“Store Of Fact”: 50 Fascinating Bits Of Information That May Have You Learn Something New Today
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Tribal Chief, while smoking his peace pipe: “We use name first”
Load More Replies...That won't stop them sadly. Companies that are trying to exploit and destroy the Amazon commonly bribe local officials and hire mercenaries to murder or kidnap every native on the land they want before destroying it. Entire tribes have been wiped out or enslaved, and the Brazilian government have yet to be able to stop it. A legal victory won't do a thing if it can't be enforced.
Our world’s gone to hell in a hand basket. Let’s break down the formula using basic math, greed played a vital role in it and greed = corruption. Corruption = dystopian. And dystopian = hell.
Load More Replies...Bolsonaro is a corrupt politician who gave away million of acres of this critical resource. The trump acolyte should be imprisoned for the rest of his life
Good! Oil companies, as well as many major corporations, are on a mission to destroy Nature’s beauty. Have it be drilling into the Earth’s core or clearing out and grazing trees and so many acres of land, not to mention hundreds of other methods used to simply make a buck. Lots of folks in the world, that are good hearted anyway, are fighting back against those big-wigs and it’s about time. Those big-wigs are on a mission to destroy and collect 💰 The Amazon Tribe is on a mission to send them bastards back to the hole they “drilled” out of
It isn't just Nature's beauty that they destroy when they destroy rainforests. I believe the Amazon is the planet's largest carbon sink.
Load More Replies...Not to be cynical but the oil company won't care they'll take what they want, law be damned.
I think I could've happily gone my entire life without seeing a shell-less tortoise 😞
Same here. Poor thing! Glad they got a new shell made for them.
Load More Replies...They do feel through their shells, as the shell is a living part of the animal. They can feel pressure against it as well. If someone picks them up by the shell, they can feel the pressure points of the person's hands and fingers. It's inconceivable that they can't also feel pain. Being burnt is pretty much the most and longest lasting pain that can be survived. I can't imagine what the poor tortoise suffered. I'm very, very glad that he has a new shell and can now happily tortoise along.
Load More Replies...I've heard of instances of this before with other animals. I think I even heard of a story where a bald eagle received a 3D printed beak.
I remember reading about a duck and some geese getting a new lower or upper (not sure) beak.
Load More Replies...so this means that they have to keep printing a new shell whenever it grows bigger?
So turtles aren’t hollow after all? This guy looks like Bowser with his new shell!
Their shells are connected to their spine, so this guy is very lucky to have survived that.
Load More Replies...You go ladies! Can you imagine not being able to go to a soccer game just because you’re female?
There are lots of things you can't do in Iran if you are female :-(
Load More Replies..."Come on! Who threw that? Who threw that stone? Come on!", "She did! She did! He did! He! He. He. Him. Him. Him. Him. He did"
Historically, women have often been forced to wear fake beards to all kinds of social events download-6...7c37a6.jpg
Small victory in the overall scheme of things, but the ban on woman attending male matches was removed a couple of years ago. You can find more information about these specific women here if anyone wants to read more; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43964178
Despite the educational value interesting facts promise to deliver us, it’s important to remember to double-check them and the sources they are coming from. This is because fake news spreads six times faster on social media than real facts. By trying to generate as many clicks as possible or even influence political views, it can be particularly dangerous.
In a previous interview with Bored Panda, Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, said that although there’s no foolproof method to separate truth from fiction, the best thing to be safe is to check the source’s credibility. “This particularly applies to social media platforms because they are optimized to increase engagement and lack appropriate gatekeeping features that filter out misinformation.”
In 2014 in France, hundreds of male teens went to school in skirts. A campaign to fight sexism.
I want to see this saying in cross stitch 😂 freaking perfect
Load More Replies...Lol true, they’re called Kilts and not trying to give false information but as far as from what I do know they were more commonplace back then. Could be wrong about that part, and this part, but I guess as the times changed so did the fashion, probably why this kid got in trouble for wearing shorts to his school (dress codes can suck d**k), he could’ve gone the traditional route and wear a kilt but instead he chose to wear something to make a bold statement for a bold protest, and I respect him so much for what he did. 💯
Load More Replies...It's quite normal to see males wearing skirts in Scotland, especially when playing the bagpipes. Men have a traditional skirt that is called a 'kilt'
It really isn't that common to see at all. Bagpipe players, yes. But other than Burns Night Suppers, you never see men wearing kilts.
Load More Replies...Tea farmers in the Udalguri district of Assam in northern India have figured out that if they let elephants into their plantations they no longer need to use toxic weed-killers. The elephants love the weeds but the tea tastes bitter to them so they don't eat it. They also provide a steady supply of free fertilizer.
Do you happen to know the name of the documentary?
Load More Replies...Well I remember back then, they were afraid of attacks on the bridges and tunnels and subways. It was pure panic in NYC at the time
My mother remembers vividly that once all those jets started flying over the city that it caused almost a mass hysteria as almost everyone thought they were enemy jets about to bomb us. My mother herself went into a full blown panic, picked me up (I was making my way towards the window), threw me on the bed, threw herself on top of me and started saying all kinds of Prayers. My dad was out working, but eventually came home earlier than he was supposed to. But at that moment in time it was just my mother and I at home. As I had just commented, I have no memory of this or anything else from that day. But I do know there was INTENSE panic and chaos all throughout the city (and even the State). My poor mother was beside herself the whole day. For those who read this, those jets I mentioned were OUR jets up in the air. Our sky guardians. 🙏
Load More Replies...People stepped up to the plate and pulled together that day. One of the rare times of unity among us. I was shielded from everything, absolutely everything that transpired that day (I was 4), so I have no recollection of anything from that sad sad day; which, I guess is a good thing. What sucks though, is where we used to live (me and my parents) we had a view of the towers from our windows facing out the front of our apartment building, and apparently I would sit by one of the windows at nighttime and just gaze out staring at the light from the spire from the top of the one building. Mom tells me it would relax me and put me to sleep, gazing at that “little light in the sky”. Sad how not even that I remember.
Wow this is the very first time I read about this!! We humans in times of need ca come together as one!!
Both my husband and sister were trapped in NYC that day. I couldn't get in touch with them....their cell phones didn't work. What a horrible day. I had no idea if they were OK until they finally came home late that night.
Daniel argues that it’s vital to weigh the claims against other sources. “If a publication makes monumental claims that are exclusive to that platform, do not take them at face value."
It’s important to be aware that unreliable news sources sometimes impersonate well-known ones by misspelling their names in the URL.
“Similarly, they might use unconventional domain extensions instead of the usual “.com” or “.org.” In general, make sure that your news comes from established, well-known sources. These types of outlets get information directly from primary sources and must uphold their reputation,” Daniel told us a while ago.
Yes, but when I tried that, the result was very different.
Load More Replies...I remember this puppy. He came in out of the rain and was escorted out twice but, the third time he stayed. Bride and groom searched for him after the wedding only to find him missing. After a week long search they found him and brought him home.
It's just amazing how life can surprise us sometimes, isn't it? I mean, who would have thought that a stray dog would end up stealing the show at a wedding? It just goes to show that sometimes the most unexpected things can bring us the greatest joy. I can only imagine the couple's excitement as they realized that their wedding had just become a part of this adorable canine's story. It's moments like these that make life truly memorable and worth living, don't you think?"
Correct. We often underestimate just how much testosterone and estrogen affect us on a daily basis, but they are the primary determinants of a number of physical traits. This is why HRT is so very effective! The main difference between male and female bodies is the balance of hormones over time.
Load More Replies...That is amazing! I didn't even know limb transplant was possible.
They've done reattachment of (your own) limbs for ages and transplants for awhile. But they've usually been partial, like a severed hand, or forearm. The first successful arm and shoulder transplant was apparently last year. Everything I'd seen before the nerves are the biggest problem and motor control is nowhere near as good as before injury. Not sure if that's improved.
Load More Replies...This is how HRT works tbh... Except you're not cutting off limbs, you're injecting the hormone into your whole body
Load More Replies...This seems not totally surprising (says me w/ not a lot of knowledge about it). But I'm thinking the arms would get more slender / less hairy due to differences in the hormones feeding to them and also muscle atrophy is she wasn't using them the same way they were used before. The amazing fact of this to me is that her body accepted the arms and she can use them.
It‘s astounding that they even could trantsplant whole arms. This is amazing!
I didn't know you could transplant limbs from someone else. That's a new one on me.
There were a lot of unexpected heroes during lockdown, and he was definitely one of them. He made sure his students, and others, received the nutrition they needed to stay safe and healthy during their time away from school.
Too bad we have an entire political party that wants to kill school lunches.
