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What’s the best way to soak up knowledge? Some may argue that this requires spending your days in the library, reading countless books on a wide range of topics. Others might say that it’s best to get out and see the world. Traveling and talking to interesting people will widen your horizons more than a book ever could.
But most of us don’t have the time or resources to choose either of those paths. So the easiest way to acquire more knowledge might just be learning fun facts! That's why we took a trip to Weird Facts on Instagram and gathered some of their most fascinating posts below. Enjoy scrolling through this list full of unexpected information, and be sure to upvote the posts that teach you something new!
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#1
April Pickett 6 days ago
I have a respect for elephants. They are much more intelligent and empathic that most people believe.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
The story is actually written from Sam's perspective. He is definitely the main character in it, despite the first impression. He certainly is the most heroic, even being able to resist the pull of the Ring, which even Frodo can't. A true hero, without whom the plot would have failed several times.
FreeTheUnicorn 1 week ago
I love that we see what the ring tempted him with and it was all about being a great gardener
Michael Danhauer 5 days ago
Let's not forget he was pure enough to be possessed by an ancient elf warrior spirit and then he fought Shelob like a b****s and tricked her into wounding herself almost fatally. He is altruism personified.
Sarah Suelzle 1 week ago
They are all heroic in their own way but Sam is definitely the "chief hero" 🩷
#3
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
If I remember correctly he has more flirting with Moneypenny in at least one of the later ones, which was way better because they're the same age
Upstaged75 1 week ago (edited)
This is a funny coincidence because I was actually watching his last Bond movie yesterday and noticed the same thing! I just happened to flip channels and find it on. A View to a K!ll is the movie. It also stars Christopher Walken as the villain with bleached blond hair. 😂
Michael Largey 1 week ago
He could have demanded female co-stars his own age. Plenty of them talented and available.
veirdbuttrue 6 days ago
Studio bosses would not have allowed it. Just like now apparently
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
And Sean Connery was persuaded to do an additional one at an advanced age....
ShutUpGrumpy 6 days ago
A little note here in anticipation of crystalwitch adding something illiterate and unnecessarily inflammatory. Hopefully she will refrain from doing so.
One of the biggest complaints I remember my classmates making in school was that we were always forced to memorize endless facts. Rather than getting hands-on lessons with real-world applications, we were expected to remember dates, names and places without enough context to understand their significance. To this day, I can tell you that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. But can I explain what that actually means? Absolutely not.
Nowadays, however, it’s easy for adults to go months without learning anything new. Sure, you’ll read what’s going on in the news. But you might not be learning any new skills or information that’s actually useful. In this case, fun facts can be a wonderful way to get some new knowledge into your routine. They’re digestible, don’t take much time, and they can be used as wonderful conversation starters!
#4
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 6 days ago
Should I be concerned about your definition of a cat?
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Controlled Chaos 6 days ago
That was an intense roller coaster of a comment 🥴
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Samantha H 1 week ago
Multa Nocte, yes that is a real hero and the true definition of the word.
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Sara Frazer 1 week ago
I just wanna know what kindergarten class is hanging around by mine shafts
Ace 1 week ago
I had to check up, but the 75 feet refers to the drop to the water line. At first I thought it just meant that the hole was 75 feet deep.
BucFan531 1 week ago
Very brave. But why was a class of 3 year old kiddos in that kind of place?
patricia patricia 1 week ago
This story was published before and I asked exactly the same question. Apparently they were in the forest and nobody knew there was a hole there. I can't remember if there was a mine, or some kind of underground b**b shelter from WWII. The teacher had been there several times and the place had been perfectly safe until the hole appeared.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
Why did it take 2 hours? Surely safety equipment should be available?
Ace 1 week ago
Even if a rescue team got there quickly, it's going to take some considerable time to set up a 75ft rappel.
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Learning facts may not be as engaging as learning a new skill, such as how to play an instrument or how to speak another language. But it still has benefits! According to Kaplan, we must remember that knowledge really is power. The more you know, the better your problem solving and reasoning skills will become.
Knowledge is also cumulative. So once you get that snowball of learning rolling, it’ll become even easier to pick up more information. Plus, when you have more context for the information you learn, you’ll be able to make connections more easily. For example, if you know what was going on in one part of the world during the 1850s, finding out what was happening in another country might make even more sense.
