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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: SkinnyBenny on July 12, 2012, 01:39:21 PM
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I went down the wiki rabbit hole hard last night. First read about the Nicaraguan Contras, then the subsequent Iran-Contra Scandal, then this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockerbie_bombing
Knew a little bit about it (that some crazies bombed a plane in the '80s) but had no idea just how crazy it all was. If you have an hour to waste, this is a :thumbs: way to do it. If you don't but are still curious about some of the crazier highlights, I especially recommend sections 2 (details about the explosion) and section 3 (people who were supposed to board but didn't; THE FOUR TOPS and KIM CATTRALL!!!).
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Get this vagina in the Rock "n" Roll Hall of Fame! :thumbs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd
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Sounds like things worked out for some of the members and not so much for some of the other members! :thumbs: :frown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_Something
now you go, blow my mind
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Guy who saved the world from Nuclear War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
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(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fearthtonescomic.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F11%2Fjimmy_wales_he-can-ask-for-money-with-his-eyes-300x240.jpg&hash=5129628ea9a1b187ee0633fc2e1e8fef567b8098)
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I like to read fatty's revisions and the responses to them
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I like to read fatty's revisions and the responses to them
Or what about when we beat Texas a bunch and jokerqats change the Irwin Center's picture to say "Bramlage Coliseum South" or whatever :D
Here's a good one: R. Budd Dwyer. Pennsylvania politician who, in the '80s, committed suicide in front of everyone at a press conference the day before he was to be sentenced for a crime he quite possibly didn't commit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
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I like to read fatty's revisions and the responses to them
Intrigued. Let's make this thread that.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull
EDIT(not fatty related)
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I like to read fatty's revisions and the responses to them
Intrigued. Let's make this thread that.
would take
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull
EDIT(not fatty related)
was hoping it was about the rapper :frown:
If you know stuff about Iran-Contra/Oliver North, a good quick read is on Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary who shredded the documents and later married a guy who used to manage The Doors and then got addicted to crack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
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puttin milford, ks on the map. the map of cutting edge medical science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials)
I've gotten 100s of hours of entertainment going down the wikipedia rabbit hole. The wealth of information on that site is increadible.
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Hearing that song and investigating its origins is what lead me to that Dwyer article in the first place! :cheers:
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death)
this is amazing, then read about more culture-bound syndromes. I have talked to koreans irl that believe this.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death)
this is amazing, then read about more culture-bound syndromes. I have talked to koreans irl that believe this.
wtflol
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
I've actually done this as well. Bundy's was prob the best with the whole escaping from prison hijinx
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine))
eek!
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
I've actually done this as well. Bundy's was prob the best with the whole escaping from prison hijinx
Me too. Houston mass murders (Dean Corll). :frown: Torture boards, man rape, live castrations, etc. Ultimately shot by one of his accomplices. Worst stuff you've probably never heard about.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine))
eek!
"Asians with complaints of genital retraction believe that the condition is fatal, unlike most Westerners."
What a bunch of weirdos.
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
holy crap
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death)
this is amazing, then read about more culture-bound syndromes. I have talked to koreans irl that believe this.
wtflol
I don't know what's worse, their government propagating it or those dipshits believing it.
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
holy crap
Yeah. Was eating a bbq chicken pita while reading that. Wish I hadn't been. Germans are rough ridin' awful.
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oh man. I am a huge wiki fan. 100% chance this will be my new fav thread. this one led to about two hours of reading for me the other day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Solar_System_probes
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This thread could be extremely dangerous and time consuming. Should come with a warning.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache)
This one scares the crap out of me.
"Our patients were disabled by the disorder and suffered from bouts of pain from two to twenty times a week. They had found no relief from the usual methods of treatment. Their pain was so severe that several of them had to be constantly watched for fear of suicide. Most of them were willing to submit to any operation which might bring relief."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
The commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, Lt. Jack B. ReVelle, said of the bomb, "How close was it to exploding? My opinion is damn close. You might now have a very large Bay of North Carolina if that thing had gone off." He also said the size of each bomb was 3.8 megatons, more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, and large enough to have a 100% kill zone of seventeen miles. Each bomb would exceed the yield of all munitions (outside of testing) ever detonated in the history of the world by TNT, gunpowder, conventional bombs, and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts combined.[12]
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This thread could be extremely dangerous and time consuming. Should come with a warning.
You want time consuming? I'll give you time consuming.
Jim Jones and his cult/mass suicide! I bet you thought you knew a lot about it, but you don't know crap until you read about this!
Got stuck in a Jonestown K-Hole one night and couldn't get out. Read about it until, like, 4 in the morning. Totally crazy crap. Did you know that the group suicide wasn't actually carried out with Kool-Aid, but instead with a knock-off called Flavor-Aid, thus invalidating the phrase "drink the Kool-Aid" and subjecting Kool-Aid to an eternity of framing/bad press? (I made that last part up, I doubt they've suffered any actual financial repercussions from the misrepresentation.)
Did you also know that a newsman and California congressman were killed on their airfield, ultimately prompting the mass suicide?!?
This one's really a two-parter if you wanna get the whole timeline down.
Start here, with their time in California: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple (Skim up to part 4, make sure you get the idea, then move on to the Jonestown page itself.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
Some crazy crap. "White nights"??? No thanks! :sdeek:
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yeah thats crazy stuff. when you are done with that branch out into other cults. fascinating.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
The commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, Lt. Jack B. ReVelle, said of the bomb, "How close was it to exploding? My opinion is damn close. You might now have a very large Bay of North Carolina if that thing had gone off." He also said the size of each bomb was 3.8 megatons, more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, and large enough to have a 100% kill zone of seventeen miles. Each bomb would exceed the yield of all munitions (outside of testing) ever detonated in the history of the world by TNT, gunpowder, conventional bombs, and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts combined.[12]
:horrorsurprise:
Five of the six arming mechanisms on one of the bombs activated, causing it to execute many of the steps needed to arm itself, such as charging the firing capacitors and, critically, deployment of a 100-foot-diameter (30 m) Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) parachute.
the pilot’s safe/arm switch was the only one of the six arming devices on the bomb that prevented detonation
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puttin milford, ks on the map. the map of cutting edge medical science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley)
John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was a controversial American medical doctor who experimented with xenotransplantation of goat glands into humans as a means of curing male impotence in clinics across several states, and an advertising and radio pioneer who began the era of Mexican border blaster radio.
Goddamn if that isn't a hell of an introductory sentence. Absolutely fascinating article btw, read every word of it. One of the better parts (of many) was this:
...The Mexican government allowed Brinkley to up his wattage to 150,000 watts. Several months later, Brinkley was allowed to increase to one million watts, "making XER far and away the most powerful radio station on the planet" that, on a clear night, could be heard as far away as Canada. According to accounts of the time, the signal was so strong that it turned on car headlights, made bedsprings hum, and caused broadcasts to bleed into telephone conversations.[26] Local residents didn't even need a radio to hear Brinkley's station; ranchers reported that they received it through their metal fences and in their dental appliances.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Lake
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Thank you so much for this thread. How this is the first Wiki thread I will never know.
Now, three hours of workday left, three hours of Wikiing commenced. :users:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Lake
Fascinating! But deep lakes can also be scary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Lake
Fascinating! But deep lakes can also be scary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_eruption)
Dang...that's right up there with the heat burst as far as "oh holy crap, wtf mother nature" articles go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_burst
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
The commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, Lt. Jack B. ReVelle, said of the bomb, "How close was it to exploding? My opinion is damn close. You might now have a very large Bay of North Carolina if that thing had gone off." He also said the size of each bomb was 3.8 megatons, more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, and large enough to have a 100% kill zone of seventeen miles. Each bomb would exceed the yield of all munitions (outside of testing) ever detonated in the history of the world by TNT, gunpowder, conventional bombs, and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts combined.[12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(Metallica_song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri)
Warning: will make you afraid to let water near your head ever again.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba)
:horrorsurprise: If they dropped that on Kansas City you would get third degree burns in Topeka
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri)
Warning: will make you afraid to let water near your head ever again.
O man, someone died in Winfield KS of this in 2011
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This lady probably had one of the most awesome lives ever.
Her life at first followed convention. In 1915, she married the well-to-do Richard R. Peabody, whose family had arrived in New Hampshire in 1635. They had two children, but following Richard's service in World War I, Richard turned into a drunk who loved to watch buildings burn.[4]:79 She met Harry Crosby at a picnic in 1920 and they had sex within two weeks. Their public relationship scandalized proper blue blood Boston society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caresse_Crosby
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(Metallica_song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun
this was like a whole semester of sophmore english class. the song is really written based off the movie though. metallica read books?? LAWL
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids)
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
I've actually done this as well. Bundy's was prob the best with the whole escaping from prison hijinx
Me too. Houston mass murders (Dean Corll). :frown: Torture boards, man rape, live castrations, etc. Ultimately shot by one of his accomplices. Worst stuff you've probably never heard about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
Always enjoyed this one, there are some other sites with drawings of the "murder castle".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
Always enjoyed this one, there are some other sites with drawings of the "murder castle".
ya! ive been trying to find that to post here
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache)
This one scares the crap out of me.
"Our patients were disabled by the disorder and suffered from bouts of pain from two to twenty times a week. They had found no relief from the usual methods of treatment. Their pain was so severe that several of them had to be constantly watched for fear of suicide. Most of them were willing to submit to any operation which might bring relief."
i get these, tons of fun
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If you ever get curious about Kansas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Kansas-related_articles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Kansas-related_articles)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccadic_masking
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If you ever get curious about Kansas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Kansas-related_articles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Kansas-related_articles)
Welp there goes my afternoon.