Load More Replies...This guy & thousands more, worked tirelessly to make the best of a bad situation... In true British style, carried on regardless. Im not sure I can understand why there is so much negativity in these comments? I don't think we have a "thankful" quota. We won't run out of grace & appreciation. Being grateful because of the efforts this chap went to doesn't take anything away from a soldier in combat or a civilian in anguish. Using one match to light 3 candles doesn't make any flame less bright. We won't run out & maybe the world will be a nicer place. Maybe x
Isnt it ironic health care cant be free but someone wants to feed students not at school due to health issues and is a hero.
A lot of the students helped by these programs were getting most of their food at school. Without it they would have gone hungry.
Load More Replies...I’m more noticing schools were open. In states politicians kept closed 18 months longer than needed. Trillions unaccounted for. 9 percent inflation from spending.
If you’re still not sure whether the source is credible, you may want to look into the author and research them in order to be sure their credibility is up to par.
This, of course, requires extra effort rather than mindlessly devouring information online, but “it is also important to weigh our own perception and not let our biases skew our understanding of events.” Daniel’s advice was to seek out differing opinions and try not to associate facts with ideological dogma.
Those two were amazing together. Haven't watched"See no evil, Hear no evil" in years. It's time for a Pryor and Wilder marathon.
Load More Replies...Ironic that, an animal that looks like an eyesight test has poor eyesight.
The same happened in the Jurassic with Stegosaurus and Camptosaurus. Watch dino documentaries, people.
When i was at school ( a long time ago!!) One of my friends mum was deaf and another friends mum was blind. They worked in a local factory together and when it rained one would tell the other how it sounded and the other would do sign language. Reminds me of the film with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Top film
so, the zebra depends on the ostrich to see danger and the ostrich depends on the zebra to hear danger. neat!
Doesn't work, perpetrators don't think of getting caught. Also if a hard punishment would prevent crime the countries with the death penalty would have less crime but they don't.
Load More Replies...An eye for an eye.. literally and figuratively in this case.
Everyone who uses acid in attack, should have forced their head into a barrel of acid as punishment
Someone’s got to do the forcing. What effect would it have on them?
Load More Replies...News reports say that she forgave him when the dr. asked if she wanted to go ahead with the punishment. I guess that means they didn't do it after all, unless the news is wrong.
Maybe she just wanted him to stew in his own fear for a bit.
Load More Replies...What kind of a POS human injects acid INTo The Eye of a woman just because she wouldn't marry him?
People who live in a patriarchal, misogynistic society that views women as posessions and objects, and little more.
Load More Replies...you shouldn't return evil with evil. no one deserves this kind of pain, no matter who they are. and just because he did an imaginable thing to her, doesn't mean he deserves it back. he should of course be in jail, and maybe have even further punishments but not this. this is inhumane.
I wouldn’t recommend it while your still alive
Load More Replies...You can also now choose to become a mushroom "farm" when you kick the bucket. It entails wrapping your body as is, in a biodegradable material infused with mushroom spores. I have it in writing that that's the way I want to be planted.
I hope you don't mind me asking, but: Do you also have something like a medical ID bracelet so emergency/hospital staff understand your wishes if the worst happens in an unexpected way/time/location?
Load More Replies...You mean it usually requires more than 3 years for a body to decompose?
If embalmed and in a tightly closed coffin keeping insects out 10-15 years.
Load More Replies...It's very common to bury the placenta under a fruit tree in some cultures, so it could be a tree that represents both the beginning and end of a life.
Load More Replies...I'm being composted in a very similar way, only I'm going to be a magnolia tree
Or at least become one with the cement liner you will be inside as required by law in most US cemetaries.
That's changing in several states. This isn't an unsanitary option.
Load More Replies...When asked about the reasons why fake news has become so widespread, the cybersecurity expert said that it’s “due to factors that concern both the content of the messages and the technological foundation of platforms on which the news is proliferated.”
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Load More Replies...They wouldn't have to. I'd pass out just seeing one. These look like something from The Land Of The Lost.
These birds are scary as hell. They give a mean Kubrick Stare and sound like a machine gun too
I wish I had known about this kid, I would’ve subscribed to his channel too. Breaks my heart everytime a child is diagnosed with cancer. Like, NO ONE should have to suffer with it, but f**k it, if cancer has to be given to anybody give it to someone like ME, don’t give it to a little kid who still has their whole life ahead of them… So f*****g devastating man. Makes my blood boil knowing there’s a cure for the damn disease and they’re withholding it from the public, those with more money than Trump are the ones who get the cure but to hell with the rest of us, right? Please, don’t even get me started. Alright let the downvoting begin. Truth hurts, I know. That’s why it hurts me people, KIDS, are dying from a disease that has a cure to it but no one wants to release for us. Truth hurts indeed.
As a former Oncology nurse- it's not that simple. I wish it was. Cancer isn't one entity, but a myriad of diseases that can differ quite a lot in form, behaviour and effect. I also have worked among some extremely intelligent and dedicated doctors and nurses. Don't let cynicism get to you without due cause.
Load More Replies...Does he also have Amblyopia? The eye patch suggests so. I have it and that is how I was treated.
I think it might be something to do with his cancer rather than a "lazy eye". I vaguely remember this story going round on Reddit.
Load More Replies...He achieved over 10 million subscribers before succumbing to his cancer in 2021.
Rest in peace, Tomi. I hope you’re with L now in heaven. (L was a younger kid in my elementary school who had brain cancer and beat it… and then it came back.)
it's just like paradise before your final goodbye. it's just so nice that people got him to over 5 million subscribers before he went into the afterlife.
He also carried the car to a nearby mechanic after the tire was bitten by a nail. The car was able to be saved
Load More Replies...https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-carry-horse-snakebite/ If you don't want to look it up on Google. The man in both pics is Ukrainian strongman Dmytro Vasilievich Khaladzhi. He did lift the horse "because he could". But nothing to do with a snake bite or walking 3 miles to save it. That story was made up.
The moment the picture came up I knew this was a fake fact. The guy really did carry the horse, but not for 3 miles and there was no snakebite. The second photo is the real giveaway. The guy is a strongman and does these feats of strength (as you do). He's pretty amazing, but yeah no snake bite... Fact check here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-carry-horse-snakebite/
While the pic is real (from a video) the story is fake. The man, Dmitriy Khaladzhi,is a world champion weightlifter. He carries horses and has vehicles run over him. Why the fake story when the real one is just as great?
I can't imagine how much training it takes to get a horse accustomed to being lifted in this manner without thrashing. I assume it's a very brief lift too, as it can't be great for the horse. Makes me nervous for the horse's digestive tract and joints. And soft tissues. And back... 😬
Load More Replies...This man is just carrying a horse because he shows off his strength not to save a horse from a snake bite. These posts are not fact checked. Don’t believe everything you read.
No one should expect fact checking outside of legitimate news/journalism sources that have solid reputations.
Load More Replies...For those who don't know, a horse weigh between a half ton and a literal ton. This man was either jacked the f**k up or the adrenaline did something for him. 3 entire mile, walking that normally is hard but with a half ton on your back? Sheesh
On average about horses weigh 1,000-1,200 lbs. Draft horses weigh about a ton. He was just helping it escape the war! Seriously tho, the Russian has burned horses alive in riding stables for children with special needs.. the atrocities to civilian humans and animals are disgusting.
Load More Replies...Moreover, fake news not only typically involves current affairs but also often makes remarkable and emotion-inducing claims. “This, combined with the fact that social media platforms collect data on what kind of posts users spend the most time on and feed them content with similar characteristics, provides the perfect conditions for the spread of misinformation,” Daniel concluded.
Good point. There was lot of blood in that sand that day. Very moving demonstration.
Load More Replies...As a small kid I couldn't understand why there were so many American cemeteries near my grandma's place since you would barely meet any in the neighboring towns. And why she would put flowers on their grave on 1st of November, cause she didn't know any American. Confused me a lot
I'm touched. Tear in the corner of my eye. Took a lot of work knowing it would ultimately be ruined by the ocean. Then again, the soldiers knew their lives could be taken in an instant. I'm a veteran and send heart felt thank yous to the person or people who did this. Never forget. 😪
This reminds me of the one where the mother of a late child built stairs going to her daughter's tomb so she could keep her daughter company during thunderstorms, which her child was afraid of in life.
Sad that the window has been broken so many times. But in 2013, a 16 year old raised money to replace the glass with a stronger material and to get the tomb cleaned.
It was pretty common in victorian times, to put a little "window" either in the crypt or incorporated into the burial site. Something about the soul being able to leave, or the ones left behind being able to see inside. It's a comfort thing and very sweet.
Imagine being a kid and being curios of what in there, looking in and seeing a dead body lol but this is so cute and sad.
I have seen pools like this in Formentera (near Ibiza) and they were amazing!!
I updated your name and forgot to read the comment lol
Load More Replies...This circulated a few years ago and I'm pretty sure it was revealed to be photoshopped
Still pretty awesome. Makes me laugh every time I see it.
