the ice crystals hit the frozen road surface.
David 2 years ago
Yes, I did know. As does anyone who lives where snow is common. That said, I've been enjoying the extra quiet the past week or so. I live in the woods, set way back from a road with very little traffic and decent separation from my (not noisy) neighbors. But the past week, add about 18" of snow to all of that for the most part the only noises I hear are the ones I create in my own house.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I notice this a lot. I love it when it's quiet and fresh snow is sparkling.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Fun story about my old cat and dog; doggo was white/ beige, cat was black. The first time they played together in the snow, the dog could easily hide (she was a Chihuahua, so she was tiny as well); the cat could not easily hide, and wondered why he couldn't sneak up on doggo in the snow...
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Kristal 2 years ago
I'm jealous but am genuinely happy for you that you found that rarity :)
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Luke Branwen 2 years ago
I personally see absolutely no point in dating (the less marrying) a person who ISN'T my best friend.
a_smol_berry 2 years ago
I forget we’re dating sometimes and just call him my best friend, he does the same.
Mimi M 2 years ago (edited)
Someone in my family said 'I don't believe in love and neither does he. But we can tolerate each other'. Their marriage is going very nicely (she calls him 'babe', and he takes very good care of her - but they don't get in each others' way or control each other), their first is about to turn 2 and they definitely get along without a lot of friction (and my family member is far from an easy person). On the other hand, I've known people who declared their undying love but couldn't really tolerate each other when it came to the day-to-day.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I had no idea there was no other way it COULD be. I'd rather be alone than not be with the person I loved more than anyone. As it stands, I am alone...
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spirit wolf 2 years ago
Guilty as charged. But there has been so many deaths in my life this year.
Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
Isn't it technically the weight you gain because of emotional overeating?
Denise Melek 2 years ago
It's more like "grief fat" because it's the fat or Speck, as we say you gain on your body. But grief bacon could also be a thing.
Mallory gallo 2 years ago
'Honey, I had a rough day. Can you pick up a pound of grief bacon from the store." 😅
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
It sadly doesn't 😂 I particularly struggle with translating facial expressions: there is no single word for frowning or smirking, for example. We have to make do with something like "smiling condescendingly/sardonically".
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M. William Bell 2 years ago
Americans can’t be trusted with that kind of power.
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Ian Webling 2 years ago (edited)
Getting citizenship in Switzerland is interesting (my sister went through the process). She needed to live there for 12 years before she could apply. The vetting took two years. The actual adoption process was not done by a bureaucrat but by the village (suburb) she lived in at a town meeting and by a show of hands. Among the reasons they do this is that the decision is made by the people who know you, not a nameless, faceless, distant functionary. Also, you are making a commitment to the village. It becomes your "home" village and is obliged to take care of you should you fall on hard times financially or medically. (Addendum. Of course, if you're very wealthy or a famous sportsman/woman the situation may be different.)
Lori Jabi 2 years ago
That's not true. But we have some cantons that were very arbitrary with the decision they made. The higher court had to revise the decision and tell the cantons to stick to the the current law. But no neighbor has the power to just tell them you are annoying and that's it. That's not how it works here.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Citizenship is not determined on a federal level, but on a local level (country’s cantons and municipalities) where the person is judged by their peers on their: ..compliance with the Swiss rule of law; ..no danger to Switzerland's internal or external security ..integration into the Swiss way of life; and ..familiarity with Swiss habits, customs and traditions.
Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Denied implies that you are trying to get it. Does this apply to people trying to gain second citizenship there? Or does this mean that you can have your citizenship revoked?
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago
Here in America, it’s more like cancel culture and social media bullying (which needs to stop).
#33
MissMePhoenix 2 years ago
I remember this exact moment!! I thought it was so awesome, like literally awe-some lol
Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago
It was such a great show in its prime: intelligent, witty, and character-driven.
Load More Replies... Bob La Capra 2 years ago
Remember WebCrawler? It was the go-to search engine for a time in the 90s but I always thought it was a dumb name because it implies a lack of speed.
