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107 ‘Weird History’ Facts That History And Trivia Lovers Might Find Interesting (New Pics)
If it ain’t weird, interesting, and enlightening, it ain’t got any place on the Weird History Twitter page. Home to nearly 177k adoring fans, the Weird History project embodies the best aspects of education in the digital age: make it short, make it precise, and make it fun. Throw in some spot-on illustrations and boom! You’ve made yourself popular with fact-lovers all over the globe.
Created by Andrew Rader way back in September 2011, Weird History has been going strong ever since for more than a decade. There’s always a new fact, a new tidbit of trivia to hook your interest and keep you learning. Scroll down and enjoy the best post from Weird History. Don’t forget to upvote the facts you enjoyed learning the most and be sure to give the project a follow on your fave social media (it’s on almost all of them).
Meanwhile, I reached out to Lenore Skenazy, the president of Let Grow and the founder of the Free-Range Kids movement to learn about how parents can help encourage their kids to learn new things and develop fresh interests, whether historical or otherwise, without smothering them or putting undue pressure on them. You’ll find Bored Panda's interview about the importance of stepping back avoiding the urge to control everything as you scroll down.
Pssst, Pandas, over here! We know how much you enjoy learning new facts, especially all the cool history trivia that Weird History has to offer. After you’re done absorbing all the knowledge in this list, you should definitely check out Bored Panda’s previous features about ‘Weird History’ right over here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
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#1
Finding Light in Darkness
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
About 4,000 people died during the Great Smog and over 100,000 others suffered permanent respiratory damage.
Ray Martin 4 years ago
It's now reckoned as at least 8,000 and possibly as many as 12,000
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Steph 4 years ago
So sweet ! Always remember Karma ;-) helped a blind lady across a park bridge once - nothing extraordinarily. Months later I was in a store, same neighborhood, and totally embarrassed at the cashier desk: left my purse at home. A voice from behind called out: "oh, I know the girl - can I help out?" it was the same lady I had helped over the construction bridge. She recognized my voice and helped me out. That was 11 years ago - we are still in touch - even thoughI live in a different continent now
Raccoon Queen 4 years ago
I once saw a blind woman comment on being at a hotel and the power went out, and she was guiding people to their rooms.
sciencefunn 4 years ago
There's always something good in every bad and this is a perfect example of it.
Molly Block 4 years ago
I've been legally blind since I was born 53 years ago, so I can identify with this. Go blind people, GO!
Xan A. Du 4 years ago
How would the blind people know where the others lived? If the sighted people could see enough to provide direction, they would be able to get home on their own, correct?
Aeon Flux 4 years ago
They would tell them which street they lived on, and the blind people would know where the street was. Before we all had map apps, people used to know their way around their own neighborhoods, believe it or not.
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#2
Trailblazing Wings
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Quite a few lost their lives doing this - deserve the highest respect!
Lawless 4 years ago
Something to look into are the WASP, an entirely female group. B@dasses, all of them.
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If you want to learn more check out the Women Air Force Service Pilots of WWII (WASP), The Night Witches, and the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
Adrian 4 years ago
Don't forget the Russian Night Witches: Their Female Pilots of World War II. Members of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew 30,000 missions over the course of four years and dropped 23,000 tons of bombs. They flew very low (hence no parachutes), carried a very heavy bomb load, at low speed in very flimsy crop dusting type planes. A common tactic was to idle their engines and glide over the enemy with a slight "whooshing" sound, to drop their payload.
North West Meats 4 years ago
My grandma was one of these awesome ladies! I have photos of her with the planes. She taught other male pilots to fly too, using flight simulators
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
My mom was a private pilot when I was 7, and flew her own small Cessna 150 and got an entire page in the local paper about it, too!!!
Chewie Baron 4 years ago
Britain's answer to Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnston did this as well. Also, li,e Earhart, Johnston also disappeared whilst flying and was never seen again.
#3
From Betrayal to Cat Haven
Sanne H. 4 years ago (edited)
It’s the square called “Torre Argentina”, in the city center of Rome. Cats are roaming around, there is also a cat shelter, and you can buy some merchandise to sponsor shelter, cat food and medications. Highly recommended for cat people visiting Rome!
ElenaK 4 years ago
Oh I have visited this little shop while visiting! It is lovely!
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Lovin' Life 4 years ago
I am actually writing an essay on Rome right now. This is interesting. I may have to mention thos.
MIT-credentialed scientist Andrew, the founder and curator of Weird History, is larger than life. Originally from Ottawa in Canada, he’s an author, game designer, podcast host, and SpaceX Mission Manager, living in Los Angeles in California. It’s amazing that so much awesomeness fits inside a single person.
Frankly, he’s an inspiration and walking, talking proof that you really can achieve your dreams if you’re dedicated, persistent, and focused. The fact that he has enough time in his day to curate the Weird History Twitter page, picking out the very best facts to share online, is just the icing on the cake.
#4
Pet Identity Crisis
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
The first Oscar was supposed to go to a dog. Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for best actor. The Academy held another voting round with humans only. They decided that giving a dog the first Oscar would give the wrong impression. They gave it to a future Nazi filmmaker instead.
Annamagelic 4 years ago
I once knew a cat named Fish. He was so named because in his kitten days he lived with his human in student housing where pets other than fish were banned.
Sarah 4 years ago
Why not just unban dogs? What's to stop others having their own "very large cat"?
J. Normal 4 years ago
"tradition" Some people with wealth think that is a magic word. If interested look up the 5 monkey experiment. (safe for work and school)
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Big Blue Cat 4 years ago
Nah, it's not even that large for a cat, when you compare to Maine C o o n breed.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Dogs are banned at this college, so in order to allow residents to keep dogs they have to be reclassified as cats? How does this make more sense than rescinding the ban? As it is clearly a case that the rule doesn't apply to one person, why not write that type of exception into the rules?
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Because it would set a precedent for changing other rules, and that would be the end of sivilizashun as we know it ...
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Vintage Selfie Vibes
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
There are self portraits by artists from the 16th century doing exactly this. Painting themselves while looking into a mirror. Albrecht Dürer did one of himself in the nude even.
Jaclyn Levy 4 years ago (edited)
Yes. When a self-portrait is created with the subject themselves taking a picture with a camera, it is generally called a selfie.
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Eric S. 4 years ago
You mean burn in hell for knowingly lying in support of a corrupt administration and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths?
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Aaricia 4 years ago
No, from the invention of painting. Multiple artists did a self portrait while looking in the mirror.
Load More Replies... J. Normal 4 years ago
One big difference, most people in the past took one or 2 selfies, Now it is almost every picture has to have your face on it. I do not get it. If I see a beautiful sunset and want to take a pic to remember it... why do I want my face in front of it? Looking through old photo's would be... me in front of the museum, me in front of the ocean, me with a cookie.
LONECOOLMAN 4 years ago
I have selfies of myself when I was 10. I took one in the bathroom, lights off but flash on, Pretty cool!
#6
Medieval Multitasking Weapon
M. A. 4 years ago
That one would rather break itself while trying. You refer to a different type of parry weapon. This one creates a ridicoulous bind on the enemys weapon, and if you miss that cance, chances are hight that you'll loose it.
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German Gargicevich 4 years ago
Drawing of Argentinian Gauchos using a rolled-up poncho with the same purpose. duelo-gauc...300ac4.jpg 
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this, always interesting to see anything about gauchos!
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Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Didn't know they had notches to block the sword it must be strong or the sword swifter than the dagger!
mph seti 4 years ago
You can't tell from the photo, but these daggers were very thick, and also designed specifically to catch rapiers, not longswords, sabres, or claymores, etc.
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Louloubelle 4 years ago
Imagine the strength and coordination it would take to fend off a sword, while simultaneously using a sword with your other hand.
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
The idea was to get the sword locked into the dagger and unable to get freed.
Child independence expert and author Lenore explained to Bored Panda that it is vital that parents take a step back and don’t overwhelm their kids with pressure the moment they start developing new interests. Patience and room to grow are incredibly important at moments like this.
“When a child develops a new interest, it can be tempting to say, ‘You like playing with clay? Great! I’ll enroll you in a ceramics class, and I’ll take you to the museum so you can study the sculptures, and we’ll arrange for you to go to Clay Camp this summer and…” she said how some parents start thinking and behaving when their kids start to develop a new interest. Whether it’s history or science, art or football.