Load More Replies...Grandma’s just sitting there chillin with her shades on lookin like she’s sitting on a beach thinking to herself “I can get used to this” while grandpa’s lookin like he just got done playing a game of bumper cars with his own damn car
Load More Replies...Mark my words, one day it will be again in fashion to wear your pants up to your nipples.
It's a fake picture. here is the real one https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2669501/Its-crash-prince-Bel-Air-Octogenarian-wife-60-years-flip-car-wealthy-LA-enclave-POSE-photos.html
That sweet baby. I would be happy to carry this little doll in my arms.
Apparently, she had a really bad cough recently and her owner was worried, thinking she would have to take her to the vet. But Thumbelina said 'Don't worry, I'll be fine, I'm just a little hoarse'.
The name!!! (It’s a children’s book about a mini girl which is cute)
Seriously? Not one other person gave up their seat for her during two pregnancies? You just do.
Depends where you are. In Japan, hardly anyone (and certainly not men) gives up their seat for pregnant women. In the UK, it's quite common to do so.
Load More Replies...Decent dude, lol. I can't believe no one would offer their seat during two pregnancies, that'd be unthinkable in Spain.
It says first man, so i assume only women were giving up their seats for her, and males would definitely think it's a woman's job to do
Load More Replies...I had to stand up next to a seat that had been claimed by a man's gym bag on a busy bus when I was 8 months' pregnant. I asked him to move his bag but he had his AirPods in and pretended to ignore me. I just sat down on his gym bag and squashed it flat because I was a mega-chonky absolute unit at that point - and not to be messed with.
One of my favorite stories was about a pregnant woman who got on the bus, and there wasn't a place to sit, and after she got on, the bus didn't move. After about 30 seconds, the driver said "This bus ain't movin' until the pregnant lady gets to sit down."
No one offers their seat to anyone anymore. I was on a train home on my first day back to work after kidney failure. I felt like absolute garbage and was completely exhausted. Luckily I got a seat, but a tiny frail old lady with 2 canes that could barely walk got on the train when it was already packed and I knew despite how I was feeling, I had to give her my seat because no one else was offering. As I stood up to offer it to her, a man lurched toward it and was going to take it. When he realised why I got up he came to his senses and allowed her to sit. Had I not given him a dirty look when he tried to take the seat, I doubt very much he would have moved for her to sit down. I will NEVER give up my seat for anyone again after getting home and being very sick while others only cared about themselves. I learned a valuable lesson that I need to start to be selfish, I'm not young anymore and those ways of existing in the public sphere have gone by the wayside.
i dont think thats selfish, to keep your seat when you really need it.
Load More Replies...I had great pregnancy experiences both times. When heavily pregnant cars would stop in the road to let me cross and lovely shop workers always offered to carry my bags to the car for me.i always declined but it was still very nice. (UK)
I thought the US is supposed to be so chivalrous. Isn‘t this just common curtesy?
I’ve been taking public transportation to and from work for about 15 years (in Chicago). Most people give up their seats for pregnant woman and the elderly. There are always a few a******s though.
Load More Replies...This list is only for movies. Sean Bean stands at 24 deaths, not even making the top 10. Even adding his 10 TV deaths doesn't get him there.
Load More Replies...I read that he insists his bad character die/be killed off so viewers won’t support the ‘bad’ guy winning
Danny Trejo is one of my favorite actors. He seems like a hardass but he's actually a very sweet person irl. He's even opened a restaurant in L.A., which is surprisingly good.
He really is (was) a hardass, was a criminal in his youth but turned his life around. He's pretty inspirational and regularly helps at risk youth and gives talks at juvenile facilities. Pretty much proof that rehabilitation does work.
Load More Replies...It's not 65 and he's not #1, he's #7. # 1 is Christopher Lee with 70 on screen deaths, then Dennis Hopper and Vincent Price tied with 48, then John Hurt with 42, or 43 if you count regeneration, Boris Karloff with 42, and Trejo tied with Lance Henriksen with 41.
That sweet innocent looking Danny? Actually he's supposed to be a really nice guy.
Because he asks for his character to be killed off if he's playing a bad guy. He doesn't want to make being bad look appealing to young people. He's an amazing dude!
He does it on purpose. If he is a bad guy, he dies, or he won't take the part.
But it's Very endangered; rats, dogs, and other imported animals have taken a Terrible toll.
Load More Replies...And they like trying to mate with nature photographer Mark Cawardine from "Last chance to see"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY
Joy of living in a country with no ground based predators. At least until white settlement brought them. Which is why they are now nearly extinct :(
Haha, I had the same thought! The result is pretty cute
Load More Replies...They are extremely adept at climbing bushes, trees and rock faces. They're just really bad at mating and being parents unfortunately.
Load More Replies...sooo cuteeeee! O.O i want to pet it its feathers look like leaves!!!
"Kakapo" sounds like some exotic food that is served with sides of liver, chianti, and fava beans.
Did anyone else see this? Honestly made my year :D https://youtu.be/9T1vfsHYiKY
And that's a big part of why some homeless people in the US refuse to go to shelters; their pets will go into overcrowded city and county shelters. For others, the problem is that their kids will be taken. If we're gonna tackle this problem, we have got to start seeing homeless people as PEOPLE, not just trash to be cleaned up.
I've always noticed that the dogs of homeless people always look really well cared for.
Load More Replies...I wonder how she feels about having her picture on the internet? Sometimes I think in our bid to know more about the world, we forget to consider whether we have the right to everything. Not saying that because there is anything wrong with being homeless but because the look on her face makes me wonder.
Let's be REAL CLEAR. Only ONE side of the political spectrum sees the homeless as disposable. REPUBLICANS. They've eviscerated affordable housing. Created police cultures that look at homeless as a pestilence. They show up every Sunday in their BS factories and hear "care for the sick" then vote against medicaid. "Feed the hungry" and support anti SNAP politicians. "I was a stranger and you let me in..." NOPE, "BUILD THAT WALL!" Republicans/christian conservatives are THE PROBLEM. Vile, compassionless, fascist, bigots, who enjoy every possible opportunity to exacerbate suffering in the most hypocritical way possible. This country is the "$#ithole" they think of everywhere else, due to their policies and bidding.
Years ago, an elderly couple was found living in their car for a year for the same reason. That's the day I decided that I would live in MY car before I would give up my "child".
Pets are cleaner than people and a homeless person with pet responsibilties is probably cleaner than the other homeless. True.
I have gained a new respect for her. Bees are amazing creatures, and our future is intrinsically linked with theirs. #SAVETHEBEES!
I agree. I love them and everything they do, but I like to admire from a distance
Load More Replies...But the question here is, where was this shot and did the bees survive or was this photoshoot a disruption to their hive? Because if she did get stung, some bees died just for this picture & it's a bit counterproductive.
As far as I know, a queen bee is taken and placed on the human so the rest of the hive will quietly follow and sit peacefully on the person. Afterwards the queen is placed back and most of the bees again follow the scent of the queen back. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Load More Replies...Bees don't sting usually, that was the point of the photoshoot if i am correct
Seems like it would have been more useful if she had donated some money instead.
Did she do a Tony Todd and have a contract that said she got paid extra per bee sting?
2,186 sheep in a Boeing 747-400, while just 650 people think their seats are cramped.
I didn't know live sheep were flown around like that. one for show or breeding maybe but 2100+ is a pretty large herd.
Sheep are moved in massive numbers for certain religious festivals that "require" the sacrifice of a sheep. The conditions for the animals are horrific during travel. They are then sold on to men who are unused to handling livestock and slaughtered by them in public. It's foul.
Load More Replies...2000+ sheep in the hold of one plane? They must have been squished in like sardines?! My two pet sheep don't even like sharing one stable that's massive for 2 adult sheep!
It was. A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 was making a routine flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur.
Load More Replies...Stories say "exporting" them. Also say that it was never proven that's why the plane was forced to land. Media speculation. Imagine that. Lol
Load More Replies...Now if they had just been allowed to upgrade to "business or first class" ...........just saying.
The Worst Actress Award was for a different film - "All About Steve".
Thanks, I was about to google it. Now I want to find out how bad that movie was. i have a thing for horrible films.
Load More Replies...Few people actually accepted their Razzie's in person. Only other one I can think of is Halle Berry back in 2005, when she won it for Catwoman. And this was 3-4 years after she won an Academy Award for Monster's Ball.
The second actor who had the guts and sense of humor to show up and collect the award. The first was Halle Berry.
Bs on the first award, I love her! She should've never gotten worst actress.
The savannah isn't a full "big cat," it's a hybrid of the Serval and the domestic short hair cat. They were bred to be domestic pets. Large cats for sure, but not plucked directly from the wild.
