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Back in 1965 a Senate subcommittee predicted that we’d enjoy 2-hour work weeks by the year 2000. However, In 1991, the average American worker put in 163 more hours on the job than in 1973, according to the sociologist Juliet Schor, the author of “The Overworked American.”
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A Spanish town mailed dog poop back to offenders. A team of volunteers looked for careless dog owners and struck up conversations to learn the dog’s name, which made it possible to identify the owner via pet records and mail back the poop, labeled “Lost Property.” Violations dropped by 70%.
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A German student was sued for $3,772 by his alma mater for earning his bachelor’s and master’s “too fast”. Both degrees usually take 11 semesters, but Marcel Pohl graduated in 2; he went to one class while having 2 friends share notes from other classes he was enrolled in at the same time.
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A French family had a roof leak in 2011. Upon inspection, the culprit turned out to be a 4.5 billion year old meteorite that had smashed through their roof tile. the family’s name? Commette.
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Kids need information. And they like to ask questions. They also like to ask parents (and anyone else who will listen) “WHY?”
About everything you could ever imagine. Most of the time adults can give them an answer or at least make one up, but sometimes…there is no answer. And Google can’t even help.
AskReddit users shared their funny personal stories.
“My 4-yr-old asked me, “How many arms does an octopus have?”
“Eight,” I replied.
“Hmm, let’s ask google,” my son said, doubting the veracity of my answer.
“Fine,” I say. “OK Google, how many arms does an octopus have?”
“Six,” she replies.
Aughhhhhhh. Thanks a lot, Google.”
“My niece, 5 at the time, asked me who was the first mother.. I was confused and asked “what do you mean? Your mother’s mother?” And she goes, “no, my mother’s mother had a mother, and then she had a mother too, but how far does it go, who was the first mother?””
“Not a parent but I was babysitting a 4 yr old and the child pointed to a cooler out in the backyard and said,
Child: “Do you want to go die in that cooler out there?“
Me: “No thank you.”
Child: “Why not? I would enjoy watching that.”
Me: “Because I like my life the way it is, I’m happy and there’s no need to die yet.”
Child: “Why?”
Pretty sure I babysat a future serial killer.”
“Why was I in space before your tummy?”
……tell me more kid”
“My little cousin once asked why Spider-Man doesn’t shoot webs out of his butt like a normal spider. I still don’t have an answer for him.”
“‘Why is green?’ A genuine question my daughter asked. Not, ‘ Why is X green?’ Just ‘Why is green?’”
“Do caterpillars burp?”
Google had no idea.
“Not my child but my little cousin asked me did dinosaurs know humans could be fat.”
“She asked me if employees come to their work on their off day, do they get to use the employee bathroom or the customer bathroom.”
“This isn’t a why question, but my kid asked me “what’s your favourite stairs?” two weeks ago and I’m still confused.”
“My 1st grader asked in front of her entire classroom, why does the Tooth Fairy want my teeth? Thirty 6 year olds looked at me for the answer.”
“”If there really were dragons, what would they cost?”
“Daddy, are you going to be a boy when you grow down?”
“My son asks me everyday “why are we on this planet? Why are we here!” Hes four man. What do I answer?!”
“When I was in the army and back home on mid tour leave my 5 year old neice asked me “Uncle Tupiekit….what is war?”
Like shit kid I don’t even know that answer.”
“Why do we put one leg forward and leg back while walking. Why cant both legs go together.
Clearly my 3 year old baby has still not forgotten her kangaroo life of her previous birth.”
“My nephew has had a couple of pretty good ones, like “why is it Thursday?” and “why are hands attached to arms?” and “why is that a fox?”, but my singular favourite has to be “what is outside for?” I don’t really know, man.”
“At 4 yrs old she asked me, “Why is happiness important?*
Turns out, it’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer.”
“I was heading back from a game on the train a few years ago and there was a boy and his dad. Kid was 5 or 6.
For a solid 90 minutes, that kid asked his dad question after question after question. His dad answered every single one patiently, simply and handled all the followups. He listened to the kid, thought for a moment, and then calmly blew the kid’s mind over and over again.
“Dad, what’s that in that field?” “Dad, why are the lights on the ceiling instead of the floor?” “Dad, what are bins made of?” “Dad, who knows where we are now?” and so on. The kid was so wonderfully curious.