“Stop. Breathe. Take a step back,” Lenore said that parents need to learn to slow down for their children’s sake. Similarly, if your kids take a sudden interest in history, the last thing that parents should do is immediately bombard them with books upon books, and sign them up to an after-school history club. Be patient, take a step back, don't overwhelm your kids.
#7
Oldest Face On Film
Michael Sanders 4 years ago
She was actually older than the country she was in when this was taken. She always was, but you know what I mean. Fascinating.
Tequila4Two 4 years ago
And Beethoven, even Bach was still alive when she was born.
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Darla Dixon 4 years ago (edited)
I looked her up on Geni.com …She was married to a Mr. Gorby. I also found out she was my 13th cousin 8 times removed (8 generations)…that’s very distant isn’t it? Lol Link is https://www.geni.com/people/Hannah-Gorby/6000000004586535147
#8
Vanishing Words, Living Echoes
Auntriarch 4 years ago
But he couldn't get any aspirin - because the parrots-etamol! Ok I'll see myself out
ghost34 4 years ago
During his exploration of the Orinoco river (in Venezuela, circa1800), Humboldt met and stayed with a local indigenous Carib tribe near the isolated village of Maypures. The tribe, so the story goes, had a number of tame parrots kept in cages around the village, many of which had been taught to speak—although one, Humboldt noted, sounded noticeably different from the rest. When he asked the locals why this parrot sounded so unusual, he was told that it had belonged to a neighboring tribe, who had been the Caribs’ enemies. Ultimately, they had violently ejected them from their land, and hounded the few tribesmen who remained onto a tiny islet in the middle of the nearby rapids. There, the last of the tribe had died in total isolation several years earlier—taking with them their entire culture. This talking parrot was, consequently, the last creature alive who spoke their language.
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
This picture depicts the earliest known rendition of the "Parrot Sketch"
Andrew Vince 4 years ago
Humbolt didn't become fluent in the language, but he could ask for a cracker.....
Maciamo Hay 4 years ago
I was wondering how long parrots lived to check if this could be true. Turns out some can live up to 80 years!
Tee Witt 4 years ago
There was one in London Zoo which reached well above 80, it was some type of Cockatoo I believe.
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#9
Manual Mastery at Work
Suzanne Clark 4 years ago
I worked in airline reservations (TWA) 20 years later. Reservations were written out my hand on a card, sent down a conveyor belt to a back room where they were entered into some sort of computer system. Airline tickets were like money in those days: no charge for changing your flights or reservations or airline.
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Anyone know how often they overbooked their flights back then? Something tells me much less often
Michael Sanders 4 years ago
You could read out those flights and sound like the teacher in the Peanuts cartoons
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According to Lenore, there’s a need for parents to find the difference between encouragement and control. “It’s great to encourage a child’s interests, but that doesn’t mean taking over. In other words, if a child likes playing with clay—lovely. Try to keep some clay around. If it turns into a deeper interest and they want to take a class or whatever, you can look into these.”
However, the expert noted that when parents and teachers start controlling every aspect of the kids’ interests, well, there’s hardly any interest left after that. “By putting an adult in charge of the activity—‘Today in ceramics class, children, we will be making a dog’—a child might actually end up a little LESS interested because now it’s not their thing anymore,” she warned.
#10
Medieval Metal Vibes
Otter 4 years ago
Books were rare and extremely valuable items, before the widespread use of the printing press.
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Still a metalhead (among other tastes) at 56yo, and I would totally use this as a purse.
#11
Trailblazer Above the Clouds
Rei 4 years ago
Love to hear about these historical things about other countries that were not taught in school. Not sure about you guys but in my history classes we mostly focused on the history of our own country, which is too bad really.
ghost34 4 years ago
You are right. According to Guinness World Record website she flew fighter and bomber planes becoming the first Turkish, female aviator and the world´s first, female, combat pilot. During her flying career, she achieved some 8,000 hours, 32 of which were combat missions.
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Whatshername 4 years ago
Ahhh so the second airport in Istanbul was named after her! Nice to know.
Incitatus 4 years ago
Oops, didn't see your comment when I made mine above!
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v 4 years ago (edited)
Isn't is amazing?! The stature of women increased for a time in the late 1800's into the early 1900's in so many areas around the world, to include the United States in the 30's and 40's. If you look at these instances of stature increase you will see a time when the men of the country in question were otherwise taxed to exhaustion. Funny how women are only valued when the men can't...isn't it? Fast forward to the age of internet enlightenment and we're, as a global society, still undervaluing women on a very gross (literally and mathematically) scale.
H Edwards 4 years ago
Cool, but why do we need to invent a gendered word to describe her? Surely they are all aviators?
Keri McComb 3 years ago
She was Ataturk's daughter and the smaller airport in Istanbul is named after her!
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
It's a true shame how US History focuses on white men instead of the real heroes.
#12
The Day After Dryness
Matt Hollis 4 years ago
He is obviously another photographer who lay down for his mate to take a photo
Lenore, the founder of Let Grow and the Free-Range Kids movement, shared with Bored Panda that there are different kinds of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. “Intrinsic motivation is when you want to do something. Extrinsic motivation is when someone ELSE wants you to do something.” It’s vital to allow children to develop their own intrinsic motivation without others constantly crowding in around them, throughout the day. When kids are left to their own devices, they can determine who they are through what they’re actually interested in.
#13
Vintage Wheels Still Rolling
Caroline Driver 4 years ago
In a gas guzzling, taking up curvaceous space kind of way
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Actually this is not true, the embargo is only cars from the US (only 1 of 190 UN countries has an Embargo, the rest trade with Cuba), Cuba Routinely imports cars from Europe and Asia. However the cost of a New Car, with all the taxes and fees, is 10 years earnings for the Average Cuban. Not to mention you must be in good standing with the govt to get permission to buy one. New Cars are there for the elites, not for regular Cubans. They keep those old cars running because of their govt, not the embargo.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
I saw a documentary about Cuban cars. Cubans will use every motor they can find to make these cars go. They also have mechanics who will manually create replacement body panels. Nearly every car is made out of parts from several other cars and what doesn't fit will be made to fit.
Joseph Kastorff 4 years ago
I've been to Cuba twice. To own one that is in good shape is a major sense of pride and esteem there. They are every where in Havana, though not so much in the remote areas. Taking a cruise around the city in a convertible Bel Aire cab was one of the coolest travel experiences I've ever had!
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
A true testament to the talents and resourcefulness of their mechanics, and the solid construction of the cars.
absolute zero 4 years ago
Unfortunately they're barely even the same cars. They've been substituting and welding old Russian parts to them for 50 years now, making most completely unrestorable.
#14
Tea Time With Gnomes
Marcellus II 4 years ago
On the same principle as mannequins attract people to clothes stores?
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
So if I get garden statues of beautiful naked dancing nymphs will that attract real beautiful naked dancing nymphs for tea?
Michael Sanders 4 years ago (edited)
someone please say yes, please say yes. Also wouldn’t it make sense to also put out some tea? Maybe people thought it didn’t work or wouldn’t work, because gnomes and nymphs were showing up for tea and were like “hey wait there’s no one here…are we late? Did everyone go home? I don’t even see tea here. I thought there was tea. Screw this I’m outta here.”
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#15
Tangled Tech Tales
Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
The description is misleading. At the time, the telephone companies were already burying cables, and basically the tower was outdated the day if was put in service.
Louloubelle 4 years ago
Hey there's a hack for that, but I'm not sure anyone has that many empty toilet paper rolls.
“Kids have plenty of extrinsic motivation all day at school. Even in classes they like, someone else is telling them what to do and how to do it. So some free time when they’re allowed to do something just for the pleasure of it— not a grade, not a trophy— allows them to discover what they really enjoy and, in a way, who they truly are,” Lenore said.
“Our free Let Grow Independence Kit helps kids figure out some new things to try on their own, and helps adults let them!” she added.
#16
Stairway Through Time
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
When a brothel in Pompeii was uncovered, the archaeologists came across rather explicit images and graffiti. Some of the graffiti was: "Thrust slowly", "Euplia was here... with two thousand beautiful men" and list prices: "Euplia sucks for five asses" (which is a currency name).
The Scout 4 years ago
This palace is much older than the roman empire, even much older than the greek civilization. It stems from a civilization named the minoans, who were a brass age culture ranging from 2600 to 1450 BC. And while the minoans certainly were all for amusement, they were kind of tame compared to the romans (or even to the greeks). But the reason for Pompeji being the only place with such explicit graffitti is quite simple: after a phase of sexual liberty, the pendulum swung the other way, with later roman emperors trying to instill "virtue and chastity". Therefore nearly all erotic imagery was removed all over the country. At that time, Pompeji already was buried under tons of lava, so it went untouched by this restoration, where the images and slogans from the widlest days of ancient Rome got preserved.