Started out with alcohol laws, read a little about wheat, now checking out the dustbowl.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccadic_masking
fascinating!
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State song of kansas, found an interesting verse....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_on_the_Range
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all of the cities so bright.
Chorus
The red man* was pressed from this part of the West
He's likely no more to return,
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
Their flickering camp-fires burn.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
Oh, fun. Somebody should definitely build one of those. They'd make a killing.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28tree%29
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28tree%29
Conspiracy :horrorsurprise:
Murder :sdeek:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28tree%29
Conspiracy :horrorsurprise:
Murder :sdeek:
Martyr. One had to die so that many could live on.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(Metallica_song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun
this was like a whole semester of sophmore english class. the song is really written based off the movie though. metallica read books?? LAWL
FYI, they have a few songs based on literature. The Bible, Hemmingway, Lovecraft, etc.
Love this thread, btw.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru)
hell no, not clicking
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru)
hell no, not clicking
Prophecy. I come home from work and this is on river monsters
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato
To go along with that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch
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Ok, let's get off the penis/ball destruction articles. :sdeek:
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it's an unwritten rule of wiki threads that they eventually devolve into articles about ball crushing
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Ok, let's get off the penis/ball destruction articles. :sdeek:
Yes. Most of these are serial killers and/or ball crushers. Please feel free to post interesting music-related ones as well, or really any ones that don't give me terrifying nightmares.
Did you know that the lead singer of Blind Melon sung backup for G N' R's "Don't Cry"??? Weird musical mix that wouldn't seem to fit, but still... :love:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Hoon
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Did you know that the lead singer of Blind Melon sung backup for G N' R's "Don't Cry"???
Of course.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
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Mr. Bread is gonna be mad...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
Good one Lucire
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sonofabitch.
here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness
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sonofabitch.
here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness
Douglas Adams already covered that, it is an S.E.P.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Loop
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
Good one Lucire
Ekul
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Loop
my dad and his buddy have talked about doing this for years... they also want to follow the lewis and clark expedition up the missouri
I'm always just like, hey dumbasses, it's called a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing)
It's what's kept me coming back here.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing)
Oh, man. "Hookers for Jesus"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing)
It's what's kept me coming back here.
Yuck! This is the worst. I got tricked into going to a quixtar presentation one time and this made me want to multi level market them my exclusive line of face punches.
(p.s. lol brandon archer)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing)
It's what's kept me coming back here.
Yuck! This is the worst. I got tricked into going to a quixtar presentation one time and this made me want to multi level market them my exclusive line of face punches.
(p.s. lol brandon archer)
Someone wanted you to sell Amway?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaning_towers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes
Opposite Day: "It is opposite day today." Therefore it is not opposite day, but if you say it is a normal day it would be considered a normal day.
I remember my dad trying to explain this to me as a kid. Being the older sibling, he thought I was using my superior knowledge of paradoxes to manipulate my younger siblings into giving me their things like Lunchables and money and juice boxes.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes
oh man. I'll be back in 3 days.
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taken up most of my morning
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This one is pretty good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood)
One of many great deaths listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood)
One of many great deaths listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after giving his donkey wine then seeing it attempt to eat figs.[6]
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood)
One of many great deaths listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after giving his donkey wine then seeing it attempt to eat figs.[6]
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
6th century BC: Legend says Greek wrestler Milo of Croton came upon a tree-trunk split with wedges. Testing his strength, he tried to rend it with his bare hands. The wedges fell, trapping his hands in the tree and making him unable to defend himself from attacking wolves, which devoured him
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Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, died after being stabbed in the leg at a cockfight in Tulare County, California U.S., by one of the birds that had a knife attached to its limb.
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Oh, your whole family has swinging ballsacks on the back of their cars. neat.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood)
One of many great deaths listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after giving his donkey wine then seeing it attempt to eat figs.[6]
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
6th century BC: Legend says Greek wrestler Milo of Croton came upon a tree-trunk split with wedges. Testing his strength, he tried to rend it with his bare hands. The wedges fell, trapping his hands in the tree and making him unable to defend himself from attacking wolves, which devoured him
So many good ones!
1830: William Huskisson, statesman and financier, was crushed to death by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket), at the public opening of the world's first mechanically powered passenger railway.[45]
1862: Jim Creighton, a very early baseball player, died when he swung a bat too hard and injured himself, possibly by rupturing his bladder
1919: In the Boston Molasses Disaster, 21 people were killed and 150 were injured when a tank containing as much as 2,300,000 US gal (8,700,000 L) of molasses exploded, sending a wave traveling at approximately 35 mph (56 km/h) through part of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[55][56]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster
1930: William Kogut, an inmate on death row at San Quentin, committed suicide with a pipe bomb created from several packs of playing cards and the hollow leg from his cot. At the time, the red ink in playing cards contained flammable nitrocellulose, which when wet can create an explosive mixture. Kogut used the heater in his cell to activate the bomb
1947: The Collyer Brothers, extreme cases of compulsive hoarders, were found dead in their home in New York. The younger brother, Langley, was crushed to death when he accidentally triggered one of his own booby traps that had consisted of a large pile of objects, books, and newspapers. His blind and paralyzed brother Homer, who had depended on Langley for care, died of starvation some days later
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers
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Oh, your whole family has swinging ballsacks on the back of their cars. neat.
wrong thread lmfao
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877
also WV related
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LoL
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336: Arius, presbyter of Alexandria, is said to have died of sudden diarrhea followed by copious hemorrhaging and anal expulsion of the intestines while he walked across the imperial forum in Constantinople. He may have been poisoned.
* Also was the many times Greatgrandfather of our own Bloodfart.
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1993: Garry Hoy, a 38-year-old lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, fell to his death on July 9, 1993, after he threw himself against a window on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in an attempt to prove to a group of visitors that the glass was "unbreakable." The glass did not break, but popped out of the window frame.[150][151]
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1993: Garry Hoy, a 38-year-old lawyer in Toronto, Ontario, fell to his death on July 9, 1993, after he threw himself against a window on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in an attempt to prove to a group of visitors that the glass was "unbreakable." The glass did not break, but popped out of the window frame.[150][151]
omg I would've died laughing and it would've been so inappropriate
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90)
Can you imagine being in one of the cars on the bridge? :sdeek:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing)
Oh, man. "Hookers for Jesus"
The Way International (a cult) had a campus in Emporia when I was a kid. Several NYC fashion models were members. They used to recruit this way. I remember being in 8th grade having hot college aged chicks try this on me as I crossed the street between middle school buildings near downtown. I could see how it can work - I knew that it was a cult, but the girls were pretty hot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing)
Oh, man. "Hookers for Jesus"
The Way International (a cult) had a campus in Emporia when I was a kid. Several NYC fashion models were members. They used to recruit this way. I remember being in 8th grade having hot college aged chicks try this on me as I crossed the street between middle school buildings near downtown. I could see how it can work - I knew that it was a cult, but the girls were pretty hot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International)
L Craig Martindale
KU alumni
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Guys, look at all the stuff we're learning together!!! :emawkid:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Increds.
Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics in school, as is commonly believed. Upon being shown a column claiming this fact, Einstein said "I never failed in mathematics... Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus."[64][65] Einstein did however fail his first entrance exam into Federal Polytechnic School in 1895 although at the time he was two years younger than his fellow students and did exceedingly well in mathematics and science on the exam.[66]
"Irregardless" is a word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary states that, "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such word.'?"[96] According to Mignon Fogarty, this is an English misconception. "You shouldn't use it if you want to be taken seriously, but it has gained wide enough use to qualify as a word."[97]
Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them. While it is true that a person may be confused or disoriented for a short time after awakening, this does not cause them further harm. In contrast, sleepwalkers may injure themselves if they trip over objects or lose their balance while sleepwalking. Such injuries are common among sleepwalkers.[
Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[234] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Increds.
Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics in school, as is commonly believed. Upon being shown a column claiming this fact, Einstein said "I never failed in mathematics... Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus."[64][65] Einstein did however fail his first entrance exam into Federal Polytechnic School in 1895 although at the time he was two years younger than his fellow students and did exceedingly well in mathematics and science on the exam.[66]
"Irregardless" is a word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary states that, "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such word.'?"[96] According to Mignon Fogarty, this is an English misconception. "You shouldn't use it if you want to be taken seriously, but it has gained wide enough use to qualify as a word."[97]
Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them. While it is true that a person may be confused or disoriented for a short time after awakening, this does not cause them further harm. In contrast, sleepwalkers may injure themselves if they trip over objects or lose their balance while sleepwalking. Such injuries are common among sleepwalkers.[
Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[234] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
This is the best one posted yet. I love informing people they are wrong when they believe in common misconceptions. Like, really, really love it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[234] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
I would probably argue with any person who tried to serve me with this one. I fee like all those bonus senses are variations on touch. Fluid touching your inner ear thing, urine touching the inside of your bladder, food not touching your timmy tum, etc.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[234] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
I would probably argue with any person who tried to serve me with this one. I fee like all those bonus senses are variations on touch. Fluid touching your inner ear thing, urine touching the inside of your bladder, food not touching your timmy tum, etc.
Yeah, you're probably more informed than the people who study the body and it's nervous system.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Humans have more than five senses. Although definitions vary, the actual number ranges from 9 to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception).[234] Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide levels.
I would probably argue with any person who tried to serve me with this one. I fee like all those bonus senses are variations on touch. Fluid touching your inner ear thing, urine touching the inside of your bladder, food not touching your timmy tum, etc.
Yeah, you're probably more informed than the people who study the body and it's nervous system.
Well, I DO read a lot of wikipedia, so I feel pretty informed.
