After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn’t afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team’s expenses, and the team wore tie-dye uniforms.
When the video game market crashed…
When the video game market crashed in 1983 revenues fell by an astounding 97%, causing many pundits to predict that video games were just a fad and that no one would ever play video games again.
‘Desire paths’ is the term…
‘Desire paths’ is the term for the paths that are naturally created by people’s footfalls when they walk around paved paths. Some universities and hospitals have avoided these by waiting to see where they formed naturally, then paving over established desire paths.
15+ Tweets People Shared About Being a Hot Mess
Hot mess express, am I right?
A lot of people call themselves a “hot mess” but how many actually LIVE IT!? Because a lot of you all like to self-shame to get attention and show how humble you can be… but we all know you’re not REALLY a mess. So you’re just low-key bragging.
We see you!
For all those REAL hot messes out there, these tweets are for you!
1. No compromise
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2. I have some too
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3. Punish yourself
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4. That was a bad move
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5. Fix me
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6. Who you honkin’ at?
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7. That might do the trick
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8. This is awful
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9. Nap time
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10. Come find me
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11. Not OK
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12. Failure
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13. Shocking
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14. Downward spiral
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15. I wonder why?
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16. There you are!
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17. Vicious cycle
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Hope you enjoy all the hot messiness that entailed!
Share your own hot messes in the comments!
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The Worst Shark Attack on Record Happened During World War II
When you think of shark attacks, you probably imagine surfers, divers, or other people who choose to be in the water with the giant predators when they’re mistaken for food – but the worst shark attack in history is actually the result of an event far more sinister.
And in this case, the sharks weren’t making mistakes – the humans beings treading water were, in fact, their intended prey.
The USS Indianapolis had delivered components of the atomic bomb that would later level Hiroshima before leaving Guam. It sailed alone toward the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, where it was supposed to meet the USS Idaho and prepare for an invasion of Japan.
A day later, shortly after midnight, a Japanese torpedo ripped the ship in half.
It sank in under 12 minutes, sending the 900 survivors (of 1196 crew) into the water.
There weren’t enough life rafts to hold everyone but there were life vests to go around, and as the men formed groups and began going through rations and trying to maintain some kind of order, they surely believed rescue would come – and soon.
They were wrong.
Instead, the sharks appeared, likely drawn by the blood and bodies in the water, ready to attack live victims. Their reported aggression leads most historians and experts to believe the sharks in question were oceanic whitetips – a particularly aggressive species that lives and feeds in open water.
The sailors did what they could, pushing the men who died away from the groups to draw sharks and moving away from anyone with an open or bleeding wound. The first person to open a can of SPAM paid the ultimate price, and the rest of the meat rations were tossed after that harrowing spectacle.
Days passed and the Navy did nothing, believing that reports of the ships sinking had been planted in an attempt to draw rescue ships into open water. The survivors dwindled, dying from thirst, heat, drinking seawater and suffering from salt poisoning. Those who were not in their right minds dragged healthy men into the water when they jumped, dooming even more to the depths.
After four-plus days in the water, a Navy pilot spotted the survivors and radioed for help, and when a second plane arrived, it dropped rafts and supplies before landing and attempting to gather the men most at risk – disobeying orders in the process.
Twelve hours later, the USS Doyle arrived and pulled 317 men from the water – nearly 600 had perished in the four days it took the Navy to respond. Not all of them were killed by sharks, with salt poisoning and exposure claiming lives, along with lack of access to clean water, but none of those men would have had to die had the Navy been quick to send rescue teams after the attack.
Lessons learned? Don’t expect that help will be there soon, and don’t mess with the oceanic whitetip shark.
And don’t eat SPAM, but you probably already figured that out on your own.
Also also, Nic Cage starred in a 2016 movie about the disaster called USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.
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15+ Things Europeans Think They Do Better Than Americans (And They’re Not Wrong)
There are many reasons why you should be proud of being an American, but there comes a time when you just have to admit that other countries do it better.
What, exactly, is it? Well, these 17 things are an awfully good start.
17. Seriously this should be a thing everywhere.
16. No elaboration needed.
15. We are a nation of prudes.
14. Who has time for lifestyle changes?
13. Having fun.
12. Building restroom doors.
11. Cheese and bread.
10. This actually makes me want to cry.
9. You mean there’s more than one?
8. I’ll need to taste test to confirm.
7. Change starts at home and all that.
6. Drinking in public.
5. I was repeatedly advised I was ordering too much food when in Europe.
4. I mean they’re not wrong.
3. Being less annoying.
2. Taking holidays seriously.
1. Baby stuff.
Time to do some more traveling!
