“My Lord, I Had Forgot The Fart”: 50 Random Facts You May Have Not Heard Of Before (New Pics)
The internet and social media aren’t there just to entertain you—they have a lot of educational potential as well. When you take educational content and add an entertaining spin, perhaps mixing in a dash of weirdness as well, you get something that’s captivating.
The ‘Weird Facts’ Instagram account has been taking this approach for years and years. Today, we’re featuring some of the freshest, most unusual and intriguing facts about the world that the curators of the project have shared online. Scroll down to take a peek—these posts are something that might just pique your curiosity and awaken your inner researcher.
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Mine kept me sane during a very difficult time...
Load More Replies...The cat was thinking "If they are not here in the next ten minutes I'm going to start eating him"
Plot twist the cat pushed him out of the chair, there was no seizure.
Okay, English is not my native tongue, so am I the only one who misinterpreted this as "He didn'T know if his cat had learned the trick successfully, but he had his seisure anyway." ?!
Yes, your English is fine. It was a bit awkwardly worded at that point, and I had to reread it and still came away not wholly satisfied.
Load More Replies...That is just the best story I have ever heard. I am so proud of him! Just goes to show we can accomplish anything if we try hard enough!
That expresses what pretty much every pet owner experiences when their beloved friend dies. Thank you for sharing this.
Something that the ‘Weird Facts’ team pointed out in a recent post is the huge number of centenarians living in Japan.
The country has long been known for the longevity of its people due to a wide range of factors, from eating a healthy diet and leading an active lifestyle to being incredibly social in one’s local community.
See this is why the fisherman can't find the island on squid game
Load More Replies...Not the same dogs- they would be extraordinarily long lived dogs.
Load More Replies...They are represented (all working animals) on the ANZAC ceremonies as the purple poppy, white poppy is nurses :) and red is soldiers/combat
I am not in the least bit surprised to read about these dogs. Taking care of people is what they do best!
Read a well written book "Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I" ... although fiction ,,, it explained much of what was going on
Would they need to? Your friend may be my foe. The dogs wouldn't care who was 'good and bad', they just knew the person needed help, regardless of affiliation. Now if only we could do the same eh?
Load More Replies...The fact that no local official decided to help him in this quest for 22 years is just sad...
There was a film made about Dashrath Manjhi, titled "Manjhi - The Mountain Man". It is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Ketan Mehta. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Manjhi and Radhika Apte as his wife, Falguni Devi.
Seems like he could have just earned a medical degree himself in a lot less time
As reported by the Japan Times in late 2024, the number of centenarians in Japan stood at over 95,000, according to the data from the health ministry.
This is a record high for the 54th year in a row. Back in 1963, when Japan began recording statistics, the country had barely 153 people aged 100 and over.
Nor onlu are dogs like children to us, but they are an EXCELLENT judge of character.
I'm concerned about the other 46%. Seriously, you are just starting the relationship with the partner if they've only just met you dog. You have an ongoing commitment to the dog's happiness: they shouldn't have someone they don't like foisted on them. Same goes for kids and a new partner, only even more so. I don't understand people who move a partner in when the kids can't stand them.
Same for pet parrots. My parrot is friendly and talkative; but he didn't like one of my friends. He'd always growl and scream at her and refused to step on her hand. Later I found out that my now former friend (we are also work mates) gossiped me and badmouthed me to my bosses. So they do sense when something is off with a person.
At Ball State University, my alma mater! I worked as a student secretary in the telecommunications building when the new building was built and named in his honor. Watched him in person as he did the building's grand opening speech. The scholarship is a yearly and ongoing thing.
My penguin friend. Starring Jean Reno. Netflix. They call the penguin DinDim
Watched that movie (as you can probably tell by my user), I really like penguins, there's another good show about penguins interacting with humans called penguin town. I think it's on netflix
Load More Replies...Lucky penguin that he was rescued by this kind man and lucky man to have made a friend of the penguin who came back to visit him,.
imagine the penguin out in the ocean with his family. "I'm sorry my dear bird kin, but i must go. I have a friend to go and see"
Greenpeace rescued and saved a penguin who was covered in oil. Upon release back into its home water after several weeks of cleaning, it was immediately eaten by a killer whale. They're not all feel good happy endings.
The 2024 movie, "My Penguin Friend", was about this Brazilian fisherman and the penguin he saved.
By 1981, the number of Japanese centenarians had already reached 1,000. It jumped to 10,000 in 1998. By 2012, this number stood at a jaw-dropping 50,000. It climbed over 90,000 in 2022.
Now, there are an average of 76.49 centenarians for every 100,000 people living in Japan. The areas with the highest number of elderly people living to be over 100 were Shimane, followed by Kochi, and Kagoshima.
Dr James Barry, was an army doctor for 46 years on his death, it was learned he was born Margaret Ann Buckley. Look how much he achieved and society gained because we weren't doing vigilant genital checks, just let him treat his patients and serve his country.
