Month: September 2019

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A Rare Pink Dolphin Gave Birth to a Beautiful Pink Calf

Everybody loves dolphins, right? But when they are colored pink? That’s just magical.

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One such unusually colored dolphin, called Pinky, was first noticed about 12 years ago cavorting in Louisiana’s Calcasieu River. Now, there are reports that Pinky has given birth–to a pink calf!

Experts say a rare genetic mutation caused Pinky’s unique rosy hue. Not many dolphins have this mutation. But, now that Pinky’s offspring is obviously pink too, there’s hope for more of these wonderful mutants.

Captain Erik Rue first spotted and photographed Pinky back in 2007, and says she is completely pink, with glossy skin and red eyes.

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Another woman, named Bridget Boudreaux, claimed, in 2017, she saw two pink dolphins swimming in the channel. But, unfortunately, she couldn’t get them in photos.

Then, last year, a video was posted to the Pinky The Dolphin Facebook page that clearly showed mother and calf leaping out of the water ahead of a ship.

The sighting of the pink duo is good news for both tourists and locals who love to see Pinky when she decides to make an appearance.

Let’s hope Pinky gets to have more babies–the pinker the better!

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A Student Taught Her Pet Rat How to Paint with His Feet—and He’s Pretty Good

The rat’s name is Darius, and he creates little masterpieces with his little feet.

Recently, he and his paintings caught the attention of Tumblr and Twitter users who thought he was both adorable and talented.

His owner and art teacher is a student of animation and digital arts herself in Askim, Norway. Amalie Markota Andersen said his posts have gone viral several times on social media.

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According to Anderson on her Tumblr page, Darius created his first watercolor in January, 2018.

Insider reported she dipped his paws in non-toxic watercolors and let him walk back and forth across the paper. She estimated each of his creations took about ten minutes to finish.

She posted images of Darius and his paintings on Tumblr, but she didn’t anticipate how popular they would be. “Darius going viral was very exciting, I was so happy people liked him,” Andersen said. “It is what he deserved!”

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She actually sold several of them and used the money to buy Darius a halter for when she took him outside.

Darius was adopted in 2017 and described as timid but a cuddler. Anderson never knew his real age but assumed he was mature, possibly a senior citizen.

Earlier this year, Darius passed. Though sad, Anderson was grateful for the years they did have together.

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Now, her focus is on her new furry friends, male rats named Gucci and Mango.

Seems as if Mango will soon be following in Darius’ talented footsteps.

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There’s a “Ghost-Detecting” Stone for Sale That Claims to Sense Visits from the Beyond

October is right around the corner, which means those of us who revel in all of the Halloween goodness are about to have their month in the sun (or the darkness).

If that means doing a little ghost hunting, well, you could always pick up this Baketan Reiseki from Amazon.

The stone, which allegedly detects the presence of ghosts via “crystals” and colorful lights, could be the perfect addition to your holiday decorations – and it just might let you know why it always sounds like someone’s knocking on the walls at night!

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According to a press release, the ghost detector became “a big hit in the sub-culture market” in Japan, with people everywhere sending in “ghost reports” after having the little device in their homes.

They sold more than 200,000 of the Baketan Reiseki in Japan before trying their luck on Amazon.

The name of the device has a literal meaning: Baketan = to search for a monster, Reiseki = stone. So it’s a stone that searches for ghosts.

If you’re looking to check your immediate surroundings for paranormal visitors, the stone uses a color-coded light system to do just that. It lights up green when there’s nothing unusual around, turns blue if there’s an “angel” present, and flashes red if a “ghost” enters the area.

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You can also operate your stone in three different modes. The first is “search mode,” activated by pressing a button, for when you want to manually check the area around you. Next is “automatic search mode,” which means the stone scans the area every ten minutes and flashes the appropriate color afterward. Lastly, you can run it in “barrier mode,” which claims to protect you from spirits (no word on how).

The makers of the Baketan Reiseki claim its power comes from a center made from cracked quartz (the most abundant mineral on Earth), which many believe harbors supernatural healing powers.

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Website Energy Muse states that quartz is “versatile and multidimensional,” functioning as “a stone of amplification, clarity, and focus.”

Cracked quartz, however, represents “the life lessons, barriers, and obstacles.”

