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October 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

Ants have designated paramedics that are assigned to rescue their wounded soldiers, carry them back to their nest and help them heal by gently holding the hurt limb in place with their mandibles and front legs while intensely “licking” the wound for up to 4 minutes (article)

Bonus fact: if an ant knows it is mortally wounded, it will flail wildly to signal to other ants that it is not worth saving and spending time and resources on it would be a waste

16 Fascinating Facts That Have Emerged From The 9/11 Tragedy

September 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

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1. Even though almost all planes were grounded during 9/11, there was one non military plane flying after the FAA ordered all planes to land. This one plane was carrying snake anti venom to Florida to save a snake handler’s life after he had gotten bit by a Taipan snake

A couple hours after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Lawrence Van Sertima, a snake handler of 40 years, was about to get his first snake bite. He was handling a Taipan snake, one of the most deadly in the world, when it became uncooperative and bit his thumb. He instantly knew he was in trouble.

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May 19, 2021 Leave a Comment

In 1989, then Prime Minister of Japan Sōsuke Uno resigned after a geisha revealed she had an extramarital affair with him. The key of the scandal wasn’t morality, but that he had failed to properly provide and support his mistress with an appropriate amount, and was branded as a stingy man

In their society of past a man would visit a geisha to relax and drink and flirt whereas his wife at home was viewed as a caretaker and mother figure. Not that the wives didn’t have any power, they controlled the purse strings and their word at home was law with the husband often looking up to them like a mother. Hence you don’t go to wife for sensuality. So wives never got jealous of geisha because they understood it was two different roles. A man would never leave his wife for a geisha. His wife will have known about it and accepted the situation without complaint.

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January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

A waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS (article)

She lost the lawsuit with her coworkers, but then won it on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.

The guy who tipped her sued because he said she should “buy him a new truck”. That was dismissed.

And other details are crazier, like she shot her husband in the chest, he took the gun, and then she successfully convinced him to let her drive him to the hospital.

She also won the case against the IRS.

And she gave most of the money to her family, and works as a poker dealer.

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April 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

In Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign (article)

In Japan, it has long been the slightly passive-aggressive practice to promote such employees to a “banishment room”, mainly to avoid outright firing them and thereby having to pay severance and benefits. Put them in a room with a computer loaded with nothing but a spreadsheet and assign a bogus task, or give them hours of mind-numbing security camera footage to look at, and eventually the employee will crack and resign, releasing the employer from the act of pulling the trigger themselves.

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March 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read, “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.” (article)

A few others:

Surely, even as you lie dead in this tomb, I deem the wild beasts yet fear your white bones, huntress Lycas; and your valor great Pelion knows, and splendid Ossa and the lonely peaks of Cithaeron.

Myia never barked without reason, but now, he is silent.

My eyes were wet with tears, our little dog, when I bore you [to the grave]. So, Patricus, never again shall you give me a thousand kisses. Never can you be contentedly in my lap. In sadness, I buried you, as you deserve. In a resting place of marble, I have put you for all time by the side of my shade. In your qualities, you were sagacious, like a human being. Ah, what a loved companion we have lost!

Issa’s more pert than Lesbia’s sparrow love, Purer than kisses of a turtle-dove, More sweet than a hundred maidens rolled in one, Rarer than wealthy India’s precious stone. She is pet of Publius, Issa dear, She whines, a human voice you seem to hear.

27 Horribly Depressing Facts That Will Ruin Your Day

March 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

1. There is one person who is 7x more likely to kill you compared to everyone else. Yourself.

2. There is a whale called 52 Blue that only sings at their frequency meaning it can’t communicate with other whales. It is nicknamed the loneliest whale on the planet.

3. The first people the Nazi’s gassed were the disabled and mentally ill, not the Jews. They were family members of normal Germans who were at mental hospitals. The families would get a letter that their family member was being transferred then about 6 weeks later they would get a letter saying that they had a heart attack or something and died. It got to the point where it became common knowledge that the transfer letter was advance notification that their loved one had been killed.

30 Amazing Facts That Will Show You How Far Humans Have Come

December 31, 2019 3 Comments

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November 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

Gay Turkish men can avoid military service by providing photographs of themselves having sex. But only if they are the passive partner, and their face is clearly visible in the photo. (article)

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October 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85. (article)

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Ants have designated paramedics that are assigned to rescue their wounded soldiers, carry them back to their nest and help them heal by gently holding the hurt limb in place with their mandibles and front legs while intensely “licking” the wound for up to 4 minutes (article)

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1. Even though almost all planes were grounded during 9/11, there was one non military plane flying after the FAA ordered all planes to land. This one plane was carrying snake anti venom to Florida to save a snake handler’s life after he had gotten bit by a Taipan snake

In 1989, then Prime Minister of Japan Sōsuke Uno resigned after a geisha revealed she had an extramarital affair with him. The key of the scandal wasn’t morality, but that he had failed to properly provide and support his mistress with an appropriate amount, and was branded as a stingy man

A waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS (article)

In Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign (article)

Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read, “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.” (article)

Gay Turkish men can avoid military service by providing photographs of themselves having sex. But only if they are the passive partner, and their face is clearly visible in the photo. (article)