It’s possible that (s)he was actually a trans man- when he died he told them to bury him in his clothes and not look underneath, and was only discovered by accident.
That is true. But it's also true that many women in history HAD to dress as men in order to be accepted in certain fields.
Load More Replies...ah yes this "woman" dressed like a man in order to be a doctor. And kept it up for 56 years. And kept it up so convincingly and completely it was only discovered after death. Just like lifelong spinsters spending their lives living with "a close female friend" were just unlucky in love lol
It's not out of the realm of possibility. Many women (yes cis women) had to do that in order to be accepted in certain fields they wanted to pursue.
Load More Replies...That’s one way to demonstrate that skill has little to nothing to do with one’s s*x! 👏🏼
Women if you can hear me don't let these bitches bring you down to hell kick their a*s and rise!!!
No, we can't, because she never said that. She was a woman who wanted a career that at the time was open only to men so she took the only option available to her; she pretended to be a man.
Load More Replies...An amazing bass player who has played on everything from Carole King’s Tapestry to Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty to everything James Taylor.
Truly disheartening that he has to resort to a fake switch because some no talent idiot has more power.
Load More Replies...Check out his YouTube channel, he’s a fascinating and super talented chap.
I wonder if it worked because the producers were embarrassed to admit they couldn't hear the difference? And thought it was a lack on their part? I also wonder if any producer ever pointed it out that it made no difference?
That is one good Boi, and one well taught 3-year old. But the sibirian forests are not infested with bears and wolves. It is there home.
A subtle nuance that makes all the difference. Good point!
Load More Replies...No, the dog handled the toddler infestation so the bears and wolves could have their habitat in peace. Meanwhile, drunk people die quite often on their own porches after not finding their keyhole a cold night, and this girl made do with berries
Meanwhile, the lowest numbers lived in Saitama, Aichi, and Chiba. The Japan Times notes that the number of people turning 100 during the fiscal year 2024, running through to March 2025, stands at 47,888.
These individuals are given a congratulatory letter, as well as a silver cup to mark this momentous occasion.
I was revived after 15 minutes and all I got was 36 surgeries and 6 months in hospital.
It's AI. They could have quite easily found the picture of the actual man they're quoting by doing the bare minimum research online.
Load More Replies...Valid point. The same reason why people over a certain age dont get iodine pills in case of nuclear fallout. We are to old to develop and die from that cancer anyway, while the young has many years to do that.
This mentality is why I loved living in Asia. There, it's just normal that everyone carries the society rather than the reverse.
Baby animals didn't evolve to be cute for humans. They evolved to be cute for other animals.
Not keen on the AI picture if only because red squirrels here in the UK have nearly been rendered extinct by grey squirrels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_squirrel#Competitors
Answering to Ahnjunwan: not necessarily, it might be that the baby squirrel smells right, or some cue that we are not aware of. And it may simply not happen very often, but it's the kind of story humans like.
They’ll also eat their own babies or the babies of rivals. Like, it’s not uncommon.
Squirrels are not stupid. A stupid animal could not have crossed Park Avenue from Central Park to a candy machine across the street, gotten a candy bar, crossed back into the park, and taken the wrapper off the candy bar before eating it. New York City, many many decades ago. Not made up.
Load More Replies...Nippon states that there were 95,119 centenarians living in Japan as of September 1, 2024, an increase of 2,980 compared to the year before.
The vast majority of Japanese living to the age of 100 or more are women. They account for 88.3% of all centenarians, with men making up just 11.7% of the total.
A LOT less red tape to cross for the Yakuza than the government to spend money
Load More Replies...Organized crime does stuff like this all over the world! Al Capone ran soup kitchens, cartels in Central/South America build schools/playgrounds/hospitals/etc. Makes them look good, or at least better than the government in certain ways, and are great recruiting tools and generators of "blind eyes"/supporters.
Also, the mobs don't want negative attention in their neighborhoods, so they purposely take care of the neighborhood like this. I've heard stories from NY in the 60's, and if you made too much trouble in the area they would make you disappear, or if you had connections, they might just beat you until you "got the message".
Load More Replies...Bet they didn't chuck the supplies into a crowd for a disastrous photo op, either.
Bet they didn't leave the supplies to rot in warehouses and supply trailers while claiming no aid had been received, either...
Load More Replies...Sometimes it's hard to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad guys!
With his ears pulled back, it looks like he's got slicked back hair for his uniformed snapshot!
That's because he got tired of the salty tough beef the Americans got and the German had one of their sausages in his back pocket.
It should be mentioned that ship "injured" him by shooting him. Luckily, he wasn't killed.
But some are complete turds and will SA people and other animals.
Load More Replies...There is a flood of information to be found online, so in this day and age, content creators and educators alike have to find new ways to stand out from the crowd. Walls of text and long-form content (while valuable in their own right) find it hard to compete with short-form ways of presenting info.
There’s a premium on internet users’ attention spans, so you have to find a way to be as concise as possible without losing the essence of your message.