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Ranax 4 years ago
Except that this is mostly just the fantasy of Evans who "restorated," Knossos in early 20th century. There was not much left and it's very unlikely that it looked like this. So yes there was a palace 4000 years ago, but that was not this.
classbag 4 years ago (edited)
This comment sent me down a rabbit hole. I enjoyed reading about conservation vs. restoration in archeology. Thank you!
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#17
Foldable Vintage Maps
Nathan Eaton-Baudains 4 years ago
And it even goes flat for those Flat Earthers....
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#18
History’s First Street Blockade
Pink Rose 4 years ago (edited)
There was a time when men were kind, And their voices were soft, And their words inviting. There was a time when love was blind, And the world was a song, And the song was exciting. There was a time when it all went wrong... If you Guess the song you win a price.
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Russell Rieckenberg 4 years ago
Sorry to spoil everyone's fun, but Les Miserable is not about the 1848 revolution. The novel takes place during the period between 1815 - 1832.
Anon822209 4 years ago
Thanks for the information, but I'm going to pretend I never read it and keep singing.
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A while back, I spoke about learning to separate facts from fiction with Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He told Bored Panda that most conspiracy theories in recent history ”have been fairly inconsequential without any largescale behavioral ramifications.” Theories about what happened to JFK and Princess Diana, 9/11 and Flat Earth conspiracies haven’t affected the real world. With one exception—climate change conspiracies.
#19
When Team Spirit Goes Up in Smoke
Saint Thomas 4 years ago
They also drank A LOT of wine, beer and strong alcohols. They were considered as painkillers.
Juan Alcorta 4 years ago
I have the feeling that the tour is the most unclean competition since a long time.
Pamela Laughter-Kissiah 3 years ago
They weren't sharing a cigarette. He was getting a light from the other man's cigarette, while the first man held him steady.
#20
Color Code Confusion
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
Pink was considered the "little red", red was associated with soldiers and war. Blue on the other hand is considered the colour of the Virgin Mary. Makes you wonder how and why these colours were swapped.
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
And the word pink comes from the roses. I was called "little or light red" originally but the roses that color have ruffled or "pinked" edges. (like in pinking shears) They became known as "pinked roses," then eventually "pinks," (they're still called that in some places) and then their color came to be used for that shade of red.
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Bluebee 4 years ago
To be fair, not that much colour photography took place in the 1800s
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Until the early 20th century, boys wore dresses until between the ages of 2 - 8. Even then, they wore shorts until they were 4 or 5 when they were switched to pants buttoned at the knee. The basic reason was practicality. Diapers/nappies were bulky and it was quicker to change/clean them. Babies grow so fast that dresses lasted longer. The dresses got shorter as the boys grew to keep the hems cleaner and unframyed. As fashion changed, little boys were put in shorts for the same reason, then moved to buttoned knee britches (same reason). Cloth was very expensive and it needed to be made to last as long as possible.
abby smink 4 years ago
And men used to wear heels, wigs and makeup. Another reason why it drives me nuts when people today gripe about men wearing things they think should only be worn by women.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Until post WWII, little boys wore dresses until they were toddlers. My proof is my oldest brother, who was born in 1942. There are oodles of pictures of him, up to about the age of 3, where he’s in a dress. Not a negative thing, it was common practice.
Enby.Minecraft.Bee. 4 years ago
It used to be because pink was a strong color and blue was considered a light delicate one.
Ozymandias73 4 years ago
Girl on the far left looks like she takes no sass but gives plenty! lol
#21
Double Identities Approved
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
I knew this (from simpsons: "I am also Scotty"), but have not seen a picture of Mr Nimoy in Spock costume smiling until today. Mind blown (edit: I love his smile!)
Skara Brae 4 years ago
In the Star Trek episode "This Side of Paradise" Spock laughs out loud shortly after breathing spores from strange flowers.
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Otter 4 years ago
At first he hated being typecast, then he got used to it, and was proud he'd created a character people liked so much.
Claire Stanfield 4 years ago
I've read both books multiple times. I can safely say that the title of the first book was wildly misinterpreted, and per this comment, it's still tough to shake.
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lara 4 years ago
I have had a crush on Leonard Nimoy since I first saw him in the movie "Them". He played a soldier who had one line.
Claire Stanfield 4 years ago
They're amazing and a good read even if you're not a Trekkie, but are interested in theatre and a life well lived.
4 years ago
I have them both and consider them a good read. But did you know Nimoy also wrote a lot of poetry? Can't judge his poetry because poetry and I don't click, but if you love Leonard as a person please give it a try. Then, did you know Shatner tried his best to get into . .. ... singing. I've listened to some of it and this I can judge. Do yourself a big favour and DON'T try to find and don't listen to it. If you want some of his better other work try the TekWar books he wrote in collaboration with Ron Goulart.
“Not all of the debate around that topic involves a conspiracy theory. In fact, the most conspiratorial claim about climate change may be that ‘big oil’ companies, like ‘big tobacco’ decades before, know that climate change is real and is caused by human CO2 production, but that they’re purposely claiming otherwise and putting out misinformation to the contrary that refutes what the vast majority of climate change scientists have stated in order to protect profits from the industry,” the professor told Bored Panda.
#22
Loud and Clear
8Yorkies-and-57cats 4 years ago (edited)
On their perspective, it's double-plus-good and anyone who implies differently will be given a "loving" tour inside of it.
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Susan Widomski 4 years ago
Still makes me think of Donald Trump. Being subtle is not part of either's lifestyle.
#23
Feathered Fighter Flair
Betty&Doe pattison 4 years ago
My question is after you convince them to wear it, how do they fly...pretty heavy for a bird.
Load More Replies... Death Metal Kitty 4 years ago
And here we see an early example of the 19th Legion Adeptus Astartes.
Brenda Wynne 4 years ago
Didn't know that Medieval birds could walk upright! Cool! Thanks for the history lesson
Jamie S. Martindale 4 years ago
Prague is such a cool city! (My wife was born there -- it's nice to have a Czech-mate)
#24
Mullet: Fashion Rebel Cut
earringnut 4 years ago
Finally, someone is doing something about this atrocity!
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago
During the decision-making, the headline read “Mullahs Mull Mullets”
Orange is aging 4 years ago
Why in the absolute WATERMELON SUNDAY ON A BRIGHT SUNNY EVENING with a CHERRY won’t the USA do that
“Those of us who believe that conspiracy theory (remembering that some conspiracy theories are true!) argue that real-life physical actions—more so on the part of industry than individuals per se—are necessary now,” he said that the time to fight back against climate change is better sooner than later.
#25
From Latin to Magic Words
Kate 4 years ago
Actually, "this is body," as in flesh. Not really a question of "a" or "the".
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Pungent Sauce 4 years ago
Gotta love ritualistic cannibalism and blood magic in the rites of Christianity. Not like they just hodge-podged a bunch of already existing ideas into one package, no sir.
Jim Day 4 years ago
What may be of more interest was the squabbling over when exactly the bread turned into the body and the wine to blood. There were people tortured and killed over this. I believe this was ultimately settled in the Counsel of Nicea.
Eric S. 4 years ago
The terrifying part is that there are people who seriously believe this bullshit in 2021.
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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Except that's not what is said in the traditional mass, but rather "hoc est enim corpus meum," or, "This is my body." More likely, Ochis Bochus, a magician of ancient anglo-saxon lore, although the Russian addition "filiocus" probably reflects an the considerable age of this false etymology. ("filiocus" is a Russian term for a phrase added to the mass, "and the son" which Russian Orthodox believes leads to heresy.)
Stephen Lyford 4 years ago
This is just one POSSIBLE origin of "hocus pocus", it isn't definitive.
#26
High Above the Flock
De Gueb 4 years ago
I did some work in Croatia a while back and the plasterers used silts instead of ladders or scaffolding. Very modern stilts with adjustable height, no slip tips. Very practical. Don't know if it would pass health and safety.
Eric S. 4 years ago
Plasterers and drywall installers use stilts in the US too
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Spinstapink 4 years ago
I saw a guy on stilts beat the crap outta some dude who kept messing with him at a club in Prague. Those guys are strong!
Jo Ellen Washburn 4 years ago
Wouldn't one be more prone to sink on marshy ground in stilts? Cool though.
