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Due to error in communication, the state of Missouri assumed that a man Michael Anderson was in prison, serving his 13-year sentence for armed robbery. They only realised that they had forgotten to take him to jail when they were preparing for him to be released.
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In the 1950s a scientist used a mirror to focus the enery from a nuclear explosion to light his cigarette.
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At the end of high school, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, was voted “Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons.” Then at the age of 23, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for 30 Rock after he submitted a spec script (a non-commissioned unsolicited screenplay) about The Simpsons.
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A puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka, the first animal to safely return from orbit, was given to president Kennedy by Khrushchev. The puppy grew up and became the mate of JFK’s dog Charlie. The cold war couple went on to have 4 pups themselves, dubbed the “Pupniks”.
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Claude Davis of Melbourne, Florida obtained a patent for this curious device in 2000. The gadget attached to bathroom doors. Whenever someone turned the handle to open the door, the gadget would spray their hand with dye. This, reasoned Davis, would encourage people to wash their hands, to remove the dye. He imagined his invention […]
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When Tom Hanks was touring the White House, he learned that the press corps didn’t have a coffee pot so he donated one then, and again in ’10 and ’17. “Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the truth part” is the message that accompanied the ’17 machine.
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In 1859, a guy released 24 rabbits for hunting into the wild in Australia, a country which had no native rabbit population then. By 1920, their population increased to 10 billion. This is the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal.
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In 1923 Illinois officially passed legislation replacing English with ‘American’ as their official language, making it the only state in the Union where people legally ‘speak American’.
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Isaac Newton described lockdown as one of the most productive times in his life, during which he developed theories on optics, calculus, the laws of motion and gravity.
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Do you ever think about how dragons have eyes on the sides of their heads? Well, now you are.
That doesn’t make much sense, though. Dragons will kill you on sight, so shouldn’t their eyes be more forward set like other predators?
And if the thought of that is blowing your mind, you’ll love this Tumblr thread where this becomes a serious discussion.
Not a meat-eater. Eyes on the sides.
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Definitely likes its meat.
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The eyes however…
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Like a damn cow.
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Dragons are like chameleons. Of course!
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Lots to unpack here.
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Just ask Godzilla.
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Their eye placement seems to be working.
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I don’t know about you, but this thread has answered a question I never really had.
Still, the next time I see a dragon in a movie or on TV, I can say,
“For the love of Smaug, do you see how perfectly that dragon’s eyes work on the sides of his face? I would have thought such a predator would have his eyes up front like a wolf.
But does it matter? It’s not strictly a mammalian thing and a flamethrower is not a precision weapon by any stretch.
Pass the popcorn.”
And, everyone would look at me, like, whoa.
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