So, you know…it might work. Or it might not do anything. But even if the latter is true, it’s still a fun thing to keep on your coffee table during the month of October.

And if it turns red, well, then you might need to invest in some sage and learn how to use it.

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Check out This Advice for People in Their 20s That Might Make Life a Lot Easier

There are a lot of things that older people want you twenty-somethings to know – but also to enjoy – while you’re still young. You probably still have your health, and maybe even your freedom, so there’s no time like the present to really take a deep breath and explore.

And hey, even if you’re in your thirties (or far beyond), none of this is bad advice!

13. Revel in failure.

People who are successful have failed far more times than someone afraid to try – it’s the only way to truly achieve success.

12. Travel.

While your responsibilities at home are minimal, wander the world. There’s so much to see, do, and learn.

11. Don’t try to walk someone else’s path.

Your journey is yours, and comparing yourself to others is a worthless waste of time.

10. Read all the books.

One day, you’ll be too tired to do anything but stare at the television until you pass out.

9. Don’t make excuses.

No one wants to hear them, and no one is buying them, so save your breath.

8. Just learn how to apologize – and mean it.

If you screwed up, own it. Apologize, and move on.

7. Turn off your screens.

The television, the computer, your phone – there’s a whole lot to see, smell, taste, and experience in the real world.

6. Don’t invest in a job you hate.

You probably don’t have a mortgage and the pressure of saving for your kids’ future, so move on and find something you love. A lifetime is a long time to slog through a day job that you hate.

5. Patience really is a virtue.

In our culture, we’re not used to waiting – but you’ll save yourself a lot of gray hairs if you learn how.

4. Be brave enough to trust people.

Yes, some of them will let you down. Yes, a true, emotional connection is still worth it.

3. Live in the now.

Let go of the past and don’t give yourself an ulcer borrowing trouble. Take your 24 hours and accomplish something amazing.

2. Know that your time is valuable – and so is others’.

Don’t waste your time on people or things or work you don’t believe in – and who don’t believe in you. Do things that make you happy and screw all of the rest, but understand that others are also allowed to do the same.

1. Ask for help.

We all need a hand. Other people have valuable things to add. It’s not a weakness, it’s a strength.

Some of these things are still on my bucket list, and I’m determined to check them off.

What advice would you give your 20-something self? Let us know in the comments!

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7 Facts About Stephen King’s “It”

The original TV adaptation of It remains one of the biggest scares of my childhood, and I’ve been told that the latest reimagining was also pretty darn good. Now, we’re getting a second chapter to the story, and to celebrate, how about some fun facts about the source material (it was once a book, after all!)?

Join me!

7. King was high on cocaine when he wrote it.

King has over 30 years of sobriety under his belt, but more than a few of his novels were written between 1978 and 1986, when he (along with a lot of other people) used cocaine heavily.

It was the last novel he wrote before getting sober.

6. The novel was inspired by a Norwegian fairy tale.

The classic Norwegian fairy tale, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, is about 3 goats outsmarting a bridge troll. It’s the inspiration, King says, for this tale.

“I decided that the bridge could be the city, if there was something under it. What’s under a city? Tunnels. Sewers…I thought of how such a story might be cast; how it might be possible to create a ricochet effect, interweaving the stories of the children and the adults they become.”

5. Pennywise isn’t always a clown.

It is a mythical creature that takes the form of what people fear most when it returns to terrorize Derry, but he shows up most often as a clown, King says, because what scares children more than that?

“I thought to myself, ‘What scares children more than anything else in the world?’ And the answer was ‘clowns.’

4. The book took 4 years to complete, and is King’s second longest draft.

The book is 1138 pages long – just 15 pages shorter than The Stand, King’s longest tome – and (depending on the edition) weighs up to 4 pounds.

3. King had his own childhood scare from a clown…called Ronald McDonald.

King revealed to Conan O’Brien that he once sat next to Ronald McDonald on an airplane.

“You think, ‘What if this plane crashes? I’m going to die next to a clown.’”

2. The novel contains a controversial scene that will probably never be adapted.

The novel contains a scene that basically boils down to gang rape – the 11 and 12-year-old boys of The Losers’ Club have to have sex with the long girl in order to escape the sewers – and even King acknowledges it wouldn’t fly today.

“It wasn’t really thinking of the sexual aspect of it. The sexual act connected childhood and adulthood … Times have changes since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues.”