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This is the best one posted yet. I love informing people they are wrong when they believe in common misconceptions. Like, really, really love it.
no, denied. My Deep Blue Something article was the best one posted yet.
:cool:
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This is the best one posted yet. I love informing people they are wrong when they believe in common misconceptions. Like, really, really love it.
no, denied. My Deep Blue Something article was the best one posted yet.
:cool:
Take it to the Common Misconceptions Wikipedia page.
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I have this misconception and it makes me very sad to learn that it is a misconception:
In ancient Rome, the architectural feature called a vomitorium was the entranceway through which crowds entered and exited a stadium, not a special room used for purging food during meals.[1] Although wealthy gluttons and emperors with excessive appetites might be accused of binging and purging, vomiting was not a regular part of Roman dining customs.[2]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
"Irregardless" is a word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary states that, "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such word.'?"[96] According to Mignon Fogarty, this is an English misconception. "You shouldn't use it if you want to be taken seriously, but it has gained wide enough use to qualify as a word."[97]
Nope sorry this is complete horseshit. Just because enough people say it wrong all the time does not make it a word. If I say a word wrong but you know what I meant, that doesn't make my wrong word all of a sudden be the right word.
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Passenger trains, on the other hand, have historically flushed onto the tracks; however, modern trains usually have retention tanks on board the train.
I don't know why but I find this strangely fascinating. and Disgusting. Especially when villains tied damsels to the tracks.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirty_Fishing)
Oh, man. "Hookers for Jesus"
The Way International (a cult) had a campus in Emporia when I was a kid. Several NYC fashion models were members. They used to recruit this way. I remember being in 8th grade having hot college aged chicks try this on me as I crossed the street between middle school buildings near downtown. I could see how it can work - I knew that it was a cult, but the girls were pretty hot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_International)
Yeah, but in the article I linked, the ladies had unprotected sex with men to get them to join, occasionally resulting in "Jesus babies." Are you saying that in 8th grade you got offered sexing by hot college-aged chicks?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
"Irregardless" is a word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary states that, "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such word.'?"[96] According to Mignon Fogarty, this is an English misconception. "You shouldn't use it if you want to be taken seriously, but it has gained wide enough use to qualify as a word."[97]
Nope sorry this is complete horseshit. Just because enough people say it wrong all the time does not make it a word. If I say a word wrong but you know what I meant, that doesn't make my wrong word all of a sudden be the right word.
Yeah, we covered this like 5 years ago.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Increds.
Another popular misconception is that having sex in the days leading up to a sporting event or contest is detrimental to performance. Numerous studies have shown that there is no physiological basis to this misconception.[270] Additionally, it has been demonstrated that sex during the 24 hours prior to sports activity can elevate the levels of testosterone in males, which potentially could enhance their performance.[271]
Science proves why Tiger now kind of sucks at winning golf.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
Increds.
Another popular misconception is that having sex in the days leading up to a sporting event or contest is detrimental to performance. Numerous studies have shown that there is no physiological basis to this misconception.[270] Additionally, it has been demonstrated that sex during the 24 hours prior to sports activity can elevate the levels of testosterone in males, which potentially could enhance their performance.[271]
Science proves why Tiger now kind of sucks at winning golf.
First off, Tiger has more wins on the PGA Tour than anyone else this year. Second, I'm sure he is getting laid all the time, he is a single billionaire known for his sexual prowess.
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But he is not winning at the clip that he used to win at when he was sexing it up with porn stars and stuff. That is why I said he now sucks at winning golf. Sure, he still wins some, but just not as much as he used to.
Also, do women really like having sex with billionaires?
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Also, do women really like having sex with billionaires?
That depends, is said billionaire a super-famous world class athlete in his 30's or is he an old-balls super rich no-name guy?
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I don't think it really depends.
Unless the billionaire is in Depends.
:ump:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer
One of my favorites. I read about this and then a few months later I am living in the same county. Did not realize it until someone mentioned him and I was like "Holy crap! This is home of the Killdozer!"
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lol
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world)
Can I assume BSFS will be on the list after renovations?
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Need some time to kill?
here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movies
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world)
YES. this is my crap.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
:barf:
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
:barf:
Hey are you interested in a free place to live?
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New Favorite:
http://pocketplaneswiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page (http://pocketplaneswiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page)
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
:barf:
Hey are you interested in a free place to live?
I need to bring my wife and my dog, is that ok sir?
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
:barf:
Hey are you interested in a free place to live?
I need to bring my wife and my dog, is that ok sir?
:curse: SINGLE ONRY I SAID IT RIKE 30 TIMES
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I spent like a whole workday once going through serial killer articles. pretty much traumatized myself
Any good ones?
Not a serial killer, but some seriously nutty crap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
:barf:
Hey are you interested in a free place to live?
deep web
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Not wikipedia but the Official North Korean Newspaper's website is full of lol's
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
"Irregardless" is a word. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary states that, "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such word.'?"[96] According to Mignon Fogarty, this is an English misconception. "You shouldn't use it if you want to be taken seriously, but it has gained wide enough use to qualify as a word."[97]
Nope sorry this is complete horseshit. Just because enough people say it wrong all the time does not make it a word. If I say a word wrong but you know what I meant, that doesn't make my wrong word all of a sudden be the right word.
How do you feel about the whole "return to normalcy" thing?
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Not wikipedia but the Official North Korean Newspaper's website is full of lol's
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
Oh my. Writing for that has got to be the best job ever.
Pyongyang, July 31 (KCNA) -- All the people of the DPRK feel rising anger at the hideous politically-motivated state-sponsored terrorism by the U.S. and the rat-like Lee Myung Bak group of traitors of south Korea aimed to hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.
Sin Won Il, manager of the Pukchang Area Coal Mining Complex, said:
"I can hardly repress resentment at the heinous crimes by the U.S. and its puppet group of traitors in south Korea.
Just thinking of it sends my blood boiling. With nothing can the U.S. and the group of rat-like Lee redeem their crimes before the history, nation and mankind."
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The U.S. newspaper USA Today, Australian newspaper Herald Sun and other Western media guessed that only Kim Un Guk among DPRK athletes would snatch a silver medal in London.
But, the DPRK garnered three gold medals as of today, one in women's judo and another two in men's weightlifting.
Media of south Korea and the world said that the world's attention is focused on the successes by the DPRK delegation of 56 athletes and they are making a rush of wind in the London Olympics.
Their successes represent the inexhaustible strength of the DPRK, which can never be gauged by the Western view of value and criterion.
Lolz.
Love that they dont capitalize the s in South Korea. Also the rush of wind comment :lol:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
War Plan Red first set out a description of Canada's geography, military resources, and transportation[citation needed], and went on to evaluate a series of possible pre-emptive American campaigns to invade Canada in several areas and occupy key ports and railways before British troops could provide reinforcement to the Canadians - the assumption being that Britain would use Canada as a staging point. The idea was that the American attacks on Canada would prevent Britain from using Canadian resources, ports, or airbases.[citation needed]
The initial provocation was to be a strike into Canada by a joint US army-navy force in order to capture the port city of Halifax by poison gas attack, cutting off the Canadians from their British allies.[citation needed] Their next objective was to "eize Canadian Power Plants near Niagara Falls" (Carlson, 2005). This was to be followed by a full-scale invasion on three fronts: From Vermont to take Montreal and Quebec, from North Dakota to take over the railhead at Winnipeg, and from the Midwest to capture the strategic nickel mines of Ontario.[citation needed] In parallel, the U.S. Navy was to seize the Great Lakes and blockade Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific ports.[citation needed]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania)
A town in which a fire has been burning beneath for over 50 years and is expected to burn for another 250. The place is now a ghost town with toxic gases spewing up from the ground. I guess Silent Hill was based off of it. Would love to explore this place.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania)
A town in which a fire has been burning beneath for over 50 years and is expected to burn for another 250. The place is now a ghost town with toxic gases spewing up from the ground. I guess Silent Hill was based off of it. Would love to explore this place.
that's a great one, dave
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MULTIPLE super-unlikely scenarios that led to the most deadly plane crash in history. Basically obliterated 2 747s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_disaster
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Question
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
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Tallest mountain in the world, base to peak. :sdeek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll)
China needs another couple wars, soon.
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I was surprised to see the 2nd Congo War ranked so high.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitherapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitherapy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitoxin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitoxin)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_contortrix
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitherapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitherapy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitoxin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitoxin)
Looks like my dad's email has a convert.....
If your looking for some bee pollen I've got a hookup. Just ate tacos with him yesterday.
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Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment)
[urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment][/url]
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Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa7%2FMacrocheira_kaempferi.jpg%2F220px-Macrocheira_kaempferi.jpg&hash=cd4bcc8b3d4fe95b50c30c5d37df3c4da979613f)
It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fd%2Fd1%2FJapanese_spider_crab.jpg%2F220px-Japanese_spider_crab.jpg&hash=7678acf2b6ebb3c3f58ffbbfbb37b357a61bbf4f)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_dome
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States)
All very, very sad stuff. Most people know about Joe Mengele, but the Japanese did some pretty mumped up stuff too. We are less familiar with these acts because we chose to ignore them in exchange for the data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa7%2FMacrocheira_kaempferi.jpg%2F220px-Macrocheira_kaempferi.jpg&hash=cd4bcc8b3d4fe95b50c30c5d37df3c4da979613f)
It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fd%2Fd1%2FJapanese_spider_crab.jpg%2F220px-Japanese_spider_crab.jpg&hash=7678acf2b6ebb3c3f58ffbbfbb37b357a61bbf4f)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fc%2Fca%2FBristol.zoo.livfruitbat.arp.jpg%2F442px-Bristol.zoo.livfruitbat.arp.jpg&hash=705a5554370db3ed6ea46dfb1d30c4d18b72a69f)
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F3c%2FPteropus_vampyrus2.jpg%2F450px-Pteropus_vampyrus2.jpg&hash=b3e661f150c700c9675d46ce1c49f4f6b799d6d2)
Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the megabat suborder, Megachiroptera, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the fruit bats or flying foxes among other colloquial names.