Oh. Thank you for telling us. I thought it was a Serval just with a different name. Good to know.
Load More Replies...Savannahs are serval/domestic cat hybrids. They are not domesticated big cats. They have a lot of hybrid inviability problems, and most males are completely sterile.
This is not true. I have 2 F2 Savannahs. They are sterile until the F4-F5 generation, just like other hybrids such as mules. Savannahs have less of an issue with health problems than other “pure” breeds due to their lack of line breeding. I do not recommend low generation Savannahs for everyone, they are a lot of cat, but they are in fact, healthy cats. If you want the color and dog like personality, get an SBT Savannah. They truly are a very fun, active breed.
Load More Replies...It is NOT a "big cat" it is a man made hybrid of a Serval and a domestic cat. They were bred first in the late 20th century. -- From Wikipedia On April 7, 1986, Judee Frank crossbred a male serval, belonging to Suzi Wood, with a Siamese domestic cat to produce the first Savannah cat, a female named Savannah.[5] That first Savannah was bred with a Turkish Angora male and gave birth to viable F2 kittens in April 1989.[6] In 1996,
It’s not a big cat. It’s a cross between a domestic cat and a serval. A serval itself, while larger than a domestic cat, is also not a ‘big cat’.
Making coffee isn't domesticated enough for you?????
Load More Replies...Is that a Savannah cat? It looks like a serval cat, which is a wild breed. Savannah cats are a crossbreed between a serval and a domestic cat. They're not found in the wild.
You have to consider that this is the intended purpose of these wearables, sold in the cloak of hypocritical self-improvement.
Load More Replies...On Shortland Street (Kiwi soap opera) one of the characters was monitoring her daughter's fitbit so the daughter put it on a cat at night and the mother assumed she and her husband were getting very "busy".
*Running after him* "Come back here! I'm not finished!"
Load More Replies...HOw is that proof of cheating? I go for midnight walks and bike rides all the time.
I'll remember this if I ever get a FitBit, or ever decide to cheat. Actually nevermind those are two things I'll never do.
Fake. You don't burn 500 calories having sex. That would be 60 minutes of extremely vigorous, non-stop activity (equivalent to using an elliptical at a fast pace and high level). His partner would surely have tagged out by then.
It was 2am, he was at some underground afterhours, MDMA had finally kicking in, and Carl C*x was on the deck mixing banging tech house. he danced all night long.
And their stripes are like fingerprints - each tiger's markings are unique.
I was just about to write the same thing! That's why hairless cats are different colors without fur. <3
Load More Replies...And, if this picture is accurate, a teeny tiny dude standing in the bald patch wondering where all the fur has gone
apparently humans also have stripes. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3289927/Humans-stripes-skin-covered-lines-different-colours-usually-visible-UV-light.html
I didn't read the caption first and thought tge second pic was of the tiger from far away....then read the caption to see what I was missing
nope, not an odd chemical reaction. it's basically a diy skylight. in many villages where electricity is scarce, it can be pretty dark in some corners of homes and huts even during the day. so a diy skylight could help solve that problem. you drill/cut a hole the size of a coke bottle, fill it with water, a bit of bleach to keep the water from getting gross (and thus less transparent), and use a construction adhesive to secure the bottle and keep out rain. groups like "liter of light" [https://literoflight.org/] have helped pioneer this method around the world. they also get solar powered lights into the hands of those in need.
It took me a sec because first I thought they were saying it created light. They are using it like a deck prism in an old boat. The bleach is apparently just to kill bacteria so algae doesn't grow in the bottle. The link below has a rather inspiring video that I think these still shots were taken from. === https://dornob.com/solar-bottle-lamps-water-bleach-10000-liters-of-light/
Not much use at night when you actually need a light bulb though 🤷
Neighbor has a commercial version of this. About as bright as a 100W bulb, good for kitchens that are too dark.
They figured this out after many people were put into emergency shelters that had no lights after a disaster. Some kid figured this out. Billiant. The reason for the bleach is so the water stays clear.
I'm surely not the only one who immediately thought of Nuka Cola Quantum.
Tons, man made lakes are coving a lot of ancient carvings and even cities. Lake Powell in Utah has native American ruins carved in the walls that are now under water. But the lake is getting lower due to drought and the ruins are becoming visible again
Load More Replies...10 feet? All of the reservoirs in California just said "Rookie!" in unison.
Where the 3 Gorges Dam was built they moved many people. Their homes, temples, statues etc. was all buried under water. Maybe in 100 years some of it will be discovered too.
There's no natural line formed where the water was? No algae or anything on the carving?
Also wondering how the statue isn't more deteriorated after 600 years, considering what rivers do to stone
Load More Replies...Lately I've been obsessed with them. They are def cute!
Load More Replies...Interesting. So in order to domesticate a crocodile, a person must shoot the poor creature in the head first.
Sort of similar a thing happened on the south coast of England. A place called Seaford was originally a port town until a major storm in the 16th century broke a shingle bar on the river and the mouth redirected to Newhaven.
Thanks, I hadn't heard about this. I'm gonna look it up now.
Load More Replies...Maybe washed away? It moved an entire river so some concrete would be nothing. Or maybe the roads are now covered by the dirt
Load More Replies...I'm more amazed how close they are in size. Was Jodie Foster a big kid or was here sister a tiny woman?
i mean i havent grown like at all since the seventh grade as in i was 5'7 and i'm still 5'7 at 16 (and i dont think ill grow more) so it's probably like that
Load More Replies...I looked it up and apparently she played a child prostitute. At least she wasn't in the explicit scenes herself though unlike Brooke Shields in Pretty Baby
Load More Replies...She looked like that at 12? My God! I wouldn't have guessed that young in a million years!
Jodie Foster's first movie was shot in my hometown. Napoleon and Samantha. It's a Disney film about two runaway kids and their pet lion. She was 10 years old.
It was a mistake. She was making chocolate cookies and didn't melt the chocolate before mixing it with the batter, but instead cut it to chips. The pieces didn't melt into the cookies, and ther esult tasted amazing. They're called Chocolate Chips, because the original recipes called for cutting chocolate into chips. Nestlé in vented what we call chocolate chips.
This was actually found to be a myth - and it makes sense. A baker for a hotel doesn't know that chocolate pieces to can't melt into a cookie? Yeah, unlikely. She intentionally created the cookie as an experiment.
Load More Replies...Def not Nestle, the most disgusting corporation ever... https://www.cracked.com/article_32589_4-ways-nestle-is-an-evil-company.html
Wish they were not such an awful company though 😔. Nestle didn't have to go the route they did.... But they chose it. Greed is very ugly
I think I was thinking what you were thinking, Sally.
Load More Replies...How do we know?did they do a before and after interview or something??
Hahahaha maybe the same pathways that light up in an specific order???
Load More Replies...I once read about an experiment where they trained flatworms to fear the dark via electrocution. They crushed them up, fed them to other flatworms and voila - the new flatworms were also afraid of the dark despite never having been conditioned to.
Well, it's a flat worm. It's not like its memorized all of Shakespeare, ffs.
I would have liked that, but I am afraid it is the super power of the flat worm.
Load More Replies...For all you skeptics, this is demonstrably true. Here's an article that explains the process by which this was determined: https://phys.org/news/2013-07-flat-worms-retain-memories-decapitation.amp
Oddly the Tokyo part of the text is correct as the island is part of Tokyo prefecture (adminstrative region). The 2 volcano part however is incorrect as the caldera and cone are structures of the same volcano.
Load More Replies...Stupid. It is NOT in Tokyo. "Aogashima is a volcanic island to the south of Japan in northernmost Micronesia."
Please don’t call people “stupid” for not having a general working knowledge of this random Japanese Island, that’s pretty unkind of you 😬 especially because you’re actually the incorrect one, Aogashima is actually part of Tokyo prefecture which is a geographical area…….. “stupid.”
Load More Replies...This is not a "mini volcano" inside of a larger volcano. It is one volcano that collapsed during a previous eruption (extremely common, look at Mount St. Helens for an example), and the cone is now being rebuilt inside of the original, collapsed cone.
A volcano in a volcano huh? What if all volcanoes have mini volcanoes inside them though.
Ocular albinism that ONLY affect eyes... mmm kinda difficult it'll affect feet... ??
My friend’s child has albinism and it greatly affects his vision. I remember her telling me he’ll never see details like freckles. I imagine that albinism that is only in the eyes would be worse but I’m not a doc. I hope it doesn’t affect his health too much. I don’t think people realize the effects aside from lacking pigment.
Load More Replies...I have this condition. This young boy likely does not see very well. Unlike him, I am extremely pale with light blonde hair.