I'll second this. Although very much a dog person, I'm more weary of small dogs than of large ones.
I breed and train chihuahuas…I have a 4 month old pup I’m working with now who I’m teaching commands in ASL…he’s a very smart boy who’s food and affection motivated so he’s just as easy to train as a big dog. It depends on the individual dog and the age in which you start training not the breed or size in my experience :)
It's almost like that's exactly what the post said
Load More Replies...The same with horses. Small ponies are allowed to misbehaved, 'cause it's 'cute` when the rear or nibble your pocket for treats. Big horses are never allowed those behaviours, because it is dangerous. And a grown pony stallion presenting your with his front hooves at head high are dangerous, too. There is a reason horse people are more afraid of shitlands than shires.
The only dog who's ever nipped me was a Chihuahua, and I've pet "mean" dogs.
I have met beautifully affectionate chihuahua dogs. But their owners walked them constantly, they were very well socialised, and they always had some form of entertainment. So much of the information online about them says they are low maintenance dogs, but they're not. Not if you want them to be friendly anyway.
Load More Replies...That's probably why the universal nickname for any small dog is ankle biter.
Ya know, I never really thought about that. Now it makes perfect sense !!!
Another issue people forget with many little dogs would be their energy level. Many could stand a 5 mile run everyday. Just because they are small, does not mean they do not need to have the p**s and vinegar ran out of them. Also, socialize the dog so they don't get a short dog complex.
I've been bitten a few times, and each was a little dog that snuck up and got me. And each time the owner murmured something stupid. Old man in my building has a nasty little dog, but he's right on it telling people to back off or get bitten.
Dmitry Agarkov from Voronezh in 2008. Summary with links to news stories here: https://www.deseret.com/2013/8/19/20524136/man-outwits-bank-by-changing-credit-card-terms-wins-in-court/
Load More Replies...Iirc this happened in Russia. The judge basically said that it's important to read the fine print, even for banks. After the verdict the bank opted to buy back the card for a large sum of money
Why not all do this? It's a contract, it can be negotiated. If they don't accept, there are other companies. We all presume that everything is set in stone. It is not. Like banks can change their terms, why can't we?
I don't think anyone that works in a bank these days has anything like the kind of authority they'd need these days.
Load More Replies...Once the bank accepted his application, they were liable for the content of the contract.
Yes they are. Technically anyone can alter a contract, initial it, a take a picture. If they accept it, they have to comply with the terms.
Load More Replies...How he did it is explained here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/read-the-small-print-credit-card-user-sets-his-own-limit-then-sues-bank-for-closing-account-8753602.html
Load More Replies...I think you need a comma between "now" and "boss" (said the grammar patrol)
It reads like he was declaring his dominance after serving that clapper.
Load More Replies...Aside from keeping your caption brief, it also helps a ton if you use a font that’s super easy to read, as well as high-quality images that grab your attention. Try putting yourself in your audience’s shoes and think about how you like to consume edutainment yourself.
There is no way that it’s possible to explain any topic in all of its nuance and complexity in a single social media post. However, it can be a good way to pique your audience’s interest and put them on the path of doing some independent research.
I bet they wish they had built a big wall to keep the immigrants out...
Load More Replies...Left out the most important part: all three combined gives you complete amino acid for survival. You can eat beans corn and squash forever essentially and thrive.
It doesn't work very well in my opinion. I've tried to do this several different times and it fails pretty spectacularly.
From what I've read, the corn stalks of the varieties they had back then were shorter and tougher, so that might have something to do with your lack of success.
Load More Replies...In New Mexico, there is a phenomenal Native American museum and restaurant in Albuquerque. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. If you are ever in town, I highly recommend it. https://indianpueblo.org/
Just remember to first acclimate yourself, before you "Christmas" your peppers. Because if you do not, you will definitely pay for it. Especially, after eating the Blue Corn Battered Fried Chicken with the Red Chile Batter Waffles, and Green Chile Maple Syrup. I know from personal experience.
Load More Replies...what sort of beans? I love broad beans, but can't stand the taste, smell and texture of runner beans? Would this still work with broad beans?
I had a First Nations coworker whom I overheard talking about three sisters. My stupid Caucasian self asked when her family was coming to visit. She was very patient with me...after she stopped laughing.
So much this. And also we can reverse genetic issues if they are caught soon enough for kids with SMA and soon more disorders. But the catch is they have to be caught in the first 3 months. So if we screened every kid at birth we could save millions
Load More Replies...I have no idea why someone downvoted you. Have my upvote.
Load More Replies...This was because of confirmation bias: they analysed the dead baby's blood in a gas chromatograph, expecting to find anti-freeze, saw the spike where they were expecting to see it, and didn't bother to look carefully. In fact the spike was slightly to one side of where the main ingredient of anti-freeze (propylene glycol iirc) would have spiked, and was caused by a very similar chemical generated metabolically due to the child's genetics.
There's an episode of the original Forensic Files about the case.
