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Did you know that the Americas have more pyramids than the rest of the world combined? I don’t know about you, but I didn’t realize that there are thousands of pyramids around the world…not just in Egypt.
Study this infographic to learn more about the history and evolution of these great, historic structures.
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Knockoff brands, there are some good ones, and then there are some pretty hilarious and not very well devised ones. For all the big name-brand products out there, you’ll run into a ton of other cheap (and entertaining) products.
Here are some of the best. “Meats by Dr. Dre” anyone?
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People who are super into animals often know all kinds of crazy and little-known facts about their beloved creatures. For this one, these animal lovers go into detail on the weirdest and most obscure things they’ve learned – and we’re all the better for it.
“Seals will get seasick if you put them on a boat.”
“Dragonflies have the best successful kill rate of any creature on earth.”
“Cheetahs are so closely related to each other that you can freely transplant organs between all members of their species without needing immunosuppression.”
“Sloth hands work opposite to ours. They have to exert energy to open their “fist” and relax to close it. This is how they can hang from trees while they’re sleeping and not fall off.”
“Opossums were originally found in the eastern and central parts of the United States until the 1930s when they were intentionally transported to the Western portion to be used as food during the Great Depression.”
“The American bison is the only animal in which both lungs share a common cavity. In every other animal the lungs are separated. What this meant is that when shot by an arrow, both lungs would collapse and the buffalo would suffocate quickly. (For other animals, being shot in the chest would only collapse one lung, and they would at least have a chance) That’s why such a large animal could be taken down with relatively small weapons.”
“People thought the okapi was a hoax until it was photographed. In parts of Sumatra it is believed that the orangutan can speak and refuses to do so because they don’t want to work.”
“Ants breed and domesticate aphids around their colonies, so they can drink their milky secretions. Aphids are ant cows. So ladybugs, then, would be like ant chupacabras.
Edit: Thanks to everyone for both appreciating this ant fact, and for educating me with more ant facts.”
“There’s an insect called the scorpiofly that impresses mates by bringing them prey to eat. The bigger the meal, the better.
Only, some scorpionflies aren’t that great at catching food. So some of these males will imitate females, and wait for other males to bring them their gifts. Then they take the gift, fly away, and give it to an actual female.
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/31/archives/male-fly-benefits-through-female-imitation-female-invited-to-dine.html”
“There aren’t a lot of bees in Australia, so for pollenation plants relied on birds. Birds see the colour red better, which in turn increased the flora reproduction rate – this is why a lot of plants are red in Australia.”
“A snail has over 2000 teeth.”
“Fish have been seen using tools – deliberately hitting a clam with a rock to get it to open so they can eat it. Some fish (eels and groupers) form hunting partnerships where they communicate across the species barrier with specific signals to put their individual strengths to work (the eels chase prey out of crevices to where the groupers are waiting in open water). They also get fooled by illusions in the same way we do, meaning that their brains are processing and interpreting their environment in a similar way to us.
That’s technically three facts but I like fish.”
“Polar bears are so efficient at storing Vitamin A, consuming polar bear liver can cause death….one polar bear liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill 52 adult humans.”
“The Greenland shark reaches sexual maturity at 150 years old and lives 300-500 years. Always fascinates me that theres something that can live that long.”
“On ostrich farms, some farmers have a hard time with breeding because the ostrich is more attracted to humans than other ostriches.
That’s right, somewhere out there an ostrich wants to fuck you.
http://scicurious.scientopia.org/2012/01/13/friday-weird-science-is-that-ostrich-flirting-with-me/”
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Recently, one of the world’s very rare un-contacted tribes was seen for the first time by a drone as it flew over Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
It almost seems impossible, but anthropologists estimate that as recently as 2013 there are hundreds of tribes in the world that haven’t come into any contact with modern society. That’s getting more and more rare with modern technology.
CBS reports that the clip was filmed last year but recently uploaded to YouTube by the National Indian Foundation in Brazil. It shows a person walking through a forest clearing in the Javari River Valley in the northwest of the country, near the border with Peru. They also released images of an ax, a thatched hut, and canoes found in the area.
