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“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) In 2020, five Lithuanian soldiers went missing during a graduation exam. Thinking the exercise was still ongoing, they successfully evaded all attempts to find them. A military spokesman said their performance was "exemplary."

Final score:

355points

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Disgruntled Pelican 4 months ago

Hide and Seek: Master's Edition

177points

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Disney cofounder Roy Disney spent time with his grandchildren every week at Disneyland. Roy greeted each employee by name and picked up garbage he saw on the ground to teach them "Nobody is too good to pick up trash”.

ubcstaffer123 , Brian McGowan Report

Final score:

345points

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Tucker Cahooter 4 months ago

Now let's try to find something nice to say about his brother Walt...

120points

Sometimes the world can seem like a pretty scary place. Other times, just the sheer volume of information is enough to make people resist casually searching for things or ideas. After all, most sites are unwaveringly aggressive in throwing words and provocative images at you, while other times things get lost in the deluge of “breaking news.”

So, to beat back the doldrums, here are some bits of good news just from this May (2024): firstly, for the first time perhaps ever, over 30% of all global electricity is made using renewable energy.

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) John Krasinski fought for a deaf actress Millicent Simmonds to be cast in 'A Quiet Place'; she taught everyone sign language on set.

Puzzleheaded-Cat4647 , IMDb Report

Final score:

311points

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BoredBranzino 4 months ago

And the movie was better for it, seeing as their nemesis were super acute hearing.

71points

Chemical-Elk-1299 , Charles Wilkinson Report

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Egyptian builders such as those of the pyramids were usually not slaves, and frequently took sick days from work. Popular excuses included “stung by scorpion”, “bleeding wife”, “trouble with eye”, and even “brewing beer”.

Final score:

271points

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Analyn Lahr 4 months ago

I can't come in to work today, I'm brewing beer.

161points

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Scientists have been communicating with apes via sign language since the 1960s; apes have never asked one question.

alfdana , Janosch Diggelmann Report

Final score:

239points

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Joey Jo Jo Shabadoo 4 months ago

This is why apes rarely make it past the first date

181points

-Ash-Ketchup- , Gaby Lopez/pexels Report

If that’s not enough, an often understated part of constant medical improvements worldwide is the fact that more and more mothers survive childbirth. Over the last two decades, maternal mortality rates have been cut in half as medical knowledge and experience becomes better distributed across the globe.

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Obelisk, a Queen's Guard horse, who used to lure pigeons to him by dropping oats from his mouth. When they came close, he would stomp them to death. He was eventually taken for additional 'psychological training'.

Final score:

234points

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Andy Frobig 4 months ago

He was a quiet horse, mostly kept to himself...

316points

When Arnold Schwarzenegger auditioned for the movie Hercules in New York (his film debut), his agent said he had years of "stage" experience, implying theater, when he had only appeared on bodybuilding stages.

sgrams04 Report

Final score:

207points

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Adrian 4 months ago

It worked!

89points

MaroonTrucker28 , Adriaan Greyling/pexels Report

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Menstruation is actually very rare in mammals. Other than humans, only 9 primate species, 4 bat species, the elephant shrew, and one species of mouse menstruate. All other female mammals reabsorb their uterine lining, rather than shed it.

Final score:

207points

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Analyn Lahr 4 months ago

Why can't we do that? That would be so much easier.

304points

But wait, there’s more! While it might not be nearly as exciting, a group of Cambridge University scientists have developed a way to make carbon neutral cement. Maybe this is a bit, if you will pardon the pun, dry, but making even the act of building more sustainable is an important step for the future. After all, look around you, cement is everywhere!

#10

American composer Kevin MacLeod allows anyone to use his music for free, as long as he receives credit for the song. This has led to his music being used in thousands of films, millions of videos on YouTube.

icanhazkarma17 Report

Final score:

203points

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Sky Render 4 months ago

Lots and lots of indie games too! Chances are, if you've played an indie game or two, you've heard his stuff before. Frost Waltz is one that shows up in a lot of them, including Kerbal Space Program.

44points

#11

In Germany a driver's license costs over $2000 after a minimum of 25-45 hours of professional instruction plus 12 hours of theory.

ubcstaffer123 Report

Final score:

188points

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Narwhal Blast 4 months ago

I think in most countries in Europe you're required to pay quite a hefty amount and are obligated to drive the car with an instructor by your side for 40h. You pass a driving exam and a theoretical exam.

14points

#12

'Botanical sexism' refers to the practice of preferentially planting cloned male plants in urban areas to avoid the litter of fruits and flowers. However, since male plants produce pollen, this can lead to high pollen levels in the air, making the area inhospitable for people with allergies.

rustyyryan Report

Final score:

184points

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Rebecca A. Corvello 4 months ago

And that's why I have allergies 24/7 here in Florida.