Sasy 2 years ago
I remember watching a Hallmark film and them saying something along the lines of ' did you get that off of Pinterest' and I was all giddy for some reason because I had a pinterest account, and pinned often and it was just shared experience somehow...which takes us back to that post about enjoying tv and movies so much that it feels realer to you etc.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I was the first in my group to use Google as a verb. Problem being, most of them were like Xander and had no idea what I was referring to.
DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
Imagine if DuckDuckGo (a privacy search engine) was the dominant search engine of the time!
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
I'm a bit confuzzeled this works when spoken. To "google" is to search using Google. To "goggle" is to stare at somebody. But the two words are pronounced very differently.
#34
WindySwede 2 years ago
Then you really start wondering if you are the same person if every molecule in you have changed. Are you still the same person as 10 years ago, or did you change and the old you faded away? I guess it's the same at the philosofic question about if you change every plank in a boat, is it still the same boat. Sort of the same.. :P To much philosofical drivel before lunch!
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Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Then why doesn’t it use the original plans and not include those wrinkles or chronic disease? That would be really handy!
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
Think of it like photo copying, something always gets missed in the next copy until a copy of a copy of a copy becomes really degraded
Load More Replies... Katy McMouse 2 years ago
If this is true, my body's been shopping at Ollie's Bargain Outlet for the past couple of decades. And, I'm pretty sure it didn't think to save a single receipt.
Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet 2 years ago
For the last decade and a half, my body’s been shopping at Walmart. No wonder why my brains doesn’t work.
Load More Replies... Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Key phrase here is most of your body. Cells in the brain, neurones, and those in the centre of the eye lens are as old as you. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-cells-in-the-human-body-live-the-longest/
Victor Trejo 2 years ago
Obviously this is playing with data and not factually correct. Internal organs get OLD and so does skin. And don't get me started with eyes.
Mary Rogers 2 years ago (edited)
The reason for aging isn't because the cells are not replaced. It's the actual replacement process that introduces errors into the cells. Every time a copy is made, you accumulate more errors. That is what causes aging.
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T. Unnamable 2 years ago
But, unfortunately, our body's cells are not replaced with "young" cells. So we continue to age.
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PattyK 2 years ago
Ravens are considered to be among the most intelligent of birds (along with other members of the corvid family, e.g., crows, jays, magpies, etc.). They make and use tools and can solve simple problems.
Jennik 2 years ago
"The New Zealand Kea, the world's only alpine parrot is known as the 'Clown of the Alps' to South Islanders; and has recently been heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a monkey’s) says the Institute of Cognitive Biology in Vienna."
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Invisible Potato 2 years ago
When monkey hoard bananas to themself and dont share with other, scientits study them, When humans hoard stuff, other put them on people magazine. Even ravens are smarter then us...
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I think I've witnessed this one day. It's quite amusing to watch. Kinda like an old married couple and the wife is scolding her husband.
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
I'm always feeding a flock of ravens in my garden, and I always see them trying to pick up as much bread as possible in their becks, so some don't get any food.
#36
Winter 2 years ago
Makes sense. Character relations often leak into relations amongst actors. Same reason actors playing love interests often fall in love for real.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
In the end we're all silly monkeys. Even in theatre, nobody can completely disconnect.
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Do it was a mutual feeling. So Anthony wasn't probably offeneded if Jodie didn't talk to him.
Anne McKinney 2 years ago
Martha Stewart was dating Anthony Hopkins for a time until she saw him in 'Silence of the Lambs', that scared her so badly she promptly broke up with him.
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ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
A $50 bet, per Snopes. For the curious, here is a list of the 50 words that appear in Green Eggs and Ham: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
toast1 2 years ago
That is not allot of words thank you Jon for this information
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Jennik 2 years ago
My family used to own a children's bookshop and I remember a school principal once refused to buy the book Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins because, "I'm not paying for a book that's only got 30 words!" He was completely missing the point of the book (have a look online if you don't know it - it's a delight!).
#38
alias D. 2 years ago
10 verses of there’s a hole at the bottom of the sea plays in the background
Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago
🎶 There’s a hooollleeeeee, there’s a holeeeeeee, there’s aaaaaa holeinthebottomofthesea 🎶
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Blew one of my co-workers minds with this about a decade ago.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
You can go there pretty easily too. There's another up in the Canadian Arctic, a bit harder to get to.
