If you’re a person of a certain age, then there’s a good chance the characters from Winnie the Pooh are near and dear to your heart.
Which also means that you’ve been aware for basically your whole life that bears really, really love honey.
Like Pooh, giant bears will go to great lengths to get to honey they’ve sniffed out – and even though the ensuing videos may be adorable to the masses, for to bee farmers…not so much.
The bears can cause damage to hives that can cost thousands of dollars to repair, so most keepers work hard to keep them away. But when Ibrahim Sedef’s ideas of putting up metal cages and leaving out different bear-fare like bread and fruit didn’t work, he had a rather adorable lightbulb moment.
Maybe the bears could be brought on as quality control.
He installed photo trap cameras that could track the bears roaming his farm, mostly at night, and then set up a table topped with labeled bowls of different kinds of honey.
It worked.
The bears didn’t disturb the hives, since the honey was ready and waiting, and now Sedef – and the rest of us – know which honey a true connoisseur would prefer.
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It turns out bears have expensive taste, because they devoured the Anzer honey first – it goes for around $150 a pound in Turkey – while leaving the cherry blossom honey untouched.
Now you know that the “good” honey really does taste much better – even the bears agree that you get what you pay for (even if they’re not technically paying).
Some people out there have a lot of Photoshop skills…and a lot of time on their hands.
A person on Instagram really, really likes to Photoshop pics of cats mashed up with other animals, and the results are some hilarious-looking creatures that you can’t unsee.
You can do a lot of terrible things in this world that are totally legal.
Things that most of us would never dream of doing. And they might infuriate you…
AskReddit users shared their thoughts on the subject.
1. That’s pretty infuriating.
“You can leak the names, addresses, email addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and payment card details of nearly half of all Americans (and more than half of all American adults) and then settle for about $5/person.”
2. Makes my blood boil.
“Permanently destroying huge swaths of land.
There’s a development corporation in my hometown that has bought up virtually all of the remaining woods, meadows and wetlands in the area, paved them, and built retail spaces that go vacant just a few months later.
Businesses aren’t even moving into these “office parks”, but the group just keeps spreading out and “developing”. It seems like every month, I drive past another leveled tract of land.”
3. Whoa, that’s kind of intense.
“Groom your stepdaughter for over a decade, then when she’s 18, divorce her mom and hook up with your stepdaughter.”
4. It is pretty bad.
“I think it’s pretty shitty to claim bodily harm from a very minor car accident just to get 10k, and make the other person pay more for their car insurance. I’m looking at you, lady I hit going 3 mph.
Probably not the worst thing, but it’s pretty bad.”
5. Who the hell does this?
“Take custody of a pet in a divorce and the. Put the pet down out of spite.”
6. Ouch…
“Recruit people to join Scientology.”
7. If not…that…
“Is it illegal to leave your shopping cart in the parking lot instead of returning it to the corral? If not, that.”
8. People are pretty sh*tty.
“Sue your poorer ex spouse for child custody so repeatedly that you drain their finances and can’t fight it anymore.”
9. A lot of this out there.
“Steal people’s money through fine print conditions.”
10. Not a good idea.
“Ruin the world economy by handing out subprime loans.”
11. That’s not cool.
“Nestle claiming rights to water and then selling it back to the public at exorbitant prices all while polluting the earth with the production of single-use plastic bottles.”
12. Sign of the times.
“Fire all your employees and move your business to East Asia so you can essentially use slave labor.”
13. Does this sound familiar?
“Start a pharmaceutical company.
Develop a drug that people need to live.
Raise the price just because you know they’ll pay for it if they don’t want to die.”
14. Bullying and abusing.
“Bully someone. Mentally abuse someone. Making them feel bad about themselves their whole life.”
The 2010s are almost in the history books and we get to start a new decade very son. So what will be the legacy of the past ten years?
No, I’m not talking about politics or big news events, I’m talking about HORROR MOVIES. People always talk about the classics from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, but the 2010s haven’t exactly been a slouch when it comes to scary movies.
Here are 20 that you might want to check out to get a good scare.
“I had to sleep with my closet light on for a week after watching this movie!”
2. The Babadook (2014)
“At first you think it’s just another haunting by an evil supernatural being but it actually has a deeper real-world meaning that addresses mental health and the impact it can have on you and those around you.”