#7
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
Finnish cuisine is not the best, tbh. For most of the history Finns have had to eat what they can get or starve so it's not fancy and it's not always healthy. Of course there are exceptions to that.
Cuppa tea? 1 week ago
I had the best pizza in Finland. Chicken, blue cheese and wait for it - pineapple chutney.
#8
Maggz Bennett 6 days ago
It was a good thing for him to have done, but it doesn't negate the spousal a b use he inflicted on Rita over the years, just like John Lennon, he was a very flawed, if talented, man.
#9
FreeTheUnicorn 1 week ago
Absolutely ridiculous that it isn't just from when you buy the property. You have to wait a generation before you're entitled to keep access to the sky?
highwaycrossingfrog 1 week ago (edited)
It dates from when the property was built and so applies to the vast majority of UK homes. It stems from easement right laws, which work on the assumption that if something has been done openly for 20 years and no-one objected, it’s probably reasonable and should be legally protected.
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Another View 5 days ago
Too bad they that wasn't a law in NYC. Grand Central Terminal might still have daylight streaming into the windows.
J Adams 6 days ago
Not as cut and dry as that unfortunately. It is a right to a minimum level of light and not necessarily direct sunlight. Ie if you have direct sunlight into your kitchen or garden from 9am to 6pm there is nothing stopping a development being built that reduces that to one or two hours a day. As long as your home is not in complete shadow all day every day unfortunately you just have to suck it up
Acquiring more knowledge is also a great way to keep your brain active. Americans currently spend an average of five hours and 16 minutes on their phones every single day. And unfortunately, most of that time probably isn’t spent learning new skills and improving cognitive function. So it’s great to break the routine and make an effort to spend some time each day learning fun facts. This information will actually make you think, and it’s a much better way to spend your time than scrolling through brain rot content.
#10
pandamonium 1 week ago
Well, as far as I know, Poland does have universal healthcare.
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Wij 1 week ago
Why? Poland has national health care. Even covered in the eu if the operation can’t be in poland.
sudarsanforever 1 week ago (edited)
That is because the surgery had to be done in the USA. USA continues to deliver far more medical breakthroughs than any other country in the world and it's disproportionate high health care costs (especially in R&D) essentially subsidizes health care innovation and costs around the world. Also - Even if Polish or EU surgeons could have performed this surgery, EU healthcare would not have paid for it anyway since most countries that offer universal health care restrict experimental or unproven procedures (and sometimes even restrict extremely expensive d***s or procedures on old patients if they deem that the procedure would not significantly improve quality or time of life).
Load More Replies... April Pickett 6 days ago
Companies can do good deeds. Yes, it's advertising, but the end results are gratifying.
#11
Shelley Keenan 6 days ago
I think Mr. Rogers would be horrified and disgusting at what America has become.
Jnausicaa 2 days ago
Mr Rogers would have testified before Congress and made PSAs that would have prevented that from happening.
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James Anthony 3 days ago
I met him as a child in Pittsburgh...a truly good and decent human being. RIP Fred!
Chewie Baron 6 days ago
I wish we had something like this here in the UK. I suppose the closest person was Tony Hart.
Jnausicaa 2 days ago
There is a story, it may or may not be true, that Mr Rogers had his car stolen. He reported it to the police and it made the news. Two days later the car was back in it's parking place, fuel tank filled up, freshly washed, with a note "We are terribly sorry. " If we knew it was you we would never have touched it"
#12
Nils Skirnir 1 week ago
As it should be. In many ways the ancients were more advanced than us. This was particularly true before the dominance of Abrahamic religions
sudarsanforever 1 week ago
You do realize that when they say men, they specifically mean men who weren't slaves. Slaves, on the other hand, far from being able to take time off from work, were made to work by being literally being whipped until they died from working. So maybe we shouldn't look to ancient Egypt for worker's rights.
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Sara Frazer 1 week ago
First we gotta (America, at least) let women themselves take time off for menstruation. It is miserable. The first few days I can be doubled over or curled up in pain. I can bleed through a pad in less than an hour. Yup there have been many embarrassing instances where I soaked through at work and had a big patch of blood on my pants. I've resorted to keeping spare pants in my cubby or truck. We should at least be allowed a couple days dang it 🫠
setsuriseikou 5 days ago
I mean, one of my friends sometimes literally faints from her cramps, and that's with all the meds and methods modern science offers. Can't imagine how the poor ladies got through this in the past, but pretty sure that for some of them the care they got from their husbands and fathers was absolutely essential.