#39
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
So you’re in deep grieving after losing your baby, and coupons with cute baby clothes and furniture and toys keep arriving. That was the impetus for HIPAA privacy laws 30 years ago.
Yeah, okay. 2 years ago
Don't down vote for an opinion. And frankly, yeah, it is creepy, particularly since my 80- year old mum buys women's multivitamins and hates scented anything. Would she get maternity coupons, too?
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deborah ahn 2 years ago
using these products doesn't mean you are pregnant. target should not be do presumptuous.
der sebbl 2 years ago
Let me correct that: target should not profile their customers
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
Vitamin supplements and unscented lotions? Welp, I guess according to target I'm pregnant. Could Target tell me my due date so I can prepare?
#40
Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 2 years ago
The fact that I have to read it again cuz my little brain didn’t understand it the first time
pink_panda 2 years ago
The fact that my little brain still doesn't understand it the second time.
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
The grandfather paradox and the lack of people from the future suggests that it's impossible - OR it's happening all the time, history is changing and we've no way of knowing.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
I thought it was mostly established that time doesn't exist, and is just an effect created by the linear way we experience? Bloody scientists!
Mimi M 2 years ago
Mimi's Three Immutable Laws of Physics: 1) We don't know sh/it. 2) Nobody knows sh/it. 3) Sh/it's weird.
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago
That’s actually written in some scientific journal somewhere stuffed in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet at the back of a warehouse somewhere. 😉. A physics engineer friend once told me that a professor told him - the more we learn, the more we realize we don’t know jack.
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BoredPanther 2 years ago
Im sorry... what? im barely making it through bio 1 in highschool. this stuff is way beyond my knowledge XD
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
I don't need this kind of negativity in my life! (That's sarcasm btw; it's what my husband and I say when one of us tells the other a fact that we don't want to acknowledge.)
#41
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Better than using Paris Green, an arsenic-based wall cleaner. Common in the 1890s.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Yikes! So sad that people didn't know :(
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ThatB*tchRapunzel 2 years ago (edited)
have any of yall ever made homemade playdough... theres a recipie for it and its quite fun plus its technically edible but not the most tasty
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Yes, I did know this, Silly Putty was being developed along similar lines as well.
David Paterson 2 years ago
I use blu-tac to remove stains on painted walls, but don't leave it on too long.
Load More Replies... HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Somehow, the smell of play-doh makes me nauseous. Really. But when I was young I loved playing with it, but it smelled so weird.
Christmas love 2 years ago
I absolutely love opening play-doh and getting a whiff of the best childhood smell! Yes, that’s probably weird but I love the smell of it!
#42
Zia Barrett 2 years ago
Aside from the hypothesis being 80 years old, little dogs living half this, and chickens also being an outlier - us having longer lifespans than 35 years is nothing to do with modern stuff. People historically lived to 60/80/90, General Cao Cao was 65 when he died in the 3rd century of a brain tumour. Lif expectancy was lower in the past but that was because of the high infant mortality rate bringing the number down, not people dropping dead in their 30s.
Rainclouds Radio 2 years ago
Not only. Less women now die in child birth. The world, for most people, is much safer. Also people receive good care later in life, now.
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tuzdayschild 2 years ago
Everyone, start working on it right now! How do we slow down a dog's heartbeat?
Goth Mouse (he/they) 2 years ago
But rabbits live for around 10 years if you look after them, not 3
Phillip Hart 2 years ago
You mean things live longer if they have access to nutritious food, clean water, advanced medical care, and a predator-free environment? Pretty sure that's the point this fact was making
Load More Replies... Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Chlorination of public water supplies is the biggest, best, most life-saving leap in public health, bar none.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
I prefer not fouling up water in the first place and actually purification plants to poisoning micro fauna 💁♀️
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der sebbl 2 years ago
3 years a rabbit? My candy was 10 years old when we had to put her to sleep (medical condition) but she was still quite active. If you take good care of them, rabbits will be a long time partner
Caroline Fraser 2 years ago
My horse is 38 years old, which is roughly the equivalent of 112 in ‘human’ years.