3. Sinister (2012)
“I legit had to pause in the INTRODUCTION scene, where the family is being hung from a tree in slow motion, because I was already overcome with anxiety.”
4. Get Out (2017)
“Horror movies don’t really scare me, so for me they are mostly meh. Sometimes there are gems with a great atmosphere like Midsommar, but Get Out was the first horror movie that gave me chills. And it’s an Oscar winner as well.”
5. Hereditary (2018)
“Toni Collette’s scream when seeing her daughter made me wish that there was an Oscar category for best scream. It’s that good and terrifying! I had to stop the movie after that scene before I could go on.”
6. The Conjuring (2013)
“The first one terrified me so badly I couldn’t walk down the hall to my bedroom. Slept downstairs for MONTHS. I can’t even explain what it was but it was so unsettling it caused me anxiety and paranoia for a very long time. Jump scares don’t normally do that much to me but man…. I was just a wreck.”
7. Mama (2013)
“I feel like not enough people talk about how scary Mama was. I saw that movie when I was 25 and still had to sleep with the lights on for a week.”
8. Hush (2016)
“Hush is one of the best stalker movies I’ve seen in a long time. I thought it was going to be one of those typical slasher films but it turned out to be a really intense game of cat and mouse.”
9. Insidious (2010)
“It truly packs a punch when it comes to scare factor on the first viewing. The concept was fresh and truly terrifying. Just a great ride overall.”
10. Last Shift (2014)
“Last Shift is the scariest f$&@ing movie I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen everything known to man. Lights were ON for a while at bedtime that night.”
11. Train to Busan (2016)
“Train to Busan was the best zombie movie I have seen in a long time. As someone who travels on the train often the thought of getting stuck on a train full of zombies is terrifying. The pacing was brilliant and the characters were really well thought out, you care about what happens to the characters. I have loved Gong Yoo ever since I saw him in Goblin and this was on my bucket list and it definitely did not disappoint.”
12. The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
“The Blackcoat’s Daughter was terrifying. The twist ending wasn’t hard to see coming, but the slow boil up to that point created a sense of dread that made me petrified to see what was about to happen.”
13. The Witch (2015)
“It was the type of movie that sits in your mind, plays tricks on you for weeks, unsettles you for longer. I saw it months ago and it still knocks me off kilter when I think of it.”
14. Oculus (2013)
“Oculus is phenomenal! I love horror but I don’t spook easily. This one makes you question what you’re even watching and where it falls in the timeline. It definitely had me jump but it leans more on psychological horror than jump scares.”
15. Creep (2014)
“I’m a horror fanatic and the only horror film that has ever genuinely scared me is The Duplass Brothers’ Creep. Peachfuzz actually gave me nightmares. It’s a found footage film and it’s just two characters (one of whom is hardly ever on screen), but it’s legitimately terrifying.”
16. Shadow People (2012)
“The one that made me have to sleep with the lights on for a WEEK is…Shadow People. Super creepy and way underrated!”
17. Us (2019)
“The film had me at the edge of my seat the whole time but what’s scarier is after you leave the film and really think about all of the hidden meanings and social commentary about the film, it feels far too real and that plot twist at the end is heartbreaking but also makes you question everything.”
18. 1922 (2017)
“1922 was horrifying because the main character can’t escape his murderous act no matter what he does, and everything in his life falls apart.”
19. The Invitation (2015)
“The Invitation was soooooooo unsettling. You have no idea if the protagonist really is just paranoid or if there’s something truly sinister going on. The last 15 minutes scared the crap out of me.”
20. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
“Scarier than anything else in these comments by far. I love scary movies but this one fucked me up.”
What are some of your own favorite horror films from the 2010s?
Jeffro Uitto is a sculptor who creates works of art that you have to see to believe.
Uitto makes his pieces of out driftwood. He talks about it this way, “On the Washington coast, there’s a place where nature’s leftovers get a second chance at stardom. The place is Knock on Wood, and [I am] the artist making the magic happen.”
He adds, “It’s really nature-inspired, the love and curiosity for the subjects and the infinity of materials. It’s really humbling to see how many people connect with the work. It’s also important to bring attention to these animals, their mysterious beauty and the extinction they face.”