Oooooh this explains, i went to school and was friends with this dude who was black as night with blue eyes like this, he got alot of ladies. Also if anyone went to pbc high in Qld (Currumbin) you know who I’m mentioning 😂
That child is mesmerizingly adorable with his dark skin and pale blue eyes. Beautiful contrast!
Primarily, not only. There is a type that also comes with a type of hearing loss.
Is this the same condition that blue-eyed cats and dogs can have?
Load More Replies...waadenburg syndrome can also cause bright blue, far apart eyes
i have mixed feelings about this. its cute, and ugly. cugly? i dunno
They're closely related. Potoos and frogmouths currently share a taxonomic clade with nightjars and owlet-nightjars, whip-poor-wills, oilbirds, and oddly enough, swifts and hummingbirds.
Load More Replies...I loves these birds! The have a wonderfully creepy call and I think they are cute
Researchers have also figured out that you can not walk cool while there is an explosion behind you.
Please don’t try this at home, there’s a shed load of stuff here which is bull, especially the bit about the “researchers”
I agree, but my dad worked at a gas station as a teenager in the 60s. So verified by independent research. Hint: it's the fumes that ignite, not the liquid. The liquid will just extinguish the cigarette. Or match, in my dad's case. But still don't try it at home -- or at the gas station.
Load More Replies..."Lighted" is more grammatically correct than "lit". Lighted can be the past tense of a verb, OR an adjective (describing the condition of being illuminated), whereas "lit" is simply a verb.
Load More Replies...Just to fill this out. The reason the cigarette doesn’t ignite the gas is not related to vapor vs. liquid. The cigarette is not actually on fire after it is lit and the smoldering cherry does not burn hot enough to auto ignite gasoline vapor. Also, most flammable hydrocarbons need to be a specific fuel to air ratio between 4-6% or else no boom.
Movies are just a big fat lie! what next, they gonne prove jumping from a crashing airplane carrying a sports car, get into the car while in the air, land safely and continue driving, isn't possible too?
Still don't think it's a good idea to be smoking at the gas pump... or smoking at all honestly
I found this out in high school in the '70s by accidental experimentation. I was walking up to the bus at the close of the day (yes, they allowed students to smoke with impunity back then) and I threw my lit cigarette out at the curb -- just a second or so *before* the bus driver could yell "Don't throw your cigarette down! They overfilled the gas tank and it it's spilled into the gutter!!" Too late. I thought it strange that the cigarette was snuffed out rather than causing a conflagration.
It’s the fumes that ignite! My dumba$$ exhusband learned that when he was welding a hole closed in an empty gas tank. It went kaboom! I told him to as water. He didn’t believe me, a girl, who took auto shop and welding in HS.
I bet you could ignite petrol vapor with a lit cigarette if you were inhaling - which makes the cherry really glow. I'm not going to buy cigs to test it but if the hooked up suction hose tot he cig and set it in the vapors coming off the gasoline I bet you could do it.
Yes, it's the fumes that are flammable. That's why they don't want people to smoke when pumping gas.
Load More Replies...Isn't the current theory that most Dino's also probably were more like birds with some type of feather also? Or has that changed again?
No, they've found fossilized imprints of feathers. They've also found imprints of skin, so some dinos had feathers, some didn't.
Load More Replies...Birds essentially are dinosaurs, avians were the only part of that group that survive the extinctions
More like birds belongs to the group of theropod dinosaurs that includes, among many others, T Rex. There were several dinosaurs with feathers.
Actually no. Their Osteoderm count is the same. All birds alive today are the closest living relatives of T rex.
This feed has me doing too much research. Extinct for ~ 2 million years. Lmao
They're only unsolved if you don't believe in Bigfoot. ;)
Load More Replies...What if the shirt hasn't shrunk but my stomach is bigger? Will it still work?
Load More Replies...the internet says this is a thing. doesn't sound perfect but the general idea the conditioner relaxes the fibers in the shirt. I'm guessing it needs to be plant fiber not plastic but not sure. "To help unshrink clothes, first, add 1 Tbsp. of conditioner to a small bucket or container filled with warm water, mixing the product in as much as possible. Fully immerse the shirt in the mixture and let it soak for 30 minutes. Finally, rinse out the conditioner and gently stretch the shirt to your desired size. Let it hang dry before wearing."
It kinda works on plastic fibers, but depends how thick they are. I've used it on sweaters and it works the same on those whether natural or synthetic fibers, but shirts are more difficult. Just mix the water with conditioner while both are room temperature then add the ice. Swirl the garment around a bit and let it sit an hour. Come back and stretch it gently from seam to seam. Any finger marks could make it lumpy if you don't stretch from seams in both directions. If it's not able to stretch enough, leave it in a couple more hours and do the same thing. Rinse in cold water, gently, don't wash. Wring out and air dry. Then you can wash it.
Load More Replies...I'm gonna go ahead and call shenanigans on that one. shrunk-swe...d5cca2.jpg
Finally this is the first interesting thing that I find in this list... position # 3 when I am posting
This sounds like a pretty good life hack considering I don't want to have a closet full of crop tops 😅
or just buy larger shirts and pre-shrink them, that's what i do. Because as soon as you wash it, it will shrink again
Well alrighty then. As long as it was consentual. They made a cute kid.
Nah, I'm pretty sure it'll have a lot of health issues. There's a reason why cross breeds aren't common. Same with ligers. It's just sad :(
Load More Replies...A bit out of context I know, but please don't sit/stand on lumbar part of horse's (or zorse's) back, even for a one photo. Only thoracic area is strong enough for having our weight on.
@Vitiosus The Black Sheep Not at all out of context ! Was scrolling to read that cause it had to be said. The way she stands on the horse disturbed me for that exact reason.
Load More Replies...Zebras, Horses, and donkeys are the same genus. Zebras can aslo breed with donkeys. The hybrids are sterile. The two Zebra species are not closely related. One species is more closely related to horses, and they other to donkeys. As a I wrote above, there is no such thing as "zebra". There are two species of the genus Equus in which stripes evolved. Some of the extinct Equus species probably also had stripes.
My first thought was that image looks photoshopped, but a quick google finds multiple images of the same zorse, you can see that same pattern of stripes. So it's real.
When naming such crossbreeds scientist put first part of the mmale species. Liger means male lion and female tiger, Tigon means male tiger and female lion
Load More Replies...when you cross two different species, they can't interbreed to produce FERTILE offspring, so the zorse and ligers etc are infertile cos their chromosome number is messed up, and plus they most likely have alot of health problems
Yeah, she's really pretty, especially with the short hair.
Load More Replies...I bet her back and neck feel so much better! She looks amazing! All that in only 12 years, though??
Yeah, that is impressive if she grew it in just 12 years. I have my doubts about it being the longest in the world, but I've learned that just because Guinness says so doesn't mean it's so.
Load More Replies...I’d always thought that it would be unlikely for rapunzel to be blond, I’ve noticed blond hair doesn’t grow as fast as darker hair (just an observation I could fully be wrong)
Dark hair is thicker. Meaning it doesn't break as easily. Blond on the other hand (Like my scandinavian hair has very fine hairs that break easily) I think how fast it grows however have many factors. Scalp massage, climate, genes etc.
Load More Replies...This is sorta true. Some mines have a delayed fuse because they're designed for vehicles and they want to allow the vehicle to move over the mine to get more of the blast. Some anti-personnel mines had a 4 second fuse then launched into the air at which point the main explosion goes off. There are apparently hundreds of different types, so it's always possible some mad scientist made one that needs the weight to be removed before it goes off. https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/how-do-landmines-work-explosion-dangerous-anti-personnel-anti-tank-explosive-destruction.html
Landmines are not designed to kill, they're designed to maim in the hope that 2 other soldiers will be needed to try and save the life of the person who got their leg blown off. They're evil things.
Yes and no. Some landmines are made for that purpoaee, others are made to disable tanks, and there's truly horrific ones like the small bowtie shaped ones rhat fly up and explode between a soldier's legs to demoralize and frighten their comrades. There's many, many types of landmines.
Load More Replies...Well thanks for that. There goes my hope of standing on it until someone rescues me.
Landmines are one of mankind's worst inventions. They never kill who you want them to kill and they always kill people you don't want to kill. Landmines never won a battle but they get a lot of innocent people killed.
Of course it does. What idiot would design an anti-personnel mine that explodes only when the switch is lifted (A job I would not want, for the record)? Yet it's a trope of countless movies and books. As if google was never invented.
Oh that's good, I hate annoying clicks before I am reduced to molecules.
Except for the small fact that he doesn’t have any brothers… only a sister. The one on the left is an Icelandic Basketball player.
I've googled all these "facts" so far 2 have been wrong. Hard to trust the Internet these days. 😉
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the small Arnold Schwarzenegger dwarfed by Andre the giant and Kareem Abdul pic
Seriously... wtf... all these Scandinavian giants... first the Skarsgards, now the Bjornssons...
me neither, but it seems pretty obvious their purpose.