David Paterson 2 years ago
At certain times in history, and I'm thinking Jamaica in the decade after 1910, the median life expectancy of humans has been 4 years. And that's in years without plagues.
Wyling Cambrium 2 years ago
Perhaps the advice to exercise, which brings your resting heart rate down, is being expressed here.
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago
Rabbits tend to have a shorter lifespan around Glenn Close. (Too dark? 😬).
#43
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
But, we all knew it was the genie. He's even obviously voiced by Robin Williams, the voice of the genie.
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago
But I thought time travel wasn’t possible unless you have an avocado?
Giant alien spider 2 years ago
No, the magic avocado makes it impossible.
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nuberiffic 2 years ago
Isn't this screamingly obvious? Same voice actor. He says "look" and then at the end of the movie the genie says "made ya look"
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
Pretty sure it was revealed at the end of Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
Gwynne Greene 2 years ago
Makes sense considering the clothes he is wearing resemble the exacted colours of the Genie later on in the film..... plus the legend of his voice is Robin Williams.... Still to this day sadly missed, and always will be !!
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
Yeah, not an urban legend. He's voiced by Robin Williams (riffing, much as he did as Genie) and the merchant also only has 4 fingers (as does the Genie) while the other human characters have five.
#44
Maudelin 2 years ago
I'm honest and helpful but have a troubled looking face from worry and sadness.
Load More Replies... ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
I know when I’m actually helpful it turns my wife on for sure. I’m not sure this ugly mug can be helped much, but there is that.
Octavia Hansen 2 years ago
Physically attractive to whom? Probably just more attractive because I'll do something for someone, not that it makes me girlfriend material.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
Add this to my "no shi*t Sherlock" file. So being a good person makes people like you more? Who would have thought?
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Unless you’re a man if the “fact” a few slides back is to be believed!
Octavia Hansen 2 years ago
This is the Quasimodo Syndrome -- he wanted to be accepted for what he was and as he looked, but he only wanted a woman for how she looked. Unfair and unequal standards.
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Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Sailors' collars. Sailors' hair often grew quite long, and was bound up into a 'ponytail' to keep it out of the way, and it was often oiled or event tarred. The collar was a removable (more readily cleaned)/replaceable means of preventing the hair from staining the back of the shirt or jacket.
My O My 2 years ago
Wouldn't it be better to just cut the hair off then smear tar in it? Did the tar have a special purpose?
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Yeah, no. GW would be a really crappy president today. Actually, that gives me an idea for a movie. How about a film where George gets picked up in a time machine and transported to now? Mike Meyers would be perfect.
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tuzdayschild 2 years ago
This particular painting of him always reminded me of Charles Schultz's Peanuts.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Here comes George, in control Women dug his snuff and his gallant stroll Ate opponents brains, and invented cocaine He's coming, he's coming, he's coming
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Yes, let's upvote the man who freed slaves, once they finished serving his wife. Happy for Pandas to rectify this opinion.
#46
Lily Mae Kitty 2 years ago
I worked in a supermarket meat dept for years and had to explain this all the damn time.
JMil 2 years ago
Relevant that diffraction was cited, but this 'did you know' fact lacks the substantive part of the physics. It is thin film interference. Some light reflects off the top surface of the oil, some passes through and reflects off the meat. This results in destructive interference of certain wavelengths of light (based on the thickness of the oil and the wavelength (colors) of the light), leaving an iridescent effect.
YarningChick 1 year ago
This freaked me out when I started working at a deli. Never did get brave enough to try it.
#47
Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
I've spent my kid's entire childhood telling other parents this, they all just think I'm an idiot. Oh well.
Noname 2 years ago (edited)
My parents used to cook the foods I hated the most (liver and onions, tuna casserole) on Halloween because their rule was if I didn't eat my dinner, I couldn't go trick o'treating, so I wouldn't get any candy because they believed it made me hyperactive. I was just a bored and lonely kid in our family. I was 11 when I went trick o'treating with friends for the 1st time.