#27
Victorian Cycle Myths
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Every new invention or method of gaining independence is "bad for women" 🙄
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
In a campaign against a proposed equal rights amendment to the Iowa Constitution gender-based discrimination, the popular evangelical priest's opposing argument was that, among other things, feminism has women "kill their children and practice witchcraft..." The year was 1992.
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
The more and more i live, the more and more i believe Victorian and prior medicine was f****n nuts. they just made s**t up and ran with it.
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I’m just surprised that they didn’t say it would cause female hysteria and be bad for our wombs.
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
that was trains. Women's bodies were unfit to travel more than 50 mph and accelerating past that speed would cause their uterus to "fly out of their bodies" according to the experts. https://www.womansday.com/life/real-women/a*5991/no-women-allowed/
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Considering those downvotes I think I should clarify it: why they always claimed that new invention are dangerous for women?
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J Baker 4 years ago
Ye gads! What next? Soon they'll be wanting to ride steam trains and their uteruses will tear out of their body and fly around the cars! What do they need to be going out on a bicycle for, anyway? Why, they should stay at home and churn out babies for their husbands who drink the equivalent of seven gallons of pure alcohol each year!
“Determining if someone is lying isn’t easy and is complicated by the fact that we don’t really have clear agreement of what it means to ‘believe’ something, much less genuinely,” the professor said that it’s very difficult to establish whether someone truly believes a conspiracy theory that they tout or if they’re incredibly good at pretending.
#28
Baboon Bounty Hunters
Otter 4 years ago
So how does a baboon tell the criminal it's supposed to catch from other humans?
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
The 1750 BC Code of Hammurabi decreed that bartenders who watered down beer are to be executed. The oldest beer ad was found on a Mesopotamian tablet, around 4000 years old. The ad read: “Drink Elba beer, the beer with the heart of a lion!”
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Baboons can be lightning fast, vicious, and can kill you, so would definitely stop—-and scare absolutely shitless—-even the toughest criminal on the run. Unless they were the toughest, and most stupid and foolhardy, criminal as well.
Danielle Johnson 4 years ago
That is absolutely terrifying! "Cops are coming, is that a German Shepherd?" "NO ITS A BABOON!".......... I think that people would run no matter what lmao, I would!
Michael Sanders 4 years ago
I want to take time to recognize the poor bastard in charge of training these things. Baboons are mean fukkers. But they can also sense evil, I mean you’ve all seen The Omen right?
#29
Pottery Punishment Plans
mph seti 4 years ago
I laugh when people seem to think "cancel culture" is a thing, and is a new thing. We've been doing this for millennia.
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King Kashue 4 years ago (edited)
Important to note that the men who were typically ostracized were not those who were hated - it was the most influential men. Men whose popularity was such that the Athenians worried they might become populist autocrats and overturn the democracy (which, yeah). We have tons of ostraka with some of the most prominent names in Athenian history: Pericles, Miltiades on plenty though they never were, Megacles actually was just a few years after Marathon, and Themistocles was less than a decade after Salamis. Most of them were famous enough that they didn't get 'banished' but instead toured other Greek cities as an honoured guest.
Elizabeth Elliot 4 years ago
It was a public vote; the person with the most downvotes had to leave Athens for ten years, so it was time-limited!
Jon S. 4 years ago
A remember someone got exiled twice and was very salty about it (Xenophon perhaps?)
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Themistocles the Just was up for ostracization when an illiterate man who didn’t know who he was asked him for help scratching Themistocles’ own name on the shard. Honorably, he did so, but then asked the man why he wanted Themistocles ostracized. “I’m tired of hearing of him being called ‘The Just.’”
DonnerDinnerParty 3 years ago
I have read the ancient Greeks would use these to literally wipe their asses with
#30
Battle-Ready Bling
Otter 4 years ago
How the hell could anyone see what their opponent was doing? Betcha this one was only for show.
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So, Pandas, which Weird History facts got stuck in your heads? Were there any bits of trivia that you already knew? Are there any facts that you’d just looove to share with your friends? Share your thoughts (and any other cool history facts that you know!) in the comment section at the bottom of the article. We can’t wait to hear what you think!
#31
Ancient Peaks, Modern Views
Jo Ellen Washburn 4 years ago
I doubt there is any firewood for hundreds of miles. Fascinating.
Donald Holder 4 years ago
This is why the minks only left or came to the monastery once in a dry season.
#32
Ancient Axe, Modern Cool
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
I’ve seen a few old battle axes who looked like they were 3000 years old. (/s)
Jon S. 4 years ago
This kind of blade was common in the bronze age before sturdy blades were a thing. There is rock art from Spain of men fighting with almost identical weapons. Some experiments showed that you could easily pierce a sheep's skull with them.
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#33
One-Wheel Wonder
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
Yeah, but this one looks a little bit more confortable XD
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mcborge1 4 years ago
There have been many attempts to perfect the Mono wheel since 1931 and they all flopped too.
#34
Tusks With A Twist
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I'm not being funny but, did they not think that a massive fecking elephant with tusks was dangerous enough? This is literally overkill!
Michael Sanders 4 years ago (edited)
of course they know it was enough, but if you wanna do a boss asss power move you put spikes on your elephants.
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Elephants weren’t very good in war: they’re smart, peaceful animals that hate being there.
L.a. Williams 3 years ago
Poor people. Can you imagine getting gored with one of these. Plus the strength of an elephant. Just OUCH.
#35
Elders Assemble
Tee Witt 4 years ago
Senates were always MEN, so in theory only men go senile. YES!
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#36
First Pets with Attitude
Gabby M 4 years ago
Brothers Dog too. So no Lucy for him. lol Samael was his girl dog. Should have been the opposite.
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Suzanne Griscom 4 years ago
Finally some historic person in my family tree did something funny!
ApexScavenger 4 years ago
Not sure why this got a downvote. Miroslav Satan is just a pro hockey player whose name is pronounced more like Shattan but it looks funny to see Satan on the back of a pro sports uniform.
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#37
Catwalk Casting Call
Helen Haley 4 years ago
I've never seen this many cats on a leash. let alone this many cats on a leash who weren't on their side dramatically protesting.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Don't think one with white nose and toes won! Still cute and camera observant!
Ali Matheson 4 years ago
Would have loved to have seen THIS audition-from what I heard (i.e. from my Dad-it was his movie) they just basically wanted to see if the cats could get along with the actors in a calm fashion (well, "calm" for a cat)
Ali Matheson 4 years ago
It was for my Dad's movie in the 60's-"Tales of Terror"
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#38
Etymology Unleashed
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago (edited)
Dicisne Latinae? And yes I believe it was a floor mosaic from Pompeii.
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Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
Actually, faithful is Fides in Latin. Still works with Fido though. 🙃
Incitatus 4 years ago
Fidus is the adjective, faithful. Fides from the 5th declension is the noun meaning faith.
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#39
Step Back In Time
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
When I was a child, many shoe stores had real x-Ray machines so you could see how well your feet fit in a new pair of shoes. Nobody knew!
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
Crazy that they made their kids walk around with slabs of acrylic hooked to the bottoms of their shoes.
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago
Found here https://www.vindolanda.com/roman-vindolanda-fort-museum
#40
Contours Without Coordinates
Gin. No tonic 4 years ago
Everything bellow Germany, yes. But anything up North is just a scribbled line of "yeah, that'll do, kinda".
Load More Replies... Danielle Johnson 4 years ago
Shoot, this seems to be easier to read than maps today. We are great at over complicating things. ;)
Laura Mende (Human) 4 years ago
Very good! You can identify the diffent parts... Better than other cards I've seen. 👍
#41
Weighty Solutions
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
This guy was a genius! He also was a hoot! Apparently at a dinner a woman said if she was married to him she'd poison his tea. He responded If I was married to you I'd drink it!
Steve R 4 years ago
"A hoot"? The millions of Indians killed by famine would disagree. He was a proud racist, nationalist and alcoholic. Important wartime PM, awful human.
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Jon S. 4 years ago (edited)
He survived prohibition in the USA by getting his doctor to write him a prescription for brandy.
K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
"This is to certify that the post-accident convalescence of the Hon. Winston S. Churchill necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times. The quantity is naturally indefinite but the minimum requirement would be 250 cubic centimeters."
Load More Replies... Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
Also, at a party, a woman said, “Winston, you’re drunk”. Churchill replied, “And you’re ugly. The difference is that in the morning I’ll be sober”.
CP 4 years ago
I think Churchhill is vastly overrated. He was a one trick pony who's only use was war. However he was very affective at it.
