History Buffs Share The One Fact That Always Makes Them Laugh

Prehistory became history when we were able to start recording and conveying what humans were doing.

Some say it started with cave paintings or rock carvings, some believe it started with Sumerian cuneiform, or the Egyptian hieroglyphs which happened around the same time. Some say the many cultures that used oral histories continued our first real form of recording the past.

It’s said history repeats itself and sometimes that history is hilarious.

Historians have been finding weird and random facts about our species old way of life and now we can share the funniest ones through the internet.

Redditor Axel_Ambrose asked:

“History nerds of Reddit, what’s a historical fact/tidbit that will always get you to chuckle?”

It’s unbelievable that some of these things actually happened.

Three way excommunication.

“That time when around 3 men claimed to be the pope and all excommunicated each other.” – sad_barrett_

“Or that time a pope sold his position. Or that time the king of France straight up had the pope murdered. Lots of great pope stories out there.” – Magmafrost13

“Or the time an honest to god pirate was elected pope.” – 1-1-19MemeBrigade

“He was one of the Popes during the Western Schism mentioned by sad_barrett_.” – A_Blessed_Feline

Romans loved their dogs.

“Ancient Romans loved their dogs as much as we do. There are entire surviving texts of people talking about their daily, monotonous life with dogs. In some cases, we have more information about their dogs and what they did with them than other aspects of Roman life.”

“On a less funny but sweet note; when their dogs died, many of them were given elaborate graves with highly decorative tombstones. They often carved poems about them or wrote in length about how much they’ll miss them or what they loved about them most. These dog graveyards were considered sacred and vandalizing them was a major offense.”

“The YouTube channel Historia Civilis has an awesome video on the subject of surviving Roman manuscripts, including some other funny moments of Roman history.”

“For more information on Dogs in ancient Rome, including the touching epitaphs, I’ll point you guys towards Invicta on YouTube with this video.” – KnightCaptain_Bob

“Here’s the link showcasing some of the epitaphs.” – legothief

“‘Myianever barked without reason, but now he is silent.’” – Myfourcats1

WWII toilet paper.

“In WW2, Germans were dropping demoralizing letters on London… British used them as cheap toilet paper.” – salttrooper222

“Apparently the Germans also dropped a bunch of papers on allied positions showing their wives cheating on the soldiers while they were away. The soldiers just used it as porn.” – MeiNeedsMoreBuffs

“TBF didn’t we do the same thing in return. I just laugh at the idea that during the whole period of rationing, the one thing both sides had plenty of was toilet paper.” – Soppydog

“Fun fact: During ww2 the British diet was the best it had ever been until then. They had never been fed a more healthy and well balanced diet.” – Scamsurvivor

“The Allies dropped food packages on Germany (why, I can’t recall, but I think they were trying to ‘sow goodwill) and they wrote ‘gift’ on them. ‘Gift’ means ‘poison’ in German.” – Vajranaga

Adopting a bear.

“A Polish Artillery supply Corp adopted a bear, made him a soldier, and kept him for the duration of the war.” – nerdykate100

“His name was Wojtek.”

“After the war he retired to Edinburgh Zoo where his old comrades would come and give him cigarettes.”

“There’s a statue of him in Edinburgh as well.” – sAindustrian

“Better than that, he used to play-wrestle the men, and his old comrades would climb down into the enclosure to give him beer and cigarettes – and wrestle him.” – Brickie78

“He scared away an entire company of Germans. Two scouts saw him carrying artillery shells in the middle of the night and told their commander that the Polish had a company of bears which made them retreat lmao.” – lowhangingfruit12

Viking runes.

“Maeshowe’s runes. Archaeologists explored some old Viking chambers and found inscriptions that were 14 feet tall, and unreadable. After years deciphering these runes, they translated to, “this is very high.”

“We haven’t changed.” – duerlort

“I wish I could see the look on the face of the archaeologist who translated it.” – 1-1-19MemeBrigade

“Aren’t there some carvings like that in the Hagia Sophia? I seem to recall that some of the Vikings serving as the Varangian Guard got up to some amusing hijinks there.” – Almainyny

“Yeah the runes on the Hagia Sophia are ‘halfdan carved these runes.’” – thedankestyeet

Being the first to see an animal.

“Imagine patrolling the Alps and you see elephants rolling up. But you don’t even know what an elephant is.” – TomasSchmieder

“Hannibal of Carthage with his War Elephants I presume? Traveling over the Alps on his way to destroy Rome and bringing Elephants into Europe for the first time. Imagine how terrifying it must’ve been for the Roman Legionaries, seeing five tons of pure muscle barreling down at them at speeds equaling horses. Yet, they availed Hannibal nothing. Rome vanquished him and annexed Carthage.” – ThatBada**online

Third wheel on the moon.

“In all the Apollo missions three guys were sent to the moon. But only two guys got into the lander and went down and walked on the moon. The third guy stayed in the command module in orbit and had to listen to the radio chatter of the the other two guys talking about how badass it was to walk on the moon.” – stanley_leverlock

“Didn’t Collins lose all radio contact when he was on the far side?” – redopz

“All of the landing zones were on the near side of the moon. Every CM pilot lost complete contact with both mission control and the lander when they orbited the far side, as there were no relay satellites in lunar orbit.” – Redditor

“The loneliest man in the universe.” – ATF_Dogshoot_Squad

“I seem to recall reading somewhere that he found it very peaceful:”

“‘I don’t mean to deny a feeling of solitude. It is there, reinforced by the fact that radio contact with the Earth abruptly cuts off at the instant I disappear behind the moon, I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life. I am it. If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God knows what on this side’.” – elcarath

Napoleon’s brother.