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CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Actually it is the sugar drop that comes after the rush of insulin into the blood that creates the hyper activity. As someone with hypoglycemia I can confirm that. When the blood sugar plummets quickly the body forces glycogen into the blood. The whole process can make one very agitated if you are prone to blood sugar dropping too far from insulin flooding the bloodstream.
Anne Reid 2 years ago
That, and the hyper behavior is often seen at events involving lots of sugar. Halloween. Birthdays, etc. in reality, the kids are hyped up because of the situation they’re in. In short, they’re having fun!
Load More Replies... Heather Menard 2 years ago
I have ADHD which was no diagnosed until I was 30. I was never given sugar when I was little. Still hyper as hell.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
When they study this they do double blind studies. The kids don't know if they're getting real sugar or not and the parents don't know who has actually had sugar or not. Then they have the parents rate the level of hyperactivity. The parents cannot accurately gauge who has had sugar based on behavior. Proving the sugar theory false. And it's been replicated many times. You see what you expect to see.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I think they're so excited about getting a sweet treat that they get the zoomies.
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
I am European (Spaniard), and the "sugar high" is absolutely something American to me. I never heard about it, in Spain or in other European countries... except for diabetes, of course.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Or red punch? Say what you will. but I have seen kids bounce off walls after drinking it.
K W 2 years ago
Because red dye number 40 is recognized as causing behaviour changes in kids with ADHD. It's also been linked with exacerbating asthma, eczema, and migraines in some people
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Zia Barrett 2 years ago
According to the Smithsonian: "Contrary to popular belief, “Ouija” is not a combination of the French for “yes,” oui, and the German ja. Murch says, based on his research, it was Bond’s sister-in-law, Helen Peters, who supplied the now instantly recognizable handle. Sitting around the table, they asked the board what they should call it; the name “Ouija” came through and, when they asked what that meant, the board replied, “Good luck.” Eerie and cryptic—but for the fact that Peters acknowledged that she was wearing a locket bearing the picture of a woman, the name “Ouija” above her head. That’s the story that emerged from the Ouija founders’ letters; it’s very possible that the woman in the locket was famous author and popular women’s rights activist Ouida, whom Peters admired, and that “Ouija” was just a misreading of that." - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627/
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Fun fact: if it weren‘t for Hollywood, we in Germany (and maybe Europe) wouldn‘t even know this thing exists. I‘m not sure I‘ve ever seen one in real life.
#49
ItsJess 2 years ago
What I can't figure out is how people climbed on and got them going. It's not like a "normal" bike where you can stand with it propped between your legs and push off ..
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
I always wondered the opposite; how do you stop the damn thing and get off it without falling into a hedge!
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Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Which propels the larger front wheel, which moves the bike forward. They hadn't designed the rear chain drive or a brake system yet.
Load More Replies... Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
I ride mono-cycles like that. Imagine getting rid of the small wheel and handle bars, and you'll understand how they look. Wheel size matters for speed. Small wheel, like circus monocycles, are walking speed. Medium size wheel is like long distance running speed. Large size wheel, like on the picture, is from moderate bicycle speed and up. You can't go beyond a certain size wheel, because obviously your feet needs to reach the pedals! For falling, with small size there's no problem, it's' like jumping off a chair, Medium size, you might be able to catch your balance, but if not, usually you're okay with some minor scratch as in falling when running. Large size, you need to be able to fall without hurting yourself. It takes some patience to learn, but it's not super difficult. It's fun and a great way to exercise!
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I knew someone who owned a little model of one of these bikes and guess what the wheels were made out of?
Robert Millar 2 years ago
You got on the penny farthing using the same mounting blocks you used for horses, or you struggled
#50
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
You'd be surprised how many people don't actually realise this; it's quite worrying. Lots of people are happy to be ignorant about their health. I mean, people didn't realise that cigarette smoke was bad for you until relatively recently. (I'm not being rude or sarcastic btw)
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#51
David Gripon 2 years ago
That's nothing. In the United States, they go six figures into debt and don't have to wear a silly hat.
#52
alias D. 2 years ago
And other times they use tiger roars. also on a tangent the American bald eagle sounds more like a seagull it’s “ famous“ call is actually the red tail hawk
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Almostfoxlike 2 years ago
Also, tiger roars are often recorded for lion roars because they're much louder.