1. The fictional Derry is basically Bangor, Maine.

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King has lived in Bangor since 1979, and most of his novels are set in similar fictionalized versions of his adopted hometown.

 

I, for one, love facts about authors and books, so these were pretty cool!

Were any of these news to you? Let us know in the comments!

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14 Interesting Facts About Food That Might Surprise You

Digging into the history of any topic can unearth interesting facts. Don’t believe me? The proof is in the pudding (and maybe in facts about pudding!), and these 14 tidbits have fun and interesting in spades!

Fair warning, though – the images and information below are bound to make you hungry, so please, make sure your mixer is in working order before digging in.

14. The famous Tollhouse Cookies weren’t exactly planned.

In 1930, Ruth Wakefield ran the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. She was baking cookies and decided to add semi-sweet chocolates, expecting them to melt and make the cookies chocolate.

It didn’t, and people loved the chocolate chunks in the cookies; Wakefield eventually sold the recipe and rights to Nestle.

13. Graham crackers are meant to reduce sexual urges.

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In the 1800s, graham cracker inventor Reverence Sylvester Graham preached that a bland diet could quiet those pesky sexual urges.

12. All of your favorite vegetables come from the same plant.

Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlarabi all come from the Brassica oleracea plant, which has been selectively bred over the past century to give us yummy vegetables.

11. Chocolate cake used to be mahogany cake.

The first chocolate cake in America dates back to the 1800s, and early versions used ermine frosting, a popular whipped buttercream.

Try it for yourself, here.

10. No one meant to invent popsicles.

In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson left his cup of soda – complete with a stir stick – on his back porch overnight.

He (and his friends) loved it, and later in life he patented the Popsicle.

9. Boston once suffered a molasses flood.

In 1919, a storage tank that held more than 2 million gallons of molasses exploded and flooded the Boston streets, crushing buildings, killing 21 people, and injuring around 150 more.

8. Vogue wanted you to diet eating only wine and eggs in the 1970s.

You definitely should not try this wine-and-eggs diet.

It encouraged women to eat nothing but eggs, white wine, steak, and black coffee for three days straight.

Basically, fuck you 70s Vogue. Jeezus…

7. The first meal on the moon included a side of bacon.

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate bacon, peaches, sugar cookie cubes, pineapple grapefruit drink, and coffee in 1969.

6. McDonald’s gave onion nuggets a try before chicken ones took over the menu.

In the late 1970s, Onion Nuggets were tested in a few markets, but weren’t popular enough to make the nationwide menu.

A few years later, they found a winner with chicken nuggets.

5. Pez were invented to help people stop smoking.

The tiny candies were marketed as anti-smoking mints – Pez is a shortened version of the German word Pfefferminz, or Peppermint, and the original flavor was mint.

4. This omelet was concocted during the Gold Rush.

One of the earliest examples of native California cuisine was the Hangtown fry – an omelet made of eggs, oysters, and bacon – that was concocted during the gold rush.

3. The first St. Louis gooey butter cake was a mistake.

If you haven’t been to St. Louis and tried their gooey butter cake, well…you need to rectify that. The favorite can be traced back to the 1930s, and emerged when a local baker mistakenly added too much butter to his coffee cake recipe.

A happy accident!

You can make it at home if you don’t want to travel.

2. Carrots are meant to be purple.

Our carrots are only orange because Dutch growers have been cultivating mutated versions of the purple carrot since the late 17th century.

1. George Washington feasted on carrot cake to celebrate winning the war.

As the British were leaving the former colonies with their tailcoats between their legs, General Washington was nomming some carrot cake (sans frosting) at the still-standing Fraunces Tavern in NYC.

I don’t know about you, but I feel smarter (and hungrier) already!

Did you learn anything new? Did we miss something amazing? Tell us about it in the comments!

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People Share How They Finally Stopped Never-Ending Scam Phone Calls

You know these calls. They’re selling you something about your student loans, or warning you that you’re about to be arrested, or your Social Security number has been suspended (that’s not a thing), or maybe the IRS is coming to toss you in the clink (also not a thing).

But even if you know they’re full of crap and just trying to get you to answer the phone for whatever reason, it’s so annoying to have to send those calls to voicemail and/or delete said voicemails every couple of days.

How do you get it to stop?

These 14 people have their ways – maybe try them for yourself!