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(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zoo.cam.ac.uk%2Fzoostaff%2Fbbe%2Fwelbergen%2FPhotos%2FGHFlyingFoxes.jpg&hash=e96e2df150bc04944b515e2583079759e0ae93d8)
:runaway:
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Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States)
Man, totally missed that whole category. Pretty intense stuff.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion)
A few guys hijacked two Chicago TV stations in 1987 and broadcast some pretty bizarre stuff. No one's ever figured out who did it.
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Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_experimentation_in_the_United_States)
Man, totally missed that whole category. Pretty intense stuff.
Yeah, that's a really good one. Lot going on there. The government and various doctors are both very evil and incredibly mumped in the head. So much WTF. Testing nasty crap on cities and babies. :shakesfist:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae)
"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."
"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."
:sdeek:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae)
"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."
"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."
:sdeek:
Ugh. Snakes already freak me out. This does not help. :ohno:
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:runaway:
I want one of those.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalinae)
"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."
"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."
:sdeek:
This is why if you kill a rattler you don't just reach down and pick it up. They can still have some residual neurological activity that causes their brain to pick up your heat and still try to make the muscles strike. Similar to how a chicken can still run around for awhile with it's head cut off.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab
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It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.
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Scary, delicious, or both?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster)
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Of all the weird ways pro wrestlers have died ...
The page itself is not particularly interesting, but anytime a pro wrestler is killed over cigarettes by the Canadian mafia, it should be noted. The "death" section is what packs the punch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Bravo
Also, you know, the fact that there's a Canadian mafia ...
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Of all the weird ways pro wrestlers have died ...
The page itself is not particularly interesting, but anytime a pro wrestler is killed over cigarettes by the Canadian mafia, it should be noted. The "death" section is what packs the punch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Bravo
Also, you know, the fact that there's a Canadian mafia ...
What made the cigarettes illegal?
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Of all the weird ways pro wrestlers have died ...
The page itself is not particularly interesting, but anytime a pro wrestler is killed over cigarettes by the Canadian mafia, it should be noted. The "death" section is what packs the punch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Bravo
Also, you know, the fact that there's a Canadian mafia ...
What made the cigarettes illegal?
Apparently it's a huge deal up there.
http://www.imperialtobaccocanada.com/groupca/sites/imp_7vsh6j.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7VXRCP?opendocument&SKN=1
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Of all the weird ways pro wrestlers have died ...
The page itself is not particularly interesting, but anytime a pro wrestler is killed over cigarettes by the Canadian mafia, it should be noted. The "death" section is what packs the punch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Bravo
Also, you know, the fact that there's a Canadian mafia ...
What made the cigarettes illegal?
Apparently it's a huge deal up there.
http://www.imperialtobaccocanada.com/groupca/sites/imp_7vsh6j.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7VXRCP?opendocument&SKN=1
Didn't know. goEMAW actually has a ton of Canadian connections. We should get involved in this.
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Courtesy of Stumble Upon, 136 creep wiki pages.
http://phocks.org/stumble/creepy/
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Courtesy of Stumble Upon, 136 creep wiki pages.
http://phocks.org/stumble/creepy/
welp, there goes my day.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously
Should just call this hide and seek world champions list.
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Courtesy of Stumble Upon, 136 creep wiki pages.
http://phocks.org/stumble/creepy/
welp, there goes my day.
There's a lot of repeats, unfortunately.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
Hey, man, nice Luke!
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=23100.50
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_treasure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_treasure)
:getmoneydinosaur:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
Hey, man, nice Luke!
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=23100.50
I'm not sure you know how that works
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Yeah, I kinda mumped that up. :shakesfist:
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:cheers: :D
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver
Buddy of mine at work today brought in a 50 pound beaver he trapped last night so I got curious. These are some engineering mother rough riders.
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People bring in beavers to where you work?
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People bring in beavers to where you work?
only the ladies.
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People bring in beavers to where you work?
Welcome to the south.
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People bring in beavers to where you work?
only the ladies.
Lady at work- "Oh man I've never seen a beaver before!"
Dude at work- "Well you are holding the mirror wrong"
Lady at work- "lol what?"
Dude at work- ":gocho:"
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People bring in beavers to where you work?
only the ladies.
Lady at work- "Oh man I've never seen a beaver before!"
Dude at work- "Well you are holding the mirror wrong"
Lady at work- "lol what?"
Dude at work- ":gocho:"
oh man get a new job
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I've always liked beavers more than most animals for some reason. I was pretty pisse when my buddy's gpa slaughtered a whole mess of them one year.
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Speaking of animals :sdeek:
Pretty fascinating one coming out of Washington in 2005. GF went to college at Western Washington around this time and it happened nearby. Pretty NSFW. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumclaw_horse_sex_case)
:sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek:
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Speaking of animals :sdeek:
Pretty fascinating one coming out of Washington in 2005. GF went to college at Western Washington around this time and it happened nearby. Pretty NSFW. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumclaw_horse_sex_case)
:sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek:
Ah, Mr. Hands. A modern classic.
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Speaking of animals :sdeek:
Pretty fascinating one coming out of Washington in 2005. GF went to college at Western Washington around this time and it happened nearby. Pretty NSFW. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumclaw_horse_sex_case)
:sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek: :sdeek:
Holy crap I forgot about the Mr. Hands thing. Good lord that was terrible.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
U a big tophat fan sundance?
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Anyone up for a round of the wikipedia game?
The goal of the game is to get to a page in the fewest amount of clicks from being at a random wikipedia page.
So everyone is working towards the same goal the page you are trying to get to will be Kansas State University.
Go to the main page on www.wikipedia.com and click on the Random Article button.
Post the path you take to get to the KSU page!
EXAMPLE:
Louis Uedemann -> U.S. Open Chess Championship -> Lincoln, Nebraska -> University of Nebraska–Lincoln -> Land-grant university -> Kansas State University
Only took me 5 clicks to get there.
Can you do better?
:kstatriot:
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3
Humberg (Kaiserslautern) -> German -> Kansas -> Kansas State University.
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:dubious: at WW
USS Henry R. Mallory (ID-1280) -> United States Army -> United States of America -> Kansas -> Kansas State University
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what's up 8manpick?
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Had to click on KU's page from the NCCA tournament page to find KSU :(
Confessions of a Yakuza-Bob Dylan-university of minnesota- NCCA Tournament-Kansas-Kansas State
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what's up 8manpick?
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A1 Ethniki Volleyball > Volleyball at the Summer Olympics > United States at the Olympics > United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics > Erik Kynard, Jr. > Kansas State University
Mine took a few clicks, but it's the most EMAW so far.
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Tried again:
Pouteria sagotiana -> Brazil -> Basketball -> James Naismith -> Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball -> Kansas State University
:sdeek:
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Ford EcoBoost 200
SFP 250
Carl Edwards
Columbia, MO
Category: University Towns in the United States
Manhattan, KS
Kansas State University
Red Neck to EMAW in 5 clicks. Final destination in 6.
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Martin Stephen -> Independent school -> University of Wisconsin–Madison -> Kansas -> Kansas State University
Getting better.
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19789 Susanjohnson (asteroid)
Socorro, New Mexico
Arizona
Fiesta Bowl
2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Kansas State University
'03 loss is mentioned in the Fiesta Bowl article but the '97 domination of Donovan McNabb is not :shakesfist:
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this is difficult, you guys.
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nevermind, pretty pud :D
HLA-A24 - Thromboangiitis obliterans - United States - State of Kansas - Kansas State University
4 clicks, boom.
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Xochitl Hamada > Tokyo, Japan > Sports > Tokyo Dome > Coca Cola Bowl (Mirage Bowl) > 1992 K-State Wildcats Football Team > KSU
:lynchmob:
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i just read the entire John Wayne Gacy wikipedia. wow.
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i just read the entire John Wayne Gacy wikipedia. wow.
Bored at work, worth the read?
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Long article on secret us military tests of psychoactive drugs in the 60's...This should help get you through the day.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/17/121217fa_fact_khatchadourian?currentPage=13
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i just read the entire John Wayne Gacy wikipedia. wow.
Bored at work, worth the read?
yes. allow yourself to ready every detail. just crazy stuff.
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I think that serial killer stuff is always Wikipedia gold. I mean, it's just like......wowzers.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tim_McLean
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tim_McLean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tim_McLean)
MeatSauce. WOW.
The week following the attack, Greyhound Canada announced it was pulling a series of nationwide advertisements which included the line, "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage." The incident has led to numerous calls and petitions demanding increased security on intercity buses.[22]
OMG.
After the incident, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ran an ad in the Portage Daily Graphic comparing the murder of McLean to the consumption of animals.[23]
LOLWUT.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo)
Oreos began as a knockoff of Hydrox :horrorsurprise:
Fascinating and shocking!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo)
Oreos began as a knockoff of Hydrox :horrorsurprise:
Fascinating and shocking!
I like to think that Hydrox is just editing the eff out of Oreo's wiki page
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surely nabisco(Kraft Foods) can afford to field a more powerful wikipedia goblin army.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Ansbach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Ansbach)
weirds
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Found this today when I wondering if US troops would fire upon US citizens if ordered, even if they disagreed with the order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
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Found this today when I wondering if US troops would fire upon US citizens if ordered, even if they disagreed with the order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_lai
Sort of related.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hellno2/Harbaugh_Bowl
Pretty crazy stuff!!!!