Load More Replies...I'd rather have kids grinding skateboards than breaking into cars. Damn hostile architecture.
A form of skateboard guards or skatestoppers, classified as hostile architecture.
"hostile architecture" by the people who want to vandalize it by using it as a playground, not by the building owners who spend thousands repairing the damage they do.
Load More Replies...The problem is they're competing with regular users and making it unsafe. We had a narrow stairway with the round metal rails they seem to love near my work. You'd see kids skating and grinding on them even when people are trying to walk up the stairs. If you're a skater, you see a rail with these and you still choose to grind it, then you deserve what happens.
Load More Replies...As a skater, I've seen many things to stop us. Funny thing is, sometimes the obstacles gives us a new challenge. Wouldn't work with this one though.
No it is not but destroying property often is. Nuisance laws do exists too.
Load More Replies...this looks like Petrified Forest in Arizone. It is one of the most bizar and beautifull places i ever visited. In the sunlight, the petrified trunks sparkle and glitter and some have very deep colors. Its hard to believe they were trees once!
Nope. Looks like Petrified Forest and thats Arizona. A must see.
Load More Replies...been there, the most serene, peaceful place on earth. Unfortunately, our Victorian age ancestors took 90% of the petrified wood home as souvenirs. Been a federal crime to do so for some time though. The wood is plentiful still but it used to be 20-30 feet (or so) deep of gigantic tree length trunks on top of trunks.
Don't worry, the mandrake draft is nearly ready. We will soon be able to get this tree trunk un-petrified
Same. It's my favourite colour and it has a cat!!!
Load More Replies...Depends on what they did. If their misbehaviour was of a sexual nature, this is gross
Damn, this started in 2007 by the look of it. https://www.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-thailand-police-hellokitty-idUKBKK17542720070806
Quite literally(the Hindu god Shiva has a third eye)
Load More Replies...If the story from the independent about the calf still being sent to the slaughter is two years old I doubt that they bothered to check. But they bothered to name it Mahadev (Shiva), so it seems like a massive screw you to Hinduism as a whole if they followed through...
Load More Replies...And the poor cow is still going to be slaughtered. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cow-three-eyes-forehead-wales-b1847620.html
They should give it to an Indian temple, I'm sure the people there would love to have a cow looking as holy as this beauty
Load More Replies...Is it because if you're scrolling down the list and only see the top ⅓ of the picture, it looks kinda like a b******e?
Load More Replies...It was on the shore of the a tidal river, so not quite as bizarre as it sounds. The whales live fairly near but would normally have migrated to Antarctica at the time of year that this one died. Or unalived, as I’m sure Bored Panda would prefer
It was young, and beached on the shore of an island in the mouth of the tidal Amazon River. They think it got separated from its mother and drifted with the tide until beaching. Samples were taken and examined for cause of death but nothing has been released about it since it happened in 2019.
I'm sorry why was this not news everywhere. This is a legit mystery. Aliens aren't real. it was humpback whales driving the ufo's all along and this poor guy got drunk and fell out.
Was there a pot of petunias nearby if so Arthur Dent is your guy.
Load More Replies...Not far, it was on an island in the mouth of the river, the mouth connects to the Atlantic Ocean.
Load More Replies...A calf that died and washed up there. Lots of Humpbacks at the coast of Brazil
I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this. I have read that most of our cultivated foods are quite different from the wild varieties because humans have modified them to our liking.
You mean....they've been....*shudder* *big fùcking gasp here* genetically....modified!?!?
Lol. I know. Plants have been genetically modified by humans for as long as we have farmed. But people freak out over modern methods.
Load More Replies...Fun fact: banana flavored candies DO in fact taste like bananas. Its just that the specific banana type they taste like is extinct, which is why we don't think it tastes like banana any more.
They taste like a Big Mike banana. Today we have the Cavendish banana, which is vulnerable to a fungus and may go functionally extinct sooner rather than later.
Load More Replies...I also remember reading that banana flavoring used in candies is based on a species of banana that's gone extinct. That's why it tastes nothing like the bananas were used to
Correct..... please see our banter a few lines up....
Load More Replies...Lmao 🤣 my favorite Australian comment
Load More Replies...Ik spiders are good for the ecosystem and the food chain could never do without them, but the world can BURN FOR THESE UNPREDICTABLE LITTLE(AND SOMETIMES NOT SO LITTLE) SHÎTS!
Looks like when we (on the West coast of the US) would get webworm attacks every few summers, depending on the reproductive/hatching cycle. They climb the trees to mate and eat, while they cover the trees and shrubbery in webs and eat the leaves, then drop to the ground and lay eggs in the ground that incubate for a few? years.
On the East Coast, we had Bag Worms... with a similar experience. People would just cut the branch off affected limbs to try to get rid of them.
Load More Replies...Tarrare? Maybe? He lived approx. 500 years ago (c. 1772 – 1798).
No, it's on top of a fountain which was built in 1545.
Load More Replies...From what I've heard, having a baby is a real work out.
Load More Replies...The grandad changed so much he looks like a whole different person. Hell of an effort.
Yes!!! I was gonna say: Dude looks like a whole different person!
Load More Replies...what a huge difference! good job guys! keep the hard work going! proud of you!
They are not danger noodles! The person who came up with danger noodle used it specifically for venomous snakes. This one is non-venomous, a nope rope.
Load More Replies...At what point does it cease to be a snake and we start calling it a worm? 😆
I know I think all snakes are cute, but THIS SNAKE IS CUUUTE 😍😍😍😍😍
And after Halloween ask a neighbor to help you take it down
Load More Replies...Anyone else seeing a face? Glowing eyes with a nose and scowling narrow mouth? It’s more obvious from the side. That would freak me right the f**k out!!!
Tungsten’s freezing point (where phase changes from liquid to solid) is higher than that of lava. Eg you have to make tungsten hotter than lava to melt it
Load More Replies...Not freeze, that's misleading. Tungsten requires a higher temperature to become liquid, so if a liquid such as lava were to come in contact with it, the temperature difference would cause the Tungsten to harder despite the incredible temperatures.
you may have seen a blacksmith dipping a white hot bar of iron into a bath of water before. the water steams and the iron cools off dramatically. i've dropped molten aluminum (Al) in water before. it solidified ("freezes"--a loose use of the term) in mere seconds. and the Al became cool to the touch in just moments. the situation is similar here. liquid tungsten (W) is over 6,000 °F. the average temp. of lava is over 2,000 °F--much cooler than the liquid W. so dropping liquid W in lava would cause the W to cool off dramatically and solidify. at 2000 °F, a sample of W is solid metal, no longer liquid metal. just like dropping molten Al into water!
I did not realize the melting point of tungsten was so much higher than steel. Some numbers for you - -- The temperature of the lava in the tubes is about 1,250 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit).----Carbon Steel*: 1425-1540°C (2597-2800°F) Stainless Steel*: 1375 – 1530°C (2500-2785°F) ==== Tungsten/Melting point 6,191°F 3,422°C
This is why Tungsten (Wolfram, hence the W) was chosen as filament in incandescent light bulbs.......
Load More Replies...Tungsten has a melting point far higher than lava meaning it would not be liquid in contact with lava. What a stupid comment
Its all here in the Conversation.........
Load More Replies...It doesn't freeze per se, but the temperature of liquid tungsten is so high that it would solidify when it comes into contact with lava, which while still very hot, is much cooler than liquid tungsten.
Load More Replies...Does it bother anyone else that the man standing behind her has a very long stick? This pic makes her look like she was studying under threat of physical repercussions.
I honestly have no idea. Let me check. Edit: he did actually invent this one, but him and his British assistant applied and sign for a patent together.
Load More Replies...He was a shop manager in essence. He tinkered a lot and was brilliant no doubt, however it’s well known that his staff were rarely credited for their efforts and because he owned everything, the tools, the shop, and everything else he took the credit.
To be able to sign your name to a patent before the other person has managed to get out their own pen/ink. Alternatively, to imbed your signature so deep into the paper, that it can never be corrected.
Load More Replies...Christopher Robin named his bear after another military mascot, Winnie, who was the mascot of the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment, until she was too big and they brought her to the zoo, where Christopher Robin met her. "Pooh" was a swan at the zoo who Christopher Robin liked. There are stories of how the kid's stuffed bear became Winnie the Pooh, and why he was named so, but you need to read the books for that.
Load More Replies...He was kept in a zoo and died at 20 years old after his retirement, iirc.
“After the war, he found a lovely, brown bear lass and settled in the wilds of poland. They had a few kids, one of which is now known Cocaine Bear.” Kidding!😁 But that would be a nice story, wouldn’t it?