I cannot fathom how hard this must have been for her. Awful. And is another example of investigators making a suspect fit the 'crime'. Lazy, lazy, lazy policing.
Many cops and DAs don't care about justice. They can be too busy looking for that feather in their caps or election points. Truth be damned.
Load More Replies...Oh, I remember this horrible story. Imagine loosing a child and ending up in a prison. Reminded me of the woman who wasn't lying about the dingoes killing her child.
She did, and won a seven-figure award. When the prosecutor ran for reelection, Stallings donated $10,000 to his opponent's campaign fund. He won. That shìt of a prosecutor McElroy tried to present the new prosecutor with the "evidence" from the case. Stallings sued and stopped it.
Load More Replies...I used to work in NICU, so I've seen some weird stuff. Inborn metabolic deficiencies are killers sometimes, that's why they do blood testing on most newborns so they can catch them early. Like PKU. I once took care of an infant who died from hyperglycinemia, which both parents were carriers. They were tested after the baby died. They were warned not to have any more children, but they did- 2 yrs. later with the same tragic outcome.
If a topic sounds interesting enough, it makes you want to read up more on it. Or is that just us? It’s always a good reminder to look at multiple sources to examine how reliable certain claims are and to avoid as many biases as possible.
When gauging a source’s reliability, try to look at its track record, the type of information it relies on, whether it provides links to the original sources, how transparent it is about having made mistakes in the past, and whether it seems like it might have an agenda. Generally, a good source is one that looks at facts and doesn’t just present its opinions as objective truths.
And what is the term for a government worker who does no work and plays golf all day?
There was, as of 20 years ago, still a culture of “hobo marks.” I discovered this when I bought a historic home in the original Victorian section of my city. I had the trellises and arbors restored with replicas of the original dilapidated versions. I started noticing little hidden carvings on the gates. After awhile, a man I often hired to do odd jobs (mostly because he looked hungry and thirsty) was making a mark. He explained the “hobo marks” and that the marks said my house was where a nice man lived who’d give a guy lunch and some money and that I should be treated with equal respect. I think if that often.
one that travels or moves about aimlessly. Dictionary meaning
Load More Replies...The terms aren't used where I live, but it's interesting, all the same.
The origin of the word hobo is unknown, although there are several theories. One theory that backs up the "traveling worker" comment is it came from "h*e-boy" since farm workers were always needed.
Serious question: how do we know that they worry and about what when they lie awake?
My dog snores louder than a human all night.. he doesn't have a worry in the world.
My dog snores really loud too! I've woke up from a sound sleep bc of his snoring.
Load More Replies...This makes sense. After I rescued my dog (emaciated in a parking lot) she stayed right by my side and I could hear her pacing at all hours of the night. After a couple of months with us, she eased up a bit and started to sleep through the night. After 2 years she is so relaxed she snores louder than our pug mix at night.
so after 7 years the poor guy finally works up the courage to come back, and the first thing she does is troll him about it
I think it was the Earl of Oxford, who accidentally farted while making his bow to the Queen.
QE 2 was showing the King of Tonga around London in an open horse-drawn carriage, when one of the horses farted. The Queen was embarrassed and uttered without thinking "Oh, I am so sorry!" "Oh, think nothing of it!" replied the King. "I thought it was one of the horses!"
Which of the facts featured in this post intrigued you the most? Which ones were completely new and unheard of to you, dear Pandas? Were there any topics that you were so curious about that you couldn’t stop yourself from learning more about them online?
What do you think inspires you the most to keep on learning new things, no matter how old you are? We’re always happy to hear from you! If you have a moment, share your opinions in the comments.
And now their gone, Vanmoof went down last year, Big factor was that the bikes where very poorly build and would break down every single time, While being over 3000€ Lot's of people are stuck with broken ebikes that they paid a lot of money for, They cant be fixed because Vanmoof used special parts that only they produced, So when they went under the production of the parts stopped as well, So you cant fix your 3000€ bike.
good old days when disney doesn't force feed us sequels and live action slop
Load More Replies...Wall-E is depressing to me as I really see the future of humanity that way - sitting in a chair, obese, not moving, "happy" in a virtual world, having machines do everything for them... scary
But if you actually give it some thought, it's pretty unlikely. Assuming we don't go extinct, we are unlikely to become wholly dependent on machines (at least most people). Remember, humans are naturally curious, we are social creatures, we have a craving to do stuff and not just sit around, and don't forget good ol' shame! We would have overcome so much biology and psychology to just "give up" and do nothing all day every day. Plus we'd have to give up warfare to do nothing all day, which is unlikely anytime soon.
Load More Replies...one of my absolute favorites... and we're doing exactly that to our only home. Shame on us.
WALL-E was not about the last robot not being turned off but about robots that were created to clear up the earth from all the garbage and pollution humans created.
Don't confuse the inspiration with the fruit.
Load More Replies...Poor bear. Monkeys in island resorts are becoming alcoholics too. They drink cocktails left on tables.