63points

Last, but not least, again in the UK, scientists have developed a form of gene therapy that might be able to restore hearing to some forms of deafness. This comes after a trial of the treatment that helped return hearing to 18 month old UK toddler, Opal Sandy. Once perfected, this method could be applied to a great number of conditions.

#13

In Bhutan, people do not recognize, and many do not know, their individual birthdays. Everyone in the country turns another year older together each January 1st.

PianoCharged Report

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173points

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John Mosley 4 months ago

They must have one hell of a party.

106points

#14

Yellowstone’s famed thermal pools can melt flesh and bone. In 2016, a tourist illegally searching for a swimmable hot spring fell into a portion of the Norris Geyser Basin, where his body was dissolved by the boiling, highly acidic water. His wallet and shoes were all that remained of him.

Chemical-Elk-1299 Report

Final score:

156points

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Adrian 4 months ago

Happened again, recently. Darwinism...

134points

ImJoeKing77 , khalifa waleed/pexels Report

#15

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Castrated men do not go bald. Balding is caused by sex hormones which castrated men do not produce.

Final score:

153points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 4 months ago

That's a plus point for castration, let's see if there are any downsides.

143points

#16

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) The common plastic garden chair is called a "Monobloc" chair, and was once banned in Switzerland for polluting the cityscape.

Thomas_Catthew , Chris/flickr Report

Final score:

151points

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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 4 months ago (edited)

Solution: carve the same shape out of wood

48points

#17

Sylvester Stallone asked Survivor to write the song Eye of the Tiger because Queen wouldn't let him use Another One Bites the Dust.

sd_glokta Report

Final score:

147points

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David 4 months ago

Another One Bites the Dust isn't a Rocky tune IMO but it would be a GREAT Rambo tune.

55points

LeftNeck9994 , Anna Shvets /pexels Report

#18

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Multiple studies have found that an extra inch of height can be worth an extra $1,000 a year in wages both for men and women.

Final score:

144points

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Flare 4 months ago

*Is 5'3* Dang it...

62points

space_force_majeure , Almada Studio/pexels Report

#19

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Most people can see their own white blood cells moving through their retinas.

Final score:

141points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

Oh! That's what those are!

142points

#20

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) A man died in the lighthouse he built. Henry Winstanley was so confident in the lighthouse's design that he wished to be inside during "the greatest storm there ever was". The lighthouse was completely destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703, killing Winstanley.

TMWNN , Henry Roberts Report

Final score:

132points

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HF 4 months ago

the builders misread the drawings and built a light house instead of a lighthouse

9points

#21

Helium was detected on the sun before it was detected on Earth. That's why it was named for Helios, the Greek god of the sun.

gullydon Report

Final score:

132points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

"The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees." They Might be Giants.

62points

tyrion2024 , Beatrice Murch/flickr Report

#22

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Humans are the "most sensitive" to the castor oil seeds: it takes 1 to [take out] a full grown human, 11 to [take out] a dog, and a massive dose of 80 to [take out] a duck. The seeds contain ricin which is roughly 6000 times more poisonous than cyanide.

Final score:

131points

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Adrian 4 months ago

Thanks BP for protecting me from those terrifying words!

151points

#23

Recruitment to the British Army's Gurkha unit is extremely competitive, accepting only 230 recruits out of 28,000 applicants. All recruitment happens in Nepalese villages, and candidates must participate in a two-mile race up a steep hill, carrying 35kg of rocks in a basket.

EtOHMartini Report

Final score:

126points

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Adrian 4 months ago

Gurkhas are serious badasses. My grandfather fought with them in WWII and was in awe of them...

127points

#24

A 2022 survey of 3,000 adults & children found that just 27% of children (ages 6-16) said they regularly play outside their homes, whereas, 71% of the baby boomer generation said they did when they were children (80% for those ages 55-64).

Final score:

123points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago (edited)

WOW! Gen-Xers like me used to travel miles and be gone for hours. As long as we made it to school on time, our parents didn't care how long it took us to get home.

140points

#25

Benjamin Franklin used to sit around naked for extended periods to take air baths.

athornton Report

Final score:

119points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

He was kind of the weird hippy dude of the Founding Fathers. He was all about free love too. He'd have fit right in in Haight-Ashbury in 1968.

110points

David 4 months ago

I mean in his 70s he was seducing the women of the French Court, married and single young women and was a hit. How an overweight old man with gout did that, I will never know, but he must have had the ultimate rizz

21points

John Nelson 4 months ago

And he was almost literally the father of our country, we will never know just how many illegitimate children he had. :)

16points

ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago (edited)

His famous piece of literature, "Advice to a friend on choosing a mistress." He apparently wrote a letter to a young man detailing why sleeping with a middle aged woman is better than a younger one. 8 reasons.