“Napoleon had a brother who lived in New Jersey.” – NotAJewishMother

“Must have made family reunions real depressing for that guy.” – Almostatimelord

“He moved to New Jersey after his brother’s fall from power. When Napoleon was emperor, he made him King of Spain.” – MooseFlyer

“Joseph Bonaparte was his brother and was made King of Spain. After the Peninsular War he retired to New Jersey when he was dethroned.” – MassiveFajiit

The war over Toledo.

“There was a war between Michigan and Ohio over Toledo, and the Ohioans evacuated so fast there weren’t even any casualties. As a result, the government gave Michigan the upper peninsula and Ohio got to keep Toledo.” – typhondrums17

“Michigan won the war, which is why Toledo is now part of Ohio.” – Distantmind88

“Damn, Michigan giving out the harsh punishment.” -BarryMacochner

A record holding election as the “most rigged.”

“The most rigged election, where the winner received 243000 votes, except there were only 15000 registered voters.” – 18270

“Gotta get that 1,680% voter turnout.” – fa1afel

“Someone commented the last time this was posted that its sort of a power move. ‘I’m going to fake this election, and make it really obvious. Everyone will know that the election is rigged but no one will do anything about it.’” – river4823

Modern humans haven’t changed much in the few hundred thousand years we’ve been around.

In relation to the Earth’s existence (4.4 billion years), we are barely even a blip on the timeline.

History will repeat itself, even the funny things that humans do.

37 Times People Were Given Horrible Financial Advice

Bad financial advice can come from all kinds of people, sometimes even from folks who really believe that they have it all figured out when it comes to finances.

But you always need to be wary and you need to do your homework when you get money advice from anyone, no matter who they are.

Folks on AskReddit shared stories about really bad financial advice they received.

Let’s see what they had to say.

37. Thanks, Dad.

“My dad in 2008 – “Don’t invest that $1,000 into Apple.”

My dad in 2012 – “Tesla is a pipe dream. Stock won’t be worth the paper is printed on.”

36. Hmmm…

“Don’t pay off your entire credit card balance when the bill comes.

Pay it slowly so that it shows your ability to pay debt over time.

This will help your credit score.”

35. Don’t take that advice.

“”Lease a car, don’t buy used”

leased car price -> $25,000

My used car I drove for multiple years without maintenance (aside from tires/oil) -> $3,000.”

34. Time to leave.

“My husband and I were looking to sell our home and buy another and the realtor told us to put 99 dependents on our taxes so we make more. She said she had done it for years and it was fine.

We left pretty quickly after that.”

33. Doesn’t work for everyone.

“Take out a student loan.

You’ll be able to pay it back easy when you have a degree.”

32. Go your own way.

“Don’t be a programmer. Your job will get outsourced to India.” – my dad when I told him excitedly as a teenager that I tried coding and loved it.

I ignored his advice and I’m now a programmer and still love it. Oh, and the pay is great too. I am now making a lot more than he ever did.”

31. Just do it!

“To buy a house when they were giving them out like candy several years ago. I had bad credit and an unstable job, I said no way.

So many people were pressuring me. All those people lost their houses. Those balloon payments are no joke.”

30. Don’t understand…

“Recent terrible advice: I got hit while driving on a highway and have a crinkled in rear side fender and cracked tail light. I can still drive it, but who knows what damage is underneath.

My car is only 5 yrs old with maybe 60k miles, so it’s still a great car. Yet, my early 20s friend said I shouldn’t get insurance to fix it and instead just “pocket the deductible to save up for a down payment on another car”. Or maybe file the claim and pocket the money.

My deductible is $300, and I wasn’t at fault, so the other person’s insurance is likely going to pay my deductible. I just straight up cannot understand where he is coming from. Why wouldn’t I get the car fixed so I have a fully functional, reliable car? It’s, at most, $300. I just don’t understand.”

29. A big mess.

““If you can’t afford to pay back your student loans just ignore it. Can’t bleed a turnip…” – My father.

He followed it with something along the lines of “what’s the worse they can do to you?”

The answer… ALOT. They can do a lot to you.”

28. Can’t do that.

“My parents and grandparents keep pressuring me to quit my job because I’m pregnant. They think my husband’s job will sustain us and we’ll just have to penny-pinch a little more.

I don’t know if they realize that we all live in America. It will absolutely take both of our incomes to raise our child, especially since I’ll be taking 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave in about a month.”

27. Never heard that before.

““Saving money attracts bad luck” “Do not save or else you’ll end up using it for an emergency”

It’s a Filipino superstition that “saving” attracts an emergency. Do not save so that you don’t experience an emergency.

Being frugal is frowned upon. What happens if an emergency happens and they have no savings?

They “borrow” money from frugal people and if you say no to them because you know they spent their money on useless things they will say “you can not bring all your wealth to your grave”.

I choose the people who I lend/give money.

“Buy things to see the fruit of your labor”

When buying new expensive items, sometimes things they don’t really need. I have no problem on this if only they use this words once in a while but do it every paycheck is too much.

Then they will proceed to tell me buy stuff like them and not be frugal because you know, you can’t bring all those money to the grave so might as well use it immediately.”

26. Sure about that?

“Several years ago, my company went under new management. They were going to have to pay us all of our remaining, unused PTO. I figured, great, I have a ton of PTO left, like $5000 worth. (I had A LOT of unused hours)

One of my colleagues said “YOU’RE going to be hit with taxes.” And she said it like “oh, you better be prepared. Don’t get excited, they’re going to tax the s**t out of you anyway so don’t expect much!”

I get hit with taxes every paycheck, lady. And when I did the math, they didn’t take out a higher percentage of that PTO than I normally have taken out of my paycheck, so when I did the math beforehand, I managed my expectations well

Then, I was a manager of a call center. The call center agents made 12.00 an hour, but once I came in, I raised it to 15.50 an hour. One of them complained to me that this means her taxes are being raised and she’s earning less. She didn’t see the higher number on the bottom of her check for some reason.”