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Here’s What It Costs to Open a Franchise of 10 Popular Fast Food Restaurants
Have you ever wanted to run your own fast food restaurant? It can be a good business idea – there’s a McDonald’s on every corner for a reason.
But how much does it cost to get that franchise off the ground and running?
If you’ve ever kicked around the idea of opening one of these joints, here’s what you need to know.
1. McDonald’s
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#mcdonalds #mcdo #mcdonaldsaesthetic #mcdonaldsrestaurant #macdonalds #mcdonaldswave #imlovinit #
You need to have a net worth of at least $500,000, and you’ll need to put down 40% of the total cost of a new Mickey D’s or 25% of an existing restaurant.
The corporate folks at McDonald’s also add, “There are limited opportunities to enter the program with less cash available (primarily in rural or urban areas), and, in some situations, the financial requirements may be substantially higher depending on the specifics of the transaction.”
2. Chick-fil-A
The popular chicken joint requires a down payment of $10,000 and there’s no net worth requirement specified. You have to be free of other active business ventures and assure the higher-ups that you’re going to run the restaurant full time with a hands-on approach. And here’s a heads-up: they’re pretty selective.
3. Starbucks
This seems like it would be a good investment even if you put it on the moon. But…I have some bad news: Starbucks doesn’t franchise in the U.S. or Canada.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz explained: “The culture and values of how we related to our customers, which is reflected in how the company relates to our [employees], would determine our success. And we thought the best way to have those kinds of universal values was to build around company-owned stores and then to provide stock options to every employee, to give them a financial and psychological stake in the company.”
4. Taco Bell
#TacoBellCantinaOh yeah! I’d be down for owning one of these babies! You need an initial down payment of $45,000 and a net worth of $1.5 million with $750,000 personal liquidity. Okay, I’m out. But maybe you aren’t!
Also, franchisees need to operate the business day-to-day.
5. In-N-Out
If you’ve never had the pleasure of having an In-N-Out burger, you’re missing out. I just hope they keep spreading to the east coast, because once every couple years isn’t good enough for this guy.
Anyway, the company said they will “never” franchise their restaurants, so I might be screwed.
6. KFC
Ahhhh, good old KFC. A staple of every town and city across the land. To get in on the Colonel’s action, you need a $20,000 down payment, a net worth requirement of $1.5 million, with $750,000 in liquid assets. Pretty steep, friends.
7. Burger King
BK ain’t playing around. To get going, you need a $15,000 to $50,000 down payment and a net worth requirement: $3 million, with $1 million in liquid assets. And the interview process is pretty strict as well…
8. Sonic
#sonicrestaurant #burgers #sweetenedicedtea #bestintexasAs far as I’m concerned, we need more Sonic restaurants across our great nation. To become a Sonic franchisee, you need a down payment of $45,00 and a net worth requirement of $1 million. The restaurant claims you might end up with a total investment of anywhere from $1.22 to $3.53 million, and that doesn’t include the cost of the land.
9. Subway
You may have heard the exciting news that @subway_ukireland has launched a new vegan sub and a vegan salad! Well, a few weeks ago I was invited to whip on some @subway_ukireland gear and try to make it as fast as I possibly could (Don’t mean to brag but 52 seconds for anyone who’s wondering 
So, what’s it like? 
Vegan sub w/ a sweet pepper, red onion, spinach, garlic & chilli patty, lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, cucumber & vegan garlic aioli. Both the Italian and hearty Italian breads are vegan. 
£3.80 (6 inch – prices may vary) 
I wasn’t sure what to expect from the patty but I really enjoyed it! Whilst it’s made of veggies, it has quite a meaty sausage-like texture to it which gives the sandwich substance. I also really love the garlic aioli and they’re generous with the serving of it! It didn’t feel dry at any point, the fresh lettuce and red onion added a nice crunch. There’s a lot of red onion so you’ll taste like it for a while but I made my peace with that 
To be honest, this exceeded my expectations! Not bad at all 
The salad is also delicious but perhaps not quite substantial enough for this little hungry vegan. 
Order again? Yes 
Location: Various 
GF Options: No 
Eatery: Takeaway 
Service: Fast (trust me!) 