Used for labour and ''fun', and then after, had to be 'jailed' (zoo) for the rest of his life, being too attached to humans (and prob had a drinking problem).
Editing??? They don't even bother making sure it's TRUE!!!
Load More Replies...Only steak is steak. Melon is not steak. Cauliflower is not steak. Tofu is not steak.
"My favorite animal is steak." - Fran Lebowitz
Load More Replies...Well, I would be open to try it, but I doubt it would actually taste like meat.
How seems like the high water content would make it boil and explode.
It'd only explode if it was sealed so the gases can't escape. Maybe if the rind wasn't taken off first, but the photos show no rind.
Load More Replies...Harpy Eagle? I think you mean The Predator. She up there collecting trophies.
The eagle used a plate made of banana leaves, how cultured..
Load More Replies...Monkey skulls look very similar to human skulls. Harpy eagles are big, but not that big.
I think they might just be that big... large-bird...bf2cb6.jpg
The Harpy Eagle looks like a person in a bird costume. Yes, it's that big. It's terrifying. Google a pic - I dare you! :)
Those are monkey and sloth skulls, both favorite foods of harpy eagles.
is that the bird's egg? it's not going to hatch/live if it's cold and untended
Probably a normal sized monkey, depending on the type of monkey. These eagles are massive. I wouldn't want my toddler around one.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure about "has been known to kill lions". I couldn't find any good reports along those lines, just speculation that it could potentially kill a lion.
Come to think of it, where would an ostrich encounter a lion?
Load More Replies...THESE are actually the birds better described as most closely related to T-Rexes, but not for their superficial similarities. (Small, harmless-looking tinamous are tied; and the evolutionary links between ostriches and T-Rexes are also small and not very T-Rex-like.)
But they can only kick out, not down. In case of ostrich attack lay on the floor.
those are not teeth 💀 but very fasciniting... i want to run my finger down it
Ok, I'm far less afraid of my hand getting slurped up feeding one of these now that I've seen this!
I thought the difference was one would see you later but the other wouldn't see you for a while
Crocs are more greenish brownish in color, have v shaped noses and show both upper and lower teeth. Gators are bluish blacksih, have u shaoed snouts, and only show upper teeth. You should avoid both in the wild.
Okay, one has a longer, narrower mouth. Big deal knowing that when one is trying to kill you.
People, if you see one of these, don't stop and analyze their body, okay? Just run
You know that's a bridezilla " We are not rescheduling I don't care if there IS a volcano erupting."
So the wedding is still on but it is now byogm (bring your own gas masks) don’t want anyone to die on my special day!
Load More Replies...It's sad how people think he was a great man. And also Mother Theresa, she was an evil b--h.
Load More Replies...Gandhi when he is about to launch nuclear bombs in the civilization game
I remember remember this, mo was driving out of the training facility when the boys saw him and were chasing him. The kid hit the pole and mo turned his car around. This dude is awesome, helped his country during covid. Helped the thief that robbed his house find a job. He such a nice guy people wanted him to be president.
How do you know that? It doesn't say "guy didn't notice for minutes" anywhere on the post
Load More Replies...WHY THE EVERLOVINGFUCK DID HE NOT WEAR GLOVES
Load More Replies...DO NOT DO THAT. His skin is literally falling off his hands. If you don't believe me look up trench foot, but I highly recommend that you do not look up pictures.
I’m guessing it’s a typo. I think it’s supposed to say rowing
Load More Replies...But maybe a kind person will throw it away thinking you were just littering around
that was my thought. And because it seems like a dirty diaper they likely would not look at it closely - just sort of two finger it into a trash bag.
Load More Replies...I just lug a 100Kg safe onto the beach and store my valuables in that. Potential thieves will look elsewhere
Or you could, you know, just NOT bring your valuables to the beach, and take only what you need in a waterproof container you can keep with you.
Make sure to put some chocolate in there too. When they grab it the melted chocolate will ooze out.
Until some good samaritan is cleaning up the beach while you're swimming and throws it away.
I had 88 kidney stones removed. I also got sepsis and nearly died. 😳
Sepsis before or after the surgery. Either way it's absolutely awful. Just seems far worse if you'd have been better off to hang onto your 88 kidney stones for a while longer, than having the surgery nearly kill you.
Load More Replies...According to the international numbering system which other countries follow 172,155 is correct but here, according to our system of counting (in India) it’s actually 1,72,155. (One lakh, seventy two thousand one hundred fifty five)
Load More Replies...That poor person! I just had one and thought I was dying. Although they don't actually hurt while they're still in your kidney - it's when you try to pass them that the agony begins.
It’s a way we write numbers in our counting system here in India. The number reads one lakh, seventy two thousand, one hundred fifty five
Load More Replies...China is a surveillance hellhole created by a brainwashing dictatorship. China needs to be stopped, no matter how. The chinese people deserve a democracy. But they are so indoctrinated that many of them still think differently.
".....so indoctrinated that many of them still think differently."------ maghat tr*mpers
Load More Replies...And what would it protect??? Is it meant to protect ?? I'm just curious
so whats the point of this lock then. it looks cool n sht but whats the use of this
To stop you stealing or using the needle of course! /s
Load More Replies...He did have a few wooden teeth, but very few. They were a last resort, if I remember correctly..
George Washington also only got the job as Commander in Chief for 2 reasons. He was tall, and he wore his old military uniform. Nor did he 'never tell a lie'. He lied all the time. Most of what people think they know about Valley Forge is from the letters he wrote to congress, which where pretty much all lies. Conditions weren't 'pleasant', but they were nowhere near as desperate or horrible as he made them out to be.
This is swarming behavior and bees are less likely to sting. He probably has the queen in a cage and all the workers will have instinctively cluster around her like this. Also it looks like there is something over the front of his face to give him some space to breathe.
Like that kid from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. He had a swarm of bees living in his stomach.
I wonder where he put the queen. They are staying on him to be near the queen. Otherwise they would just fly away. Also if they are swarming they usually don't sting. but if it is not an aggressive breed they don't tend to sting. I never covered my head but I've held handfuls of them when I had some hives.
This wasn't before bombs. They had bombs at the same time as this, and air raid bombing in WW1 was common. Flechettes were dropped on trenches, because they got through easier than bombs and pierced armour. They were also nasty, they are actually now illegal to use in war because they are that inhumane.
This is honestly scarier than bombs, imagine hearing the never-ending clunking and tinkling on metal and wood, hoping one of these arrows doesn't go through. You know ur death is assured with bombs
Bombs won't necessarily kill you if you're hiding in a trench, these were dropped into trenches and were exceedingly lethal. These will absolutely go through your helmet and kill you.
Load More Replies...Flechettes, still in use in bombs and artillery grenades despite international treaties banning them
I suspect that unless the cub had some help, this impala was not taken down
Sometimes cheetahs take down a smaller prey, typically a baby or juvenile, without killing it and then give it to the cubs to practice on. Cheatahs are also built for speed rather than strength. A typical kill method is to put their mouths over the prey’s snout and suffocate them
Load More Replies...The Impala seems surprised. It hasn't been taken down. Oh and Ms. Bolt is facepawing.
His death is accurate this photo has nothing to do with the event. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tents-situation/
So many of these posts are either sensationalized or outright fake :(
Load More Replies...His name is Michio Hoshino. Spell his name correctly. This photo is fake. His family deserves to not have his death sensationalized in such a false manner.
This was my biggest fear when I heard sniffing around my tent last time I went camping. I was too scared to make any noises and movements.
1) This reminded me of the creepiest experience I ever had. This is absolutely true and obviously it turned out ok because I'm posting about. So here goes, about 10 years ago I did a trip to the central west of Queensland, Australia with my father. I was 40ish at the time and was driving him for business. For those who don't know what the country is like have you seen the original Mad Max (The Road Warrior)? Huge open spaces, scrubby vegetation almost desert like and less than one person per square mile, drive for an hour and not see another person. Anyway, we decided to camp beside a dry creek where we'd camped a few times when I was a teenager. Again, no one for miles, no artificial lights, and we have a little popup tent, and a couple camp chairs and a folding table. Had early dinner and called it a night. At about 2 or 3AM I wake with a start. My father is still asleep and I'm like "what woke me?" I realise there is movement outside the tent, bumps and scratching sounds...
Load More Replies...PhotoShop or not, keep food in your tent and this is what your last moment on earth will be like. I bought a tent in 2004, and the instructions claimed that packing up a tent while it's wet is the quickest way of destroying it. Nope, keeping food in it will get it destroyed much quicker.
I bet the tattooist tried to tell him it wouldn't work and he didn't want to listen. QR codes are really sensible to blurring. They have to be printed very clearly to work properly. But tattoos always beed a bit and cannot be done that precisely. There's no chance it could ever work. Maybe you could make a barcode work, but definitely not a QR code.