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
Then ask yourself how you can improve your behavior and actions.
Load More Replies...You’re never too old to learn something new. In fact, it’s best if you continue learning something new every single day, even when you’re old and gray! So if you need some tips on how to be a lifelong learner, Vox has got you covered. First, they recommend constantly going out of your way to challenge yourself. Obviously, this won’t be easy. But when you put yourself in new situations, you’re forced to learn new things, often rather quickly.
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Michael Danhauer 5 days ago
She rolled a nat 1 on her intuition check but then a nat 20 on investigation.
#14
Daisydaisy 1 week ago
I had a crush on Beethoven when I was a little girl and this anecdote used to bring tears to my eyes
Norfolk and good 1 week ago
Several classical composers died during or shortly after their ninth symphony, including Beethoven. This led to the belief by some of the curse of the ninth, and that a composer's ninth symphony would be their last. Inside number 9 (British anthology TV show) had an episode based on the superstition..
Sven Horlemann 1 week ago
Look at the original piano of Beethoven. It was literally hammered. He hit it as hard as possible to hear something.
Rick Murray 1 week ago
That's because Beethoven was metal before metal even existed. :)
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His (probable) birthday is coming up next week. Dec 16th. No actual record but there is a record of his baptism on the 17th. The custom was to have it done within 24hrs of birth.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
I have always thought that if any politician is caught lying, stealing or cheating in any way, they should be prevented from standing. I mean, we do the same for lawyers, so why not politicians?
Rick Murray 1 week ago
We absolutely should...but who would run the country?
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Kira Okah 1 week ago (edited)
The Athenian democratic process of Ostracism could be used on any citizen of the city state, for up to 10 years. It was a two stage process, open to any citizen, had external oversight so tyrants couldn't aㅤbuse it (yet it was aㅤbused), required specific quorum to succeed (most sources state 6000), and had a penalty if they broke exile. None of the exiled one's possessions were taken away, they didn't lose their status or position, there is no stigma on return. It was mostly used by politicians to prevent rivalry to their seat of power, so was quite susceptible to propagandisation and corruption.
Dragons Exist 1 week ago
Pretty sure that's existed as long as secrets have existed
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Another tip Vox shared is capitalizing on the skills you already have. You don’t have to start from scratch just to prove to yourself that you can. If you already know how to play one instrument, it might be easier to pick up another than learning a foreign language from square one. In the same vein, if you grew up playing tennis, it might be easier to learn how to play padel than basketball. You’ll still be learning something new, but you might find the experience more enjoyable than starting at 0.
#16
RomanceRadish 1 week ago
"Legislation was proposed to curb these accessories of a*****t." First of all it wasn't a*****t, it was self-defense. Secondly how about legislation focusing on the harassers/ assaulters?
Annik Perrot 1 week ago
Dépends on where the hatpin is applied. My vote is where it would do the most good.
April Pickett 6 days ago
I wonder if legislation was proposed because some of the legislatures got stuck by a hatpin.
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Upstaged75 1 week ago
Except for the part where she had a heart attack.....
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 week ago
Plot twist - That many people standing up in the plane at once caused it to overbalance and crash into the sea. That woman was the only survivor.
nottheactualphoto 6 days ago
Here's my scenario: "Is there a doctor on board?" "Right here!" "Great! What's your specialty?" "Medieval Italian literature."
April Pickett 6 days ago
This is terrific news, and well worth the printed page. Gotta love a doctor's Hippocratic Oath.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Er, well. It's honestly more of a situation like "REALLY, Maxwell? YOU picked C sharp to howl on? You KNOW that's my favorite note! How DARE you! I shall howl louder than you on a G flat note to drown out your foul THEFT of C sharp!" and then a wolf like me is off to the side thinking "Okay, if I howl on an F sharp, it's going to clash horribly with Uncle Max AND Cousin Flouncy, so I'll do that..." XD
Stardrop 1 week ago
ngl i live for "lakota being an actual wolf" comments
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Multa Nocte 1 week ago
Amen to that. Was just playing some Alice in Chains yesterday.
Load More Replies... Now, if you really want to retain the information that you’ve acquired, you’re going to have to use it. Vox suggests practicing retrieval exercises, which allow you to recall and reflect on information that you’ve learned. “Sometimes we focus on getting information into our heads, like watching videos, going to lectures,” cognitive scientist Pooja Agarwal told Vox. “Where the magic happens with learning is getting information out of our heads."