Some monkeys eat fermented fruit and get wasted. You don't need human help to get alcohol in the nature
Load More Replies...Almost as good as watching a raccoon trying to climb a tree after downing a Corona.
In France there is a blind rider that does show jumping. I know dressage is often done by blind riders, but he jumps changing courses guided only by someone shouting directions.
Wow. Dressage is ridden to a consistent pattern, but show jumping courses are always different.
Load More Replies...I knew this man. He was incredible. It's really strange seeing a picture of him after all these years.
Did he understand what he read, or was he just memorizing it?
Load More Replies...I totally forgot about this man, but recognized him instantly from the picture! I remember there were documentaries and many news pieces about him back in the day 🙂 I was so fascinated and wished I could read as fast as he could!
Growing up their was a kid in the neighborhood that memorized the Detroit phone book. And given the name of the phone owner could give you his address and number. I have to write my own phone number down just in case someone wants it.
Load More Replies...Gas is too cheap when you will actually drive back to the store to have 2.50 refunded.
I don't want to buy orange juice someone took home and then returned. You know it wasn't kept temp controlled during all that
Philpot Lane in the City of London. It's not really a statue in the traditional sense as it's teeny tiny and on the side of a building (:
Load More Replies...How on earth did they determine what happened to the sandwich, especially in the pandemonium that must have kicked off after the double death?
Legend has that a guest of Composer Johannes Brahms was once greeted by the sight of him at the piano trying to play a score of Richard Wagner, whom he did not hold in great esteem, upside down. Whenthe guest made a mention of this, Brahms said "I have already tried it the other way round - it does not sound any better...".
A lot of friends told Beethoven that he'd never make it as a composer. But did he listen?!?
The melody of the song he used is the same, but different words.
Load More Replies...I sometimes wonder if I would have liked Mozart or hated him,if I could have met him.
If you enjoyed fart jokes, you and Mozart would have gotten along just fine.
Load More Replies...Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Those that do remember history, are doomed by the actions of those who don't .
I remember that episode. I was older than the intended audience--my dad was in Vietnam--and I bawled like a baby watching it.
The revisionists are just as bad as the apologists, there is nothing to be gained by anyone by prostrating yourself on the altar of history. Acknowledgement is NOT the same thing, but requires all parties to move on from the injustices, not rake them up everything you don't like something.
I've often commented on the similarities between Mexican and Indian cuisines, bot in terms of ingredients and techniques. I love to cook both.
Load More Replies...I assume there weren't many punjabi women immigrating at that time.
Load More Replies...I'd like to see a movie and/or a documentary about this. Never heard of it before and it seems fascinating.
My daughter is Latina and Jewish. Her fiancé is Peruvian and Black. I’m really looking forward to the food. 🥘
But snails form mating circles...and have both s*x organs...they could've all mated together...
They could have, but Jeremy turns out to be an a*s.
Load More Replies...Well that’s a better reason than George Jones riding one to get liquor after his wife hid the keys to his car.
Huh, I thought it was because possum's license was revoked for DUI
Load More Replies...Cute. But it wouldn't work everywhere. In some countries you need a licence to drive any powered wheeled vehicle on a public road. Electric scooter laws do vary.
This was in 1994, and most places let you drive farm vehicles like tractors.
Load More Replies...Did he get badly lost or did it take him 6 days? Even at just 3 mph that's only 80 hours, and he must have been determined to manage more than just few hours per day. At 5 mph it's 6 8 hour days
The lawn mower broke down. He had to stop again because he was broke and wait for his Social Security check. Alvin Straight.
Load More Replies...His name is Oobah Butler, he’s a film maker and author. I’d recommend searching for The Great Amazon Heist on YouTube. It was absolutely brilliant.
When I saw him, I immediately thought he looks like a grown up Dennis the Menace. I don't think it's because I read today that Jay North passed 😪
Load More Replies...Early 80's. Dauphin Island Pkwy, Mobile Al. Essentially a shack along side the road with smoke pouring out, $7.00 for a rack of ribs, side, and Texas toast. Excellent!
So I had serious doubts about this, so I fact checked it. Here is the letter he did indeed send: Hell, March 13, 1919 Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is: I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.
I feel like this could be used in other circumstances. I mean if he could get a whole town playing jazz maybe we could get funding for education and healthcare.
Load More Replies...Wasn't this a subplot in the series "American Horror Story: Coven"
No, the message is that jazz is so popular in New Orleans that any family can pull together a jazz band at the last minute.
Load More Replies...My take away from that is that I should always take an axe with me if I go for a walk in the woods
The ax has been called the basic survival tool.
Load More Replies...How lost can you be if there are still power lines? And why not just follow them?
Why didn't he just follow the power line until he was out of the forest...? This makes no sense.
We in construction sometimes say if we get lost in the woods to put station marks on a wood lath and hammer it in the ground, and within 15 minutes, a dump truck will come along to run over it.
See I would have just followed the powerpoles to the workers, but maybe I'm weird.