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html)
^ worth a good read, it tells the full story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov)
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html)
^ worth a good read, it tells the full story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov)
Ms. SB was just telling me about this. Insane-o.
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Wow.
That is pretty wild man.
:surprised:
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puttin milford, ks on the map. the map of cutting edge medical science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley)
John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was a controversial American medical doctor who experimented with xenotransplantation of goat glands into humans as a means of curing male impotence in clinics across several states, and an advertising and radio pioneer who began the era of Mexican border blaster radio.
Goddamn if that isn't a hell of an introductory sentence. Absolutely fascinating article btw, read every word of it. One of the better parts (of many) was this:
...The Mexican government allowed Brinkley to up his wattage to 150,000 watts. Several months later, Brinkley was allowed to increase to one million watts, "making XER far and away the most powerful radio station on the planet" that, on a clear night, could be heard as far away as Canada. According to accounts of the time, the signal was so strong that it turned on car headlights, made bedsprings hum, and caused broadcasts to bleed into telephone conversations.[26] Local residents didn't even need a radio to hear Brinkley's station; ranchers reported that they received it through their metal fences and in their dental appliances.
Read a decent book on this: Charlatan
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones)
Oh man. these completely owned me for an entire afternoon a couple years ago
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca)
wow!
People who have consumed ayahuasca report having massive spiritual revelations regarding their purpose on earth, the true nature of the universe as well as deep insight as how to be the best person they possibly can.
I'll take two :lick:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca)
wow!
People who have consumed ayahuasca report having massive spiritual revelations regarding their purpose on earth, the true nature of the universe as well as deep insight as how to be the best person they possibly can.
I'll take two :lick:
The intense vomiting and occasional diarrhea it induces can clear the body of worms and other tropical parasites.
Maybe do three.
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Found this today when I wondering if US troops would fire upon US citizens if ordered, even if they disagreed with the order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_lai
Sort of related.
Ugh.
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html)
^ worth a good read, it tells the full story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov)
Great read. Pretty fascinating stuff.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slidell,_Louisiana#Notable_residents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slidell,_Louisiana#Notable_residents)
I just made an update to this interesting article.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slidell,_Louisiana#Notable_residents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slidell,_Louisiana#Notable_residents)
I just made an update to this interesting article.
I assume you tweeted it to him?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_Murder_Incident
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_Murder_Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Sang-ok
Guy was a famous South Korean director in the 70's. NK kidnapped him to make propaganda films.
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2OkEn9/:f8G2$7Jj:46m4DEr5/listverse.com/2011/05/14/top-10-young-killers/ (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2OkEn9/:f8G2$7Jj:46m4DEr5/listverse.com/2011/05/14/top-10-young-killers/)
not wiki, but similar interests.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba)
Nice one Hamlukelar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
The commander of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, Lt. Jack B. ReVelle, said of the bomb, "How close was it to exploding? My opinion is damn close. You might now have a very large Bay of North Carolina if that thing had gone off." He also said the size of each bomb was 3.8 megatons, more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, and large enough to have a 100% kill zone of seventeen miles. Each bomb would exceed the yield of all munitions (outside of testing) ever detonated in the history of the world by TNT, gunpowder, conventional bombs, and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts combined.[12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba)
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html)
^ worth a good read, it tells the full story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karp_Lykov)
holy rough ridin' balls that is fascinating
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Murray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Murray)
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Not wiki but still super interesting. This schizophrenic dude had all sorts of NSA/FBI/CIA delusions and taped dozens of youtube videos documenting his findings. Feel bad for that crazy SOB.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b58_1361482583
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport_diamond_heist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport_diamond_heist)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_treasure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_treasure)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
U a big tophat fan sundance?
I've known the two main guys since the late 90's. I got on stage and sang at their first show at PJs.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
U a big tophat fan sundance?
I've known the two main guys since the late 90's. I got on stage and sang at their first show at PJs.
I know them as well. Went to most of their shows. Was that the show where they covered "rock you like
A hurricane" and everyone went up on stage?
Iceman is my favorite track btw.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
The 1990s industrial rock band Filter had a hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" about Dwyer's suicide.
Did not know. I referenced this in another thread this weekend, but my friend's band also made a track about Bud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcg9u23KTOA)
U a big tophat fan sundance?
I've known the two main guys since the late 90's. I got on stage and sang at their first show at PJs.
I know them as well. Went to most of their shows. Was that the show where they covered "rock you like
A hurricane" and everyone went up on stage?
Iceman is my favorite track btw.
I do agree that Iceman was the best. I think everyone got on stage at the last show? :dunno:
I forget the name of the song that I got up there and sang, but I remember the words. Anyway, my one and only "rock star" moment
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BADASS!!! :bill: :billdance:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
I have encountered several Synesthetes and it is pretty flipping cool. One client in particular has problems with going to a movie. The loud noises causes blinding white light for this person. I couldn't imagine.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
I have encountered several Synesthetes and it is pretty flipping cool. One client in particular has problems with going to a movie. The loud noises causes blinding white light for this person. I couldn't imagine.
:surprised:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
I have encountered several Synesthetes and it is pretty flipping cool. One client in particular has problems with going to a movie. The loud noises causes blinding white light for this person. I couldn't imagine.
I believe the drummer for the YYYs has synesthesia.
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Many composers have synesthesia. I think Skryabin did.
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The Staircase (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/)) was re-aired on the Sundance Channel recently, and soon they will air the 10-part documentary as a marathon. So if you want to DVR and experience it that way, don't click these spoilers.
Very short version: Woman found dead at bottom of staircase in her home. Husband accused of murder and put on trial. Evidence questionable. Husband's old neighbor was also found dead at the bottom of a staircase 25 years ago; he adopted that neighbor's 2 children after that death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_%28author%29#Murder_trial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_%28author%29#Murder_trial)
Note the "Owl Theory". More on the Owl Theory:
http://owltheory.blog.lemonde.fr/the-owl-theory-text-for-the-press-082108/ (http://owltheory.blog.lemonde.fr/the-owl-theory-text-for-the-press-082108/)
Dateline also did a story:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15894727/ns/dateline_nbc/t/death-bottom-stairs/#.UTYY8Gc2b6U (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15894727/ns/dateline_nbc/t/death-bottom-stairs/#.UTYY8Gc2b6U)
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The Staircase (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/)) was re-aired on the Sundance Channel recently, and soon they will air the 10-part documentary as a marathon. So if you want to DVR and experience it that way, don't click these spoilers.
Very short version: Woman found dead at bottom of staircase in her home. Husband accused of murder and put on trial. Evidence questionable. Husband's old neighbor was also found dead at the bottom of a staircase 25 years ago; he adopted that neighbor's 2 children after that death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_%28author%29#Murder_trial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_%28author%29#Murder_trial)
Note the "Owl Theory". More on the Owl Theory:
http://owltheory.blog.lemonde.fr/the-owl-theory-text-for-the-press-082108/ (http://owltheory.blog.lemonde.fr/the-owl-theory-text-for-the-press-082108/)
Dateline also did a story:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15894727/ns/dateline_nbc/t/death-bottom-stairs/#.UTYY8Gc2b6U (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15894727/ns/dateline_nbc/t/death-bottom-stairs/#.UTYY8Gc2b6U)
Interesting. I enjoyed this...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson)
This dude memorized the patterns of the game board on Press Your Luck and won a bunch of money.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson)
This dude memorized the patterns of the game board on Press Your Luck and won a bunch of money.
The real estate deal turned out to be a fraudulent Ponzi scheme and Larson lost his entire investment
:lol: Idiot with too much time on his hands.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson)
This dude memorized the patterns of the game board on Press Your Luck and won a bunch of money.
Spent a lot of time reading about this dude a while ago. Very odd guy. They did a documentary on him if you have some time to kill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEBCve-3Cw
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
Unverifiable nonsense.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
Unverifiable nonsense.
i'm sorry, is this Fascinating Encyclopedia Britannica Articles Thread? no. its things people put on the internet in hopes that its accurate thread. idiot.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
Unverifiable nonsense.
i'm sorry, is this Fascinating Encyclopedia Britannica Articles Thread? no. its things people put on the internet in hopes that its accurate thread. idiot.
where did the pic come from? it's not in the article
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
Unverifiable nonsense.
i'm sorry, is this Fascinating Encyclopedia Britannica Articles Thread? no. its things people put on the internet in hopes that its accurate thread. idiot.
where did the pic come from? it's not in the article
google images. which is completely verifiable. seriously doubt it is real, but you people get the idea.
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Unverifiable nonsense is the best form of nonsense
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake)
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holy rough ridin' balls
Unverifiable nonsense.
i'm sorry, is this Fascinating Encyclopedia Britannica Articles Thread? no. its things people put on the internet in hopes that its accurate thread. idiot.
where did the pic come from? it's not in the article
google images. which is completely verifiable. seriously doubt it is real, but you people get the idea.
i think its real. not the first extra face on a dudes head i've seen. back on the old discovery Health channel they showed this crap on the daily
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A demon girl face on the back of his rough ridin' head that gibbered evil things to him until he killed himself---->eff you guys.
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A demon girl face on the back of his rough ridin' head that gibbered evil things to him until he killed himself---->eff you guys.
do not reject it just because you are scared. be a bolder Mr. Bread. a sourdough or something.
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weird thread
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yeah that is total bullshit
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ok well i just sicked my self out google image searching to show how this is indeed plausible.
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coworkers were not nearly as amused by two-face guy as i was yesterday
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions)
Enjoy, bros!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions)
Enjoy, bros!
