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DmitriPetrovBitch , Paul Sableman Report

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About On 9/11, firefighters had to hide in the rubble for the rescue dogs to find because they kept getting depressed that they couldn't find anyone alive.

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R Carson 3 years ago

Poor pups.

186points

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About A woman’s cancer cells were preserved and found to be practically immortal. This led to a ton of discoveries and breakthroughs in the medical field. Her family still cannot afford their own medical bills and this was all done without their knowledge or consent.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks. She passed away in 1951 from cancer. She was black and very poor and didn’t get great care in the hospital. A doctor had been looking for cells that lasted longer and harvested her cells, separating the cancerous and healthy cells. The healthy cells died while the cancer cells seemingly never stopped replicating.

Her cells are named HeLa cells and have replicated so many times apparently they’d weigh a total more than 50 million metric tons. A pseudonym for her has been Helen Lane. She didn’t know her cells were taken and neither did her family until way later. The family has been through a lot.

If you want to know more, I highly suggest reading the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I couldn’t put the book down. There apparently is also a movie about her life.

amairoc , yooperann Report

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343points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

I'm partly outraged by her mistreatment but I'm finding it difficult resenting medical progress. It's a tough one but I guess her cells, her body, her choice. To take that choice away is wrong.

21points

Generic_Username7921 , Israel Defense Forces Report

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About The number one cause of death for pregnant women worldwide is Murder. Horrific to think about.

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287points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

I would like to know in what percentage they are murdered by the husbands

130points

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Pluto didn't even make a full orbit of the sun from its discovery to its demotion.

MapleHertzoggie , Jay Report

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261points

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daking 3 years ago

sad, i remember when there used to be 9 planets, R.I.P pluto.

33points

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr were born in the same year.

BackwardsLongJump- , bswise Report

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256points

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K. Lange 3 years ago

this is mindblowing to me

129points

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Betty White is older than WW2 and sliced bread.

dooby34 , Alan Light Report

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250points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

She's a national treasure.

135points

DragonsAreReal210 , Maryland GovPics Report

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About You're more likely to survive being shot in the head than rabies.

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244points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

From what I have seen and heard, it's A cruel and painful death. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost someone to rabies.

121points

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About People joke about Australia having dangerous animals of all kinds. However, no. 1 enemy to Australians is the sun.

Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world. An average Australian is four times likely to get skin cancer than any other type of cancer, and two thirds of Australians will probably get it by the age of seventy.

BizarroCullen , aneye4wonder Report

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222points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Also everyone thinks that in Australia you are in danger because of huge dangerous animals or lizards or insects or snakes but the animals that are responsible for the most deaths in Australia are the horses

76points

#10

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About At any time, your body could make a mistake while fighting an infection/virus and register a vital type of cell as unwanted for the rest of your life.

strawberryklutz , Rick Kimpel Report

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205points

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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

Your immune system can also decide that your own cells are enemies, and attack them. (Speaking as someone with multiple autoimmune disorders.)

155points

#11

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Vet tech here … most of our older pets don’t die of old age, they die of cancer. It sucks.

There’s no way to prevent cancer. It’s a mutation of cells. However, to keep your good boi or gurl with you longer some things that really make a difference: a quality diet (please don’t feed them the cheapest stuff, it’s like humans eating the cheapest foods; not terribly healthy though it may fill all the nutritional requirements), all the regular vaccines (for the love of Dog, make sure you get your puppies the Parvo vaccine!), and a good flea/tick and heart worm preventative. Exercise and not letting them become overweight, and regular dentals are even better!

Also, screw you if you buy your vaccines for your domestic pets at the feed store or the tractor supply (talking dogs and cats here, not large farm animals). Just because it’s cheaper and has the same chemical name doesn’t mean you’re giving the right dose, amount, at the proper location, or getting the assurance that those vaccines have been treated and stored in the correct manner. You get what you pay for.