Atmosphere: Casual 
@thebigjolleyvegan & me 
Leftovers: Nope, ate the lot 
Website & Map: Link in bio 
Dog friendly? Depends on store Has anyone else tried it yet? What did you think? 
Calling all sandwich artists! You’ll need a down payment of $139,500 to $341,000, but there is no net worth requirement.
10. Arby’s
An Arby’s franchisee needs a down payment of $314,550 to $1.8 million and a net worth requirement of $1 million, with at least $500,000 in liquid assets. There’s a lot of horsey sauce to be purchased, folks.
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A Group of Heartbroken Scientists Wrote a Eulogy to Iceland’s First Disappeared Glacier
Scientists everywhere are in agreement that the climate of the world is changing rapidly, and that the results, should the problem go unchecked, will be disastrous. One of the first casualties are the world’s glaciers, like Iceland’s Okjokull (aka Ok), which officially melted away back in 2014.
Scientists at Rice University will install a plaque containing a eulogy for Ok, which will no doubt serve as a reminder for generations to come that there were those among us who tried very hard to do something.
Cymene Howe produced a 2018 film titled Not Ok that documented the glacier’s demise.
“This will be the first monument to a glacier lost to climate change anywhere in the world. By marking Ok’s passing, we hope to draw attention to what is being lost as Earth’s glaciers expire.”
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The plaque reads:
“Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier.
In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path.
This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done.
Only you know if we did it.”
The plaque will also mark 2019 as the year the world hit 415ppm Co2 levels.
Not Ok‘s co-producer, Dominic Boyer, has high hopes that awareness can still be raised in time to make a difference.
“We wanted to create a lasting memorial to Ok, a small glacier that has a big story to tell. Ok was the first named Icelandic glacier to melt because of how humans have transformed the planet’s atmosphere. Its fate will be shared by all of Iceland’s glaciers unless we act now to radically curtail greenhouse gas emissions.”
According to the research done for the film, all of Iceland’s 400-ish glaciers could face the same fate as early as 2200.
#islandia #iceland #escandinavia #scandinavia #meioambiente #environment #aquecimentoglobal #globalwarming #glaciar #glacier #geleira #okjökull #visiticelandGlaciers are the largest freshwater reserves on Earth and are also invaluable for the insights they provide into Earth’s atmosphere. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the world, and record temperatures are being recorded all over the globe. Wildfires are becoming common from Siberia to Greenland and sea ice is decreases rapidly, putting different animal species in danger.
“One of our Icelandic colleagues put it very wisely when he said, ‘Memorials are not for the dead; they are for the living,” said Howe. “With this memorial, we want to underscore that it is up to us, the living, to collectively respond to the rapid loss of glaciers and the ongoing impacts of climate change. For Ok glacier it is already too late; it is not what scientists call ‘dead ice.’”
Here’s hoping that when people read the plaque 100 years in the future, it marks the beginning of serious, focused action to reverse climate change and not the beginning of the end of the world as we know it.
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A Man Told a Woman to “Stop Speaking Spanish.” So Everybody Started Speaking Spanish.
The world can be a scary, sometimes confrontational place if you’re a minority. What makes those bad days worse, though, is when no one takes the time to stick up for you (or you know, be a decent human being).
That was not so on this day, though, when writer Jamie Primak found herself on the ugly end of a racist comment telling her to “stop speaking Spanish” on a flight.
This man just asked me to “please stop speaking Spanish” on this plane to NYC (in his defense it’s very early and he’s racist) so the man next to him STARTED SPEAKING SPANISH and then the flight attendant and my GOD i have never wanted to get up and dance more than i do now.
— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) July 16, 2019
Before she could gather herself and reply, the nearby flight attendant started to speak Spanish, too.
Hope you kept speaking Spanish. There are over 800 languages spoken in NYC. This will be him. pic.twitter.com/f6pBWERz3S
— Darryl Wharton-Rigby (@whartonrigby) July 16, 2019
Everyone should have gotten up to dance – the flamenco or something equally Latin, just to top off the point.