Marie Curie (1867–1934) invented the process to isolate radium after co-discovering the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She died of aplastic anemia as a result of prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation emanating from her research materials. The dangers of radiation were not well understood at the time
her belongings are still encased in lead boxes :surprised:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_11)
In 1962 this joker was about to go on trial for armed robbery, so instead he took out a life insurance policy for his daughter, and brought sticks of dynamite onto his plane and blew it up over Iowa.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen,_South_Dakota#Income
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen,_South_Dakota#Income
Allen is to South Dakota what Lawrence is to Kansas.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms)
fascinating!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_11)
In 1962 this joker was about to go on trial for armed robbery, so instead he took out a life insurance policy for his daughter, and brought sticks of dynamite onto his plane and blew it up over Iowa.
Pretty incredible that they found someone alive
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Man....Just went real deep into wikipedia....
About 2 hours ago I was reading the recent motion picture thread and someone mentioned the pianist, had heard it was good but never watched it so I read the wikipedia page...my journey from there
Pianist> Warsaw Ghetto Uprising > Molotov Cocktail > Winter War> Helsiniki >Operation something(Invasion of Norway by germany in WWII)> Quislings > Low Countries > Netherlands > 1953 North sea flood> Rotterdam > Belgium > Antwerp
How did people learn before wikipedia? Woof
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How did people learn before wikipedia? Woof
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khian_Sea_waste_disposal_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khian_Sea_waste_disposal_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000)
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How did people learn before wikipedia? Woof
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800_alternative_theories
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Came across this from a Mad Men post theorizing this is how Don Drapers story will end. Total stud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper
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Came across this from a Mad Men post theorizing this is how Don Drapers story will end. Total stud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper
i've heard "d.b. cooper" referenced before, never knew what it was about.
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Some of you need to watch Without a Paddle.
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Some of you need to watch Without a Paddle.
I showed a lot of restraint last night not bringing this up along with Prison Break. Also, that bar in KCMO.
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Some of you need to watch Without a Paddle.
I showed a lot of restraint last night not bringing this up along with Prison Break. Also, that bar in KCMO.
never seen either :dance:
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Some of you need to watch Without a Paddle.
I showed a lot of restraint last night not bringing this up along with Prison Break. Also, that bar in KCMO.
never seen either :dance:
That's too bad, PB is fantastic.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_insularis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_insularis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande)
:horrorsurprise:
SYS!
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DB Cooper is practically a folk hero in the PNW. That story is up there with the JFK assasination for me as far as I'd really like to know exactly what happened.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnost_Bowl
The Glasnost Bowl was an attempt to stage an American college football game in Moscow, USSR at the beginning of the 1989 season. The game was named after the policy of glasnost ("openness") introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. Scheduled for the Dynamo Stadium, the game was similar to the Mirage Bowl, a college football game played annually in Tokyo, Japan, with plans to have it be an annual contest with different participants each year.[1]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition)
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I'll put this here.
http://disinfo.com/2013/08/how-our-ancestors-used-to-sleep-twice-a-night-and-highlighting-the-problem-of-present-shock/ (http://disinfo.com/2013/08/how-our-ancestors-used-to-sleep-twice-a-night-and-highlighting-the-problem-of-present-shock/)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign
The campaign against the 'Four Pests' was initiated in 1958 as a hygiene campaign by Mao Zedong, who identified the need to exterminate mosquitoes, flies, rats, and sparrows. Sparrows – mainly the Eurasian Tree Sparrow[1][2] – were included on the list because they ate grain seeds, robbing the people of the fruits of their labour. The masses of China were mobilized to eradicate the birds, and citizens took to banging pots and pans or beating drums to scare the birds from landing, forcing them to fly until they fell from the sky in exhaustion. Sparrow nests were torn down, eggs were broken, and nestlings were killed.[1][3] Sparrows and other birds were shot down from the sky, resulting in the near-extinction of the birds in China.[4] Non-material rewards and recognition were offered to schools, work units and government agencies in accordance with the volume of pests they had killed.
By April 1960, Chinese leaders realized that sparrows ate a large amount of insects, as well as grains.[3][2] Rather than being increased, rice yields after the campaign were substantially decreased.[1][2] Mao ordered the end of the campaign against sparrows, replacing them with bed bugs in the ongoing campaign against the Four Pests.[3] By this time, however, it was too late. With no sparrows to eat them, locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and compounding the ecological problems already caused by the Great Leap Forward, including widespread deforestation and misuse of poisons and pesticides.[1] Ecological imbalance is credited with exacerbating the Great Chinese Famine, in which at least 20 million people died of starvation.[5][6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human
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Watched the Rose Bowl halftime and saw Stanford's salute to Snapchat and felt like researching this little ditty. They are rough ridin' awesome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Band
Holy crap this is a great read. I want to be in the Stanford band so badly.
Empowered, the student-led band threw away the traditional marching music and military-style uniforms, eventually settling for a mostly rock and roll repertoire and a simplified uniform consisting of a white fishing hat with red trim (and as many buttons as will fit), red blazer, black pants, and "the ugliest tie you can get your hands on."
The LSJUMB is still banned from Disneyland due to antics, such as taking over the mic on the Storyland Canal boats, they did while visiting in Anaheim for the 1972 Rose Bowl. Disneyland officials were upset with the "true story" behind the ride. Additionally the Rose Bowl committee still requires advance review if the band marches in the parade due to their plan to ride golf carts instead of marching in 1971 and their having kegs of beer on a red wagon and passing out drinks to the crowd
In 1999, when UCLA football players were caught in an ADA-accessible parking scandal, the Band formed a disability-accessible symbol on the field, and wheeled the Stanford Tree in on a wheelchair.
:lol:
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:lol:
In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about polygamy during a game against Brigham Young University. The Dollies appeared in wedding veils with the Band Manager of the time kneeling and "proposing" to each in turn as the announcer referred to marriage as "the sacred bond that exists between a man and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman."
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In the springtime and at non-athletic events, band members appear at performances (and sometimes even at rehearsals) wearing "rally" attire, which can range from swim suits to Halloween costumes to furniture and pets, always displaying their freedom from the usual rules of fashion. The Badonkadonk Land Cruiser is used as a band support vehicle.[3]
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future)
Not really an article per se, but a look at what might happen to the Earth and the rest of the Universe. I'm just curious if Snyder will still be coaching the Cats one billion years from now.
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These are my two absolute favorite unsolved mystery pages on wikipedia.
Taman Shud case. The timeline of events is just really captivating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Shud_Case
Dyatlov Pass incident
I think this may have been previously mentioned, but pretty intriguing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_pass_accident
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These are my two absolute favorite unsolved mystery pages on wikipedia.
Taman Shud case. The timeline of events is just really captivating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Shud_Case
Dyatlov Pass incident
I think this may have been previously mentioned, but pretty intriguing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_pass_accident
:thumbs: a very safe place to first post
those are both fascinating as well as intriguing and captivating
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:lol:
In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about polygamy during a game against Brigham Young University. The Dollies appeared in wedding veils with the Band Manager of the time kneeling and "proposing" to each in turn as the announcer referred to marriage as "the sacred bond that exists between a man and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman."
I would love to hear their shirt tuck parents talk about their bowl trips on the Rivals site.
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So we have all heard of Rhodes Scholars because...well, they all go to KSU...but did you know about Cecil Rhodes and why he founded them?
Rhodes included American students as eligible for the Rhodes scholarships. He said that he wanted to breed an American elite of philosopher-kings who would have the United States rejoin the British Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
The guy founded de-beers and carved out his own country in Africa (Rhodesia). Very, very, very interesting guy.
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I'll be darned
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So we have all heard of Rhodes Scholars because...well, they all go to KSU...but did you know about Cecil Rhodes and why he founded them?
Rhodes included American students as eligible for the Rhodes scholarships. He said that he wanted to breed an American elite of philosopher-kings who would have the United States rejoin the British Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
The guy founded de-beers and carved out his own country in Africa (Rhodesia). Very, very, very interesting guy.
Jesus, that does sound fascinating. He also sounds like an bad person.
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So we have all heard of Rhodes Scholars because...well, they all go to KSU...but did you know about Cecil Rhodes and why he founded them?
Rhodes included American students as eligible for the Rhodes scholarships. He said that he wanted to breed an American elite of philosopher-kings who would have the United States rejoin the British Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
The guy founded de-beers and carved out his own country in Africa (Rhodesia). Very, very, very interesting guy.
"We say Zimbabwe now, don't we?"
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So we have all heard of Rhodes Scholars because...well, they all go to KSU...but did you know about Cecil Rhodes and why he founded them?
Rhodes included American students as eligible for the Rhodes scholarships. He said that he wanted to breed an American elite of philosopher-kings who would have the United States rejoin the British Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
The guy founded de-beers and carved out his own country in Africa (Rhodesia). Very, very, very interesting guy.
"We say Zimbabwe now, don't we?"
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TIA, brew.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling)
he knew full well the futility of trying for a crotch hold on an opponent with eight crotches.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globster)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant)
The Giant has been described as "renowned for its manhood",[15] "markedly phallic",[2] "sexually explicit"[16] and "ithyphallic".[17] The Giant sports an erection, including its testicles, some 36 feet (11 metres) long, and nearly the length of its head.[18] It has been called "Britain's most famous phallus".[19] One commentator noted that postcards of the Giant were the only indecent photographs that could be sent through the English Post Office.[20]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant)
The Giant has been described as "renowned for its manhood",[15] "markedly phallic",[2] "sexually explicit"[16] and "ithyphallic".[17] The Giant sports an erection, including its testicles, some 36 feet (11 metres) long, and nearly the length of its head.[18] It has been called "Britain's most famous phallus".[19] One commentator noted that postcards of the Giant were the only indecent photographs that could be sent through the English Post Office.[20]
yes! :thumbs:
fascinating!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix)
i hate that
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i wonder what people called scandals before 1972
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood)
never heard of this before today. mind bottling
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Yellow_River_flood)
never heard of this before today. mind bottling
Yellow River floods are epic, both natural and man made
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I spent way too much time last night readying about Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
#metaethics
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I spent way too much time last night readying about Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
#metaethics
Well yeah, all robots start out that way until they get bored and become Terminators.