Rabeque , Hein van den Eijnden Report

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202points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

Our vet (who is also a top surgeon) actually recommended that we buy our pet drugs online as they work out way cheaper. This was partly due to the fact that our pup was born with a bad liver and because of that we couldn't get insurance. So she was helping us out. If you buy your drugs from a reputable pharmacy then there is no reason to suspect that they are any less effective than vet-supplied medicines.

65points

#12

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About The TSA missed 96% of contraband during an inspection in 2015.

Hollywood899 , Steve Jurvetson Report

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201points

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J Rob 3 years ago

Security theater.

113points

#13

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Roughly 40% of murders go unsolved.

Shagrrotten , Bill Smith Report

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195points

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J Rob 3 years ago

Globally??

57points

#14

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About The creator of Plants vs. Zombies was fired from EA because he hated the idea of microtransactions.

minemaster1337 , Janet Report

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193points

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Muff_Fluff 3 years ago

Why couldn’t he have taken over EA? I want my free Sims DLC.

58points

#15

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Mushrooms are more like humans than plants.

MeatWad111 , Luke Jones Report

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186points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Some mushrooms are more intelligent than some humans. /s

26points

#16

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About There's a wasp in Australia that hunts spiders.

It doesn't eat them, though. It paralyses them, makes a little mud cocoon for each one, and before sealing it off, lays a single egg on the now trapped spider.

The egg hatches, the larva eats the still alive (and still paralysed) spider, and then breaks out of the cocoon as a wasp.

Turns out they're all over the world, not just Australia. If you see a wasp dragging a spider, that's what's going on.

pinkpanzer101 , Jean and Fred Report

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183points

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lenka 3 years ago

Wasps also hunt baby catapillars. They puncture the little catapillars and lay thier eggs inside the caterpillar's body. The wasp larvae hatch and begin to eat the caterpillar alive from the inside until they break through the caterpillars skin and start weaving thier cocoons. That's not even the worst part... the poor caterpillar will remain alive just long enough to protect the wasp cocoons until they emerge.

71points

#17

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About In 2006, a team of scientific researchers in Iceland were gathering clams in order to study the effects of climate change. They froze the clams, which ended up killing them. They ended up killing the oldest known clam still left alive, nicknamed, “Ming”, which was 507 years old.

hostilecarrot , Jeremy Keith Report

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179points

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

Oh no, I get it. Clam Ming... Clamming.

80points

#18

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About We're closer to the year 2051 than we are 1991.

sroche24 , Kevin Muncie Report

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164points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

Shut up.

372points

Reverse_Waterfall , John Hickey-Fry Report

#19

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Diarrhea kills 2,195 children every day—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

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159points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

To be clear, this is because most children in the world do not have access to clean drinking water, and die of the parasites and other diseases in the water they do drink, most of which cause vomiting and diarrhoea. The image of a nice western toilet is a bit misleading!

226points

#20

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Persistent hiccups can be stopped with a digital rectal massage (aka finger up the a**)

recklessspirit , Nate Grigg Report

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157points

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R Carson 3 years ago

I'll pass.

154points

#21

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Every Cruise ship has a morgue.

Official_Zach55 , Carlos Ebert Report

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155points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Above a certain size, maybe, but on smaller ships they will likely have to designate a room to be used as such in the event that it is needed. It might sound strange, but cruisers tend to be the older generation, so it is not exactly surprising.

93points

#22

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About That in all likelihood your name will be forgotten after 2 generations.

devildance3 , Mack Male Report

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153points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

I suspect my name has already been forgotten by most of the people I have ever known. Oh, well, there's always BP. 😁

159points

ShareAcademic9945 , martin_vmorris Report

#23

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About During the bubonic plague the Mongolians launched infected dead bodies over the walls of different civilizations.

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148points

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lenka 3 years ago

Not just the mongolians. This has been a method of bio warfare in europe throughout the ages.