Jon S. 4 years ago
He was also quite a good writer. At least, people bought lots of his books and articles.
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All my life my massive, 6 foot 4/1 m 93 Hungarian grandfather said he weighed spot on 20 stone (128 kilos). Nobody ever questioned this, despite the fact he got bigger over the years. It was only a few years ago that I had a think about it. Turns out the max weight on the scales they had was 20 stone. They didn't measure any heavier. He must have been laughing at us for years because nobody figured it out until I did, years after his death!
Bill Dolman 4 years ago
And that iconic picture of him scowling was done by Yosef Karsh - who took his cigar (which was always at hand) away from him. Hence the scowl.
L.a. Williams 3 years ago
Well great job getting his wife off his back. Although I think she was kinda right.
#42
Not Your Average Wingman
Bill 4 years ago
The computers compensate so the pilot feels at worse sluggish and spongy controls. Talked to several pilots who brought back jets like this
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chi-wei shen 4 years ago
It wasn't shot off but damaged during a mid-air collision. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/02/20/near-miss-this-f-16-landed-after-half-its-wing-was-sheared-off/
Grant Gates 4 years ago
An Isreali F15 had its entire wing shot off and made it back due to the nature of the lift from the body and the large tail surfaces. Wouldn't fancy that approach
Don't Look 4 years ago
The last I heard of this happening, the pilot didn't even know he lost the wing.
#43
Long Before Memes
ilikeplants 4 years ago
"United States servicemen would draw the picture and the text 'Kilroy was here' on the walls and other places where they were stationed, encamped, or visited. An ad in Life magazine noted that WWII-era servicemen were fond of claiming that "whatever beach-head they stormed, they always found notices chalked up ahead of them, that 'Kilroy was here'" (Wikipedia) This is the same story my grandfather used to tell.
mcborge1 4 years ago
We used to draw this as kids in the 70's and early 80's but for some reason we wrote "Chad was here" i'm not sure why, it must have been a regional thing (UK, Midlands).
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
My other favourite from that era was "Bill Posters will be prosecuted", closely followed by "Bill Posters is innocent!"
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Eric Mac Fadden 4 years ago
In Brazil since the 60's this drawing is called: "O Moita" (The Bush)
Lady of the Mountains 4 years ago
they have a picture of this guy engraved in a corner of the us ww2 memorial
#44
Juggling Dangerously Skilled
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
If they were juggling swords as the picture indicates, that's a little different from juggling tennis balls. Juggling swords could be seen as a sign of skill in handling a sword, clearly a combat skill.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Not just juggling. Juggling f*****g SHARP KNIVES! I say that’s extremely intimidating.
Gabby M 4 years ago
Fast forward to current times: Chainsaws, flaming torches, tasers, and swords!!
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#45
Before Columbus, There Were Vikings
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
No longer accurate. Tree ring data measuring a cosmic ray blast recently pinned their arrival down to exactly 1,000 years ago, in 1021 CE.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
That was newfoundland/canada, as I understand it. The original post above says "greenland".
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jk nbt 4 years ago (edited)
they froze out, died out, shipped out... they never adopted to life skills & hunting skills of the Inuit who are there to this day... if they had, they would have survived also... these people were ranching cattle in western Greenland until the weather got much colder around 1500
Jo Choto 4 years ago
There is clear evidence of them living in Greenland before that, and Canada, and the United States. All the white people who thought they got to any of those places first were wrong. It was the Vikings.
Incitatus 4 years ago
Did anyone ever read that book by some crazy guy who posited that Odysseus' wanderings really took him to North America? Someone borrowed it years ago and I can't remember the title. The War at Troy? What if he's right after all, and none of these answers count...
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John Dilligaf 4 years ago
Columbus and Greenland have nothing to do with one another. Nor do Columbus and Newfoundland.
#46
Balanced on the Edge
Robert T 4 years ago
Starts humming "This is the self-preservation society" :D
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Here's a much less successful Antarctic exploration vehicle: snow-cruis...48b446.jpg 
M O'Connell 4 years ago
It might have been successful if they had equipped it with proper winter tires.
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#47
Retro Deals and Real Deals
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
I have to express some skepticism here... 1) What likely counts as the very first legitimate online transaction goes to Dan Kohn in August 1994, who creating a website called NetMarket, the Shopify video reports. On August 11, Kohn sold a CD of Sting’s "Ten Summoner’s Tales" to a friend in Philadelphia, writes Peter H. Lewis wrote for The New York Times. 2) However, this (cannabis) exchange doesn’t check all the boxes for e-commerce: it was illegal and money wasn’t transferred online. Instead, the event probably represents the first deal facilitated by the internet.
#48
Military Mischief Uncovered
The Scout 4 years ago
A lot of these unusual drops are symbolic. Maybe it is meant as a message to the enemy that you are tired of taking shít from them... I seem to remember In WW II, there was a huge fake airport built out of wood by the German military in the occupied Netherlands as a decoy. British airforce, having known this from the beginning, bombed it with a single wooden bomb dummy with the words "Wood for Wood" on the hull.
Shaun Coleman 4 years ago
"British Airforce". Bah, it is called the Royal Air Force (RAF). First air force ever.
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That really happened. The armourers fitted a broken toilet with fins and the ground crew hid it by standing around strategically until the plane launched. Apparently the Carrier air commander (CAG) said on the radio just before it launched "What the hell is that under the wing of 572??!!" ..... Too late...Off they went
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
Wait, is this to drop on people? Or does it swivel and they use it? Either way I'm confused (EDIT: it didn't say 'toilet bomb' at first, only 'toilet', hence the confusion)
Otter 4 years ago
I think it's just to drop on people. It'd be deadly enough if dropped from thousands of feet up.
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#49
Blueprints and Big Dreams
Corinna S. 4 years ago
The working title for the project was "Pylone de 300 mètres de hauteur" - Pylon with a height of 300 meters :)
A B C 4 years ago
So it was nothing but the everlasting "we've got the biggest"
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Timeless Giants
Ray Martin 4 years ago
If this bothers you, you might want to save some of that outrage for the 10,476 square kilometres of Amazon rain forest that was cut down between August 2020 and July 2021 alone.
CP 4 years ago
You are right. You can only be outraged about one thing at at time.
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Ricky Moore 4 years ago
Easy to look back and think of it like this granted, however it was carried out in the name of progress. Without which we would all still be living to the ripe age of 30 in wooden huts eating taters n turnip....up to us now to try and turn the clock back, but to call the people of that time gross is unfair,..... stinky yes...but not gross....
Load More Replies... Pyramids_r_not_tombs 4 years ago
Don’t worry, the world will be covered with 2000 year old trees again one day.
Sawdust 4 years ago
Yeah. Maybe they welded together shorter saws, perhaps just for this particular tree.
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classbag 4 years ago
Because the wood could be used for a lot. Most people in that day weren't very concerned about conservationism because resources seemed abundant to them. The seriousness and urgency of negative human impact on the environment wasn't really widely known until the 1960s and on.
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Jo Ellen Washburn 4 years ago
New Zealand has a forest of California redwoods in the Whakarewarewa Forest in Rotorua. They were introduced as a potential timber industry tree but fortunately were not favored so were left alone. Pretty magical to walk among them down under.
#51
Old School Cooking Vibes
Nicole Weymann 4 years ago
I wonder if they really kept those amphoras leaning on the wall instead of putting them in tripods. Looks unstable...
Jean Thompson 4 years ago
I wonder what was the reasoning behind the amphores (?) being made with a pointed end rather than flat - does any Panda out there know?
#52
When Silence Speaks Volumes
Nicole Weymann 4 years ago
*snort* News is what you make it - there sure would have been plenty to report about. They just didn't find it important enough.
#53
Smart Paychecks, Smarter Economy
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
In the US Congress is allowed to use information they learn at work (even when the public doesn't have access to it) to buy and sell stocks and commodity futures. So yeah, pretty much just a corrupt version of the same thing.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
The Stock Market is NOT the economy and has almost nothing to do with economy.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I want to like this idea, but I don't. This would mean that only people who are independently wealthy could afford to be politicians. That would be worse. We need to pay politicians livable wages so we can actually have representation of people from working class backgrounds.
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Kendra Miller 4 years ago
I think government minister salaries should be tied to their citizens free time. Free time is when people aren't at work, aren't caring for fellow family members for free or doing chores. Free time is when you get to do what you want. How fast would national child care and 3 day weeks happen? Plus their citizens would be happier, healthier and more productive.