By an hour in, all the seats around were listening in and grinning at each other. I learned all sorts of stuff listening in. It was incredible. I’m a dad now and I just hope I can be like that dad for my kids, it was amazing.”
“When my daughter was 4 or 5, she’d get on a “why” roll. And would just rapid fire questions without ever waiting for an answer. She’d just get that little mouth motor warmed up and off she’d go.
So one day, in a bit of daddy frustration, I asked her “why do you ask so many questions?”
She looked at me and said “Why do I?”
And that was that – and I went to do something else.”
Those stories are hilarious.
Has this happened to any of you readers out there?
Give us the details in the comments! We’d love to hear from you!
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To all the working parents out there: this article is for you. You know how the constant struggle between work and raising your kids and the time limitations put on you really calls for a lot of maneuvering when it comes to your life.
And you know that some people in the workplace will judge moms and dads who have to leave at the same time to take care of their kiddos.
Read on and see how one mom handles this conundrum.
A working mom named Jamie Johnson wrote this interesting piece.
“Please stop judging me for leaving the office at exactly 5 p.m., but my kids are waiting to be picked up from the sitter.
I know I’m missing this meeting, but my kid’s preschool graduation is more important.
I know I was late today, but I can’t drop the baby off at daycare until 7:45 a.m.
I know I seem distracted, because I am distracted. I have a sick toddler and I am waiting to find out when I can get him into the pediatrician.
I don’t want to look exhausted when I show up to the office, but I have been awake since 4:30 a.m. with an inconsolable kid.
I know my eyes look glazed over, but I spent the last 12 hours trying to soothe a baby to sleep.
I didn’t mean for my email to seem snippy, but I have a 5-year old who cried this morning because he didn’t want to go to school, and I am worried about him.
Read the rest over at Love What Matters…
Alright, working moms and dads, we want to hear from you in the comments.
What do you think of Jamie Johnson’s article? Is she right on the money, or do you disagree with her?
Let us know in the comments! Please and thank you!
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Finding out the right way to deal with bullies is a very contentious issue in this day and age for parents, and obviously for the kids going through it, too.
What do you do as a parent? Tell your kid to stand up for him/herself, or get parents and authorities involved?
This mom definitely had strong feelings about this topic.
Five days of OSS for beating up the kid that has been tormenting and bullying him since middle school.I know as a…
Posted by Allison Arnall Davis on Monday, December 2, 2019
This story was written by a mom named Allison Arnall Davis of Springfield, Missouri.
Here’s how it starts…
“Five days of OSS for beating up the kid that has been tormenting and bullying him since middle school.
As a parent, I know I’m supposed to be upset with him for resorting to violence or getting suspended, but I’m not.
Not even a little bit.
For years, the school has failed Drew.
When this kid has constantly threatened to beat Drew up along with several of his friends, the school did nothing.
When this kid followed Drew down the hall threatening him and making fun of him AND it was all captured on video, the school did nothing.
When other kids told teachers and administrators that this kid was threatening Drew, the school did nothing.
When this kid took to social media, voicemails, and texting threats, the school did nothing.”
You can read the rest by checking out the Facebook post.
To all the parents out there: what do you think about this? Is this how you would tell your kid to deal with a bully? Or maybe you think it’s a bad idea?
Let us know in the comments. Let’s have a debate about this important topic!
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Whoa…
Is something trying to communicate with us? Or maybe this is a warning of a pending alien invasion?
The truth is out there somewhere, but for now, scientists are baffled by an object transmitting signals that hit Earth every 16 times. The object also happens to be 500 million light-years away.
Scientists are at a loss to explain what is causing these transmissions, but it is being called the “first reliable pattern of fast radio bursts in deep space.” The bursts repeat their activity every 16 days, which researchers think means that something is controlling them.
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Astrophysicists found the pattern from a radio telescope in British Columbia, Canada. One or two radio bursts will blast out each hour for four days before it goes silent for 12 days…and then the pattern repeats itself.The radio bursts were traced to a galaxy 500 million light-years away.
Astrophysicist Duncan Lorimer of West Virginia University said, “This is very significant. It’s potentially going to take us in an interesting direction to get to the bottom of these repeaters.”
