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The dairy creamery used for the silver shamrock factory in Halloween 3 is still standing to this very day. Unfortunately a full restoration and repair of the building is estimated to cost at least 2.3 million dollars. Which incidentally is slightly less than the original production budget for Halloween 3 unadjusted for inflation. However, the building is also listed a historic landmark and cannot be demolished, it has to be allowed to fall down on it's own.
 
In 1997, Atsushi Sakurai (current pfp and vocalist of BUCK-TICK) almost died from a ruptured appendix and peritonitis, while in Nepal for a photoshoot. Appendicitis and peritonitis together have an 80% mortality rate. This incident was what likely lead to their 1998 single “Gessekai.”
 
AnOminous said:
Humans are the ultimate omnivores and there is no creature out there where some human's first thought was not "I bet I could eat that thing." They're so huge I bet even the meat in those skinny legs would be impressive.
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Now if only someone had told the Chinese that bats were off limits...
 
you know how you get a headache when you're dehydrated? that's because your brain - which is basically a lump of fat, water, and electricity - experiences shrinkage, pulling it away from the skull and setting off nerves in the surrounding membranes.

of course, that's going to fuck up your cognitive abilities. short-term memory, concentration, mood regulation, and problem-solving skills all eat it because a) blood volume is more concentrated which slows down circulation (think of how muddy a river is during a drought) b) capillaries that red blood cells need to access for gas exchange narrow and then close, causing co2 buildup, and c) less fluid makes it difficult for neurons to send and receive messages, so now they have to work harder to compensate. which increases demand for oxygen that they can't get and creates more co2 that they can't clean out.

tl;dr: drink more water fag
 
According to the 1917 Code of Canon Law (which was in effect at the time of the first moon landing), the Moon technically belongs to the diocese of Orlando, Florida. The first bishop of the moon was Archbishop Borders.
 
The moons of Saturn (closer than Titan) and the rings may be a "recent" happening.

Around 100 million years ago, previous moons may have been destroyed because of orbital chaos.

Also Enceladus has a global underground sea - where surface ice is thinnest at the south pole.
 
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the uncanny valley effect might've been developed as a result of h. sapiens existing at the same time as other species of human, as well as a natural evolutionary aversion to corpses.
 
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WinnieTheJew said:
That's cool and all but I would still take my chances with the crab. It looks like I could overpower it and have a delicious seafood feast.
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It doesn't even look that sharp. With red king crab(Deadliest Catch crab) you need to be careful or wear gloves because that's like handling a bundle of thorns. I've eaten tons of the red king crab and would definitely force a japanese spider crab into a pot.
 
Before refrigeration became common, lager beers could only be enjoyed during cold months of the year. This is because lager is fermented and stored almost entirely at very specific and low tempetures which could only be obtained in cold climates like the alpine states and later the appilcaian and rocky mountains.
 
The Roman emperor Carus adopted the name Marcus Aurelius as a part of his title. After a brief Danube campaign he led his troops against the Sāsānians, penetrating beyond the Tigris, where he died suddenly and mysteriously, reportedly struck by lightning.

There was at least one other Roman emperor (from the same period of the Third Century Crisis, no less) who got roasted to death, but considering how short an emperor's lifespan was during that time...

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NICE CROWN
 
spierdalailama said:
The Roman emperor Carus adopted the name Marcus Aurelius as a part of his title. After a brief Danube campaign he led his troops against the Sāsānians, penetrating beyond the Tigris, where he died suddenly and mysteriously, reportedly struck by lightning.

There was at least one other Roman emperor (from the same period of the Third Century Crisis, no less) who got roasted to death, but considering how short an emperor's lifespan was during that time...

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reading about the third century crisis is so intriguing because it was just the roman empire taking a daily supplement of L for years. everything came together all at once for the perfect failure.
 
Emo Supremo said:
reading about the third century crisis is so intriguing because it was just the roman empire taking a daily supplement of L for years. everything came together all at once for the perfect failure.
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So many parallels to our current globalist 1st world empire: plagues disrupting commerce, forcing landowners to become self-sufficient and independent and forcing the middle class Roman class to work the farm (lockdowns destroying home industries), Germanic raids which were first assimilated as foederati mercenaries but there were too much of them for the Romans to control them and they did whatever they wanted on Roman soil ("war refugee" crisis), devaluation of currency (inflation of the dollar), Imperial laws of succesion (or lack of them) resulting in constant infighting at the highest echelons of power while ignoring the real problems of the Empire (democratic model encouraging politicians to care only about winning the election).