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
I want the people to do well tho. Tie salaries to wellbeing indices plz
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I'm not sure that's a great idea. I'd want my leaders to care about more than GDP -- you know, like safety and workers' rights.
J. Normal 4 years ago
I would want my leaders to care about their people - NOT HAPPENING.
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That could be a problem too. Short sighted planning is a problem that comes to mind.
#54
Clouds With A View
Call Me Mars 4 years ago
I really want to go there now! I love Greek Mythology and have a TON of the stories memorized! I'm happy stimming right now! (I'm autistic)
Flasior 4 years ago
I also love greek mythology (have since I was a little girl) and I'm just dying to go see mount olympus!! its absolutely gorgeous
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#55
Ancient Workout Realness
Otter 4 years ago
There's a legend that the athletes wore clothes at first, until a woman disguised herself as a man and competed. But I think the viewers just liked to look at naked athletes.
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 4 years ago
if I think about the guys at our local gym who basically look like a donut that got dropped on a barbershop floor I am super grateful this is not a thing today.
ispeak catanese 4 years ago
Oh my Gooooooooddddd! What a visual!!! I scared my cat laughing!!!
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#56
Vintage Grit And Glory
Adrian 4 years ago
The organisers, then later the sponsors, then the drug companies, then the media companies.
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The guy in the white pullover looks like "ha, told you I'd win, suckers", whereas the one holding the bike by the saddle (to the left of smug winner guy) looks like the cartoon character that tried to find his marbles in the exhaust pipe of some truck that is juuuust about to start the engine 😂😂
Jean Thompson 4 years ago
Take part in the Tour de France, they said ... it'll be fun, they said.
#57
Tools of the Trade Back Then
Jane Florence 4 years ago
I’ve always wondered why a hacksaw rather than say, a really sharp hatchet or axe? Sawing through sinew & bone seems way worse than a swift chop, I’m amazed anyone survived such an ordeal!
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achilles get down from there 4 years ago
Brandy and chloroform! Praise to every scientist behind modern anaesthesia
8Yorkies-and-57cats 4 years ago
...strapped on the surgeon's leather belt for easier access, I'm sure
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Which civil war? There have been so many through history. [EDIT] I checked Google. The only Civil war Wikipedia list in 1864 is in Colombia (Called "United States of Colombia" at the time), when Manuel Murillo Toro became president. That's kind of a niche info but glad I have learned something today ^^ 1864-61797...75-png.jpg 
Memere 4 years ago
The Civil War in the United States of America was from April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865. And I'm guessing from the English language labels on the medicine bottles that this doctor's kit is from the U.S.
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Welding History’s Hidden Heroes
#59
Battlefield Prank Chemistry
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
Correct me. I heard that it was actually supposed to be used on the Japanese, since 'saving face' was so culturally important to them. The idea was to lower their morality.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 years ago
You can buy military grade stink juice from Amazon these days. I've used it a couple of times for a bit of petty revenge.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
Yes, they got some stinky compound in their arsenal.
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Statues Facing Courtroom Drama
Ray Martin 4 years ago
I hope she won that case. It's simple to prove she's completely armless........... I'll show myself out.
Iggy 4 years ago
You were going out on a limb with that joke but I've got to hand it to you, you pulled it off!
Load More Replies... A B C 4 years ago
They probably replaced her nipples (I'm wondering if the word itself will get censored) with some male marble nipples which makes the pic totally acceptable because obvious reasons. (/s)
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Last week several Vienna museums opened OnlyFans accounts because they were tired of the puritanical restrictions of social media algorithms censoring classical works of art.
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Grant Barke 4 years ago
Isn't America the biggest producer of Porn these days.
Load More Replies... ElenaK 4 years ago
Maybe if it stayed in Greece where it belongs, that would not have happened!
8Yorkies-and-57cats 4 years ago (edited)
The story of how the Museum acquired it is really interesting. The tour guide told us that a man found the statue in his field, unburried it and hid it under his bed. His wife then discovered it and called the local authorities. How it ended up there, well, the usual way, and I doubt if it will ever be returned back to us in Greece.
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History’s Ultimate Ouch
8Yorkies-and-57cats 4 years ago
... which seem to get even worse every time I laugh...
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Lizzie Smith 4 years ago
It was probably a blessed relief from what looks to be a massive abscess in his canine tooth.
#62
Viking Stereotype Central
Inga Paškevičiūtė 4 years ago
I like how Baltic states are labeled "crazy relatives"; still part of the family
Luis F 4 years ago
Hahah the U.K. Labeled our bitches. Back when the great conquerers we’re repeatedly defeated by braided bears
ZAPanda 4 years ago
by bears do you mean berserkers or do you mean hairy gay men?
Load More Replies... Josie Bisbano 4 years ago
This is from a parody site and doesn't represent Viking perspective.
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir 4 years ago
Im 100% viking blood, no foreigners in my family tree for over 1000 years so I know alot about Víkings and this is hilariously accurate. I can even name everyone in the family tree from beginning 😃
Jon S. 4 years ago
Ireland should definitely be "stop here for slaves" and Scotland "the weird cousin we don't talk about" (For the Dublin slave market and genetics showing some Vikings originated from the northern isles)
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Midnight Pizza Run
absolute zero 4 years ago
In all fairness, we really gave him the impression that was common practice.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Unreported and true? Yeltsin knew what a pizza was? Boris sleeps in his underwear? Well I'll be!
#64
Lasting Fallout Vibes
Otter 4 years ago
And yet, it's a major tourist destination. No travelogue is complete without a visit!
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
I was so fascinated and horrified by the series, I could never set foot in the place. Or Russia in general, really.
Load More Replies... Mark Johansen 4 years ago
"People are afraid to live there because of dramatic media hype" is not at all the same as "uninhabitable". Was it a terrible accident? Of course. But in the final analysis, about 30 people died. Three zero. More people drown in their own bathtubs every year.
Emily Ducat 4 years ago
30 something people died of intense radiation exposure which damaged their bodies on a cellular level. What would/does kill people today it the build up of radioactive iodine in the thyroid causing cancer. The main risk is to children particularly those under 5, which is why although their are some people who have been given permission to resettle in the exclusion zone they are not permitted to be visited by anyone under 18.
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Speed Limits Without Tickets
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
Yes, and people would drive so fast around unmarked curves that the cars were known to tip over.
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Terry Reauxper 4 years ago
Anyone notice that those fellas are posing with a race car? In the late 1920's, those racers could hit up to 75 mph.
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Nice era to own a 500+ BHP muscle car, teehee. A-617a70b2...56-png.jpg 
#66
Goat’s World Tour Was Wild
Travis Fox 4 years ago
Everyone keeps saying poor goat... He got to see the world, twice, and didn't get eaten on either voyage. I say lucky goat!
Jon S. 4 years ago
Possibly, but bacteria isn't know for its long shelf life. Most probably died and had a million offspring by the time they were half way around.
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#67
Literary Love Story
RJ 4 years ago
Well... he was interesting, to say the least. Check out Youtube: randy feltface ernest hemingway
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Paul Davis 4 years ago
If that character had been a surgeon the title would have had a different implication
#68
Brain Slices On Display
River Webb 4 years ago
didnt he say he wanted his body to be cremated? what happened to that??
Witchling 4 years ago
Mutter museum is one of the most awesome and bizarre places to visit. The things you see there....
A Jones 4 years ago
you're right, I've visited there once. I also enjoy their YouTube channel.
Load More Replies... Stephen Lyford 4 years ago
The vast majority of his actual brain is there as well, in a jar, on public display. I live just outside of Philly and visited the museum just this summer.
#69
Origin Story Remix
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
There are video's of how it would have looked like: https://polepedia.com/origin-history-pole-dancing/
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Grant Barke 4 years ago
The pole was the thing between their legs, sort of like puppetry of the penis.
Thisweirdpanda 4 years ago
obviously you do, since you took the time to comment
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Star Wars, But Different
Vorknkx 4 years ago
I've seen some old newspaper from my coutry, where the title "Alien" was mistakenly translated as "Foreign person" - and they didn't fix even though there is a short description of the movie that clearly mentions an alien creature.
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Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
The word of mouth title when it first came out led me to believe this was some sort of celebrity athletic competition.
#71
Royal Rules Get Weird
That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
Upvote purely for that masterpiece of a dad joke! (My phone autocorrected it to ‘sad joke’ 😂)
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Stone-Castle Endurance
Nicole Weymann 4 years ago
As far as I know San Marino is NOT Italy just as the Vatican isn't Italy and Monaco isn't France.