I can’t speak Spanish but would probably have started swearing at him in a variety of other languages. I had a rather international upbringing & can swear in French, Dutch, German, Arabic, Turkish & Hong Kong Chinese (had a Chinese roommate at school)
— Kirsty Farnfield
(@scrapchallenge1) July 17, 2019
Basically everyone on Twitter agreed, with most voicing a yearning to have been there…
"in his defense it's very early and he's racist"
— Mrs. WTF (@snurri) July 17, 2019
….or to be in a similar situation one day…
I can't speak Spanish anymore either. Lost it all. But in solidarity, I just downloaded a conversation in Spanish from YouTube, cued up. I'm ready for my close up Mr. DeMille.
— beegsf
(@beegSF) July 18, 2019
…to put their own Spanish skills to work!
I sometimes speak to the kiddos in Spanish (just 1-2 sentences at a time) – one time I had a man yell at me to speak English and Liam said to him “she can do that, too!”
— Jo (@JoTrainChoo) July 16, 2019
Seriously, in Europe and other parts of the world, people are celebrated for knowing more than one language! Imagine that!
Gringa here who just took a break from my Spanish homework to check Twitter. I used to teach French and spoke it to my kids. Funny how that never bothers anyone. Estoy Contigo!
— Tatiana James (@TBJLA) July 16, 2019
Then again, it seems like some people don’t have that great a grip on what should and shouldn’t embarrass a person these days.
In his defense, that's some very polite racism when you say "please". (NOT) Seriously, what's w/ some people about speaking multiple langs? It's so common, so normal, and part of the richness of life. Power?Fear, but of what? In Europe you'd be embarrassed not to know more than 1 pic.twitter.com/DkOGHJVSuW
— toni_nh (@toni_nh) July 17, 2019
But more fun for us, right?
I used to teach English in Spain. I had a few students who specifically studied for their trip to New York. After they returned they’d say with a bemused look: “I didn’t even need to speak English. People came out of nowhere & offered help in Spanish.”
I
New York.
— fightthepower (@heathencandor) July 17, 2019
Just sayin… 
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Rare Pennies Are Circulating out There Worth up to $200,000
Did you know that Americans throw away about $62 million each year by tossing coins in the trash, and pennies are the most frequently discarded coins of them all? A lot of people just don’t see pennies as valuable, and mostly they’re right. But some specific types of pennies are worth up to $200,000.
Coin collectors are willing to spend many thousands of dollars for coins that are precious in some way or another. For pennies, the value all depends on the coin’s quality and its rarity.
Pennies that are prized enough to fetch $200,000 are rare (obviously), but they’re out there, which means they could be in your pocket or change jar.
Rare 1943 Lincoln bronze cent This 1943 Lincoln bronze cent from the Pratt group, graded NGC MS-62 brown with a Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker, sold for $282,000 in August 2017 at Heritage’s American Numismatic Association auction in Denver. pic.twitter.com/Tm6oM4wKvT
— Legacy Coins LLC (@LegacyCoinsLLC) December 18, 2017
The 1943 bronze Lincoln cent, for example, is an extremely rare error coin that is easily worth $150,000 to $200,000 – or even more. Only a handful of these pennies have ever been found, and the most valuable one sold in 2010 for $1.7 million.
The 1969-S Double Die Obverse is among the most highly coveted modern issues and has a lot of cool stories to tell. From counterfeits and Secret Service arrests, to treasures found in bank rolls and change selling for up to $126,500 at auction #lincoln #cent pic.twitter.com/146ApDwZf6
— Rare Coin TV (@therarecoinshow) November 26, 2018
The 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse is another error coin in which the images and words were mistakenly doubled on the coin. They have sold for $35,000 to $75,000, depending on the condition.
1992 “CLOSE AM” PENNY:
In 1992, the spacing between the “A” and the “M” in “United States of America” on the reverse side of the penny was closer together than usual, hence the nickname “Close AM.” #FortWorth #TX #Coincollecting pic.twitter.com/lpffbOXnpk— Fort Worth Coin Co (@FortWorthCoinCo) October 22, 2018
The 1992 Close AM is a bit easier to find. These coins are unique because the A and M in the word “America” are touching, whereas usually there is a space between them. There were likely 250,000 pennies produced with this anomaly, and they can sell for anywhere from $2000 to over $20,000.
Other pennies that are easier to find, and therefore worth less, include the 1972 Doubled Die Obverse ($100-$500), 1995 Doubled Die Obverse (up to $45), the 1999 Wide AM (up to $500), and the 1983 Double Die Reverse (up to $200).
If you think you’ve found one of these pennies, consult a professional to evaluate it and help guide you through the selling process.
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