25. Oh, Dad…

“My father would tell me to max my credit card on a new car and if they asked for payments just say “F**k em, what are they going to do?”

My father is several levels of debt hell deep that he’s trying to get out of now, but he’s at least trying.”

24. That’s a bummer.

1976 San Francisco. Keep renting, no one will ever pay $35,000 for a 2 bedroom house and garage with a sweeping view of the East Bay.

I went back to visit the old neighborhood a few years ago, those $35,000 stucco homes up many flights of steps perched on the top of Potrero Hill were now all gentrified, remodeled, gated, and asking $1M+ and that was 5 years ago.”

23. About that iPad…

“About 5 years ago, I had a friend who was trying to convince me to study through a private college because they “gave her a free ipad”.

She never finished the course, but kept the iPad (you only got to keep it once you pay your fees and graduate. Mind you, the price of the course included the iPad so it wasn’t free).

So last year, four years later, I get a call from the college asking for her contact info. She put me down as a reference and they were chasing her down because she still owed her fees and wasn’t entitled to keep the iPad.”

22. Not too bright.

“My cousin bought a camper, went camping once, and then decided camping wasn’t for them.

Rather than selling it they decided to just stop making the payments and “let the bank come and get it.”

Which, eventually, they did.”

21. Hmmmm…

“Don’t take a raise if it puts you into the next tax bracket.

And pay the minimum on your credit card to establish good credit.”

20. Ouch.

“”Don’t major in computer science. Computer scientists are a dime a dozen.”

I did not take that advice.”

19. Just run away!

“Guy I haven’t seen in three years or so wanted to talk me into starting a business with him, because he just got into college for a bachelors degree in business.

Yeah sure, let me get my check book out in this badly illuminated garage while we’re both dr**k. Guy also got into MLM and weird self-optimisation preachers.”

18. Okay!

“Get a bigger mortgage, you can deduct more from your taxes!

Yeah dumba**, and I’ll be spending double that amount in interest so why should I?”

17. Ignore it.

“Just ignore the collection call and eventually they will leave you alone….

I didn’t follow this advice.

I had a parking ticket I didn’t know about that ended up on my credit and the guy I mentioned it to gave me that bit of wisdom.”

16. Not a great time to do that.

“First year outta college, working for a financial advisor, and he tried to convince me to put 5% down and buy an apartment in Chicago.

It was the summer of 2007.”

15. Did the right thing.

“”Don’t go to community college, you’ll never get a job. Instead apply at X and X colleges.”

My grandmother, aunt, uncle, and cousin all told me this, and I really considered their advice because my parents really didn’t give a s**t what I did.

Since I didn’t get any scholarships from high school, I decided at least if I went to CC and didn’t get a job I wouldn’t have student debt and I could just do something else.

I went to CC for two years totally free on FAFSA grants (it was 800$ a semester LOL) and did so well I transferred to a university with a (almost) full ride.

I am now a semester away from graduation with a job lined up and all of 4k of student debt which is likely to be forgiven anyway.”

14. Come on!

“Incite me to go to a real expensive restaurant where you can spend easily $250 without drinks at a time I only had $700 in bank account and had not paid for my car, groceries and stuff .

Because “Come on we only live once”.”

13. Time to take a trip.

“My ex (in his mid twenties and lived at home with no expenses) went out of the country for two weeks with a budget of $2700.

He was real proud of his breakdown: $1000 credit available on credit card A, $1000 credit available on credit card B, $300 in available overdraft, $100 in checking, $300 in savings.

I tried to explain that this is not a great way to budget for a trip, and his response was “credit cards are meant to be used. As long as you pay the minimum payment, you’re good. What do you know about credit cards? You never use it? Start using yours more before you talk to me about money”.”

12. Car talk.

“My aunt took me to a car dealership when I was looking to buy my own first car. I was looking at the clunkers I could afford, but she said I should be looking at the new cars.

She said, “the total price doesn’t matter because you make monthly payments.” I suddenly understood too well why she had always been so financially unstable.”

11. Not gonna happen!

“A relative tried to recruit me into Amway.

He wound up stuck with a garage full of their products.”

10. Nope!

“Yeah even if they’ve recently robbed you, you should still lend them the 500$ dollars they need to move to another city, they’re your family after all.

-Dad.

I don’t even know how mom married your dumb a**.”

9. You sure about that?

“My FIL when I mention our retirement plan “I never contribute to my retirement account. Money now is always better than money later”.

I needed to have a conversation with my husband how we would NOT be supporting his mom and dad and their insane spending when they have no retirement plan and make huge financial mistakes on a weekly basis (good news is they both make good money).”

8. Son, let’s have a talk.

“I got 90 dollars and my 11 year old son told me I should buy 90 dollars worth of kazoos.

No real plan past that…”

7. Rent to own.

“”Just get it at Rent-A-Center.”

I had a coworker that got pretty much everything there.

“It’s only $20/week, and they’ll replace it if it breaks.”

$20/week for how long? Oh cool, so you’re paying more than double for it? Got it.”

6. Burning a hole in your pocket.

““Spend it quickly or it’ll get stolen.”

Coming from someone with a history of losing and blowing their money.”

5. Not a joke.

“That an emergency fund wasn’t necessary when you can always get a payday loan or use your credit card.

He wasn’t joking.”

4. Really bad advice.

“One of my uncles once told me that I never really had to pay my phone bill.

He suggested that I simply jump to another carrier and let the first company cut you off.

His life has turned out exactly as you’d imagine.”

3. Oh, boy…

“”Once you cut up the credit card, you don’t have to pay it.”