My brother had a college professor who was raided by police who used an IR camera to look for the heat signature of grow lights. The police were a bit surprised when the only plants they found were orchids.
We start seeds in early February every year and set up utility shelves with grow lights to do it. Had to laugh when we learned that all the neighbors thought we were growing weed.
Load More Replies...Not just once.... The police actively use this technique in the winter, flying helicopters over houses to check roofs.
I still haven't figured out why they don't just go solar... hello...win-win
Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands, and it almost never snows there. They have a coastal climate. So, total b******t.
Key word being *almost*. I live in the same climate. We get maybe five snowfalls per season these days, and it rarely stays overnight, but as the picture shows for those couple of days it's obvious. I'm also guessing that there are some regulations (taxes?) set around breeding professionally, so setting up presumably for profit plantations in private attics may still be illegal.
Load More Replies...It was actually the girl, her Dad and a few friends. The dolphins made such a ruckus, the group was afraid of them until Dad saw the shark and finally understood
No stupider than the 1/3lb burger that failed because people thought 1/4lb was bigger because it had a '4' in it.
OR it says everything about humanity intelligence lol :/
Load More Replies...The Eugenics Society would like to sponsor freebie birth control to go with that offer.
I never heared this in Poland, but I‘ve read it loads of times in English on the internet
It's not popular saying but it's true. "nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy."
Load More Replies...I have "Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys" on a plaque above my desk. USA.
I wish our circus wasn't our circus but the monkey definitely seems to be ours... and we'd like him deported.
That is why I bought a 40 mpg Ford Fiesta, put a hitch on it, and bought a little trailer. When I need to haul something I hook up the trailer. The rest of the time I get great mileage.
Jim Gaffigan: "I only see people taking their pickup trucks to Cracker Barrel. My brother Mike, like many other pickup owners, never seems to be picking anything up with his pickup. I find this confusing. It's like walking around with a big empty piece of luggage: 'Are you about to travel somewhere?' 'No, but I'm the type of guy who would."
Coming from Alberta, I can confirm. Everyone I know with a big non-work truck uses its full capabilities once a year for camping, or hauling something heavy for a project. And all of them just deal with the extra expense in base cost, fuel, maintenance, insurance, and environmental damage because of personal vanity
But if you live in Rural America, especially here in the North East (or the midwest or west), a 4x4 Truck is a lifesaver in the winter, bc they ride higher, have the power to go through snow, handle the roads, etc. Most such vehicles are for winter and incliment weather practical use, not work
When I was a kid, very few people had pickup trucks and they survived just fine. These gigantic pickups are about egos.
Load More Replies...I used to use mine frequently for pulling trailers with off road vehicles, jet skis, etc. Due to health issues, I had to sell off all of my toys and trailers but I still have the truck because it's paid for and runs great. So I guess I'm one of these people now, but not by choice.
I think truck use has a lot to do with location. In the country, people with trucks have trucks because they NEED trucks.
They think they need trucks and then use it only to commute to work. It is easier to rent a truck when you need it than spend all the extra money on owning a truck.
Load More Replies...But 100% have been asked to help a person move because of it 😂
This fact makes me less surprised that the company was facing bankruptcy.
it was the early years when he was a tiny company that people thought had no shot of competing with the Postal Service and his quick shipping idea was thought to be crazy
Load More Replies...Would have been Federal Express. When it absolutely, positively *has* to be there overnight. (It didn't become FedEx until '94, Federal Express trucks show up to Scott Calvin/Santa Claus's house in The Santa Clause shot before the changeover)
As with most 'company founding myths', it didn't quite happen like that. Smith had already invested $4m out of money he inherited - so it's unlikely that 27000 would have made much difference. He himself later said that it was 'a good omen' for the forthcoming financing round, rather than necessary to keep it afloat. And of course he was gambling with his own money, not the company's, which would be fraud.
In 2004, FedEx has created its own private police force. The 10 officers don't wear uniforms, but they can carry guns and have full law enforcement powers.
What do you get when you cross UPS and FEDEX?.................................Fed Up!!
Emma Rowena Gatewood BUT Grandma was so much cooler lol
Load More Replies...There is a book and a documentary about her. I read the book. "After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker" wiki. One day she packed some stuff, said I'm going for a walk. Didn't tell them where.
I think the line between "impressive" and "stupid" goes along the use of converse
As a converse wearer myself, that was also my first thought.
Load More Replies...Diarrhea isn't a disease, it's a symptom of a disease. A very important distinction.
A lot of things can cause diarrhea, including autoimmune, which isn't caused by a pathogen.