140points

#24

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About A gamma Ray burst from space could hit us at anytime and we have no way of detecting them before it happens, we'll all just pass away instantly.

bluewardog , Matt Harasymczuk Report

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139points

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Adam Hendron 3 years ago

That's how they make way for the super highway through our galaxy

197points

#25

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About In WW2 allied scientists stuffed dead rats with explosives to aid French resistance fighter who would leave them in factories to be thrown in furnaces and detonated.

tuckerdoodle2 , madaise Report

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Wise beauty 3 years ago

They also put small bombs on bats that would fall of within a day or two & explode.

27points

#26

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About 95% of whale semen is dumped into the ocean during mating.

CrippledHuman , Navin75 Report

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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

The other 5% is when they're having a wank. I'll get my coat.

25points

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

#27

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About A gorillas schlong is on average 2 inches or less. Guess what, human males on average pack 4-5 inches, which is more firepower than a gorilla; congrats.

TheCerealKilled , Allison Harger Report

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123points

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DidiRomski 3 years ago

Known a few gorillas in my time!

237points

#28

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Your bones are wet.

FoxTailedGamer , ella Report

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123points

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Johnny Rodriguez 3 years ago

YOUR bones are wet!!

242points

padraigharrington2 , Amherst College Report

#29

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Some tumors grow teeth and hair.

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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)

Some even run for office. /s

517points

#30

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Everyone celebrates their birthday each year. But we also have a "deathday" we unknowingly pass each year but because it hasnt happened we dont know which day.

SoccerGamerGuy7 , halahmoon Report

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119points

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iblowsheep 3 years ago

YOU may not know your deathday, but are you sure there isn't someone close to you who does?

100points

BeigePhilip , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Report

#31

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About False Vacuum Decay - the entire universe could blink out of existence in (from our perspective) an instant.

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118points

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Pezor Zass 3 years ago

oh hurry up, please!

71points

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

#32

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About About 50 kids in the US are backed over by cars every week.

overengineered , Leonid Mamchenkov Report

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116points

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daking 3 years ago

that's just sad... people need to watch where their going.

79points

Franks_Spice_Sauce , Josephine Dorado Report

#33

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About The funny T Pose that an anteater does? Yeah that's Mr. Anteater telling you hes seconds away from literally disemboweling you with one swipe. Next time you see an anteater doing the funny pose just remember they are trying to give you a free C-section with one singular claw slash.

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110points

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Pezor Zass 3 years ago

i'm sorry? are you guys meeting anteaters every day? maybe i'm more sheltered than i thought.

229points

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#34

The average number of arms/legs a human has is less than 2.

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Terilee Bruyere 3 years ago

That makes sense, considering there are more amputees than there are conjoined twins or those with birth defects resulting in extra limbs.

69points

#35

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Orcas can skin penguins.

Yu_jinie , Chad Sparkes Report

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103points

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Johnny Rodriguez 3 years ago

I think it's more interisting that the orca is a natural enemy of the moose..

153points

#36

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Dentists have the highest suicide rate of all doctors.

TheRoxzo , Herry Lawford Report

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103points

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Toni Alabakovski 3 years ago

I thought it was veterinarians? Or do they not count? Or I could be wrong?

121points

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

#37

Ted Cruz is younger than Gwen Stefani.

PMME_ur_lovely_b***s Report

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98points

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Zophra 3 years ago

Looks like such a creeper too. Like the uncle you warn your kids about.

26points

#38

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About There is only one Pokémon that cannot learn any normal type attacks, and that Pokémon is Weedle.

BackwardsLongJump- , Alpha Report

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90points

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More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

I am so happy I have no idea what this means.

247points

#39

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Suicide Squad has won more Academy Awards than The Shawshank Redemption.

honeybeeMA , AntMan3001 Report

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85points

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Scagsy 3 years ago (edited)

Yes, Shawshank was nominated for seven Oscars but Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump swept the board that year. Suicide Squad won once for Make-Up and Hairstyling. This fact does not sit well with me.

120points

Ellie Rosser 3 years ago

They had better makeup and hairstyling than Shawshank, it’s fair. We should stop just counting numbers and look at actual awards, but “more is better” is too engrained in our culture.

26points

Thomas Turnbull 3 years ago

tough live with it you can't change it.