My cousin is not doing so hot.

I’m pretty sure there are warrants out for his arrest in several states.”

2. I’m just vibing over here.

“”Just get another credit card”.

From my friend who hasn’t worked in 3 years and is currently just vibing with his new credit cards he somehow got approved for.”

1. Don’t listen to them.

“So when I was 24, I was financially struggling. I had a job that worked me a LOT of hours, but only paid me $10 an hour.

My parents talked me into buying a BRAND NEW 2004 4-Door Honda Civic, the pre-interest price tag on it was about $25,000. A few weeks after getting it, my hours got regulated and it took one entire paycheck to make the monthly note on it – I could NOT afford the insurance on it.

I very quickly realized my parents were bad at money.”

Now it’s your turn!

In the comments, please tell us about the worst financial advice you’ve ever received.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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38 Fascinating Facts About the Human Body Most People Don’t Know

The human body is totally amazing!

I’m constantly in awe when I read about it and learn how complex we really are. It’s kind of a miracle, don’t you think?

I sure do!

What are facts about the human body that a lot of people don’t know about?

AskReddit users shared their thoughts.

38. Triple threat!

“The chance of a natural pregnancy with identical triplets is 1 in 200,000,000.

My friend had identical triplets.

It was her first time making whoopie and she got pregnant with triplets. I didn’t know it was so rare.”

37. Stripes.

“Humans have stripes, we just normally can’t see them. They’re called Blaschko’s lines and form along the paths of embryonic cell migration.

The stripes are sort of U-shaped down our front, V-shaped on our back, wavy on the head and face and we have basic, simple stripes on our extremities.”

36. Smart stomachs!

“Your stomach is surrounded by more brain cells (half a billion neurons) than the brain of a cat contains in total.

It’s your enteric nervous system. It controls digestion, operates autonomously, has its own memory, can handle its own reflexes, it has its own senses even.

It’s thought to have come about because of the blood-brain barrier and the main brain being locked away in the skull, a spinal column and nerves away from the critical action of nutrition.”

35. I did not know that!

“The eyeball is the fastest healing part on your body.

Let me put it in a ‘simpler’ version if you don’t believe me. The eye ball has a cornea.

Now, cutting the cornea will result in much pain, but since this part doesn’t contain blood, but only gets a supply of oxygen, it is the only fastest healing part of your body that can heal in only 24-36 hrs.

Believe me now?”

34. Ahhhhhhh!

“X-rays of children’s mouths are nightmare fuel.

The second set of teeth to replace baby teeth are already grown and lodged in their skulls. So you’ll see two rows of teeth and its freaky looking.

They don’t grow in when the old ones fall out, they are already loaded in the chamber waiting to get launched.”

33. What?!?!

“Chickens in the eggs develop a tail and teeth, but those stops growing after some time. Its probably what’s left from the first birds, which had a long tail and teeth.

Scientists think that, with the right timing, you could make it so they dont stop growing and have a “chickenosaur” out of the egg, with small teeth in the beak and a long tail.”

32. Nuts!

“Humans are bioluminescent and glow in the dark, but the light that we emit is 1,000 times weaker than our human eyes are able to pick up.”

31. Did you hear that?

“Some women can feel the exact moment an egg is released from the ovary during ovulation.

Feels like a little pop just on one side.

Pretty neat.”

30. For a reason.

“The reason it’s so easy to break your collar bone is because its designed to break.

The way it was explained to me is that its like a circuit breaker.

It breaks there to stop the shock of impact getting to your spine.”

29. Oh, boy!

“Pineapple contains bromelaine, an enzyme that ingests proteins.

Your meat parts are mostly made of proteins, so when you’re eating pineapple, it’s also eating you.”

28. All you need.

“You don’t need those detox tea or whatever detox products your high school friend and your aunt are selling.

Your liver is all you need.”

27. Wow.

“Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just gradual loss of memory. It physically exists in the brain. It’s a physical plaque substance that attacks the brain.

Like, if you were able to open the skull of a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease to take a look at their brain, you would actually see this sticky, fibrous, grey physical matter overtaking their brain.”

26. Keep that in mind.

“Every 7 years, every cell in your body will have completely replaced itself. Different cells divide at different rates, however.

You need a new stomach lining weekly and a new skeleton every 7 years.”

25. It’s down there.

“You have a big flab of tissue that hangs down from under your stomach which covers your intestines. It’s called the greater omentum, it’s almost always removed in any basic anatomy drawing so most people don’t know it’s existence! It stores quite a bit of fat but it carries out some unusual roles.

In an abdomen infection it sometimes can wrap itself around it, hence giving it the nickname the “policeman of the abdomen.””

24. Painful.

“95% of the sensory fibres in the human ear are used to transmit sound. Until recently, the function of the other 5% of fibres were not known.

We now know that under certain conditions, these remaining fibres can become sensitized, leading to a rare condition known as hyperacusis, where everyday sounds cause the sufferer immense pain.

It is debilitating and often leads to people giving up their careers, relationships and homes, isolating themselves indefinitely in sound-insulated rooms.

Source: I am one of these people.”

23. Interesting…

“When loosing weight, fat isn’t lost through heat, p**p or sweating. Nearly all fat is lost through simple breathing.

If you lose 10kg of fat, precisely 8.4kg comes out through your lungs and the remaining 1.6kg turns into water.”

22. I did not know that!

“Infants are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse together.

By the time they reach adulthood, they only have 206 bones and teeth are considered part of the skeletal system, but are not counted as bones.”

21. Bypass.

“Our bodies have the ability to perform there own bypass procedures. My grandfather went in for a scan and it showed a 100% blockage in one of his major arteries.

The image also showed a new portion of the artery starting .25” before the blockage and then rejoining the artery .25” after the blockage completely bypassing the obstructed portion.