DuchessDegu 2 years ago
Lion's roar in person it's a bit loud, but I think it's the low frequencies that make it seems like it goes through you, it's amazing and terrifying, it's like your internal organs are vibrating! I don't think you can capture that in recordings. Maybe nowadays with some whatever special tech, but not back then
Navindu Wijewardena 2 years ago
There is also a theory that says that Scar ate Mufasa. Look it up
#53
agi 2 years ago
The tower is in the background...so technically the other one is using the same picture as this one. 😉
Load More Replies... Zia Barrett 2 years ago
There were definitely more than six ravens named by the Ravenmaster when I last visited, like eight or nine. Lovely birds.
Small and Annoyed 2 years ago
The current raven master is called Christopher skaife. He has a lovely YouTube channel and wrote a really good book also
#54
Bec 2 years ago
Our basement stairs are just open wood steps. Our one-year old cat, despite being Mr. Brave run around outside for hours, has yet to venture downstairs. He sees our other two and us go up and down but I guess he just doesn't trust them.
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#55
Will Cable 2 years ago
It explains why so many of us have low self esteem from what happened to us during childhood.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Then you start school, and your self-esteem is steadily and ruthlessly destroyed.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Then the world starts crushing all of your self worth bit by bit.
#56
Nunya Bidness 2 years ago
Or they could just make them in the USA again. You know, have regulated labor and environmental practices and such.
Dan Bexell 2 years ago
But that would decrease stockholder profits, and that's just wrong.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I don't know how anyone can wear these things unless they are flat footed. No arch or support at all. They made my feet cramp.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I can't understand it either. I've noticed all skateboarder sneakers are like that and they are killer on the feet when you've been standing and walking in them all day. These Converse shoes are cold, hard and scratchy. Maybe they break in nicely then become comfy. Just not for me.
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Dan Bexell 2 years ago
Or that you're a politician. A politician once said: "The most important thing in politics is sincerity. If you can fake that, the rest is easy."
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Well that’s a drag. Lol. I can’t smile worth a darn. Had Bells Palsy twice ! One on each side. So I try to smile but I hope they are looking at my eyes when I do attempt to smile 😃!
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Temporary Dork 2 years ago
https://books.google.nl/books?id=XD_RAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA37&ots=AwGBZ5o7O0
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
This is how I ended up as a Wikipedia moderator back in it's early days. I would spend hours browsing articles every night. Vandalism was more common back then, so I mostly just looked for that.
#59
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
I originally read clitomania..... not that far off though maybe
#60
alias D. 2 years ago
Yeah all the companies that made lightbulbs basically have a giant meeting and said our lightbulbs are gonna last way too damn long we’re not gonna make any money so they decided to make the s****y ones that die in two years and it stayed like that till this day that lightbulb is probably one of those long lasting ones before they decided to screw us over
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Incandescent bulbs (not just this one) can last for staggeringly long times PROVIDED THAT they don't get switched off/on a lot. It's the heating and cooling and heating and cooling that kills the filaments.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Isn't there also a battery that's been running a bell for about 180 years somewhere?
#61
Zia Barrett 2 years ago
It reduces the viscosity of the liquid chocolate by altering the structure of the cocoa solids, making the cocoa solids less likely to clog the machinery so they can add less fat in the production.
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Nunya Bidness 2 years ago
This is the new standard for exorbitant financial transactions!
Load More Replies... Nunya Bidness 2 years ago
For the US, the is has really helped bring down the price of insulin. /s ;)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Um no. Maybe most expensive by weight, but 100% not "most expensive". The Interstate Highway System in the USA was over $500 billion. That's probably not even the most expensive, it's just the first one I thought of.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
That is why only a billionaire thinks it is practical to live on Mars.
#63
GingerPanda 2 years ago (edited)
Makes sense. The dark triad of personality traits (narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) correlate with criminality AND promotion to executive positions.
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
this says I'm gonna be rich but I want to work as a teacher so that's not really on the table
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
It's called 'The Septic Tank Principle'. The biggest ones rise to the top.