#19
Lotekguy 4 days ago
It's all about respecting seniority. Texas has been crazy or longer than Florida.
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Rick Murray 1 week ago
A rather politically incorrect expression that I heard a few times here in France a while ago was to refer to a completely messed up and hopeless situation as "Baghdad". Like "Putain! C'est complètement Baghdad ici!".
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
I am waiting for it to change to "Putain! C'est complètement Amerloque ici!" ;-)
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
Well, it's not polite to aim at the piper or drummer. Even the flag-bearer usually gets a pass.
Spencer's slave no longer 6 days ago
This William Millin, aka Piper Bill, born in Canada in 1922, he served in the British Army in Highland Light Infantry, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, No. 4 Commando. He went on to become a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in the 50s and retired in 1988.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago
If this is "Mad Jack" Churchill, then he was not Scottish but English.
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Jnausicaa 2 days ago
One of my GSDs was named "Littlest Hobo." He was the goodest boi.
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Ryan Mercer 5 days ago
I'm having a hard time believing this. Dogs do not possess any special means of navigating long distances. They don't read magnetic fields and they can't smell something a thousand miles away. Or do you think he was reading a map?
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#22
Otto Katz 1 week ago
Yes! the salt ions in the air are very theraputic, as is the sound of the waves, and the vitamin D from the sunshine.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 week ago
Just don't prescribe the one specific forest that's famous because people are known to off themselves in it. (Aokigahara)
rustyscate 5 days ago
I was wondering if anyone would go there. My first thought, exactly.
Load More Replies... Maggz Bennett 6 days ago
Just watch, American doctors will soon be charging $4000 for you to take a walk in the park
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Michael Largey 1 week ago
When intoxicated, Australians make loud drunken noises which many birds find bothersome as well.
Onan Hag All 1 week ago
They are very easy to hand tame, to the point where they can become nuisance.
Ozymandias73 1 week ago
So they're like people. Get drunk and make loud drunken noises which many people fine bothersome.
Chich the witch 1 week ago
I've also heard of elephants getting drunk eating fermented fruit. Think I'd rather have a drunk parrot running around the neighbourhood .
#24
Blackmoon The Dragon 1 week ago
The thing is people probably had to give the money back, or the security crew was able to receive the money... so it wouldve actually been better to just hide the money and give it out secretly smh
Are you enjoying this list of fun and random facts, pandas? We hope that it has taught you at least one new thing. And feel free to share even more weird facts in the comments below. Then, if you’re looking for another article from Bored Panda featuring information that you can use as conversation starters at a dinner party, look no further than right here!
#25
Nils Skirnir 1 week ago
Having gone through this annually, people aren’t ‘sent,’ but rather, given the opportunity to attend these for free.
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
If you're the sort that gets fat in the middle you're much more at risk for all kinds of illnesses. The scientists have actually suggested that a better number to monitor a person's health than the deeply flawed BMI is the roundness index (BRI) which compares persons height to their waist.
Nadine Debard 1 week ago
That totally makes sense, it's as important as cholesterol level for example. Abdominal fat increases cardiovascular risk.
B Hobbs 6 days ago
The US Air Force (probably the other branches too) has a waist measurement as part of their fitness testing. If I recall correctly, acceptable waist measurement varies with age. If one does not pass, they have a certain amount of time to show progress towards the standard. If one does not show progress, they may be forced out of the service.
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🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 1 week ago (edited)
It was the fate of my sunflower crop this year, albeit with squirrels. We were happy about it. :o)
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Der Kommissar 1 week ago
that is why chipmunks are formidable adversaries for cats, who also have a very fast reaction time. Don't let your cat fight a squirrel , it will get its azz kicked.
Jnausicaa 2 days ago
Tell that to the 12 dead squirrels our cats have presented us with over the last 8 years.
Load More Replies... Stardust she/her 1 week ago
I was wondering about this just this morning as I saw a small rodent moving just like how a spider would and I wondered if it too processes things much faster
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Ian Webling 1 week ago
Are these the same people who have just ended hepatitis vaccines for babies and are trying very hard to end polio vaccines? /s
Billo66 1 week ago (edited)
My Great Uncle was a Chiropracter in the 70's. I was a kid but I found it hilarious that he had a severely hunched back, given his occupation. Like, Notre Dame vibes. Shame on you little me. I was like, imagine going to the chiropracter and this guy walks out.