He had never had surgery before this discovery.”

20. No one likes it.

“You don’t like the sound of your recorded voice because it’s missing the low frequency you’re used to hearing.

When you talk, you hear your voice as it goes to the air and back to you ear. It also goes through your skull to your ear, and this bone conduction mechanism transmits the low frequencies better than air does.

Your recorded voice only has the air transmitted sound. That causes the dissonance between what you think your voice sounds like, and what it really does. It’s also why your voice will (almost) always be higher pitch than you think.”

19. Not just chillin’.

“The appendix is not a vestigial organ. It actually protects good bacteria in the gut.

You can live without it, but it’s not just chillin’ in there.”

18. Full circle.

“Migraine pain can lessen from vomiting.

Vomiting can cause dehydration.

Dehydration can cause migraines.

The human body is funny.”

17. All about arteries.

“We all have a major artery called the ascending aortic artery that runs down the center of our abdomen. Another artery, called the superior mesenteric artery, branches off of that.

There is a gap between the arteries that is kept open by a pad of fat, and the start of our intestines, called the duodenum, passes right through the gap between the two arteries.

Very very rarely something can happen to shrink the fat pad, and then the arteries act like a clamp and pinch the duodenum closed. This prevents anything, solid or liquid, from passing from the stomach into the intestines.

This is called Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, and I had it. It is so rare that it took 2 months of doctors excluding everything else for them to diagnose me.

I couldn’t keep anything down, and went from 120 to 90 lbs. I had to have where my intestines were connected to my stomach moved to another spot, and have about 6 feet removed in the process.

This was almost 7 years ago now. Other than having to eat more than I used to in order to maintain my weight, I’m okay. That is only one of the weird, and very rare, medical conditions that I’m living with, but you’d never know by looking at me.”

16. Uh oh.

“That the body’s ph is 7.35 to 7.45 and if any of those scam products that promise to “change the PH of your body” actually worked, you’d be d**d.”

15. Can’t see it.

“Each one of your eyes has a blind spot where the optic nerve exit your eye into your brain.

You can’t see it because your brain tricks you not to see, it covers the spot with some made up image of what it thinks fits better with the rest of it.”

14. Well, that’s odd.

“Humans are one of a few species of mammal that oddly don’t produce their own vitamin C due to lack of a certain enzyme.

Other mammalian species who exhibit this mutation are those contained in the main primate suborder Haplorhinni (monkeys, apes, tarsiers), as well as bats, capybaras, and guinea pigs.

All other mammals produce vitamin C in the liver.”

13. Only about 20%.

“Apparently about 20% of people have a bony ridge on the roof of their mouth. Most people’s palates are smooth with a very slight ridge.

The 20% like me have an exaggerated and more pronounced ridge. Apparently it’s most common in women and Asian folk, and I’m neither so that’s neat.

I always thought it was totally normal.”

12. Blood stuff.

“Positive blood type women can have positive and negative blood type babies without issue.

Negative blood type women require a shot with antibodies to prevent the mothers immune system from attacking the fetus if it is a positive blood type.”

11. It adapts.

“When you get conditioned to physical activity, your circulatory system adapts — more blood, more vessels, more blood cells. But your lungs really don’t.

This is because no matter how much blood your heart is able to deliver to your lungs, the lungs still have no problem oxygenating it.

This is why your oxygen saturation doesn’t drop during exercise (unless you have a heart defect.)”

10. Creepy.

“Your brain continues to try to revive the body long after the heart has stopped.

In some cases, there has been found brain activity trying to make repairs to bring the body back 30 hours later.

This is used to indicate time of death in m**der victims.”

9. Ouch.

“Babies can break their collarbone during delivery. It happens quite often, but heals quickly.

My teacher told me that (if it happened to you ofc) you may feel a slightly higher spot on your collarbone, called the callus where the fracture grew back together.”

8. A little bit different.

“Humans have, on average, just as many hairs on their body as chimpanzees.

Human hair is just a lot shorter and finer.”

7. The King.

“When you have a bowel movement, your heart rhythm shifts temporarily due to a vagus response.

The reason Elvis d**d on the toilet was because his heart was beating 200+ bpm and the quick rhythm change caused a myocardial infarction. People with low heart rates have been known to pass out on the toilet because their bodies can’t handle the shift.

It’s also why EMTs will absolutely not let you use the bathroom before getting on the ambulance. Especially if the bathroom is a standard 5’x8′.”

6. Amazing!

“A pregnant woman that has a mild heart attack will be healed from the baby’s stem cells, leaving virtually no tissue damage.”

5. Survival instinct.

“If you faint at the sight of your own blood you may have an oversensitive vasovagal response.

The theory is that this developed as a survival mechanism, kind of like an opossum playing d**d.”

4. I believe it.

“Humans feel less satisfaction when they don’t gain anything from an interaction.

In other words, you get less dopamine (or whatever feel good chemical) when you do something that basically has an equal cost and reward. This has lead me to believe that free food DOES really taste better.

It never made sense to me why cupcakes only tasted good when kids brought them in for their birthday. Whenever I’d buy them on my own they tasted worse. I guess it’s because my brain knows I spent money on them.”

3. Strength.

“Your brain regulates how strong your muscles are. If your leg muscles were to contract at full strength, they would snap your femur.

Its why people in emergencies on adrenaline can lift cars off children. Your body is capable of great strength, but it could also severely damage you, so your brain keeps you a weak, soft bag of jelly.”

2. You need that sleep.

“You will sooner d** from lack of sleep than lack of food.

You can live, depending on your current body fat and health level, for months without food.

Estimates are you that you will d** from lack of sleep within 2 weeks”

1. Pretty incredible.

“Your eyes have a separate immune system from the rest of your body.