Because of the consistent pattern of the bursts, some researchers theorize that the transmissions could be coming from a neutron star and an early OB-type star binary system. Others suggest the orbital motion of a star or another object in the outskirts of the galaxy.
Figuring out more information about these fast radio bursts can also help astronomers learn more about how matter is distributed across the universe.
Here’s a video about these mysterious bursts from outer space.
What do you think about this?
Scary? Weird? Just the universe saying hello?
Let us know in the comments, all you armchair scientists out there!
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I have a feeling that once you start looking at this Instagram account, you’re gonna want more.
It’s called Royalty Now, and it’s run by a graphic designer named Becca Saladin. She imagines what historical figures would look like today and her work is really incredible!
Here are some great examples of her work.
Those are really wonderful, aren’t they? Anybody think that Napoleon looks like David Tennant and Henry the VIII looks like Javier Bardem?
No? Just me?
Well… which ones are your favorites?
Share your thoughts with us in the comments, please!
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Do you have movie quotes that just stick in your brain and you can’t shake them?
Take one of mine for instance: “Pain don’t hurt.” That’s Dalton from the cinematic masterpiece you may have seen called Road House.
We all have them!
Here’s the question that got the ball rolling…
What’s a random movie line you repeat constantly in your head? Mine is “Quite an auspicious dwelling for a filthy flying weasel.”
— Mike Primavera (@primawesome) June 4, 2019
Let’s see what people had to say!
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Some good movie lines in those responses!
What are some of the quotes that you can’t get out of your head?
Share with us in the comments. This will be a blast!
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Many people asked me last time I posted Anne if I really thought her features (specifically her lips) were really that delicate – and I don’t think they were. Tudor portraiture often de-emphasized these features, so I modified my finished version to reflect what I think is probably her more likely appearance. Since it’s the holiday season, one of my favorite ghost stories is the story of Anne appearing underneath the great oak tree at Hever Castle, her childhood home, every Christmas day. Do you all have a favorite historic ghost story? Hope you all have a great holiday season! 
. Left Portrait: Public Domain, Right Portrait base: Pexels.com . #GenghisKhan #MongolEmperor #MongolEmpire #Mongols #Photoshop #RoyalFamily #History #Khubilai Khan#Royalty #EuropeanArt #EuropeanHistory #AsianArt #AsianArtHistory #Drawing #GraphicDesign #HistoryMemes #Portrait #ArtRestoration #DigitalArt #ArtOnInstagram #HistoryNerd
I did some research on his looks and it is recorded that he had curly golden hair and heterochromia (one eye blue and one eye brown or a combo of both), so he was definitely a striking figure.
. Left Image: © reconstruction Elisabeth Daynes, Right Image pieces: iStock Photo & Pixabay.com
. . The closest thing we have are Roman busts from the first century BCE, around the time that Cleopatra would have been visiting Rome. I chose to base my recreation off of the Berlin Bust of Cleopatra, which was thought to have been created around 46-44 BCE. I chose this bust because most of the depictions of her include common features – a strong nose, full lips, and small chin. It’s also hard to tell what her skin & hair colors were – most descriptions describe her as dark haired and “honey-skinned”, but some even say she was a redhead. Consider this my “Artist’s Rendition” of a way that she could have possibly looked. Bottom line, Cleopatra was an amazing woman. She was intelligent, witty, spoke several languages, and was incredibly skilled in diplomacy. I really enjoyed learning more about her during research for this recreation! . . Further Research & Reading about her looks: . Encyclopedia Britannica article on what Cleopatra looked like: https://www.britannica.com/story/what-did-cleopatra-look-like . Some other reconstructions of Cleopatra: https://mysticalraven.com/art/11764/scientists-reveal-what-cleopatra-really-looked-like . Ancient Egyptian Mummy Genome article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459999/ . Wikipedia entry on the Egyptian Race Controversy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy . . . #Cleopatra #AncientEgypt #Sculpture #MarkAntony #JuliusCaesar #Photoshop #RoyalFamily #History #Royalty #EuropeanArt #EuropeanHistory #Drawing #GraphicDesign #HistoryMemes #Portrait #ArtRestoration #DigitalArt #ArtOnInstagram #HistoryNerd