The longest taxi journey was a 13 month long roadtrip around the world. They travelled across four continents and 50 different countries in a black cab. The journey cost 100 000$. 00
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Memes You Need to See If You’re Attending a Wedding This Summer
It’s time for drunken drama, family fights, oh, and love, too, lots of love. That means it’s summer wedding season.
Here’s to all the folks getting hitched this summer, and to all the guests: may they have a great time. Check out these memes to get prepared for the big day.
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Sears once sold on mail…
Sears once sold on mail order an entire house as a giant DIY kit. There were over 370 home designs, and the house had over 30,000 parts worth 25 tons. Sears claimed a man of “average” abilities could assemble it in 90 days. 00
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Among the thousands of men on the Normandy beaches on D-Day there was one single woman. Martha Gellhorn, a rogue war correspondent who stowed away in the toilet of a hospital ship and also happened to be the third wife of Ernest Hemingway. 00
Air stewardess Vesna Vulovi, who…
Air stewardess Vesna Vulović, who drank coffee to combat low blood pressure in order to pass stewardess examination, was the only survivor of JAT Flight 367, due to her low blood pressure. 00
While filming Pirates of the Caribbean…
While filming Pirates of the Caribbean in London, Johnny Depp received a letter from a local 9 year old girl, who asked for help with “munity” against her teachers. Depp turned up with no warning at the school in full Jack Sparrow outfit, but advised against munity. 00
13 Facts About Anxiety That Are Incredibly Useful
The more you know about anxiety, the easier it is to manage. But suffering from anxiety still sucks.
So if you have anxiety issues, do as much research as you can so you can work on it.
Here are some facts about anxiety that we hope you find interesting and useful.
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12 Facts That May Change How You Think About Sleep
I’m a huge proponent of napping and basically catching a bit of shut-eye whenever possible. Is there anything better than sleep?
Let’s just say things can get unpleasant when I don’t get my beauty rest.
Take a look at these fun facts about sleeping. You’ll be glad you did.
12. Placebo sleep works like placebo pills.
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11. Parrot fish have a gross sleeping arrangement.
10. You can sleep across borders.
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9. You actually can be half-asleep.
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8. Lucid dreaming can be for anybody.
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7. Sleep lots – your sex life might depend on it.
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6. Dolphins are cautious sleepers.
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5. Never fight while tired.
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4. Brain cannibalism is real.
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3. Beauty sleep is real, too.
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2. Letting teenagers sleep longer could grow the U.S. GDP.
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1. Spiders don’t crawl in your mouth while you sleep. It’s the last place they would ever want to be. Stop worrying.
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Texts from People Who Should Quit While They’re Ahead
A lesson every person needs to learn and sometimes people learn the hard way: Quit while you’re ahead!
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These 8 Popular Genetic Traits Prove We All Have More in Common Than You Thought
When you take a long, hard look at humanity, there’s no denying that at our most basic, genetic level we’re all inbred. Maybe not to the point where our kids turn blue, but still – we have way more things in common than than not.
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In fact, if you are a human being, you more than likely have every single one of these super common, dominant genes.
If you are not a human being, please know that we come in peace.
#8. Your Eyes Are Brown
55% of the world has brown eyes, which means more people are brown-eyed than all of the other colors combined. Take that!
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#7. You’re Right-Handed
70-90% of people have a dominant right hand (it used to be more when people forced children to be right-handed, despite preference!).
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#6. Look At Those Broad Eyebrows
Don’t feel bad if you have to pluck to get thin, arched brows – thick and bushy is the dominant trait, but the unibrow is not.
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#5. You Have Dark Hair
More than 50% of people in the United States sport natural dark locks, but there are cultures around the world where that percentage is 98% or higher.
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#4. Your Left Thumb Automatically Crosses Over Your Right
Well over half of the world’s population display this random genetic predisposition.
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#3. Your Eyelashes Are So Long
The cosmetics companies would have you believe that you need that mascara and the falsies, but in reality, long lashes are a dominant trait enjoyed by the majority of the population.
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#2. You’ve Got A Round Face
In a world of squares or rounds, you’re most likely the latter.
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#1. Your Earlobe Hangs Free
No definitive study exists, but estimates are that this dominant gene exists in about 2/3 of the world’s population.
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Did you just touch your earlobe? I bet you did…
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