On a lot of occasions if your body’s immune system finds your eyes, they will assume they are a foreign body and blind you.”

Do you know any interesting facts about the human body?

Please share them with us in the comments!

We’d love to hear from you!

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#StuffThatShouldNotExist Is a Funny Trend You Should Check Out

You may have noticed that the internet has some opinions about stuff. Strong ones. In fact, it’s hard to find any opinion expressed on the internet that isn’t at one extreme or another.

So when people start talking about things they find unpleasant or unlikable, we shouldn’t be surprised that it gets couched in terms that boldly declare said thing SHOULD NOT EVEN EXIST.

That’s what’s been happening with this particular hashtag on Twitter. So, let’s find out which things people truly believe should get the ax from reality.

10. Carpet Bathrooms

It’s all nice and comfy until your aim is a little off one night and suddenly you’re trying to scrub tinkle out of your carpet.

9. This guy from Pokemon

How about you don’t tell me what to do, huh? How about you let me live my life?

8. Nicolas Cage Sequin Pillows

I used to date a girl who had one of these.
USED to.

7. Hip Dog Carriers

“Cheryl, just let me walk. I LOVE walking. It’s like my favorite thing.”

6. “Twinkle Tush”

There is something deeply wrong with this.
Like, I feel like it’s going to awaken some ancient evil god.

5. These Stupid Cake Things

I don’t know how, but it’s the loudest plastic ever made.

4. The Virus

Whoa, controversial take coming through!

3. These Pants

I’m exhausted just looking at them.

2. LED Headlights

Just because you CAN make them that bright doesn’t mean you NEED to.

1. Twitter Cropping

What a load of crop.

I’m sure we can poof most of these away soon.

What thing do you think shouldn’t exist?

Tell us in the comments.

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#StuffThatShouldNotExist Is a Funny Trend You Should Check Out

You may have noticed that the internet has some opinions about stuff. Strong ones. In fact, it’s hard to find any opinion expressed on the internet that isn’t at one extreme or another.

So when people start talking about things they find unpleasant or unlikable, we shouldn’t be surprised that it gets couched in terms that boldly declare said thing SHOULD NOT EVEN EXIST.

That’s what’s been happening with this particular hashtag on Twitter. So, let’s find out which things people truly believe should get the ax from reality.

10. Carpet Bathrooms

It’s all nice and comfy until your aim is a little off one night and suddenly you’re trying to scrub tinkle out of your carpet.

9. This guy from Pokemon

How about you don’t tell me what to do, huh? How about you let me live my life?

8. Nicolas Cage Sequin Pillows

I used to date a girl who had one of these.
USED to.

7. Hip Dog Carriers

“Cheryl, just let me walk. I LOVE walking. It’s like my favorite thing.”

6. “Twinkle Tush”

There is something deeply wrong with this.
Like, I feel like it’s going to awaken some ancient evil god.

5. These Stupid Cake Things

I don’t know how, but it’s the loudest plastic ever made.

4. The Virus

Whoa, controversial take coming through!

3. These Pants

I’m exhausted just looking at them.

2. LED Headlights

Just because you CAN make them that bright doesn’t mean you NEED to.

1. Twitter Cropping

What a load of crop.

I’m sure we can poof most of these away soon.

What thing do you think shouldn’t exist?

Tell us in the comments.

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Times When People Were Camouflaged and Didn’t Even Realize It

According to Wikipedia, camouflage first came about in the 18th century when rifle units started wearing these types of outfits to blend in with forest surroundings.

But according to me, it first came about when some fish got born looking like a rock and didn’t get eaten so he made a bunch of other rock-lookin’ fish.

Follow me for more insightful history/biology facts.

However it happened, it’s kind of everywhere now, including places nobody even needed it to be. It happens by accident. Here, look at these memes, you’ll see what I mean. (or WILL you?)

15. When your scarf is a floor

Let’s not lose our heads over this.

Via: The Chive

14. When your skirt is some rocks

Just don’t go skipping yourself on the water.

Via: The Chive

13. When your socks are a carpet

I don’t know why this looks so cozy but it does.

Via: The Chive

12. When your shirt is your bed

He doesn’t know what’s happening but he’s happy about it.

Via: The Chive

11. When your top is your phone

Surely you saw this one coming, Jessica.

Via: The Chive

10. When your dress is a curtain

Ta da!

Via: The Chive

9. When your pants are a bed

Get a leg up on your day.

Via: The Chive

8. When your shirt is flowers

Just plant me here, I’ll bloom.

Via: The Chive

7. When your shirt is bowl

Am I crazy or does it look like this dude poured milk in his mac and cheese?

Via: The Chive

6. When your outfit is tissues

What are ya gonna, cry about it?

Via: The Chive

5. When your shoes are stairs

Don’t trip.

Via: The Chive

4. When your clothes is chair

Have a seat, why don’t ya.

Via: The Chive

3. When your knit is floor

Is she in love?

Via: The Chive

2. When your shirt is drink

Do I spy choccy milk?

Via: The Chive

1. When your vibe is beer

That describes all of us.

Via: The Chive

Say hidden, stay safe.

How do you best blend in?

Tell us in the comments.

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22 Random Tumblr Posts We Think You’ll Enjoy

Is there anything better than a collection of funny, random Tumblr posts that are sure to make you laugh?

The answer, of course, is no. The wonderful weirdos over on Tumblr spend far too much time thinking about how strange life is and creating the posts that none of us would have thought of.

So here’s to you, all of you wonderfully strange internet writers! You’re magical, egalitarian and, above all else… completely random.