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I spent way too much time last night readying about Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
#metaethics
seems pretty straightforward to me... :dunno:
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I spent way too much time last night readying about Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
#metaethics
seems pretty straightforward to me... :dunno:
Until you consider all the background programming the robot would need on how to determine if, for example, an action would cause harm.
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Also, these laws can remove some element of free choice. If for example emo emaw wanted to cut himself as an expression of my inner pain then allegedly a robot would be required to stop it.
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I spent way too much time last night readying about Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
#metaethics
What if the only way to keep a man from killing another man is to kill the first man?
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Also, these laws can remove some element of free choice. If for example emo emaw wanted to cut himself as an expression of my inner pain then allegedly a robot would be required to stop it.
They all require the ability to predict the future. Which is why sci-fi.
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Also, these laws can remove some element of free choice. If for example emo emaw wanted to cut himself as an expression of my inner pain then allegedly a robot would be required to stop it.
They all require the ability to predict the future. Which is why sci-fi.
They also might make decisions without all the information and without proper context. Not so straight forward, huh? :)
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Also, these laws can remove some element of free choice. If for example emo emaw wanted to cut himself as an expression of my inner pain then allegedly a robot would be required to stop it.
They all require the ability to predict the future. Which is why sci-fi.
They also might make decisions without all the information and without proper context. Not so straight forward, huh? :)
So, in order to have a good relationship, communication is key?
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Europe’s Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-europes-insane-history-putting-animals-trial-executing/ (http://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-europes-insane-history-putting-animals-trial-executing/)
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Oh goodness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_of_Terror
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Heard a guy talk about these maybe even a landon lecture
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Since today is the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall opening up:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall)
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Europe’s Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-europes-insane-history-putting-animals-trial-executing/ (http://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-europes-insane-history-putting-animals-trial-executing/)
Look buddy, if you want to start a Fascinating Wired.com Articles Master Thread feel free to do so but don't go mucking up this fine thread.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones)
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:horrorsurprise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler)
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Carl Tanzler, or sometimes Count Carl von Cosel (February 8, 1877 – July 3, 1952), was a German-born radiologic technologist at the United States Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida who developed a morbid obsession for a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena Milagro "Helen" de Hoyos (July 31, 1909 – October 25, 1931), that carried on well after the disease had caused her death.[1] In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos's body from its tomb, and lived with the corpse at his home for seven years until its discovery by Hoyos's relatives and authorities in 1940
:horrorsurprise:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy)
In all, there were 46 potential witnesses to the shooting, including Trena McElroy, who was in the truck with her husband when he was shot. No one called for an ambulance.[9] Only Trena claimed to identify a gunman; every other witness either was unable to name an assailant or claimed not to have seen who fired the fatal shots.[10] The DA declined to press charges. An extensive Federal investigation did not lead to any charges.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy)
In all, there were 46 potential witnesses to the shooting, including Trena McElroy, who was in the truck with her husband when he was shot. No one called for an ambulance.[9] Only Trena claimed to identify a gunman; every other witness either was unable to name an assailant or claimed not to have seen who fired the fatal shots.[10] The DA declined to press charges. An extensive Federal investigation did not lead to any charges.
oh man, i know all about the ken rex mcelroy story. skidmore, mo is a pretty mumped up place.
remember when this happened there?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_M._Montgomery
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_M._Montgomery)
Lisa Marie Montgomery, (born February 27, 1968) is a woman from Melvern, Kansas who was convicted of the 2004 murder of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. Montgomery killed the pregnant Stinnett before delivering and kidnapping Stinnett's unborn baby.
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I have a former work colleague/drinking bud who grew up in Skidmore. He said everyone knew who did it, but he wouldn't tell me. This guy was about 13 when it happened.
Gonna win 'em all!
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I have a former work colleague/drinking bud who grew up in Skidmore. He said everyone knew who did it, but he wouldn't tell me. This guy was about 13 when it happened.
Gonna win 'em all!
What a jerk
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
I actually interviewed a guy who McElroy tried to kill. Stop into the town sometime, it has a vibe I haven't noticed anywhere else.
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
There is also a made for TV movie based on the book starring Brian Denney as McElroy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_%28bear%29
As the bear was less than a year old, he initially had problems swallowing and was fed with condensed milk from an emptied vodka bottle. The bear was subsequently fed with fruit, marmalade, honey and syrup, and was often rewarded with beer, which became his favourite drink. He also enjoyed smoking and eating cigarettes.[3][4] He enjoyed wrestling and was taught to salute when greeted. The bear became quite an attraction for soldiers and civilians alike, and soon became an unofficial mascot of all units stationed nearby.
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
There is also a made for TV movie based on the book starring Brian Denney as McElroy.
Known stud makes another great movie.
Gonna win 'em all!
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
Sounds like killing him was a community clean up project.
"Repaint the park benches, check. Kill McElroy, check. Clean the Main Street Gutters, check."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_%28bear%29
As the bear was less than a year old, he initially had problems swallowing and was fed with condensed milk from an emptied vodka bottle. The bear was subsequently fed with fruit, marmalade, honey and syrup, and was often rewarded with beer, which became his favourite drink. He also enjoyed smoking and eating cigarettes.[3][4] He enjoyed wrestling and was taught to salute when greeted. The bear became quite an attraction for soldiers and civilians alike, and soon became an unofficial mascot of all units stationed nearby.
JFC abe, get it together.
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
There is also a made for TV movie based on the book starring Brian Denney as McElroy.
hey MissouriScribe, did your boss get married this year?
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Read the book "In broad daylight" about the murder last year. Great book and a great story.
The McElroy sounded like a real doucher.
There is also a made for TV movie based on the book starring Brian Denney as McElroy.
No
hey MissouriScribe, did your boss get married this year?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
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i mean lol wut?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris)
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i mean lol wut?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris)
That reminds me of the remix of famed rock band Bush's "Mouth"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser)
epic too cool for schoolers of history
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Only morbidly fascinating. This is the most gruesome spree I've ever heard of. Again it is pretty brutal so be warned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs)
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
you've seen it :horrorsurprise:
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
you've seen it :horrorsurprise:
"3 guys 1 hammer" it's all over the place.
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
you've seen it :horrorsurprise:
"3 guys 1 hammer" it's all over the place.
you rough ridin' barbarian :nono:
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Damn: The suspects were also found in possession of multiple photographs showing them attending funerals of the victims. They can be seen smiling and "flipping off" the coffins and gravestones
For some reason, this is nearly as sick as the killings.
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that's the kind of crap i would see in a movie and think "man this would never happen real life." :frown:
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never heard of that before. world class fuckfaces.
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
Made it 10 seconds. No thanks. :Ugh:
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i remember when that video came out but never watched it, from what i read about it i thought there was no way that it was real
it's bad
Made it 10 seconds. No thanks. :Ugh:
If it makes you feel any better, I barwly made it through 15 seconds of bum fights. Just cant get down with seeing people in distress like that.
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cool story bros! back on topic
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http://internet.gawker.com/22-of-the-coolest-freakiest-articles-on-wikipedia-1660205252/+matthardigree (http://internet.gawker.com/22-of-the-coolest-freakiest-articles-on-wikipedia-1660205252/+matthardigree)
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked_bean_sandwich (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked_bean_sandwich)
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lol
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
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lol
my brain can only compute that top garnish as a candied cherry or jelly bean or something. I know its a tomato, but I just can't make myself see it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
Freaking crazy.
How we haven't melted the world yet is beyond me. Dudes just playing around with critical plutonium and a screwdriver. Wtf.
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Ron Prince of nuclear physics.
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http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/the-st-louis-cuisine-wikipedia-page-is-goddamned-hil-1690071082 (http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/the-st-louis-cuisine-wikipedia-page-is-goddamned-hil-1690071082)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_milk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_milk)
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archaeology success story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_milk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_milk)
Heard on jeopardy that it is used for mozzarella.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonaid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonaid)
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Whoa. Courtney Love's entire life is insane.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Love
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_%28criminal%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_%28criminal%29)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_%28criminal%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_%28criminal%29)
fascinating
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill)
Well that guy was a badass
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure))
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure))
It seems crazy to me that it was legal to shoot each other.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure))
I read the entire account thinking it was Charles Dickinson the writer, and wondered how this wasn't more commonly known. Then I read the first part.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickinson_(historical_figure))
I read the entire account thinking it was Charles Dickinson the writer, and wondered how this wasn't more commonly known. Then I read the first part.
Charles Dickinson does not equal Charles Dickens. Just noticed this. consider me shamed.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._A._Andr%C3%A9e%27s_Arctic_Balloon_Expedition_of_1897
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What a foolhardy plan. A great read, nonetheless.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility)
Kind of seems like an outdated concept in a world no longer primarily traverse by ship. Though, it did lead me to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Earth)
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Always wanted to pack into the Thorofare, the most remote area in the lower 48. 30+ miles from the nearest road in some spots.
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Super EMAW Darnell McDonald holds the XFL record for single season TD receptions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFL
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley,_Shut_Up_and_Jam:_Gaiden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley,_Shut_Up_and_Jam:_Gaiden)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat
This was something I had never heard of that was really cool. I heard about it on the Stuff You Should Know podcast.
http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/operation-mincemeat-how-a-corpse-fooled-the-nazis/
Also a cool youtube documentary about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5570fDdBOQ
Those crazy Brits!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof
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Wim Hof is a boss.