14. I wonder how they mark you down in their files after that.

Yeah. Got a call from the “duct cleaning” people. I told them I don’t have ducts, I have geese… They just hung up on me and haven’t bothered me since.

13. When you’ve got more time on your hands than they do.

The thing that gets them is wasting their time. They are getting paid to make calls so the longer you keep them on the better. One thing I like to do is start a rambling story that goes no where like Grampa Simpson does on ‘The Simpsons’.

You know: “Survey? Yes, I’ve taken some surveys in my time, why, I even worked on one. Now I think it was in ’06, or was it ’07? No, it must have been ’06 because that was the Winter I crashed my Buick. God I miss that old car! It was such a beautiful shade of green like the jungle, now, I’ve been to the jungle and BOY do they have mosquitoes…”

12. I can play dumb.

Just play dumb and eat up their time.

They are playing a numbers game and don’t want to spend 30 minutes with some good that gives them nothing

In that 30 they would rather get shot down 20 times and maybe find that old lady they can trick

11. They don’t like to waste their time.

Answer the phone. Connect to an agent, mute your phone and carry on with what you were doing. They quickly take you off their diallers when you waste their agents time.

10. If you happen to be bilingual…

My friend speaks English, Spanish and Russian. He would just start switching randomly switching between languages and each language had a different personality. He would confuse them into total submission. They rarely called back.

9. Even he knew he didn’t sound legit.

Got a call from “the social security administration”. I asked for the company’s address and he paused and then said “New York, America”.

8. That’s awfully professional!

Told them that I was a member of their branch a floor above them and that they misdialed.

They said “Fuck you” and hung up. Didn’t get a call back from them for a few months.

7. Some people are way quicker than I ever would be.

I’m sure another scammer will call again since it’s just an act that all of them do, but I got a social security scam call. They told me they had found 22 pounds of cocaine in a Toyota Camry with some blood in the front seat because they always say that exact line. I responded:

“Oh my god that’s terrible!”

“So are you telling me that this was not you who left the car there?”

“No that was me but I had 30 pounds of cocaine in that car. Are you telling me that 8 pounds just went missing?”

So he was very confused and I was accusing him of stealing it, then he started swearing at me until he hung up.

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6. Some people just don’t know when to quit.

I tried to troll a guy who was clearly calling people to get their bank account information by saying they were giving away money to help college students. He was from India and was dedicated to his job. I tried to piss him off for about 30 minutes but he kept interrupting me and I eventually told him to fuck off and hung up the phone. He kept cutting me off saying “But MY FRIEND…MY FRIEND!”

5. Even they don’t want to touch that with a ten-foot pole.

Got a call that there was a virus on my computer told them that was impossible as I throw my computer into the river so the cops couldn’t get any evidence on me. Haven’t heard from them since.

4. That wasn’t the level of cash they were looking for…

I took a call from the “I hear you’ve had an accident that wasn’t your fault” call that I get about once a week. It’s automated at first, but as soon as I said yes I got put through to someone. I spent 20 mins explaining how someone reared into my lane and crashed into me and it wasn’t my fault, at the end when they asked me for details of the damage I explained that they bent the handlebars a bit but the bicycle was mostly OK. They hung up on me and I haven’t back from them for about a month.

3. I guess turnabout isn’t fair play.

I asked them for THEIR social security and they hung up on ME. wack

2. This seems like a pretty easy trick!

I always hit the button to speak with a person or get more info, or sometimes they call with a live person to begin with. I put on my ‘sexy’ low voice and say ‘hey baby, how you doin?’. They usually hang up immediately. If not my next response to whatever they say is ‘that sounds really hot, what are you wearing?’.

Pretty close to 100% hang up and don’t call back.

1. Bonus: once you know how long the script is you can do your nails or whatever and ignore them.

I got a call, started reeling off this massive script. Finished probably after 2 minutes of solid talking, and I politely sat through the whole thing.

I paused and said “… Sorry?”

She said “again” and started the whole script again from the start.

Another 2 minute solid talk-wall later, I said “… Sorry?”

This time, there was a bit of frustration in her voice. “AGAIN” and once again did the whole 2 mins again, aggressively this time.

“… Sorry?”

“fuck this” and the call ended.