1. Witchy woman

The power of goth compels thee.

https://royal-mortician.tumblr.com/post/175505435976/why-do-teenage-girls-go-through-a-witchoccult

2. It follows

This reads an awful lot like a spooky clown killer trying to play off the time they got caught.

https://babbydriver.tumblr.com/post/612334712174903296/last-year-i-went-out-to-see-the-new-it-and-stopped

3. Definitive answers

We need to have some words about this.

https://sir-adamus.tumblr.com/post/85943736666/broughttoyoubytheletterq-theleeryone

4. Dunces and dragons

If only table top gaming was really as badass as my fundamentalist upbringing led me to believe.

https://mirrorfalls.tumblr.com/post/173915337286/fundamentalist-fearmongering-video-this-dungeon

5. Dirty jobs

My guess is “boy oh boy there are some good paychecks.”

https://captainignis.tumblr.com/post/85512717503/beksboys-sometimes-i-wonder-what-the-voice

6. Jokes of the undad

You get mad, but you will 100% say this to someone else some day.

https://kippeiii.tumblr.com/post/107616178992/hellaiiyo-we-were-driving-past-a-cemetery-and-my

7. Greek life

This story didn’t get passed down for 2,400 years just to get lost with Millennials, calm down.

https://pedantricks.tumblr.com/post/89000706711/akupitiyo-nodaybuttodaytodefygravity

8. Vaporwave

Sounds cool as heck to me, tbh.

https://hem1ock.tumblr.com/post/174106080186/indiecup-turing-tested-i-was-looking

9. Big and round

Throw that ass in a circle.

https://tenfoldgambit.tumblr.com/post/173962960477/gaymilesedgeworth-gaymilesedgeworth-i-woke-up

10. Me want food

This one comes with a lovely audio presentation.

https://ikimaru.tumblr.com/post/167391473080/the-other-greengrass-girl-dat-goat-boi-my

11. Spicy comments

Ok but how do you really feel? Be honest.

https://thatbollyknickers.tumblr.com/post/171853909436

12. Gotta kill ’em all

He’d never say a word about it…

https://ymawgat.tumblr.com/post/176862048051/paper-mario-wiki-paper-mario-wiki-game

13. Bombshell burial

Hey, UK, everything alright over there?

https://thetomska.tumblr.com/post/173671245888/tumblr-im-begging-you-please-let-me-reblog-the

14. Wake up, moon sheeple

I definitely have a firm grasp on correlation vs. causation.

https://hanniepee.tumblr.com/post/111776394335/nickthegeekbear-hotcommunist-rehlaxe-have-you

15. Bi-lociraptor

They say their vision is based on cuteness.

https://smilingformoney.tumblr.com/post/139387035471/phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess-shinobicyrus

16. Pie, pie, pie

I didn’t ask for this and I don’t want it in my head.

https://flame-cat.tumblr.com/post/172795065209/im-bout-to-trigger-yalls-fight-or-flight-reflexes

17. Linguistic evolution

“B’mood” sounds Shakespearean, honestly.

https://admiralrainbow.tumblr.com/post/164833571443/desivampire-batbitequeen-desivampire-we

18. I sure hope it does

There are somewhere around 500 million Tumblr users, btw.

https://reptro.tumblr.com/post/173963714591/e-seal-vt102-e-seal

19. Disappoint-mint

If you can’t take the heat, get out of the freezer.

https://skeleslime-phantom.tumblr.com/post/172472155959/popular-opinion

20. Mood swings

My reformation was brief but refreshing.

https://pukicho.tumblr.com/post/169899403030/rocketrandom66-pukicho-rocketrandom66

21. Vaporized

I didn’t realize this is what they meant when they said smoking kills.

https://sydnieglover.tumblr.com/post/173969021339/gamarai-spaffy-jimble-swarnpert-if-you

If those 22 posts alone aren’t worth the GDP of Grenada then I simply don’t know what is. Thank you Tumblr for your great service to mankind!

What, in your opinion, is peak Tumblr?

Tell us in the comments.

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Company Turns Kids’ Doodles Into Real Plushies

When I was young, I doodled this character a lot called “Joe Zargatar.” He was basically a living guitar with arms and legs.

I even recorded an album of his music that we burned to CD using our early 2000’s state of the art PC. I loved that little guy.

If I could have turned him into a tangible toy? I would have been over the moon.

And that’s one of the services offered by a company called Budsies, which specializes in custom plushies and pillows, and it transforming the images from the minds and hands of children into full-blown playmates.

14. Mr. Dog

Yo dawg, I heard you like dogs. So we put dogs on your dog so you can dog while you dawg.

 

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13. Razorous Flap

That’s not what the kid calls it, but I’m coming up with my own names now because my imagination is ignited.

 

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12. Nightmare

Never seen a friendlier looking one!

 

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11. TallBot

He is here to assist humanity with things on high shelves.

 

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10. Joker 2.0

That is straight up amazing and terrifying.

 

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9. Serena

Wow, that’s a really good drawing!

 

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8. Scarlett

So much rainbow win.

 

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7. Peep

Just wanna snuggle all day long.

 

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6. Yakka Dee

She got the power.

 

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5. Baby Yoda (sorta)

Too cute to get sued by Disney. Right? …right?

 

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4. The Happy Scarecrow

He may not have a brain, but he’s got a lot of heart.

 

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3. Princess BrownCrown

Has graced us all with her presence today.

 

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2. Spikebow

Friendly AND dangerous.

 

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1. Super Fox

She’s here to save the day!

 

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At this point you’re probably thinking “how much do these cost?”

Well, it really depends on how fancy you wanna get. But be warned… they’ll set you back by well over $100.

Still, if you’ve got the cash to spare, you can check out their order page for more details here.

What would you draw to get a plush made of it? Tell us in the comments.