According to Survival International, the Javari Valley is home to seven contacted tribes and seven un-contacted groups. The agency also recently released footage of a man who is believed to be the last of his people, the others have fallen victim to landowners and loggers. They think he has lived alone in the jungle for 22 years.
That’s desperately sad if you ask me.
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The drone was sent out by that same government agency in an attempt to better protect indigenous peoples. The footage has been used to stop illegal hunters and farmers from encroaching on land reserved for the indigenous tribes. The New York Times points out that the government is doing their best to protect against deforestation and violence against indigenous communities, though they are not always as successful as indigenous rights proponents would like.
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“Vigilance and surveillance should be intensified in the region to curb the actions of violators and ensure the full possession of the territory by the indigenous people,” says Vitor Gois of the National Indian Foundation in a translated statement.
I hope we can all agree on that.
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Society wants to shame us for not wanting to grow up, so most of us just fake it ’til we make it and learn how to adult eventually. There are so many things no one tells you about being an adult, and most of them are unpleasant to encounter on your own.
These 13+ “grown ups” have no problem confessing the most shocking of stepping stones into adulthood, and chances are you’re going to find yourself nodding along.
“That you continue to learn new things, even into your adult years in the 20s, 30s(where I’m at in age now), etc. For example I didn’t finally get around to learning how to clean my clothes in the laundry, till my 20s. Yeah I know that’s probably a little late, vs. others.”
“Trying to understand health insurance plans sucks.”
“Even if you get a lunch break with your job, you almost never get to actually take a lunch break.”
“Eventually you’re going to wake up in pain before you even start the day.”
“Most of your heroes growing up are pretty shitty humans too.”
“Nobody really knows what they are doing.
When we are kids adults seems to have all the answers all the time, but we are only guessing.”
“Health regenerates automagically when you are young.
Then one day you need to exercise.
If you don’t pay attention, and you miss that day, you Jabba.”
“How hard it is to make friends as an adult.”
“How it’s expected that on your 18th birthday, you will magically have it all together, you’ll know exactly what you want to do with your life and how you’ll get there, etc. etc. And also how there are all these things you’re “supposed to” do (e.g. graduate from a 4-year college, get a cushy job in your field of study, get married, have babies, etc.), but no one asks you if you want to do any or all of those things, or if you’re happy having done them.”
“Money goes fast. I make $240/month 1/4 goes to gas, 1/4 goes to savings, 1/3 goes to my doctors, and the rest goes to my share of groceries. At the end of the month, I’ve got maybe $50 in fun money, if I don’t have unplanned expenses.”
“How to manage money and credit. Had I known then , what I know now , I would be better off financially.”
“How to do taxes. I legit just one day had to be done. What the fuck is this my work is giving me and what do I have to do?”
“Society isn’t always and usually isn’t right about what you should be doing with your life. EDIT: a word”
“How things like taxes, mortgages or credit scores work. Would have been way more useful than algebra 2 or geometry. Seen an insta post that speaks to me on a personal level “so happy I learned about parallelograms to prepare me for The upcoming parallelogram season”
“There’s a reason it’s called work. I highly encourage you to find something that you’re pretty good at and you like more days than you don’t but even so it’s going to drag a lot- so maybe try to find a career that feeds you and puts a roof over your head. Most people don’t deeply love their jobs and that’s okay! It is not a moral failing.”
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Starbucks has a long history of writing funny names on their cups. If you walk in there and have a name longer than four letters, prepare to have it butchered.
If you’re not up with the reasons Starbucks and the names they write on their cups has the potential to be funny, well, it’s twofold: first, many of the baristas don’t seem to be able to hear or spell even the most common of names correctly, and second, they will yell out whatever name a customer tells them to put on a cup at the top of their lungs.
Now that we’re all at the starting line for this latest hilarity, here’s the tweet that started it all. The man claimed that he told the barista his name was ‘Stop Brexit,’ and when he or she yelled it out in the coffee shop, people began to chant and cheer.
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Now, some people have – quite amusingly – taken their skepticism on the matter and turned it into some Starbucks name ideas of their own.
Like this guy, who has a lot of faith in his followers’ education levels.