Is neofeudalism coming, considering that the richest 1% are buying out land, resources, influence and anything else that can't be just copied using modern technology?
 
This next fun fact goes out to @Frog God

Frogs hydrate by absorbing water though their skin and never directly drink water. Unfortunately this alsa means frogs skin is highly sensitive to touch and frogs often make a loud shrieking noise when held by human hands because the salt, bacteria, and oils on human skin is causing them discomfort.
 
spierdalailama said:
So many parallels to our current globalist 1st world empire: plagues disrupting commerce, forcing landowners to become self-sufficient and independent and forcing the middle class Roman class to work the farm (lockdowns destroying home industries), Germanic raids which were first assimilated as foederati mercenaries but there were too much of them for the Romans to control them and they did whatever they wanted on Roman soil ("war refugee" crisis), devaluation of currency (inflation of the dollar), Imperial laws of succesion (or lack of them) resulting in constant infighting at the highest echelons of power while ignoring the real problems of the Empire (democratic model encouraging politicians to care only about winning the election).

Is neofeudalism coming, considering that the richest 1% are buying out land, resources, influence and anything else that can't be just copied using modern technology?
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>laugh about how the great roman empire ate shit for several years in succession due to a cavalcade of bad luck and retarded decisions made by brainlet leaders
>realize you're living in a modern reboot of the same damn thing
might as well go ahead and get "time is a flat circle" tattooed on my forehead at this point. but anyways.

scents are an excellent way to build memory by association (for example, having on a specific perfume while studying and then applying it before you take a test). the key thing is to do it consistently and to use only one scent for each task or situation. otherwise, the association gets muddled by all the other memories, and will not be effective for recall purposes.
 
Emo Supremo said:
>laugh about how the great roman empire ate shit for several years in succession due to a cavalcade of bad luck and retarded decisions made by brainlet leaders
>realize you're living in a modern reboot of the same damn thing
might as well go ahead and get "time is a flat circle" tattooed on my forehead at this point. but anyways.

scents are an excellent way to build memory by association (for example, having on a specific perfume while studying and then applying it before you take a test). the key thing is to do it consistently and to use only one scent for each task or situation. otherwise, the association gets muddled by all the other memories, and will not be effective for recall purposes.
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you're all being a bunch of negative Nancy's who read too deep into the theory of Hegelian dialectics anyway fact tax.




Fundamentalist and famous author of the chick tracts Jack Chick may have been a fan of slasher movies. according to one rare interview someone had with the man. When they got to see him in person at his commune where Chick Publications is located the reporter noted a stack of VHS tapes in Chick's cabin, upon closer inspection said tapes turned out to be 80's slasher movies most notably the first couple Friday the 13th movies.
 
horrorfan89 said:
you're all being a bunch of negative Nancy's who read too deep into the theory of Hegelian dialectics anyway fact tax.
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I'm just being a couch philosopher for fun.

Anyway, Timmy Dexter was the dumbest & luckiest businessman in history, truly the Forrest Gump of the 18th century.

- At the age of 22 he married a 32yo widow and her loads of money,
- Bought a ton of dollars during the time they were worthless, then made a fortune when the US government decided to adopt the dollar as official currency,
- His "friends" tried to bankrupt him by suggesting he export bed warmers to West Indies. He did just that and it just happened that the local molasses industry bought all those bed warmers to use as ladles. Next, Dexter sent wool mittens to the same place, where Asian merchants bought them for export to Siberia.
- People jokingly told him to "ship coal to Newcastle". Fortuitously, he did so during a Newcastle miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium,
- On another occasion, practical jokers told him he could make money by shipping gloves to the South Sea Islands. His ships arrived there in time to sell the gloves to Portuguese boats on their way to China,
- He exported Bibles to the East Indies and stray cats to Caribbean islands and again made a profit; Eastern missionaries were in need of the Bibles and the Caribbean welcomed a solution to rat infestation,
- He hoarded whalebones by mistake, but ended up selling them profitably as corset stays,
- He also send a ship filled with warm mittens to sell in India. It just happened a polar expedition ship short on mittens crossed its way and bought out everything.

If you're wondering if he was just playing the fool then read his book, you can't fake that level of idiocy.
 
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