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Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Meteorites. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Meteorites 1. Fantasy author, Sir Terry Pratchett had his own sword forged out of iron ore than he dug out and several pieces of meteorites, when he was knighted. He also forged the sword himself. He hired an expert to tutor him through it,…

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Here are 25 Kickass and Random Facts List #27.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1-5 Random Facts List

1. In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.” – Source

2. Bikram Yoga was invented in the 1970′s by a man called Bikram Choudhury, who decided to copyright poses developed from those available for free for centuries. He also compares himself to Jesus and sues everyone who tries to “copy” his business. – Source

3. The character Kenny on South Park is based on a real childhood friend of Trey Parker, who was named Kenny, was the poorest kid in town, wore a large parka that muffled his voice and would frequently skip school, inspiring the running joke that “he died” by classmates – Source

4. In 2010, a law student filed a lawsuit against an attorney that made a public offer on Dateline to give $1 million to anyone who could cover the distance between Jackson Airport and a hotel (where 4 people were murdered) in less than 30 minutes. The student did it in 19 minutes, but the attorney refused to pay up. – Source

5. Even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room – Source

6-10 Random Facts List

6. Scientists didn’t know how strong the blast of the first prototype of the atomic bomb would have been before detonating it in the New Mexico desert. They even had pre-prepared press releases for any kind of event, from ‘loud noise’ to ‘among the dead were’. – Source

7. When the Latvian hockey team plays at home and wins a game, fans pay a visit to the embassy of the opposing team’s home country and lay flowers at its gate – Source

8. In 1913, it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. A newspaper reported it cost 53 cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit. – Source

9. A 19th century surgeon once tried to amputate a patient’s leg in under 150 seconds. In his haste, he also amputated his assistant’s fingers and slashed through the coat of a spectator. Both the patient and the assistant died of gangrene, and the spectator dropped dead of fright. It is the only instance in recorded history of an operation with 300% mortality rate. – Source

10. After the extinction of the dinosaurs, there was a turtle that was the size of a car and could eat crocodiles. – Source

11-15 Random Facts List

11. To be a London black cab driver, one is expected to know over 25,000 roads and 50,000 points of interest and pass a test called “The Knowledge”. To pass the exam, applicants usually need twelve appearances and 34 months of preparation. – Source

12. Freddie Mercury got a degree in art and graphic design and eventually used his skill to design the Queen logo, aka the Queen Crest – Source

13. When Benjamin Franklin was a kid, he used a kite to drag himself across ponds. He said it gave him “the greatest pleasure imaginable.” – Source

14. “Muphry’s Law” is an intentional misspelling of “Murphy’s Law.” Muphry’s Law states that anything written to criticize the spelling or proofreading of others will ironically contain editing mistakes as well. – Source

15. Cats cannot taste anything sweet. Instead, they can taste ATP, the biomolecule that supplies energy within living cells. – Source

16-20 Random Facts List

16. Sylvester Stallone talks the way he does because of complications his mother suffered during labor. This forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth and misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of his face. – Source

17. All Humans have a Magnetic Bone in their upper sinus, at the point thought of as the third eye – Source

18. There are still people who actively practice the old Norse religions and worship Odin, Thor, etc. – Source

19. Steven Spielberg purposely did not allow Matt Damon to attend the pre-production Boot Canp for actors in Saving Private Ryan, so the remaining cast would build up genuine resentment for his character. – Source

20. In the 17th century, pirates operated democracies (before any traditional western powers) and even had a system of checks and balances. Also, they had a form of disability insurance – Source

21-25 Random Facts List

21. It costs around 2.75 million dollars to make a single episode of The Walking Dead, and it pulls in 11 million in commercial revenues. – Source

22. A survey conducted in two southern provinces of Afghanistan found that 92% of respondents had never heard of the events of 9/11 – Source

23. A Norwegian rockslide (~8000 years ago) is believed to have created a tsunami so powerful that it turned Britain from a European peninsula into an island. – Source

24. If you are Jewish and can trace your ancestry back to the Spanish Inquisition (1492), you qualify today for Spanish citizenship. – Source

25. McDonald’s Canada published the Big Mac sauce recipe and other secrets on their Youtube channel, and even teaches how to replicate their flagship burger. -. – Source

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GG Allin - bite it you scum

(don’t watch unless you want to see a naked man eat his own shit and assault both men and women in the crowd)

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When Sam Berns was 22 months old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disease whose symptoms resemble those of aging. He was only supposed to live until 13 years old. Instead, he lived to be 17

Berns died on Friday after spending his life fighting against progeria, a disease that causes musculoskeletal degeneration, cardiovascular problems, loss of body fat and hair and other symptoms normally associated with human aging

In other words, Berns aged faster than he was supposed to. But despite his rare disease, he always said he lived a "very happy life." Read more...

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When it comes to how Internet companies   protect people when the government asks for data, Twitter wins.

So finds a new report from privacy watchdog group Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The EFF examined how Internet companies responded to government data requests by looking at six criteria.

1. Requires a warrant.
2. Tells users about government data requests.
3. Publishes transparency reports and stats on how often it provides data to the government.
4. Publishes guidelines for how it dealings with law enforcement requests.
5. Fights for users’ privacy rights in courts.
6. Fights for users’ privacy in Congress.

Of the companies listed in the report's summary, only two earned a "star" for all six categories: Twitter and a company called Sonic.net, the EEF said. Sonic.net is a company based in Santa Rosa, Calif. that provides people with Internet access.

So that means that Twitter outscored companies like Dropbox, Google and LinkedIn though those companies also did well in the report. A few, like Amazon, Apple, Yahoo and Facebook, didn't score so well.

The EEF delved into all kinds of stats and trends, but one interesting new thing in 2013 was that more companies promise to let people know when the law comes calling. This includes Dropbox, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Sonic.net, SpiderOak, Twitter, and WordPress.

Here's the summary chart:

 

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owlturdcomix:

Google, no.

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odiarmi:

me at ur funeral

meanplastic:

Let's accept entries in the car contest thru Monday and I'll tally votes on Tuesday morning. If you haven't voted, voting is a YES on the entries in the comments. There are a lot of entries, but not many votes---from a quick perusal, which means I'll have my work cut out for me Tuesday morning. I rarely vote on entries during the contest because if there is a tie where we end up with like 5+ ads for 5th place (it's happened, one time there was like 8) I will place a vote to narrow the finalists---and if one of my ads is one facing a tie vote, I never vote for mine, I don't think it would be right. YOU are more than welcome to vote for your own ads though---but you have to put a YES in the comments, please! :)

And....during contests and weekend events PLEASE feel free to post other ads! We never EVER want other ads excluded during ANY event!!! It's going out of business weekend, but you have some great McDonald's ads from the 70s---POST THEM!!! PLEASE!!! As long as the ads are 1994 and before, PLEASE!! :)

THESE are still in existence and I dunno why. I had some once and they all tasted the same. This ad is darling though!