Betsy S 1 week ago
I don't believe that scoliosis cares if it affects someone who works with bones. And scoliosis cannot be corrected with chiropractic.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 1 week ago
Only magnets, or did he also do things with joints to aligned them or what's it called in english?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Yep. Spinal/neck manipulation or "adjustment" and "crácking" the joints. It's all hogwash and can actually do harm to people.
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M M O 4 days ago
I was in constant pain and my chiropractor solved all of it. The quacks in my situation were the medical doctors prescribing muscle relaxers and pain meds before I saw the chiropractor. The pain was greatly reduced after my first chiropractic visit and completely solved in 3 visits. I now only go occasionally. I never understand why chiropractors are so dismissed here when I read these ridiculous comments.
Michael Danhauer 5 days ago
Chiropractic medicine is legit if the doctor is too. Just like traditional medicine. If the doc is a quack it's because of their lack of ability not the treatment. My grandfather was a chiropractor for 50 years and never injured anyone. A bad apple (or a whole rotten barrel) doesn't mean apples are inedible.
Senjo Krane 1 week ago
Properly trained chiropractors are not unscientific and are actually very useful for skeletal and muscular issues. I know they have a bad rep in the States.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Chiropractic is a pseudoscience. It's filled with antiscientific and pseudoscientific ideas. Collectively, many systematic reviews have demonstrated that spinal manipulation is NOT an effective treatment for ANY medical condition. It's complete BS and it isn't "scientific" at all.
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Ian Webling 6 days ago
None. It was found in 1905 - sixty seven years after slavery was abolished in South Africa.
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Hugo 1 week ago
"Tell" is misleading. They show antagonism to a person who once annoyed them, and other crows copy.
veirdbuttrue 6 days ago
There is such a thing as the avian communication network. They do communicate with each other
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Michael Largey 1 week ago
And if enough angry crows gang up on you, there's bound to be a m****r.
Brian Droste 6 days ago
If you do something to annoy a crow and they take revenge on you but you start to treat them nice will they stop harassing you?
April Pickett 6 days ago
If you get crow doodoo on you, I suggest that you wear a raincoat and carry an umbrella.
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Donna Crowe 6 days ago
I would like to thank Noah for putting most of the weird animals in Australia.
#31
Kirsten Kerkhof 1 week ago
Yes, because it is only true if science says so. Why believe the women, right? /s
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
I have just watched the video. Having decades of experience putting costumes, clothing, and hats onto cats, I can confirm that the two cats don't really look all that disturbed/upset/traumatized by wearing tiny boxing gloves XD The tuxedo's ears aren't even flattened. I think the tabby and white (on the left) was more disturbed that some random human kept lifting it up by its harness to "stand" on its hind legs XD
Multa Nocte 1 week ago
He WAS a bit of an asshole. Well, quite an asshole, actually. A really, REALLY big asshole, now that you mention it . . . . .
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 6 days ago
How do I access this video? Do I type in Thomas Edison/cat video? Would that work?
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Billo66 1 week ago (edited)
Yes but, when tripping on DMT and staring at a diffused laser on a wall, what is THAT code? Several people doing the experiment described the same code. ../ I heard this and thought yeah, I've been fucked up a time or two. Wonder how they synthesize it. I'm not in a position to make ayahuasca. LOL GTFO (bought a laser level just in case) haha
#34
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
I feel so bad for autistic people in India because not a second goes by when there’s not an obnoxiously loud horn being blasted sometimes during red lights
Billo66 1 week ago
And now, they have installed decible meters because of the excessive honking. If it rises above a certain level, the stoplight resets. Last I read, it seems to be helping. You don't wanna be the guy that reset the meter.
Stardust she/her 6 days ago
Where have they installed this? As it’s certainly not there in my city
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 1 week ago
Nobody remembers Paris before the ban, but trust me French drivers in the 50s and 60s were pretty noisy themselves.
Upstaged75 1 week ago
NYC is still incredibly loud - there's honking from taxis 24 hours a day.
Load More Replies... Der Kommissar 1 week ago
I counted the honks I heard in traffic in Calcutta for one minute. It was over 90 honks
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Michael Largey 1 week ago
That would take away a prime motivation for going back down in weight.