Load More Replies...NBC News: "There was no fire, state police told WNYT-TV. The man had consumed LSD and cough medicine and thought his neighbor's home in Saratoga County was being consumed by flames last Thursday, officials say. He went around his Halfmoon neighborhood banging on doors and yelling about a fire, WNYT reported." "He went around his Halfmoon neighborhood banging on doors and yelling about a fire, WNYT reported. When no one would help, he drove his black BMW sedan through his neighbor's fence, went to the back door and smashed through it to retrieve the dog. He emerged triumphantly with the large white dog, and responding officers found him standing outside the home with the dog in his arms, police said. "He believed that the residence was on fire and he was rescuing the dog," State Police Troop G spokesman Mark Cepiel said. The man, 43-year-old Michael Orchard, was arrested on charges of burglary and criminal mischief. He was jailed on $15,000 bail."
Aww, but he saved the dog! I mean, from his own imaginary fire, but I still think that counts!
Load More Replies...Meanwhile the neighbors sat on their couch wondering why the crazy man comes rushing in and running off with the dog
I have that image in my head and I am gasping for breath as I’m laughing so hard!
Load More Replies...I would see the faces of the firefighters when he pointed to the burning house, assuring them that he had just saved a dog from the flames.
Did you see that the info was from NBC News, not a random tik-tocker?
Load More Replies...Tbh, most of the guard dogs I know don’t have a nice life, so I just hope the robbers treated this one well after they took it. Worst case I encountered were two dogs kept in a windowless hall nearly 24/7, with no human interaction, no walks etc. I reported it, but was told there‘s nothing that can be done. Two or three years later, the dogs escaped, killed a puppy and had to be put down.
Load More Replies...Why are you men so disgusting that you always have to comment something about your junk?! Don't you have anything clever to say??
Load More Replies...Reagan apparently replied. Text of the boy's letter and Reagan's reply here: https://lettersofnote.com/2012/06/19/my-mother-declared-my-bedroom-a-disaster-area/
Load More Replies...He was in for a one month sentence, and they gave him an extra day for escaping.
"Do you promise to tell the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth?"
The "escaping" was more of a "walking of f", since he were in a low security prison. He was due to be released the next day.
Is the guy in the picture levitating? Jumping on a trampoline? Blown upward from the force of his farts?
It's a still from when Andre the Giant farted on the set of The Princess Bride.
Load More Replies...Escaping being a separate crime independent of whatever you were originally jailed for is a legacy of slavery.
I read about this (Unfortunately I do not live in Germany, I live in orange man land, so take what I say with a grain of salt), I think you can't be punished for trying to escape, but can be punished if you steal anything, which does include your uniform
This is very strange. Presumably, this applies to pāedophiles and mūrderers, as well. So, what happens if they actually do escape, and offend again? Do they just go back and resume their sentence as though nothing happened? If they're technically allowed to try to escape, it probably wouldn't affect their parole either!
No, the escape itself is not illegal, everything happening else wich is illegal is still illegal, that means, if you escape by hitting somebody, you would be punished for the a*****t but not for the escape
Load More Replies...99% of the prisoners that try escape prison in the US are VERY bad people. It's a rarity for short timers or those there for lesser offenses to be dumb and attempt an escape from prison. My BIL was a Correction Officer for decades, from Minimum Security to SuperMax, some of the crimes people were there for would make you sick. My BIL ALWAYS, treated people with respect, he was one of the most popular guys on whatever cell block he was working on. Three things, #1 Prison Hierarchy is a REAL thing, pedõphiles and any people that hurt children or the elderly are at the rock bottom of the food chain. #2 That's the reason, most of those offenders are usually kept out of General Population is too protect them. #3 Someone there for an "Exceptionally Heinous" crime against children, some CO's will look the other way, delay response time or on extremely rare occasions, have a paperwork mix up, so they end up in Gen Pop instead of solitary/protective confinement.
She suffered from the effects of unhealed childhood trauma, neglect and abandonmen. So, no matter the lifestyle of choice, she was probably doomed from the beginning.
The way you have reduced Marilyn Monroe's career and global impact to her "trauma" is rather patronizing. Men have horrible relationships with women, marry multiple times, use d***s, and it isn't the focus of their entire work history.
Load More Replies...Many years ago, I rented a house, unaware that it was infested with cockroaches. The exterminator said the only way to get rid of them was to burn the house down. I had to move again.
Even tenting the house would be a waste if the infestation was that bad. Do you wanna clean up a billion dead roaches and hope you got them all? I'm still finding dead flies from when my freezer broke and meat went bad.
You can't get the ones in the walls or under the floor boards, just heaps of dead roaches everywhere and they do smell
Load More Replies...If you tent it and k**l everything you still have dead bugs inside the walls and under the floor.
Load More Replies...Not so unusual. You've probably all heard of DDD (disinfection, disinsection and deratisation), but in most countries there's another version of this service, which is called DDDD, the fourth D standing for "devastation." It's a last-resort measure, used when an infestation is too strong to be removed by any other means.
wish i saw the mary poppins ones at my work, i always get the Hydes
how about the "I dream of Genie" drunk - you get drunk so you can feel more comfortable outside the bottle
I am a Nutty Professor... And that is why I no longer drink.
As I saw a couple days ago. They took Burger,if I remember correctly?