François Carré 4 years ago
Correct. It is still right in the middle of Italy, geographically speaking.
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#73
When Armor Wins
Grant Gates 4 years ago
The large metal scabs that came of the inside of that would still have made a nasty mess of the crew. That's how modern HESH rounds work. They don't penetrate they blow off big molten scabs armour on the inside of the tank that whiz around like misshapen bullets killing the crew. Nasty
Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Well, the British came up with the concept of HESH just before WW2, but it was for anti-fortification work, so the first weapon to use such ammunition was the Ordnance BL 6.5" Mk I (165mm L9 Demolition Gun) for the Royal Engineer Corps used on the Centurion AVRE starting from 1947. Also, this is an APCBC/T shot, (Armour Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped / Tracer solid projectile) and a sub-calibre APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot) because the 17-pdr never had HESH, HEAT or filled AP projectiles.
Load More Replies... Luis F 4 years ago (edited)
The Tiger a truly impressive war machine to bad its makers were complete assholes
Rez Fidel 4 years ago
Yeah propaganda and it looks made it famous. But actually it was undermotiized, had an old fashioned vertical armour, complicated production, could only travel short distances and had to be maintained all the time. During the war more Tigers broke down due to mechanical problems then were destoyed in battle. I´d say the Panther D-G was the best tank then. And yeah... their makers where a bunch of murderous assholes.
Load More Replies... Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Well, there was nothing to explode in the first place, because the British AP were all solid shot, including for the 17-pdr...
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
It's not the original shell but a replacement. The shell wasn't much harder than the tank armor and for sure got deformed while penetrating.
Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Oh, it is absolutely the shell that almost penetrated this armor - if you look at it from another angle (there are pictures online) you can see the stress fractures on the projectile. Also, the projectile isn't complete either - this was an A.P.,C.,B.C./T., meaning "Armour Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped / Tracer" so it would have had a softer steel cap and a sheet steel windshield which both got crushed and didn't survive. Finally, this wasn't done in action, this was testing against a captured Tiger wreck.
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Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Nope, just never had any explosive to begin with - it's an Armour Piercing "shot", or solid projectile, because the Brits didn't think making the projectile lighter and weaker just to add a few grams of explosives added anything to the already tremendous blast and heat of the kinetic impact. And they were right - the main anti-tank round used today is APFSDS (Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot), which are really big metal darts fired at over 1700 m/s, which is Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound...
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Old School Rowing Vibes
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
I learned he was quite a sportsman he also learned to face adversity the hard way!
Jaclyn Levy 4 years ago
Bring back short shorts on men! I'm serious! I don't understand the long swim trunks that go to your ankles, dudes. Free those knees!
#75
Burning Cash, Literally
absolute zero 4 years ago
Poor old man did the same thing when Germany switched to the Euro, completely misunderstanding the whole situation.
#76
Almost Flying Machine
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Looks very dangerous - does not seem to have much height to signal anything!
Bill 4 years ago (edited)
Hydrogen is lighter than helium. Most of them couldn't fly with helium.
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Stone Age Rent Agreement
absolute zero 4 years ago
Even back then they were like "I don't know what this means, just click I agree".
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Can't be real. Its signed F. Flintstone. Wasn't he employed as a bronto crane operator.
#78
Artillery Experts At Work
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) plotters at work at Coastal Artillery Headquarters in Dover, December 1942 figuring the range points along the Kent coast in case of invasion.
A B C 4 years ago
Normally I dislike losing, but in this case: thank you for that.
Load More Replies... Grant Barke 4 years ago
Target acquired, Range - 250000 miles, Elevation - Over the Moon, FIRE.
François Carré 4 years ago (edited)
I don't really understand how all these pictures of women serving in the military during world wars are a thing. World wars were total, which means everybody was involved in it one way or another ; the idea of civilians going on with their lives while a professional army was fighting battles was not relevant any longer. That includes women, obviously, because half the population was just not quietly waiting at home in a fancy dress waiting for their SO to come back from the battlefield. Women were rarely sent directly to the battlefield of course, but even when they were not employed by the army, they had to work very hard in factories, not to mention all the farming work they had to do without the help of men. Besides, war situations are not cool at all. Being in the daily position of killing or getting killed is not the best working place to celebrate gender equality IMHO.
#79
History’s Peekaboo Moment
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
When I visited Versailles, I was blown away by the Hall of Mirrors and what had happened there...
Vorknkx 4 years ago
They did, but the quality is... well... what you'd expect from 1919 :P
Load More Replies... Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
And then there are 4 people who don't give a s**t and aren't exited.
#80
Horseless But Not Heartless
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Reminds me of the woman who was knocked over and killed by the GWR Hurricane locomotive going 18 miles per hour. She tried to run past it. I think picking turnips could've waited for 3 carriages, but who am i to say?
Load More Replies... Grant Barke 4 years ago
Did the guy walking in front waving the warning red lantern get to share in the prize money.
absolute zero 4 years ago
Keep in mind these guys spent a lot of time doing 0 miles an hour. Carriage wheels are good for rolling something being pulled by horse legs, but for propelling a vehicle they were useless.
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir 4 years ago
Reminds me of the comedy film- year 1 . I love the younger actor in that film. They were on a old carriage with tree wheels and got extremely car sick. Absolutely hilarious 😂
Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
Thank you. I don't get why people don't use the International System... Especially here on the International Network
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Timeless Ink and Revisions
Vorknkx 4 years ago
Considering the length of the book, I can't imagine how sore his hand was at the end of all the writing :P
#82
Cutting It Close
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Like the Panama Canal, it dictated the widths of ships for many years.
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
I've een there while travelling. Its quite the sight, like a giant knife cut a perfectly straight groove.
#83
Cold Feet Solutions
Luis F 4 years ago
This was not at all a secret fetish totally just warming her feet with her fellow ladies
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Am desperately trying to make up a joke with the punch line Ann of Cleavage
#84
Stripe Hype from History
#85
Vintage Cool Crew
#86
Retro Road Warriors
Call Me Mars 4 years ago
Where I live in Azerbaijan, we have old ladies who sweep the streets with brooms made out of sticks and twigs. And the driving here is insane. I hope they would be able to get them proper education and get machines to clean the streets.
Jennifer Mann 4 years ago
I love that on this site I can read excerpts of life from Azerbaijan. it's great to feel the world is so small.
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
Well cleaned up their own horse poop as well as others probably did a better job than todays.
#87
Ancient Hangover Fixes
bill 4 years ago
Greek was the lingua franca of parts of the Roman Empire. That's why the Bible is in Greek.
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RatherLoopy 4 years ago (edited)
Drinking a cup full of vinegar would certainly get me going again...
Nancy Hooper 4 years ago
Tasting History with Max Millar just did a recreation of this! https://youtu.be/mdOPg-4_R60
#88
So Much For That Flight
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
How have none of you ever heard of the Kamikaze Typhoon?
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Milk Before Cereal Days
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
This has a Three Stooges gag written all over it.
Load More Replies... Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Like many "fascinating facts", I wonder ... how do you know? How do you know what people who left no written records drank? Especially when you apparently know that they had cow's milk, how do you know they didn't drink it?
Paul Davis 4 years ago
I find it hard to believe they didn't drink the milk, or that we know whether they did or not.
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Until the late 1800s-early 1900s, casseine (milk solids) was used with iron oxide (rust) and oil by farmers to make red paint at home which is why barns were painted red. Only when lead-based paints became cheaper did it stop.
Rei 4 years ago
Must have been that one brave or crazy person who thought: "I wonder how paint tastes like?"
jk nbt 4 years ago
only western peoples drink fresh cow's milk... most other peoples do not make the enzyme as adults that digests milk... adults have to eat milk as yogurt or cheese. Fresh milk causes bloating gas, & pain. in India, dried milk is used as paint for fences... All the dried milk sent over by the USDA as aid is used this way, or perhaps a little is made into the colorful sweets some shops sell... a treat for kids...
#90
Future Past Fantasies
Otter 4 years ago
I've waved to the tourist submarines while diving! I felt SO smug...
Load More Replies... Vorknkx 4 years ago
Meanwhile in real life - people think the Earth is flat and refuse to vaccinate. The year is 2021 :(
Grant Barke 4 years ago
What if I'm one out of a million that the vax will kill?
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Its available, will be common in the year 2050 onwards especially in the Netherlands. Le-Dutch-T...5eebd2.jpg 
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Mostly, I'm intrigued that they thought top hats would still be around.