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 6 days ago
It would be easier to list the people Trump likes than the people he hates.
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sudarsanforever 1 week ago
This is a pretty standard reverse mortgage that is available to most old people.
#37
Phantom Phoenix 1 week ago
Mine too. And there'd be a repeat performance every time someone sees the scar and asks how I'd gotten it...
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#39
Annik Perrot 1 week ago (edited)
The air in salt mines is totally dry, since the salt absorbs most of the dampness. Asthma is exacerbated by humidity.
Lady Eowyn 1 week ago
My asthma is a lot worse in the winter when the air is dry.
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Billo66 1 week ago
Serious question. What can you do with asthma and chronic bronchitis. They say humidifier for the Bronch, but that messes up the asthma. COPD sucks. (Don't smoke kids. Especially for 48 years.)
KatWitch57 6 hours ago
I also have asthma and COPD, I asked the respiratory team why people with diabetes get all their prescriptions free, whereas those with asthma don't? Was told that's because asthma is 'a collection of symptoms' rather than a definitive diagnosis. Different treatments work in different ways for individual asthmatics. Hence, some need humidity, some dry air, some need cool and some warmth, Pretty much the only thing agreed on is that abrupt changes in temperature or humidity play havoc with asthma and/or COPD, and *that* is why you're given an emergency pack.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Not every case of chimerism in humans (or animals) results from an absorbed twin. Mosaicism is actually far more common in human chimerism than the form that arises from absorption of a zygote. It's likely Lydia Fairchild (the woman referenced in this post) has mosaicism, since the DNA from her skin and hair did not match the DNA of her children, but the DNA from her cervical smear did. This points to somatic mutation, not allogenic fusion.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 week ago
I just saw an old episode of CSI where a guy was getting away with r@pe because his DNA didn't match what they found in the victim - even though she identified him by sight. Turns out he was a chimera and had 2 sets.
Beth Wheeler 6 days ago
She had her babies, the Dr and nurses in the delivery room all testified that they were her kids. I saw a medical show about chimeras several years ago.
Load More Replies... Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 6 days ago
Can you read?? A WOMAN. GAVE BIRTH. Literally NOTHING in this post has ANYTHING to do with gender. Go take a long walk off a short pier.
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Michael Largey 1 week ago (edited)
Tell him that if it's more than 12 nautical miles then it's strictly his call.
Load More Replies... April Pickett 6 days ago
There's a forensic degree at one of my state's colleges, I want to participate.
joann fielding 4 days ago
Yes, they're unofficially called 'c*rpse farms'. You donate your body, and it teaches future coroners about decomposition and how to determine cause/ time of de*th.
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Shelley Keenan 6 days ago
Drop me over that crazy deep trench and let some yet-unidentified creature eat me. Sounds fun.
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abn_gator 1 week ago
The movie Hacksaw Ridge left out a lot of his deeds due the fact they believed the audience wouldn't believe everything he actually did.
Upstaged75 1 week ago
Wow. I haven't seen it but now I may have to. Usually I don't like movies with violence.
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Nadine Debard 1 week ago (edited)
The sound was 317 decibels according to physicists who used measurements to calculate the sound wave. It was the loudest sound ever "recorded" on earth. It reverberated around the globe 7 times during 5 days, which means it was detected on sismographs all around the world multiple times. The eruption caused tens of thousands of casualties. Edit: I made a mistake in my description. Even though seismographs existed yet, the thing that was measured all over the world was the atmospheric pressure that increased dramatically, then dropped.
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
From what I remember, what made the explosion so powerful was the fact that water surrounding the island had leaked into the caldera after a smaller initial explosion which created steam that built up under great pressure which when it finally burst created a powerful shockwave
#44
Jan Rosier 1 week ago
I have kids. Two night getaway with the wife while MIL watched the young kids. Did not experience this AT ALL. (over 20 years on, and still never...)
April Pickett 6 days ago
So that's why I don't like to travel that much. I never really sleep in strange beds, I finally sleep but It's an uncomfortable sleep and I don't wake up well.
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
I can’t even sleep normally after changing the cover of my mattress or when I’ve added something to my softboard.