Load More Replies...Did Burger King make any stipulations about the type of wedding arrangements, or did they just say “Have it your way”?
If it wasn't for the movie Red Dawn, I wouldn't have know what wolverines were either.
In some countries, the character "Wolverine" is actually called "Werewolf," so it's not entirely wrong.
Other countries are wrong. Wolverine is described in the comics as having the characteristics of the animal wolverine, small and vicious.
Load More Replies...You couldn't do that safely any more. She would still get to the destination okay, but then you would run the risk that the postal worker delivering her would just toss her over the fence
I don't think it could be safely done at all, in any case
Load More Replies...To be fair, I recall the relationship between them feeling rather incestuous- especially from the woman’s side, during that show. Maybe it was just me. I had no idea they were an irl couple and it’s been years since I watch so maybe it was just me.
Load More Replies...Man, Dexter really jumped the shark. It had so good story the first few seasons, and the third was just amazingly dark. Had they stopped after the fourth season, it would be one of the greatest series ever.
New series Dexter: Resurrection summer 2025. I'll give it a shot.
Load More Replies...That would be Southern Germany and Bavaria, but happening more like a rally than random individuals. Saint Nikolaus brings treats (like nuts and oranges, nowadays candy) to the kids, ansome decades ago Krampus would accompany him and threaten to take all kids with him who hadn't been good.
Coal in my stocking I could handle. A drunk guy dressed as satan chasing me around with a stick? wtf
Little Rick would have been totally into this, so long as it was allowed to hit back.
Load More Replies...Isn't this potentially dangerous for drivers with colour perception issues?
It's very definitely a violation of the standards in the US DOT's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which is, AFAIK, used by all 50 states.
Load More Replies...Color blind people learn that red is on top, yellow in the middle, green on the bottom. This would be incredibly dangerous.
In the UK, the green light includes some blue, for the red-green colour blind.
The standard vertical alignment of the lights - red at the top and so on - means that colour blindness isn't so much of an issue with UK traffic lights. We don't have the horizontal alignment I've seen used in some other countries.
Load More Replies...It's been there since the late 20's and there are signs warning folks about it IF they haven't been stolen which is a popular past time apparently. As far as the legality of it I cannot find any info about that, but it's STILL there sooo ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. https://uncoveringnewyork.com/upside-down-traffic-light-syracuse/ Visiting the World's Only Upside-Down Traffic Light in Syracuse, New York - Uncovering New York
Luckily we have our bases covered, BRG, good old British Racing Green, either way up they’ve put us on top. Incidentally BRG was adopted by British racing teams as a thank you to Ireland, they staged motorsport events on open roads for British teams when the GB government outlawed the races on British roads.
Being picky: it was 1903. The government of Great Britain and Ireland (aka the UK) had by then outlawed racing on the public highways in Great Britain - but Ireland at the time was part of the UK (i.e., British despite not being part of Great Britain look don't blame me I just live here) and didn't have the ban. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_Gordon_Bennett_Cup
Load More Replies...This is why I always order a small fry (called "little") from them, still plenty. They are quite tasty, cooked with 100% peanut oil.
I do the same or split a larger order with whoever is dining with me
Load More Replies...I love 5 Guys, but they're too expensive. Luckily I now live quite some way from the nearest one, thus removing temptation.
This is not how you use the word "albeit". Maybe it would work if that semicolon were a comma, but even then it's awkward. It's almost always used as "albeit " in a way that counters an implied expectation from what came before. "He used a fancy word, albeit incorrectly."
How is this a scam? People are getting what they paid for.
Load More Replies...so what? WHo goes to 5 guys to get a healthy meal?
Load More Replies...Many of them are dead, relatives don't report deaths so they can collect a pension.
Apparently most places with lots of very old people are actually filled with people who are either lying or misinformed about their age. More here: https://allthatsinteresting.com/blue-zones-supercentenarians and here: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/08/06/are-supercentenarians-mostly-superfrauds/
Load More Replies...This most likely isn't true. Many hide their deceased family members to continue cashing in the pension money.
I read somewhere that the number of people over 100 in Japan is widely inflated due to families not reporting the deaths of their elderly members, so they can continue to collect their pensions.
Nice try, everyone knows only women can be witches!
Load More Replies...Stuck inside some Vermont house, trying to get out the window.
Load More Replies...My roommate and I played that a lot Freshman year...she and I had a lot of laughs, especially as I kept leaning my chair back, and falling over backwards... ah, memories.
I gladly announce, that my boyfriend and I will live forever! 😊 /j
I can't get behind this. Maybe I am an a*s, butt this is a sh!tty idea.
I mean, that's still over 90 C so that's still freaking intense
Load More Replies...That's not how the math works. In order to get the difference between two values on the scale you have to subtract the lower from the higher. So it's 200 - (-100)=300
Load More Replies...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DbmBrArTY This one is Fake, in the Origin a Hoax of the Guinnes World Records, It didn´t exist a Veronica Seider. Look at the investigate Video, there it be explained.