#TheWesIsTheFuture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof
and this makes it even more fascinating:
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. (December 2015)
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Wim Hof is a fraud
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Looks like we need a Hof-off between SDK and dubdub.
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I'm in
#TheWesIsTheFuture
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Ok SdK gets to sit in a sub zero chiller for three hours wearing nothing but a speedo and if he comes out at 98.5 I'll admit defeat .
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Will you at least send flowers to my family?
#TheWesIsTheFuture
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork)
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Please don't sully this thread.
#TheWesIsTheFuture
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I honestly found it fascinating
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It is. :)
#TheWesIsTheFuture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb
not really obscure but basically the first case of affluenza
really good american experience about the case recently
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare
We came across some of this stuff elk hunting in CO. :sdeek:
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_hand_syndrome
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare?wprov=sfla1
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_hand_syndrome
There is a House episode on this.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_City,_Arizona
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship
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I mean why on earth did they include that in the Critical Reception section?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_(When_in_Rome_song)
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this fascinated my head off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident)
truth more jamazing that fiction
how are there not multiple Hollywood adaptations starring liam neeson?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson)
This dude memorized the patterns of the game board on Press Your Luck and won a bunch of money.
I read about this guy at least every 3 months. He's a top-5 hero of mine.
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this fascinated my head off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident)
truth more jamazing that fiction
how are there not multiple Hollywood adaptations starring liam neeson?
Posts like this are why i'm glad when this thread is bumped.
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:curse: TYPO :angry:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-day_war
I had a professor that was in the IDF & part of their military planning operations shortly after this. He didn't talk about it much, I had a very interesting conversation with him about the planning & execution of the bombing runs to take out Egyption runways.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust
Interesting, had heard the story but didnt realize the same guy was convicted of attempted manslaughter for stabbing a girl who turned him down later in life.....and was only served 15 months in jail for the attempted manslaughter.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nixon_%28prophet%29?wprov=sfla1
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Robert_Nixon.jpg/518px-Robert_Nixon.jpg)
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New KSU mascot?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendril_perversion (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendril_perversion)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajanta_Caves
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the french invented a minority group for reasons no one can remember in order to have someone to oppress.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant
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Gotta have a really big mass for F to matter. Big G is tiny.
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I was incredibly good at deciphering 3-D magic eye images within, like, under two seconds. Still am. Now I know a little bit more about them. I suppose even if you are one of those giant losers who could never figure them out, this would still be interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereogram
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I was incredibly good at deciphering 3-D magic eye images within, like, under two seconds. Still am. Now I know a little bit more about them. I suppose even if you are one of those giant losers who could never figure them out, this would still be interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereogram
Grats on being a cross-eyed 'gloid!
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
I was talking about this to someone today at work and I didn't know there was a parent article for ALL of these problems. The 5 digit and 'problems that are past when the earth and the sun are even around' were quite humorous to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs
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I watched a few episodes of Expedition Unknown this weekend that covered The Secret Treasure Hunt book, where a dude buried keys all over the country back in the early 80's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(treasure_hunt)
http://thesecret.pbworks.com/w/page/22148559/FrontPage
Safe to say i have since wasted many hours.
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This has the greatest header picture/caption for any given article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitionism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitionism
Oh hell yes
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Good read if you're into nuclear apocalypse/end of civilization pr0n:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitionism
that's a great one
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitionism
Related (not wiki tho sorry) (https://www.quantamagazine.org/does-time-really-flow-new-clues-come-from-a-century-old-approach-to-math-20200407/)
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This has the greatest header picture/caption for any given article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited_love)
I really don’t think enough of you appreciate that the picture for Unrequited Love is an unopened box of chocolates & a Mylar balloon in a dumpster.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality
spoiler alert for DEVS watchers
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Hmm, I've never seen that show. Sorry for any spoilers though.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(criminal)
Their investigation eventually led to Joe Flachs, an old friend of Scott's. Flachs told authorities that Scott had told him he had broken the levee so he could strand his wife, Suzie, on the Missouri side of the river. Suzie worked as a waitress at a truck stop in Taylor, Missouri.[3] As the story went, Scott wanted to be free to party, fish, and have an affair.[5] Investigators subsequently found other witnesses who said Scott boasted about breaking the levee at a party after the flood.[1] Based on this evidence, Scott was taken to Missouri for trial in November 1994.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(criminal)
Their investigation eventually led to Joe Flachs, an old friend of Scott's. Flachs told authorities that Scott had told him he had broken the levee so he could strand his wife, Suzie, on the Missouri side of the river. Suzie worked as a waitress at a truck stop in Taylor, Missouri.[3] As the story went, Scott wanted to be free to party, fish, and have an affair.[5] Investigators subsequently found other witnesses who said Scott boasted about breaking the levee at a party after the flood.[1] Based on this evidence, Scott was taken to Missouri for trial in November 1994.
I remember this "Missouri thing"
@sonofdaxjones put this in your first-world Bama v Missurah dossier
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(criminal)
Their investigation eventually led to Joe Flachs, an old friend of Scott's. Flachs told authorities that Scott had told him he had broken the levee so he could strand his wife, Suzie, on the Missouri side of the river. Suzie worked as a waitress at a truck stop in Taylor, Missouri.[3] As the story went, Scott wanted to be free to party, fish, and have an affair.[5] Investigators subsequently found other witnesses who said Scott boasted about breaking the levee at a party after the flood.[1] Based on this evidence, Scott was taken to Missouri for trial in November 1994.
I remember this "Missouri thing"
@sonofdaxjones put this in your first-world Bama v Missurah dossier
that's pretty wild
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This is one of the most bizarre true crime / Kansas City things I've ever read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree)
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The Bloody Benders farm is up for sale!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/us/bloody-bender-house-trnd/index.html
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The Bloody Benders farm is up for sale!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/us/bloody-bender-house-trnd/index.html
Is it still? That article is from February of last year.
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Didn’t catch the date. Someone sent that to me because my mom is from that area
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Iowa State math professor wanted to blow up the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Abian
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi
Nasubi was challenged to stay alone, unclothed, in an apartment for Susunu! Denpa Sh?nen (January 1998 – March 2002), a Japanese reality-television show on Nippon Television, after winning a lottery for a "show business related job". He was challenged to enter mail-in sweepstakes until he won ¥1 million (about US$10,000) in total. He started with nothing (including no clothes), was cut off from outside communication and broadcasting, and had nothing to keep him company except the magazines he combed through for sweepstakes entry forms.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
"Gasoline" is an English word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell. On 27 November 1862, Cassell placed an advertisement in The Times of London:
The Patent Cazeline Oil, safe, economical, and brilliant … possesses all the requisites which have so long been desired as a means of powerful artificial light.[10]
This is the earliest occurrence of the word to have been found. Cassell discovered that a shopkeeper in Dublin named Samuel Boyd was selling counterfeit cazeline and wrote to him to ask him to stop. Boyd did not reply and changed every ‘C’ into a ‘G’, thus coining the word "gazeline".[10] The Oxford English Dictionary dates its first recorded use to 1863 when it was spelled "gasolene". The term "gasoline" was first used in North America in 1864.[11]
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries
Geez. I'm only in the C's and there's so much here!
William Baer, a New York University professor, was declared dead by his New York Times obituary in May 1942 as a hoax by his students.
Bob Barker, former host of The Price is Right, has been the subject of many various false death reports.
P. T. Barnum's premature obituary was published, unusually, not because of deception or error, but sympathy. When he took to his deathbed, Barnum expressed the wish that he might read what the papers would say about him.
Carlos Camejo, a Venezuelan man declared dead in September 2007 after a traffic accident, revived during his autopsy. After making an incision in his face, examiners realized something was wrong when he started bleeding. "I woke up because the pain was unbearable", Camejo said.
Graham Cardwell, a Lincolnshire dockmaster who disappeared in September 1998 and was assumed drowned. Eight months later he was discovered living in secret in the West Midlands. He claimed he had thought he was suffering from cancer (though had not sought medical attention) and wanted to spare his family the trauma of it.
Feliberto Carrasco: this 81-year-old Chilean man woke up in his coffin at his own wake in January 2008. His family had found his body lying limp and cold, and assumed he must have died.
Whitney Cerak: a student was thought to have died in April 2006 when a van from Taylor University collided with a tractor trailer, leaving five dead. Fourteen hundred people attended her funeral. Fellow student Laura Van Ryn was thought to have survived the accident, which left her in a coma and heavily bandaged. Suspicions were only aroused when during her gradual recovery in the hospital, Van Ryn started making strange comments and using names "wrongly"; her university roommate also reported that she did not appear to be Van Ryn. Weeks after the accident, when concerned hospital staff asked her her name, she wrote "Whitney Cerak", which was confirmed by dental records. The tragic mix-up appeared to have been caused by Cerak's and Van Ryn's somewhat similar appearance, and confusion at the crash scene.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_last_resort
so dumb. if I was the boss and had to write these they'd just all say "bro/brodette, I am dead as crap. I obviously don't know what's going on now so just do what you think is best. go cats."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy
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Well, that was even less fascinating than I expected, and my exceptions were low.
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:lol:
Well I am a nerd so
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog
i came here to post this. spotify recommended a song of his to me this week! what a fascinating life, and a native Kansan!
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After 20 years and 1792 total edits, the original Ship of Theseus Wikipedia article now contains 0% of its original phrasing
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After 20 years and 1792 total edits, the original Ship of Theseus Wikipedia article now contains 0% of its original phrasing
Saw that yesterday, love that meta vibe on that so much