A QR code still works if it is a mirror image. Tried that the other day; code was on a restaurant's window, I could read it from the other side. Slightly neat, totally useless fact.
Load More Replies...This is just after the moment you should be reevaluating your life decisions.
But the dumbass version who isn't a silent assassin, but rather an asshat who spends his life making stupid decisions to try to draw attention to himself.
Load More Replies...The picture is of a stye, but the information provided about pus is very correct. I can also explain what a stye is if anyone wants to know, but only if asked. And styes are also filled with pus
It's what pigs live in, silly; everyone knows that.
Load More Replies...👋👋 Well, me for one, so thank you for the info Phoenix, greatly appreciated x
Load More Replies...This is yet another terribly worded fact. Pressure is Force/Area. Because it's linked to area you're increasing the pressure even if the weight remains the same. Force is Mass x Acceleration. So it's possible to calculate. So for the human, force should be roughly 50x9.8 = 490. Area of an average human foot is roughly 100sqcm x 2, so 200sqcm 0r 0.02 sqm. So pressure = 490/0.02 = 24,500. Elephants range a bit is size, but lets say 4,000kg weight and a foot area of 275sqcm x 4 = 1100, so 0.11sqm. So F = 4000x9.9 or 39200. Pressure = 39200/0.11 = 350,363. So a "flat footed" elephant is generating roughly 14.5 times as much pressure as a human. The heels part gets tricky because it the pressure will vary greatly depending on how much surface area the heels actually have, and how hard it is to get an elephant to wear them.
Load More Replies...Elephants walking are much quieter than anyone wearing heels. At night, a herd of elephants could walk by a few metres away without you realising.
Some women do look sexy in heels, yes (but not all). However: Is it worth it? When women wear heels everyday, their toes will become disfigured and look really awful. I love my woman wearing healthier shoes more.
I look at a woman the way I look at anyone - from the face on down. If she hasn't already come across as sexy when I get to her feet, the heels aren't going to do it.
Load More Replies...Elephants do walk on their toes, but nature designed way more efficient heels for them.
I’ve read a 50 tons tank exert much less pressure than a family car. Blew my mind. Makes sense though, because otherwise the tank would get stuck very easily.
Does this mean at the heel because it is concentrated as opposed the the elephant having the force spread over a larger area?
Sure. Also why the trick of laying on a bed of nails works.
Load More Replies...they placed the bid but didn't come through with the cash. so no it wasn't "paid"
Does winning bid actually mean the same as paid? I couldn't find anywhere that confirmed the sale went through.
I'm gonna have to stop you right there
Load More Replies...No thanks! I would prefer they be left alone, and I don’t want to have to kill them to avoid getting others or myself sick if I break the pen somehow!
I'd be too worried about some freak scary movie style accident ending up with me having to be treated for these worms... Also, ew.
Smiling and laughing are worth every wrinkle. They're my happy wrinkles and proof that I've had many a good time.
Right? I mean, what is that woman even living for? How shallow can one be to put looks above happiness?
Load More Replies...I mean I'm vain but there's no way I'm going through life without smiling and laughing
Because some people go the extra mile to prepare for a role. Chameleon or method actors, if you will. Just look at Christian Bale in the Machinist, for an example. His whole diet to prepare for the role was a can of tuna, an apple, and black coffee, and lost 62 pounds to prepare for the role... and this was the year before he played Batman for the first time.
Load More Replies...I still don t understand why I should pay respect for a person who risks his life just for playing a role while all of that could be done with make up
Demonstrates his dedication to his job and passion, I guess. I mean, do we actually know what we would physically look like without sleep?
Load More Replies...I've gone 3 nights without sleeping due to insomnia, by that time I was hallucinating and speaking gibberish.
24 hours without sleep can trigger a psychotic break in completely mentally healthy individuals. Trying to hold on to your sanity, let alone your life, would be near on impossible.
Load More Replies...He could've saved all that time and effort by just coming to Austin, Texas for a few days. Cedar fever is torture (and yes, it's a thing- I'd never experienced any allergies of any kind before I moved here- it's so bad that you can find holistic cedar fever meds in almost every single gas station!)
I sleep regularly but still have swollen tissue under my eyes. They call it ageing (with a bit of gravity)
In the movie he did this for, he plays a father whose young son goes missing and is nearly sold into human trafficking.
MY as in yours, or MY as in that pillow arsè?
Load More Replies...I do sleep on my stomach, but I don’t have blocked pores or acne breakouts…
The same type of covers used to protect the mattress from spills exist for pillows. You put the pillow in this cover in addition to the normal pillow cover you wash. Everything is nice and clean.
I used to sleep on my stomach a lot, especially as a teen, yet I had less problems than my back/side sleeping siblings
Ew ew ew the image here is so gross edit:from the corner of my eye it looked like an eye melting into the pillow which made me kinda panic sry guys
Nope. I have rosacea, and I change and wash my pillowcases daily. It's made a world of difference in helping my rosacea.
Yes it is, taking advantage of peoples kindness.
Load More Replies...Happens far too often. I don't trust most of the online fundraisers unless there's proper information attached to them.
I also received funding requests from people "from Ukraine". There was some "animal shelter" asking by DM in Twitter. I only needed to do a 2 minute checking to see that the account was most likely fake and only retweeted from other accounts. Instead I found one real animal shelter in Ukraine that was also documenting what they did with the donations in pictures and I donated some EUR to them, instead
Load More Replies...This is not only a bad and selfish thing to do, but also a BIG problem for every person who really needs help. Having such experiences I have started to mistrust everybody asking me for help. I feel sad there might have been some people really in need that I probably rejected.
One of the many reasons why I do not trust go fund me and other like sites.
It’s sad how wrong people get financial gain, about 2 months ago my granddaughter had a heart murmur, they found out she had defective heart and was put on a waiting list for a donor, meanwhile my daughter and her boyfriend had to take medical leave ( both have minimum wage jobs) they have 3 other young kids, while she stayed in the hospital with her he stayed with the other kids, a go fund me was put up, I assumed ok this is a child waiting for a heart, she should get lots of donations, barely 2g, and then you hear stories like this that saddens you, that $ this woman got wound’ve helped them out for 4 months….on a good note they found a donor within a week 🙏
That's awful. I still don't understand how America can function.
Load More Replies...A tigers legs are so strong that even when they die they can be left standing.
Load More Replies...That is a still shot from the live-action Jungle Book movie, not a dead tiger
Whoever made this post needs to lay off the drinking and take a basic writing class!
It's not a drunk person. All of these posts are by a fanatic Hindu. Also this is the first one among them who thought that the Colosseum was built by Indians.
Load More Replies...He means before the western people even knew geometry Indian created symmetrical master pieces
"Western people" does not equal "the world" - despite what we western people often assume.
Load More Replies...Puting a colosseum on the picture is a damn error... Almost all collosseum was made during the roman empire (~27 BC to 476 AD), which mean geometry was a totally knowed thing...
That's why their priceless, they can't sell them!
Load More Replies...I think I had a stroke reading that. I'm not going to attempt to unwrap what this actually means besides nonsense.
For more information of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh
They're valuable to Indians. And people with too much money who love collecting things as novelties.
Load More Replies...This is ignorant. Have one dog fight against anything attacking their favorite person and a lion couldn't hold a f*****g candle to a dog, Most bears even get run off when kick me dogs are protecting someone they love.
To the OP- Pehle Sher ki niyat ki sachhai padh lijiye mahashay!
If you list all facts and last one is b*llshit, all facts are b*llshit. But if you list all b*llshit and last one is fact, last one is still b*llshit.
after a while, it seems like the source "store of fact" (or the bp poster) just gave up and resorted to aphorisms.
I would suggest everyone leave feedback about the quality of the article, above
I absolutely did. If you click "add a comment" when checking what needs to be fixed, you can tell them exactly what you want to.
Load More Replies...The beginning of this article was great but then it feels like the author got bored.
There wasn't one author. The content is stolen from other websites.
Load More Replies...This is what happens when you use Google to translate an article from India into English
The copious capitalisation of common nouns leads me to believe this source has a less than rigorous attention to detail.
Big words doesn't verify source material, but yeah these are all various levels of garbage
Load More Replies...after a while, it seems like the source "store of fact" (or the bp poster) just gave up and resorted to aphorisms.
I would suggest everyone leave feedback about the quality of the article, above
I absolutely did. If you click "add a comment" when checking what needs to be fixed, you can tell them exactly what you want to.
Load More Replies...The beginning of this article was great but then it feels like the author got bored.
There wasn't one author. The content is stolen from other websites.
Load More Replies...This is what happens when you use Google to translate an article from India into English
The copious capitalisation of common nouns leads me to believe this source has a less than rigorous attention to detail.
Big words doesn't verify source material, but yeah these are all various levels of garbage
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