Nicole Weymann 4 years ago
I guess even if they could have predicted today's fashion it might have been considered indecent exposure. I mean you can not only see where women's knees are (trousers) - they even get naked!
Load More Replies... InfectedVoice 4 years ago (edited)
I went on a submarine cruise in Greece, it was rather boring.
#91
Think Outside the Clock
Nicole Weymann 4 years ago
View it a a kind of mental gymnastics: maybe useless in itself, but keeps you in shape by training
Load More Replies... Christina Hvurchilova 4 years ago
That seems like a stupid mistake they had to justify somehow.
absolute zero 4 years ago
Being a construction worker, that's exactly the explanation I would have come up with once I realized my mistake.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Nah, they run backwards in the Southern hemisphere. (JK... Bolivia is still mostly NH)
#92
Forgotten Fleets of History
Don Golosso 4 years ago
Sadly the city council decided it had to be cleaned up around 10 years ago.
Eliyahu Rooff 4 years ago
The story falls apart when you notice that most of the cars were made in the 1950s and 60s.
Shaun Coleman 4 years ago
No. These are cars left by Canadian servicemen when France left NATO. Local mechanics were stuck with the cars when the Canadians had to leave France.
Stefan Dimitric 4 years ago
We polluted the environment since we discovered fire...
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Sharp Reminders at Work
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
He kept a metal model of a porcupine on his desk starting in 1909. The figure was a memento of Freud's trip to the USA in 1909 with Jung and Ferenczi, thought to have been given to Freud by James Putnam. It was apparently a joke amongst them that Freud went to America only to see a wild porcupine and just incidentally give some lectures on psychoanalysis. Although it was previously thought to have been American-made, recent research indicates it was probably made in the Franz Bergman factory in Vienna, very likely by the artist Karl Fuhrmann. This means that Freud’s colleagues took it with them to New York to present it to him there. Freud travelled to the USA just once. In 1909, along with Carl Jung and Sandor Ferenczi, Freud journeyed to New York and on to Worcester, Massachusetts, to deliver the Clark Lectures: the first lectures on psychoanalysis in America. He visited the US once, calling it a "big mistake."
K Fiske 4 years ago
Hey, I'm sitting in my dorm at Clark University right now! Freud is a pretty big topic here.
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
He used it as a paperweight for his absurdly large collection of sibling pornography.
#94
Last Horn Standing
Premislaus de Colo 4 years ago
It was not a trophy, but a gift from a voyevod of Rawa. It was stolen during Swedish invasion on Poland and never returned - now the property of Livrustkammaren in Stockholm
Batwench 4 years ago
See it’s not only the British who nick stuff and refuse to give it back.
Load More Replies... Raven Sheridan 4 years ago (edited)
"Ah plenty more where that came from!" (Guy looks around.) "Huh? Where'd they all go?"
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
I heard auroch were quite dangerous when they were still around. Took a lot of breeding to get the more mild mannered cows we now have.
Premislaus de Colo 4 years ago
Their natural habitat was forrests. More and more forrests were cut to make plce for agricultural lands. And of course there were hunted. The one this horn was taken from died of old age in reservation made for them by Polish dukes of Masovia
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Desert Breakfast Hacks
ADHORTATOR 4 years ago
It is a propaganda picture, there was a guy inside woh heated the armor with a torch
A B C 4 years ago
I know for a fact that you can fry eggs on your engine hood (car, not tank), so: source?
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 4 years ago
We now have North African temps in the northern U.S. and southern and western Canada!
#96
Redefining Action Hero Fan Club
#97
Cheapest Canal Crossing Ever
Me Oh My 3 years ago
Unfortunately not, but if it could, the cost would be $6.24, according to inflation.
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Gear Up for History
Michelle 4 years ago
Only after a man patented it first, having seen Margaret E Knights machine being built. She went to file the patent and had to take the man to court. His defence was basically that no woman could invent such a machine. Luckily, she had the blueprints and several witnesses to prove the design was hers and was awarded the patent.
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#99
Stripes in Disguise
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Fun fact: During WWI more than 130,000 Australian horses were sent overseas to support Australia's war effort. The horse that was most favoured was a mixed breed known as a waler, because many had been bred in New South Wales. Some of the thousands of Australian horses sent overseas in WWI were used by the Light Horse Brigade, others for transport - moving men, supplies and artillery. Walers are especially useful in desert country. In the more open country in the Sinai and Palestine where the light horse operated, horses formed the spearhead of the advancing armies so there were vast numbers of British and Indian and Australian and New Zealand cavalrymen employed in the Middle East.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
The trophy hunters are still killing these beautiful zebras - during the war the enemy didn't care if they were horses or zebras I was told!
absolute zero 4 years ago
The difference is zebras are useless to a military. They can't be domesticated like a horse, which at the time was the equivalent to a pickup truck. If you saw horses, there was military about. Zebras, just wildlife. It's like painting a tank to look like a minivan.
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Cartography with Heart
#101
Emperor With a Brand Name
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Hell no, Upvotes! They were both ignorant clowns.
Load More Replies... Kinslee the witches apprentice 4 years ago (edited)
And what's your name? -commodus. :/ \:
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 4 years ago
So if you were a member of the senate that served as a commander of a unit stationed in the city wanting to get an update on the fleet... 'It is I, Commodus! Commodus of the Commodus unit of Commodus! Come to you this Commodus seeking news of the Commodus!'
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
He was played by Joaquin Phoenix, of course he was.
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Blowing History Up
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
"The rape and desecration of an ancient Lakota holy mountain called the "Six Grandfathers" was mostly carved with dynamite." TIFIFY. mount-rush...bdfdc2.jpg 
Dave P 4 years ago
You mean Mountain Lakota stole in the 1770s after massacring the original tribe that lived there and sent the handful of survivors to what is today Canada, and then designated the site of their massacre a holy site. BTW the original tribe says this is better than leaving it in Lakota hands.
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#103
Silent Film Splurges
A B C 4 years ago
BP authors, seriously: at least make it a COUPLE pictures if you insist on pushing a fûcking GIF to your lists. As it is, this is USELESS.
Just JoLynn 4 years ago
Just click the link directly above the upvote button and you can watch it.
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Harri Ellis 3 years ago
The General, by the Great Stone Face, Buster Keaton. One of the greatest filmmakers of his time! I retract that. One of the best of all time!
#104
Father Of Atoms Flexing
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Makes one wonder what things were made of before Democritus invented the atom.
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
atoms were invented by mr rockerfeller to sell more subatomic particles
Load More Replies... Klas Klättermus 4 years ago (edited)
Perhaps credit is due because he took up this abandoned idea from 500BC that there must be a part so small it can not be split (which turned out not to be true with atoms). But did he do anything else that the Greeks didn't do 500BC regarding atoms?
Klas Klättermus 4 years ago
Some would argue that the father of modern science is Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus)
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Almost Capitol Perfect
Klas Klättermus 4 years ago
Wow, you people truly are obsessed with Trump. It never ends. Why don't you just marry him?
Load More Replies... Bluebee 4 years ago
Considering the track record of its occupants since the Capitol was built (with a some worthy and notable exceptions, of course) this would have been the more appropriate design!
RatherLoopy 4 years ago
Also the attitude of the occupants toward the general populace.
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#106
Wings Over Kickoff
SCamp 4 years ago
That looks like hockey. They’re carrying what looks like hockey sticks, they’re not cricket bats. And that’s not how you practice cricket.
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Sticky Situations Ahead
H Edwards 4 years ago
Althaea officinalis, a sweet edible plant and not extinct.
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Roadkill The Brave 4 years ago
Yeah the whole garden gnome thing wasn't correct. Rich people a long time ago had Garden Hermits, basically an old person who dressed like a druid and lived in their garden. Garden Gnomes came from that because people couldn't afford to hire a Garden Hermit but they still wanted status, so Garden Gnomes became a thing so people could have their own garden hermits. I got sucked into a side quest on Google and wound up in Garden Druid land. It was an interesting adventure.
Luna 4 years ago
Do people still want garden hermits? I will gladly be one
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Roadkill The Brave 4 years ago
Yeah the whole garden gnome thing wasn't correct. Rich people a long time ago had Garden Hermits, basically an old person who dressed like a druid and lived in their garden. Garden Gnomes came from that because people couldn't afford to hire a Garden Hermit but they still wanted status, so Garden Gnomes became a thing so people could have their own garden hermits. I got sucked into a side quest on Google and wound up in Garden Druid land. It was an interesting adventure.
Luna 4 years ago
Do people still want garden hermits? I will gladly be one
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