10points

UncleJohn3000 4 months ago

I can see Ben Franklin on stage with the Grateful Dead, playing some sort of weird organ he built himself.

5points

Emie N. 4 months ago

He was also a misogynistic twat.

3points

Celtic Pirate Queen 4 months ago

Truth

0points

Mya Lugar 4 months ago

Yeah, you don't see a lot of grown men flying kites without even one kid along for a prop!

0points

Matthew Rasanen 4 months ago

Proof of time travel, I tell ya. Someone from the late 60s went back in time and was unable to return, so he made do. His knowing the history of the founding of our country certainly helped. lol

0points

glowworm2 4 months ago

Ben Franklin was awesome.

8points

Andy Cran 4 months ago (edited)

Winston Churchill beat the Nazis whilst mostly drunk and naked (yes that's a little too simplified as there was many other factors) ,I do that and get arrested 😆😆😆....beat that benny Franklin

5points

Russell Bowman 4 months ago

Franklin founded the Junto club which became the The American Philosophical Society ... he also was a member of the British secret society called the Hellfire club.

4points

Mike m 4 months ago

Naturism is still alive and well.

3points

Pill Nathan Whitely 4 months ago

This is just one of many reasons why the Victorians tried to politely ignore ol' Ben... "Not our kind of founding father."

2points

Cybele Spanjaard 4 months ago

haha dear oh dear oh my

0points

ZuriLovesYou 4 months ago

What the f*ck is an air bath?

2points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

Sitting around outdoors without any clothes on.

3points

mikedtw 4 months ago

hey, so do I!

1point

Steve Hall 4 months ago

Yeah well, Ben was an all around pervert anyway.

1point

BoredBranzino 4 months ago

.....usually in brothels.

1point

Ionescu Popa 4 months ago

we wish, he rather seduced normal women or depraved entire families.

2points

Lisa Tetlow 4 months ago

I did not need to know this...

0points

JP Purves 4 months ago

I doubt he, or few others in his time, took water baths very often.

0points

ano nym 4 months ago

sounds awesome, gonna try that

0points

Kim Lorton 4 months ago

Let his stink evaporate

0points

MR 4 months ago

I thought this was common knowledge.

0points

Cybele Spanjaard 4 months ago

And he was no different from many who didn't? Except he had the power seat

0points

Rich Black 4 months ago

This was a century before actual bath tubs were invented

0points

tom 4 months ago

Probably low on Vit D

0points

Jeremy Bolanos 4 months ago

It took 200 years before people would start adding water to those air baths. 💩

0points

Introverted Sloth 4 months ago

I'm glad to be related to him.

0points

Karina 4 months ago

Wasnt he forbidden to work on the constitution, because they were worried he would sneek in jokes.

0points

Michael Largey 4 months ago

No. He played a prominent role in creating the document.

1point

#26

GPS, despite being free for global use, costs around $2 million a day to operate and maintain. This budget covers satellite launches and system upkeep, funded through American tax revenue.

whstlngisnvrenf Report

Final score:

118points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

Totally WORTH IT! Not every tax dollar for the USA needs to be spent on the USA alone. Helping others helps ourselves. How did we end up with this sociopathic isolationist movement in the 21st century?

140points

#27

In 2008, Tesla took the TV series Top Gear to court for libel and malicious falsehood after it suggested one of its vehicles had run out of power after only 55 miles. The High Court of Justice in London rejected Tesla's libel claim in 2011.

9oRo Report

Final score:

117points

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Con O Cuinn 4 months ago

And their subsequent appeal. Tesla were claiming a 250 mile range at the time. Top Gear made it very clear they were talking about driving flat out on a track, that's why Tesla lost.

94points

#28

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Amelia Earhart had a copilot when she disappeared, his name was Fred Noonan.

aomusik , Los Angeles Daily News Report

Final score:

111points

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Mgtow Smurf 4 months ago

Fred Noonan was the Navigator.

119points

#29

The Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.

shibafather Report

Final score:

106points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

Botched executions couldn't happen to better people. Nazis suck.

263points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#30

The famous "We Can Do It!" poster was barely known during WWII. It was displayed for two weeks as part of a series of posters to boost worker morale in one company's factories. It remained virtually unknown until the 1980s when it was rediscovered in an article about the National Archives.

JRFbase Report

Final score:

105points

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james stevenson 4 months ago

Rosie the Riveter

58points

#31

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Cars must have at least three-quarters of a tank in order to leave Singapore, in order to stop them from buying cheaper gas in Malaysia and circumventing Singapore's gas tax.

Brix001 , Skitterphoto/pexels Report

Final score:

102points

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Courtney Christelle 4 months ago

Do they not have gas cans?

35points

#32

There have been multiple attempts to privatize the National Weather Service and charge for weather data that is currently in the public domain.