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Enjoy These Ironic Memes that Will Make You Think

The humor of a meme is sometimes is in the subject who it has been attributed to. I’m a big fan of ironic comedy, so I got a big kick out of these ones.

Here are 10 ironic memes that will make you look at people in a new and hilarious light.

1. Tranquil

This looks like a picture out a self-help infomercial, but you probably won’t see this text with it.

Image Credit: Cheezburger

2. Such pride

Is she unaware of what she inadvertently created or is she just going with it? Or maybe it was intentional and just looks pseudo-innocent?

Image Credit: Cheezburger

3. Your majesty!

Parts of The Crown are starting to become more believable now.

Image Credit: Cheezburger

4. Dough not judge

A loaf of bread making fun of gluten hysteria. I see what you did there, loaf.

Image Credit: Cheezburger

5. Doggo!

I’d like to think he’s on alert because of the mail carrier, but okay. LOL

Image Credit: Cheezburger

6. Blasphemous

Why is Jesus there and how did he find this guy in the crowd? Oh wait. He’s Jesus.

Image Credit: Cheezburger

7. Really?

I would have thought he’d be reading about ocean-floor news, but okay. Haha

Image Credit: Cheezburger

8. Oh dear

I figured my greeting with my dog after a long day looked more like a heartwarming movie sequence. Bummer!

Image Credit: Cheezburger

9. Not appealing

Don’t ruin the romance and calmness for me!

Image Credit: Cheezburger

10. Unforgettable image

I still associate the word with empowerment and human experience, but now I also picture this absurd shot. Why is she licking a pan?

Image Credit: Cheezburger

These memes made me chuckle and think at the same time. What ironic meme makes you look at an image or person differently?

Leave us a comment.

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What Would You Save if the Internet Was Going Away Forever?

Reddit’s got a horrific scenario it wants you to consider, and then it’s gonna ask you to make a tough decision about it.

You ready? Prepare yourself. Here we go.

The internet is scheduled to go down forever. You have a week to prepare and download anything from the web you think is necessary to have for the rest of your life. What do you download and why? from AskReddit

So, the time constraint is the interesting part. That would mean that the biggest determining factor in how much you’d be able to get is how good your internet connection is.

My home PC, when plugged straight into the router, pulls down about 450mbps. Of course, actual download speeds are almost never that fast, because it depends on what the host is giving you, so let’s slow it down to 100. Allowing for a couple of hours of downtime each day of the week allotted, that means I could nab around 50 terabytes – assuming I ran out and bought some new drives so I had somewhere to put it all.

That’s way more than enough to nab all of wikipedia. Nice.

Let’s see what other nerds thought.

1. Do it yourself.

Every How-To book ever written.

At this point, the only way the internet is shutting down is if the world is ending.

Gotta know how to start over.

– cbite

2. A nice start.

The Pirate Bay’s top 100 in each category for the kneejerk shotgun approach.

After that an offline copy of Wikipedia, my entire GOG library, and everything from Project Gutenberg.

– Aperture_Kubi

3. Play on!

Download all of the roms I would play

– ninjaboss1211

4. That…would be helpful.

Maps.

I got lost in the middle of nowhere this summer, had no cell service or internet access, and realized it would have useful to have offline road maps on my phone.

Anyone have recommendations for a good and/or free source?

– BlueMacaw

5. Bring it back!

Everything I need to know on how to build the Internet

– SubcooledBoiling

6. Ya’ll realize we had houses and stuff before the internet, right?

I’d start with books on how to live off grid. How to dig wells set up irrigation. Gardening and food preservation. 3D printer plans for all sorts of tools and equipment. Animal husbandry and everything I would need to set up my own cnc shop.

I would also be downloading science databases, sewing, leather making etc. I was 27 before I ever had access to the internet and I had already graduated with a B.S. and at first it was a novelty but I soon realized how powerful it was when I realized that you get access to a lot of knowledge that normally would be unavailable to the average person.

The internet became the ultimate do it yourself book.

– Maxtrt

7. Make that money.

That’s about 70TB I can download so I’d probably go with all the music ever made and then get rich selling bootlegs because everyone else is downloading wikipedia and p*rn.

– antaryon

8. Good priorities.

All of the medical, history and math books that I can find.

And every song I can think of.

Aaaaand “Bartender – the right mix”

– JosheeFence

9. Better read up.

Well since I work in IT, specifically network infrastructure, I’ll be out of a job.

So I guess some books on welding or something.

– [User Deleted]

10. A digital survivalist.

This is literally why I have about 3TB of lossless music copied to four different hard drives. I also have thousands of books too.

I simply do not need any corporation, record label, or anyone deciding how I consume music content for me.

I have a backlog of thousands of albums I will never hear even though the majority of the things I haven’t heard I very much would love to hear…just not enough time or motivation for it.

So, I guess if I had to, I would download whole albums of lyrics since I know where to get them and I’ve done that in the past. It’s an achievable goal.

– RageForOrder17599

11. That’s sweet.

A video of my dad talking to my first grandchild.

It is the only recording I have of his voice.

– katneedle

12. Oh, finally!

I find out who all these hot singles in my area are and why they want to meet me.

– Shinespark7

13. Yikes, it’s true.

The real ones are going to use that time to commit all the cyber crime possible ( steal money, hack and steal information of bank accounts, financial statements, dirt on ppl etc)

it’s the ePurg

– -knight-who-says-ni

14. Do do do dooo.

I would just invest in a good pair of prescribe glasses for reading.

I do not want end up like that dude from the Twilight Zone.

– davidwal83

15. What a twist!

Plot twist, everyone downloading everything is what causes the internet to go down.

– RedditUsername42

Honestly, thinking about this is just making me anxious, so I’m gonna stop doing that now.

But I’m curious – what would your answer be?

Tell us in the comments.

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