I wish reasoning with these fools was simple, but of course it’s not – and you can’t just smile and say thank you the way you do to Jehovah’s Witnesses on your porch – so these tips just might be put into action!

Have you ever managed to get away from one of these calls? Tell us how you did it in the comments!

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A Pastor Shared a List of ’99 Steps Towards Manhood’ — and People Were Not Impressed

There’s nothing wrong with discussing how to raise young men into compassionate, connected, competent, and confident adults. Nothing at all.

That said, many of us doing the raising believe now that things like repressing emotions, enforcing arbitrary gender stereotypes, or just encouraging boys in general to do things they don’t like or enjoy in the pursuit of being “manly” isn’t the way for anyone to be a happy and well-adjusted young person.

Pastor Clint Pressley seems to have different ideas, like saying you can’t be a man unless you eat meat, can do pushups, somehow learn how to sleep less, and prefer dogs over cats.

Pretty weird.

Here’s his complete list:

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And here are 15 of the best responses to it on Twitter.

15. I mean there are plenty of reasons to dislike Crocs but they’re not inherently un-manly. Whatever that means.

14. I can’t speak for Jesus but I don’t think he authorized this list.

13. Best to not take any chances, I guess.

12. Reading material is thin, I suppose.

11. Don’t be like Ron Swanson.

10. Sadly, I’m pretty sure it was not meant to be a joke.

9. What is wrong with vegetables, exactly?

8. I mean we’re all just trying our best, right?

7. Never has there been a more appropriate GIF.

6. Except for maybe this one.

5. I don’t know what this means but it makes me laugh.

4. I mean he looks like a man to me.

3. I definitely agree with the talking to Jesus part.

2. Fra-gee-lay.

1. Only one because the rest of us don’t have time for more.

 

Here’s hoping my 2 young sons grow up knowing they can eat what they want, cry when they feel like it, and use as much hair gel as they’d like (based on my baby’s hair currently, he’s going to need it).

What do you think about this list? There are obviously good things on it, but as a whole, would you share it with your sons?

Let us know below!

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Women Open up and Share Their Thoughts on ‘What Men Don’t Know About Women’

In the spirit of all of us learning something new today, we bring you #WhatMenDontKnowAboutWomen – a hashtag meant to enlighten men on all manner of things they might think they know about women but totally don’t.

Be prepared – some of these are graphic but you know.

So is life.

15. Treat women like people. How novel!

14. This made me laugh but also it’s true.

13. The law of the getting laid land.

12. Just because your shampoo costs $5…

11. The more you know.

10. This list is a good place to start.

9. It’s shocking, right?

8. Flowers die in a few days, after all.

7. Gifts are low on some women’s love language lists.

6. It’s a simple thing but it would make us so happy.

5. Also we watch a lot of murder shows.

4. Why is this such a hard thing to understand?

3. “Don’t do it.” Boom.

2. I mean if you care about those things.

1. Yeah we’re not buying your innocent act.

 

I love each and every one of these truths and I hope men everywhere are scrolling!

What would you add, ladies? Men, did any of these surprise you?

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These Dogs Are Giving the Cats of the Internet a Run for Their Money

Cats are and have been the rulers of the Internet for many moons. They run things, they’re the reason so many of us go searching for posts and tweets and gifs every day…but these dogs, y’all.

They’re giving those cats a real race for the crown.

12. Why isn’t there a dog makeover show?

Took doggo to groomer. Got a different doggo back from aww

11. When you get that perfect picture, you want to keep it forever.

10. Never challenge a dog in an eating contest.

9. It’s a puppy with a mustache and I have no further questions.

8. When you wake up reallllllllly thirsty.

7. And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for that meddling stove.

6. He loves what he loves and he did what he did.

5. If this isn’t the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen I’m going to need pictures of what is.

Love is in the hair from aww

4. Finding your person changes your life!

Before and after adoption ❤ from aww

3. Being comfy and cozy isn’t just for humans.

2. You guys. My heart. Dogs are so perfect.

Taka is currently in training to become a therapy dog for burn units. His life experiences make him uniquely qualified to show that there’s light at the end of the tunnel for burn victims. from aww

1. I am now just a puddle of person and I’m not even mad about it.

 

Off to post some more adorable photos of my dogs. Take that, cat people!

Are you a cat person? Dog person? Think every animal deserves their day in the sun?

Let us know in the comments!

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