P4t13nt_z3r0 Report

Final score:

102points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

This is as dumb as thinking that wind turbines are going to make the world hotter because they soak up all the wind. Yes people really believe that. Some of them are in politics.

157points

#33

There were 12 confirmed dogs on the Titanic and 3 of them survived.

Ok-Respond-81 Report

Final score:

102points

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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 4 months ago

That’s actually a pretty high survival rate

45points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#34

Lucid dreaming is a learnable skill. There are specific techniques and tips, like learning to check your reality, that can increase chances of having a lucid dream.

BumbleBChicken Report

Final score:

101points

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Sky Render 4 months ago

The way I discovered to learn this was to forcibly make myself take control of my night terrors. The unreality of the situation coupled with my being simultaneously awake and asleep made it a perfect training grounds, as that's basically what a lucid dream is (but without your eyes open).

46points

#35

Charlize Theron's mother shot and killed her father in self defense in front of her. Charlize would later go on to be the first person born in Africa to win an Oscar for acting.

Korribuns Report

Final score:

95points

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T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago (edited)

In South Africa she's known as "the bombshell from Benoni" (a town 26 k's - or 16 miles - east of Johannesburg). (Princess Charlene of Monaco - aka Charlene Wittstock - is also from Benoni.)

44points

#36

Ben Stiller developed the premise for Tropic Thunder while shooting Empire of the Sun. He wanted to make a film based on the actors he knew who became "self-important" & appeared to believe they had been part of a real military unit after taking part in boot camps to prepare for war film roles.

Final score:

93points

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AisForRebel 4 months ago

"you never go full r****d"

29points

#37

In 2020 Cambridge University Library announced that two notebooks written by Charles Darwin, "worth many millions of pounds", had been missing for 20 years & had likely been stolen. One of the notebooks contains Darwin's famous Tree of Life sketch that explores the relationship between species.

Final score:

92points

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Pandemonium 4 months ago

Worth millions of pounds but it's not like you can take it down to Sotheby's and sell it to the highest bidder

42points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#38

A Chinese man was thought to have died from a lightning strike until his body exploded at his cremation. A piece of metal was found leading to the discovery that a weather rocket, meant to break up hail, had failed to explode & had fallen through the man's roof acting like a bullet, killing him.

Final score:

91points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago

Holy s**t!

46points

Fun-Maintenance9422 Report

#39

“Smiley Face Theory,” which alleges that from 1990–2010, 45 young men found dead in bodies of water across the Midwest did not accidentally drown but were rather victims of a serial killer. The only known connection is grafiti depicting a “smiley face” found near at least a dozen bodies.

Final score:

85points

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Helena 4 months ago

Mentalist vibes. red john

84points

#40

Steller’s sea cows were massive, docile animals that were exterminated less than 30 years after the species was first discovered.

malarky-b Report

Final score:

81points

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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 4 months ago

hUmAnItY

57points

#41

A number of people, including a group of Swedish researchers, tried to replicate the experiment shown in the documentary Super Size Me(2004). None of them were able to get the same results as the documentary creator.

Porchie12 Report

Final score:

80points

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David 4 months ago

We also know he falsified a lot in his documentary, as well as didnt disclose to people his major health and medical issues from before which also threw off the results.

85points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#42

On warning of a likely missile launch against the USA, the Pentagon and Strategic Command war rooms, have one minute to brief the president, who then has roughly only six minutes to decide whether and how to respond.

CapnFancyPants Report

Final score:

80points

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago

To all the USA readers.... think very hard on your next Federal vote as to whom you would place this responsibility to.

238points

Astro_gamer_caver , Brooklyn Museum Report

#43

“Today I Learned”: 50 Cool Things People Just Discovered (New Posts) Only three objects have ever been found inside the Great Pyramid of Giza- pieces of wood, a ball made of diorite, and a copper hook. They were found in 1872 in a shaft leading from the Queen's Chamber.

Final score:

70points

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago

So, I guess thieves had already plundered the pyramid well before modern archeologists.

79points

#44

Aztecs had 18 festivities each year, 17 of which included human sacrifices. Apart from extraction of the heart, they used variety of other methods; drowning, starvation, decapitation, burning, bludgeoning, throwing from heights, forced gladiatorial combat and shooting with arrows.

HamFistedSurgeon Report

Final score:

70points

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Satan Laughs 4 months ago

Scientists have recently discovered that it was male youths who were primarily sacrificed— often with the same DNA indicating they were family members. It is impossible to distinguish male from female skeletons before puberty so this finding is amazing in understanding WTF the Mayans were doing. I love science so that made me go HUH. In a good way. Well, not for those boys…

37points

#45

US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not.

Chemical_Act_7648 Report

Final score:

68points

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ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago

Oh really? I'll believe this for now, but gonna look into it.

36points