The term “scientist” was coined in the 1830s to describe Mary Somerville. A woman. Because the usual term “man of science” didn’t apply and she wasn’t just a physicist, geologist, or chemist – she was all three.
Beethoven overcame deafness by biting…
Beethoven overcame deafness by biting a metal rod attached to his piano to hear his work. It’s called bone conduction, and can also be used to help divers talk and hear underwater, and is also used by elephants to communicate.
The British developed a fondness…
The British developed a fondness for gin in their Indian Colony, where those posted there added a dollop of gin to the quinine they took as a preventative for malaria to make it more palatable. It apparently carried over when they returned home, and became the well-known Gin & Tonic.
A college math professor wrote…
A college math professor wrote a fantasy “novel” workbook to teach the fundamentals of calculus. Concepts are taught through the adventures of a man who has washed ashore in the mystic land of Carmorra and the hero helps people faced with difficult mathematical problems.
In the 50’s and 60’s, a single…
In the 50’s and 60’s, a single Florida town known as “nub city” was responsible for 2/3rds of America’s dismemberment insurance claims. No one was ever convicted of insurance fraud, because juries had a hard time believing even Floridians would be insane enough to cut off their own hands.
The bishop of Orlando is also…
The bishop of Orlando is also bishop of the moon, due to a canon law that says “any newly discovered territory would fall under the bishopric from whence the discovering expedition departed.” His is therefore the largest Catholic diocese, at over 14,000,000 square miles.
50% of the calories Americans…
50% of the calories Americans consume come from nutrient-depleted, ultra-processed foods, including refined flours and industrial seed oils. A recent study indicates that US children and adults have high rates of deficiency of vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and folate, as well as the mineral iron
10 Women Share Their Awful Experiences in the Bedroom
Everyone’s had bad sex at some point. But sometimes those situations can be insanely awkward and not something you’ll ever want to remember.
But of course you do. Because we always remember the really weird shit that happens to us.
What’s your worst experience? Are they as bad as these 10 women’s experiences?
1. Hahaha, well, that sucks!
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2. Unplugging the cork…
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3. HA! Crisis averted!
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4. Yikes.
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5. Ouch!
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6. Ewwwwww
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7. That’s the worst thing? Hmmm…
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8. Milk me?
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9. It happens to everybody!
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10. Sounds like the perfect storm of suck!
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And scene!
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Instagram Gets Fooled by a Fake “Influencer”… Again
Right now, we live in a very strange world. People are famous and wealthy for doing almost nothing except knowing how, when, and where to take a photo and post it to social media. Very odd…
A construction worker named Omar asked his daughter what an “influencer” is, and after she explained the (pretty ridiculous) reality behind this phenomenon, Omar said “Pssh, I could do that!”
And he did: He started his own Instagram account with carefully curated photos of his everyday life.
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Omar posted his first photo on May 3, 2019, and his numbers have gone through the roof. As of this writing, Omar has 435,000 Instagram followers. I’d call that a success, wouldn’t you?
Take a look at Omar’s pics and maybe pick up some tips on how you can become an influencer yourself.
PS: Read all the way until the end for an important update on this viral, trending story. It turns out that all is not as it seems…
1. On the job
2. A delicious cup of coffee
coffee.3. Pinkies up
4. Blowtorch
5. The splash
#InfluencerProblems6. More coffee
7. Stogie time
8. Here I am
Update: it turns out that Omar and his Instagram persona are just a marketing ploy by an ad agency to sell coffee.
Cuvée Coffee in Austin, Texas, to be exact. If you go back and look through “Omar’s” photos, there are quite a few coffee pics in there and they’re all tagged the same location.
Duped again!
Mike McKim, the owner of Cuvée Coffee, said, “The whole idea was what we always thought as an influencer, and what we used as an influencer in the past, they don’t always fit our brand. We need a different type of influencer: a hard-worker, blue-collar guy.” So McKim worked with a marketing company to create the Omar character and the ad campaign.
I wish Omar was real, but this is still a pretty clever marketing ploy, I must admit.
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12 Stories That Will Make You Think Twice About Dining and Dashing
Shame on you if you’ve dined and dashed before. Because you do know that what your food cost comes out of the wait staff’s paycheck, right? Yeah, that’s a thing. At least in some cases.
So why do people do it? These 12 people did the deed and some reveal why…
1. Don’t do it again!
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2. Good!
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3. Hope your girl didn’t like it too much…
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4. Not a good excuse.
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5. Get to it!
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6. I can’t be angry at foster kids for doing this…
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7. If somebody is seriously not waiting on you, I can see this..
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8. Well DUH!
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9. Haha, ya think? Because you’re a thief? Crazy!
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10. Hmmm… something tells me you’re gonna get caught.
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11. Just go up and ask!
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12. Oh, there’s a bad part? Poor baby…
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So, have you ever done this? How’d it go? Did you feel guilty AF?
Hope so…
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