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And this person, who seems to know his audience a bit better.
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Then there are these types, who seem to be giving (very terrible) advice under the guise of a meme about names on coffee cups.
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Others are just cramming pretty much any joke into a tweet and calling it a day. Honestly, I’m not mad.
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Now that you’ve seen some of my favorites, go forth and check out more on your own – or add yours to the mix! As you can see, anything goes.
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Airplane food can be quite varied around the world. Have a look and see how these different international airlines feed their fliers – it’ll make you want to book a trip and it might make you hungry too.
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Skyscrapers are feats of engineering and architecture. There’s nothing quite like standing at the top of an impressive building and looking down at the city below.
Here are the stories behind 5 iconic skyscrapers around the globe.
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Formerly known as the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Windy City (and the tallest building in the world for 25 years) was constructed to house Sears’ thousands of employees. The Willis Tower is 110 stories tall and construction took 4 years to complete until the building opened in 1973. The building’s final beam was signed by 12,000 construction workers, Sears employees, and Chicagoans.
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Taipei 101 opened in 2004 and was the first skyscraper to surpass the half-kilometer mark. It was the tallest building in the world until 2010. Like Hong Kong’s Bank of China Tower’s steel beams, Taipei 101’s entire structure was designed to resemble a bamboo stalk. The building contains the world’s fastest elevator, whisking passengers from the 5th floor to the 89th in only 37 seconds.
3. The Chrysler Building – New York
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The recognizable Chrysler Building opened in 1930 and was the tallest building in the world for 11 short months until the Empire State Building usurped the Manhattan skyscraper. Auto tycoon Walter P. Chrysler wanted the building to have a glamorous look and he requested adding eagle-like gargoyles (that looked like Chrysler hood ornaments) to the building.
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This skyscraper opened in 1990 and was designed by architect I.M. Pei. The architect faced a lot of challenges, including designing an eye-pleasing 70-story tower in a typhoon zone. Construction took 5 years and the steel beams are meant to represent bamboo shoots.
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This tower was the highest free-standing structure in the world from its opening in 1976 until 2007. The CN Tower was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World in 1995. A helicopter flew the massive antenna up to the top in 36 sections.
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From the Spanish Flu to the Black Plague, this infographic details the deadliest pandemics in history.
It’s horrifying to think about when the next deadly outbreak might occur and how many lives it might destroy in its path.
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Emperor Napoleon of France was once one of the most powerful men in the world. In 1807, he had recently signed the Treaties of Tilsit, ending the war between France and Russia, and was in the mood to celebrate. Not being one to take on the lowly task of party planning himself, he asked Chief of Staff Alexandre Berthier to plan a luncheon and rabbit hunt in anticipation of a relaxing afternoon.
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Berthier planned the celebration, arranging the outdoor meal, inviting top military brass, and ordering a large number of rabbits for the hunt. The numbers range from the hundreds up to three thousand, and though we’ll probably never know the exact amount, we can all agree that either way, that’s a lot of bunnies.
Napoleon and his friends began to prowl the field and the rabbits were released…but they didn’t run away.
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Instead, they hopped as fast as they could, directly toward the triumphant French emperor. The party laughed, but only at first. The rabbits kept coming, more and more of them, swarming Napoleon’s legs and climbing his jacket. He tried, without success, to shoot them. The coachmen and their bullwhips, the men and their sticks, were also useless against the onslaught of floppy-eared fuzzies.
Napoleon did something he had (maybe) never done before – he turned tail and ran for his carriage. The rabbits, who, according to historian David Chandler, possessed “a finer understanding of Napoleonic strategy than most of his generals…divided into two wings and poured around the flanks of the party and headed for the imperial coach.”
Some of the rabbits reportedly leaped into the carriage, and the Emperor escaped only when his carriage driver decided to gun it for the hills.
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The rabbits, as it turned out, were tame and not wild, which means they equated humans with a a food source as opposed to a direct threat (apparently even if those humans beat at them with weapons). It was Berthier’s mistake, but no word on whether he lost his job as Chief of Staff – or something more valuable, like his head.
One more detail lost to history. We can all be thankful, though, that the rabbit story has survived.
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