#64
David Phillips 2 years ago
If children cheat on tests it's because the school values grades above learning.
Artsy Bookworm 2 years ago
Not just the school. The parents. Family. Everyone around you.
Load More Replies... crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Yeah this is a thing. If you tell your kid that they're good at something and they feel like they aren't, that doesn't make them feel like they are- it makes them want you to keep feeling like they are.
#65
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Most of their diet was meat from animals they hunted. No fiber.
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Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Well, technically 200 IS more than 100, but yeah.
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Richard Henderson 2 years ago
Now when we go to strange places we take Imodium. What were they thinking?
keighterz 2 years ago
The United States purchased a huge chunk of land. President at the time had two explorers Lewis and Clark map their way through it. They were led by Sacagawea, indigenous woman who really did all the work. This is an extremely basic summary.
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Donkeywheel 2 years ago
This is a tendon, not a muscle. Everybody has it, might be visible, might not be. This story of extra useless muscle is pure b******t.
Mandy d'Avoine 2 years ago
It is clearly visible in my left wrist but not at all visible in my right. Is this the physical version of a split personality?
Anagram margana 2 years ago
Across? That suggests the band goes horizontally— “down the wrist” or a “vertical band on the wrist” seems more accurate.
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PattyK 2 years ago
The goal in fast-food places is fast turnover. They want people to eat quickly and be on their way so someone else can take theur place. That’s why the decor in fast-food places is so awful, so patrons will be offput and move along.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 years ago
I don't care about calories when I'm hungry. All I know is what I like to taste and this belly needs filling up. When I dine at low light places I just feel sleepier faster as I eat and anxious about the cleanliness of the restaurant. When I eat at a well lit restaurant I can see the desserts clearly in the display case, see the menu better and the conditions of the noshing environment.
#68
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Excuse me, but DUUUUHHHH! Who doesn't know that soft lighting is better?
#69
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
You are the reason we all fear other people in elevators congrats
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
See, this is why socially awkward people don't like to look at others in the eye. It feels threatening. Some of us are like cats.
Show thyself 2 years ago
Mostly I don't avoid them on purpose - I just zone out (almost as soon as I step into the elevator). Not sure how many times I missed my spot b/c of that. X.x
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
*stares intently at others in the elevator while eating an apple*. If they only knew what I was thinking….then smile creepily at everyone. Lol
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I have sneezing sessions that go on for ten to twenty at a time. I just let them out.
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
You can also puncture a lung! Happened to my brother in law at 26yo.
Sasy 2 years ago
all the people that have worked in hospitality are very confused by this, yes it hurts a lot, but there is no other option. I do know though that now that I don't have to do it, my sneezes could take out a wall if I directed them. I feel like all the stifling just made them mad.
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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 2 years ago
And on the internet it’s the wonderful, sometimes useless “/s”
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Before emoji’s kids, when we were happy we would express ourselves like this: *s*. Can’t quite remember the other ones. Anyone remember the one for sarcasm ?
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Understandable. A lot of folk in the south didn't want to rebel.
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
And also because your hand has a lot of nerves so getting cut anywhere else would’nt hurt much
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Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Wish this worked with chronic fatigue! (I’ve read this fact before and tried it on myself - it might give you some sort of temporary relief or distract you, but doesn’t work overall.)
StrangeOne 2 years ago
That's what that's called. I've done this a lot of times. Get to work with no sleep and amazingly have energy all day. Get home and then exhaustion hits.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Lies! I can distract myself with any activity but my body will still scream at me to go back to bed!
🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬 2 years ago
Or you can just find time to pay back the sleep debt and let your body recover instead of running it aground.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
I think people get so focussed on sleep that they make themselves tired. I often spend half the night awake but resting with the lights out, you sleep more than you think that way.
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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 years ago
I can honestly see this working on me... I'm stupidly touch starved ½ the time
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Kiwi Panda 2 years ago
Once again, who in the HELL thought that was acceptable reading material for third graders?!
Carol Emory 2 years ago
Also, some monsters that are in todays folklore came from sailors telling BS stories to locals about the places they travelled. Some of it was false perceptions, some just sailors messing with the locals.