LookASquirrel 6 days ago
This is why a nice big dinner and a bottle of wine or 2 in the evening is a requirement when staying in a hotel. My husband can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
A bit misleading. It was ONE particular beluga whale, named Noc, who lived at a marine research facility, who did this. There are no documented cases of it happening in wild belugas or in any other beluga besides Noc. Noc also wasn't really "mimicking" in the way we would consider a parrot would - it just sounded like a voice/words and wasn't actually words at all.
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Paul C. 1 week ago
Please don't downvote, but I personally disliked Fight Club immensely. Just didn't do it for me.
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Norfolk and good 1 week ago (edited)
Leigh Whannell and James Wan. Every horror movie fan knows who they are. Whannell also played Adam in the first movie. You can also find their Saw short film on YouTube, which is what they used when they were trying to find a studio to fund it. They also wrote and directed Dead Silence and the first two Insidious movies together. They've both also done a lot of movies separately.
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CP 1 week ago
That statement needs to be more honest. They do that because of a society with an oppressive social structure. The honor is made up by humans and we do this to each other.
Dragons Exist 1 week ago
Yep—there are lots of things I like about Japan, but its social norms is definitely not one of them
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Sam Trudeau 1 week ago
No, obviously Iceland is all ice. If it weren't, it would be named Greenland. (I'm kidding)
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
I was always told it was to ease the vomit through the oesophagus and prevent that from getting hurt (as it is when you get reflux). That makes much more sense.
Ace 1 week ago
It's not like it's a process than somebody sat down to design though. Such slightly beneficial effects are not the 'reason' the body behaves as it does.
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UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
Your entire GI tract fills with mucus prior to evacuation. It works at the other end, too.
driedgrapes 1 week ago
Wait 30 minutes to brush, too, so you don't just scrub all the acids onto your teeth. Use mouthwash first if you want.
Senjo Krane 1 week ago
I've seen dogs drool like crazy just before they puke. Can't say I've notice a lot of saliva in my own mouth though. I usually have other feelings to worry about I guess.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 week ago
I definitely have. You can feel your saliva glands activating. Only with involuntary puking though
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Kira Okah 1 week ago (edited)
That is the slang term, they are also called a nonrevolver. They terms are meant to be derogatory, yes, because the company doesn't make any interest profit off them.
Ace 1 week ago
I've been using credit cars like this for thirty years or more. It's just a payment card with a couple of added benefits. Anyone habitually paying interest on them should cut their cards up and find a better way to make ends meet.
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
Because we don't fill the pockets of banks. I'm happy to be called a deadbeat!
CP 1 week ago
The credit score system makes zero sense from the consumer prospective. It is just meant to maximize profits on the downlow.
BK BigFish 5 days ago
Exactly. Now think about "identify theft." Why is it, when someone else gets credit in your name, and doesn't pay it back, it becomes your problem? Isn't it the fault of the credit company for giving money to the wrong person?
Load More Replies... Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
Now I wanna know what they call someone who doesn't use credit in the first place unless they're buying something big (just to get the payment insurance) and immediately paying that off too
Upstaged75 1 week ago (edited)
My only credit card is attached to my checking account. That way I never spend money I don't have. As a younger person I got myself in a lot of debt, and I don't ever want to experience that again. Unfortunately, it means I have a lower credit score than someone who carries a lot of debt. Which seems dumb, but I do live in the US....
FireWithFire 1 day ago
Same happens in UK friend. Eg. pay off your loan and suddenly your credit score drops 🤷🏻♂️
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Years ago if you were prompt with your credit card payments you frequently got a polite note on your bill thanking you for that.
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Susan Reid Smith 1 week ago
There is a bald eagle camera in Big Bear California, showing how the pair nest.
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BK BigFish 5 days ago
IDK about that... vaccines, medicine, surgery, chemotherapy, radiology, organ transplants, stem cell therapies ... public health interventions like anti-malaria nets, prophylactic HIV pills, elimination of smallpox, clean air and water... or even just routine medical care that doesn't cost an arm and a leg ... can greatly prolong life. (In my more cynical moods, I'm starting to think this thinking is intentionally spread by the rich to convince Americans that they don't need universal healthcare. )
Kira Okah 1 week ago
Is Ziggy one of his legitimate or illegitimate children? iirc he had seven illegitimate children with multiple women while married, some life.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Er, no, it didn't. He had skin cancer - acral lentiginous melanoma. On his TOE. It was not caused by smoking.
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Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 week ago
They usually didn't grind grains (or anything else) the point of treadmills was that the work was dull, repetitive, and ultimately pointless.