1point

Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago

A strong year for movies, 1994.

1point

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Shawshank Redemption was mostly appreciated a lot later and holds the first place in imdb and is considered one of the best movies of all time! It really was underrated when it first came out

23points

Helen Haley 3 years ago

It had to compete with Tom Hanks. Tough row to hoe.

12points

matilda 3 years ago

Who cares? We all know which movie was better anyway

6points

Luis 3 years ago

Shawshank Redemption, I saw that movie like 15 times, one of my favorites...God Bless Andy Dupree... will continue to be in Zihuatanejo?

5points

Johnny Apples 3 years ago

I'm like an hour away from Zihuatanejo, I can go check if you want

0points

Kevin Camp 3 years ago

This is a crying shame.

3points

MorgothBauglir 3 years ago

The Shawshank Redemption should have won, if only it wasn't going up against some other masterpieces.

3points

Lynn Morello 3 years ago

I love the movie Suicide Squad.

1point

J. F. 3 years ago

And? Pearl Habor was the only movie Michael Bay got ever an Oscar for...and it was for the sound design. The categories are important

1point

Kona Pake 3 years ago

Not enough money was passed around.

1point

iblowsheep 3 years ago

that is disgusting

1point

OoNijNoO 3 years ago

Excuse me?

1point

R Carson 3 years ago

Why???

1point

Pezor Zass 3 years ago

because the academy awards are bs and should be stopped

9points

Lola Kassedy 1 year ago

God I loved shawshank

0points

Isabel Care 3 years ago

I have tried, and failed, to sit through both of these films

0points

Minnie-me 3 years ago

why???

0points

Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago

Never heard of it

0points

K R 3 years ago

Ugh.

0points

Sam rice 3 years ago

That is really unfortunate

0points

Marnie 3 years ago

I don't get the allure of Shawshank Redemption. He went to prison. He made a friend there. He got out. The End. If there was anything else interesting in that story, it didn't stick with me. (I'm aware that the problem must be with me, not the movie :-)

0points

Troux 3 years ago

It was a very genuine love story between friends, with some interesting and complex relationships in between - Brooks (not) adjusting to the outside world after so long on the inside; Andy coming to terms with 'just the way it is' after being wrongly imprisoned; Tommy dying after finally finding direction in life. Most enjoyable is watching Andy find his little niches in his new life, in his modest way. He found a way to treat his friends, earn favor with the staff, troll the staff, develop a hobby and eventually break out. Overall it's a mosaic story of a lot of earnest men navigating their own tough breaks.

5points

Big Chungus 2 years ago

People only like Shawshank because they're told to.

-1point

backatya 3 years ago

don't know why. that was one stupid movie

-2points

Effin Fred 3 years ago

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#40

Harriet Tubman was a spy for the Union army and gave them lots of good information but she never received a pension or got military burial due to her race and gender.

Zebracorn42 Report

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71points

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Thomas Biorogue 3 years ago

Not true. Quit lying and quit trying to make everything about race. She did get a pension, $20 a month, and rec'd military honors at her funeral.

57points

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#41

40 Not-So-Fun Facts That People In This Online Group Can’t Forget About Jacques Villeneuve (F1 World Champion 1997), is the only drivers champion in history not to have another driver passing away during their F1 career.

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34points

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Ara Noguera 3 years ago

I have read this several times... Still don't get it.

8points

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

You live for about 27 thousand days.

johnyfin Report

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31points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Oh, oh…

14points

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/psj7v2/comment/hdrosqd/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Report

#43

If you punch someone in the heart right in the middle of a heartbeat, you can stop the heart.

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31points

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Nevid 3 years ago

What does right in the middle of a heartbeat mean? Is it between diastole and systole? Between systole and diastole? Or in the middle of diastole or systole?

35points

#44

The Looney Tunes Cartoon Buddy's Day Out was so bad that one of the dudes working on it got fired.

pikbobinogs777 Report

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21points

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Davis the Greatest 3 years ago

Well I’d assume that’s what would happen…

8points