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Dude are you serious? If so, telling any fairytale would be plagiarism.
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Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago
But clearing an area to the left takes as much effort as shoveling twice.
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
Put the tape over the wart and leave for 4-5 days, when you remove it, a layer of the wart will be stuck to it, keep doing it until the wart is gone. It also stops the wart from spreading. It doesn't work for every wart. It worked for me, I had a small one on my foot and it was gone in a couple of weeks, never returned!
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Kevin Beard 2 years ago
From what I’ve heard, place duct tape over the wart and leave it on for X amount of days, not exactly sure how many or if it works
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
Neither seems to work for me. What does work is soaking the area in a very concentrated solution of salt water for as long as possible over the course of a few days. The salt dries out the skin, which kills the virus. I had this one wart for at least a year that wouldn't go away. I'd tried everything, including freezing and duct tape. Drying it out finally did the trick, and it was completely painless.
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Dawn Marie 2 years ago
So if that is true, then Hanks and Clooney are related. Nepotism, I should have known. LOL!!!
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DC 2 years ago
Without that, fur, and growing up entirely. Pedomorphosis, it is called, when a species evolves by skipping or leaving out parts of maturation. Likely, the ones we stem from aren't Gorillas, but more Chimp-like apes that eventually evolved into Bonobos, Chimpanzees and Humans, in order of friendliness of the typical specimen. Or something. "YeAh, TeLl YoUr DaRwIn To EfF aN eFfInG aPe ThEn!!!" - latter part is translation into the closest to the actual sentence in MAGA language.
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How do gorillas and other great apes keep their fingernails short? Do they not keep growing? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
I like, “ 30 days have September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31 except February… “ which has 28 and no one cares how the rhyme ends because you’ve worked out the month you wanted.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Except for February to which we 28 assign, until leap year gives it 29. There, you go.
Load More Replies... Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Or just the simple rhyme “30 days in September, April, June and November”. I don’t remember the rest of the rhyme though
Judes 2 years ago
The problem with that rhyme is that you can substitute months that don't have 30 days. e.g., 30 days have September, July, May and December. You need to know the months that have 30 days in order to say the rhyme, which defeats the purpose.
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I remember being shown both the knuckles and the rhyme technique in elementary school but neither really seemed to stick for me. Now I have had enough life experience that I just know what last day of the month seems correct. I read a delightful article years ago with various suggestions on how to 'fix' our very silly calendar. I think my favorite was twelve thirty -day months with built in 'holidays' at the end of each quarter and 1 more extra holiday at the end of the year
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I was taught finger tips to the grooves. It still helps me time to time.
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Nancy Reynolds 2 years ago
Mom always said, "if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?"
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Must be why we still have in inkling to go on the Sling Shot when we're at the fair, despite seeing all the horror videos.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
This is why the army has second lieutenants. To set a foolhardy example. 'Follow me!'
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Liz Downing 2 years ago
In 24 years, my partner and I have never fought. We know we can disagree about a few things.
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Zia Barrett 2 years ago
That is poorly worded. Of course they have muscles but not muscles related to motion. They do have tendons, which are strictly speaking part of a muscle, but now we're getting pedantic.
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Marla 2 years ago
I want to meet Aroace tiger's bf and I want Dan davis to go away. So as a mini experiment as well as my owned lived experience, I'm not convinced by that study
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
I dunno about this, but I do know men being asshats sure ain't attractive. Or anyone for that matter.
Booklover<3 2 years ago
BS. If a man or woman is being a b***h then they are instantly unattractive
Liz Downing 2 years ago
I guess I'm different then. There's never been a man who appeared "not nice" that I liked or respected in any way.
Alexandra Nara 2 years ago
The key to attraction is "to stand their ground" Bad boys seems to be better at that skill, cause they set and defend their center of interest above everything else- which is defined as "unkind" In an evolutionary context attraction is defined in the ability to protect the center of interest (family/ clan) So most attractive isn't a rude boy being unkind to grannies but a tough guy holding a baby and: stand their ground ( in any kind of physical expression) about defending this little being at all costs
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