Rick Murray 1 week ago
To be fair, one could often say: work was dull, repetitive, and ultimately pointless.
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Marianne 1 week ago
Where did he do his business and where did the products of said business go? Although I can imagine that it became less of a problem as time went by.
Lynchamigsakta 1 week ago
Mental illness, depression. He went out there to "celebrate" Christmas in a peaceful place, somewhere along the way he decided to just f**k it and stay, he had some food, smokes etc but eventually he got snowed in and it was no longer his choice.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago (edited)
The wording makes it sound like they can change color as rapidly as a chameleon can, which isn't true XD It IS true that a Siamese cat's (and any cat with the "pointed" coat pattern) coat is affected by temperature. When they are born, Siamese kittens are usually nearly pure white/light cream. They do NOT have dark "points" at birth. These develop as they age - the eumelanin deposits in the "coldest" parts of their bodies: legs/feet, tail, ears, and face. Sometimes Siamese cats will get darker on their entire bodies as they age, because their circulation is not as good, their blood is "thinner", and their entire body is slightly cooler than when it was a younger cat. Similarly, Siamese cats who live in very warm climates, like the desert/Arizona in the US, can lighten in color and their "color points" may shrink. These things will not happen to EVERY Siamese cat, however :)
Betsy S 1 week ago
But actual Sealpoint Siamese cats were always a deep cream colour on their sides and slightly darker along the spine. The darker colouring has been bred out of them now and "Sealpoints" are actually really pale now. It's disappointing because now they look almost as bland as "Bluepoints" are.
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CP 1 week ago
There may be a trigger. The field of epigenetics might find an answer.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
That explains the pregnancies, but not the preponderance of male children in said pregnancies.
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Kira Okah 1 week ago
They were an experiment. The cars were not "launched", there were 5 prototypes and 50 public test cars. They were hideously expensive to produce, were difficult to start, accelrated slowly, had terrible fuel economy, were horribly noisy, and failed every emissions check the government had. They were destroyed because that was a condition of the failure of the experiment, ad a failure it was.
CP 1 week ago
Don't come in here with context when rage bait is all the... rage.
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Kira Okah 1 week ago
Given how terrible these cars were, I'm sure every car manufacturer took note of this vehicle as an example of expensive experimental failures.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
Because it's a business where you just need to be consistently there, often for most of a day. Most common Indian businesses are like this, like convenience stores. If you saw how people typically work in India (outside of office work) it would make a lot more sense to you.
Ace 1 week ago
Patel is one of the most common Indian surnames in the Gujerat area, from where a lot of them historically migrated to East Africa and beyond (notably the UK when many were kicked out of Uganda) and formed small businesses. It's also related to a particular caste who tended to be small-scale landowners. The name itself is derived from a Sanskrit term for 'village headman'.
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
Patel? That surname is from the Indian state of Gujarat and there’s a stereotype that all Gujuratis are business people because a lot of companies here are started by Gujjus. Hell, even the richest Indian is a Gujju as well as our current prime minister
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Stardust she/her 1 week ago
Reminds me of state functions in thermodynamics where the end result is the same no matter the path of the reaction
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Zombie Andrew 2 days ago
Electrocuted IS death...otherwise, if you survived, you've been SHOCKED. SO to say "electocuted to death" is a bit redundant
WubiDubi 1 week ago
Farm yard mud? You mean p*o/ s**t/ excrement. Wow 2025 is an ********** time to be *****
Phantom Phoenix 1 week ago
It ain't for nothin' that "May you live in interesting times" is a curse
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Owen 1 week ago
A fantastic film. With multiple possible endings. I had them all on the DVD. It's a shame we no longer really do physical media.
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
some people are going back to DVDs and blu-rays because unless you have the physical copy, you don't really have it and finding anything you want online is such a hassle if it's even possible
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 week ago
I fell asleep during this movie. Didn't find it particularly scary at all.
Senjo Krane 1 week ago
That's a nope from me. I'm usually ok during the movie. It's when I'm home, late at night that the horrors get me.
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Kira Okah 1 week ago
The prison also has a massive cㅤocaine trafficking ring, there is heavy bribery, ad it is considered a danger to life for a police officer to enter. It's not a good place.
Senjo Krane 1 week ago
I was just thinking "why are they in prison if they're so well organised"
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