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Sharks have a ridiculously strong immune system. They’re immune to every virus on the planet and they’re highly resistant to disease in general.

The only animal with a better immune system are alligators, those fuckers are immune to everything.
 
Count groudon said:
Sharks have a ridiculously strong immune system. They’re immune to every virus on the planet and they’re highly resistant to disease in general.

The only animal with a better immune system are alligators, those fuckers are immune to everything.
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They also get cancer only rarely.
 
Let’s discuss mythology.

Wulver

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So, for those of you that played God of War for the PS4 , this name probably sounds familiar. IE, those werewolf fuckers that can kill you really fucking fast.

Like all creatures in God of War, the Wulver comes from An actual mythological creature, however, they are described very differently from how they appear in God of War.

Despite the Norse setting, the Wulver actually comes from. Scottish mythology. The Wulver is a hairy bi-ped with a wolf’s head. Unlike werewolves, the Wulver is not a shapeshifter and was never a human. They live in caves near bodies of water, generally away from people. They are peaceful creatures and will not harm people unless they are threatened.

They spend most of their days fishing, and almost every witness account of a Wulver claims to see them fishing. The Wulver has also been described as charitable and leave fish at the houses of poor families.

Historians have suggested the Wulver myth may have come from people seeing a person with a born abnormality , such as Hypertrichosis, aka Werewolf Syndrome, which causes abnormal hair growth in a person. These people may have been exiled from their home village ( or may have self imposed their own exile) and lived as hermits, and unknowing travelers thought them to be a mythical creature.
 
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Oh, facts.

Goats have accents, goats from different parts of the world won't be able to understand each other. They also don't actually eat cans and other shit, and are actually picky as fuck.

Also, the term "kid" actually meant a young goat before it referred to children.

They're also cute as hell.
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EDIT: i'm not sure where all the feels are coming from, the goats are just cute and happy. Look at 'em.
 
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In old Europe before the printing press, there was a job called "rubricator."

As the name implies, it was the rubricator's job to write the red text.
 
The US has set up shelters for VIPs in Australia and New Zealand in the event something catastrophic happens to the northern hemisphere, like the Yellowstone supervolcano erupting or a nuclear exchange.
 
@Spelling Bee

The german "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch" (The Civil Law Book), BGB for short, contains 4 paragraphs on the ownership of bees:
BGB §961 states that a swarm of bees that leaves its hive is considered without an owner, unless the original owner follows his swarm as it leaves the hive.
BGB §962 says that the owner of a swarm of bees is allowed to cross borders of private property when following his swarm and also, in case the swarm settles in a new, vacant, hive, he is allowed to open (or even break) the hive in order to get his bees back - however he has to pay the damage done to the hive.
BGB §963 states that if two or more swarms of bees unite, every owner that followed their respective swarm will retain one share of the newly founded beeswarm.
According to BGB $964, if a swarm settles in a hive that is already occupied, the owner of the hive obtains the ownership of both swarms, while the owner of the swarm that settled in that hive loses his rights to the bees.
 
Fun fact: the Gamecube release of Pikmin has a debug executable that can be launched on a computer.

When run with specific commands, it opens the game in OpenGL and opens up a debugging log.
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It lacks any shading and sound, nor do many things render as normal. Objects require a specific debug function enabled to be visible, but are still there. Only one Pikmin renders normally while the rest flash in and out of existence, and (at least for me) only red Pikmin can be spawned due to only the red Onion being on the map. You're constantly at zero health, but functionally immortal. Enemies can still attack you, but they can only kill your Pikmin.

Some of the controls are broken, as you can't turn the camera nor can you bring the whistle closer. I've heard about a GCN controller being compatible, but I haven't tested it.

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Let’s talk more mythology.

Prepare to get hit right in the feels.

Mörkö
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The Mörkö is a spirit from Finnish mythology, and is basically their Bogeyman. Children fear this creature for some reason.

It appears as a dark “hill-shaped” creature , with glowing white eyes ,that is always freezing cold. It lives out in the high mountains, and is said that if it were to sit on a campfire, it would actually freeze the fire.

Here’s the unique thing about the creature . Even though it’s considered a bogeyman, it does not punish or kidnap bad children . On the contrary, it is a very lonely creature, and the only thing it wants is warmth and companionship.

However , the stories say that because of it’s ghastly appearance , it is rejected by everyone and everything and must remain in the bitter cold, alone forever
 
Galvatron said:
Let’s talk more mythology.

Prepare to get hit right in the feels.

Mörkö
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The Mörkö is a spirit from Finnish mythology, and is basically their Bogeyman. Children fear this creature for some reason.

It appears as a dark “hill-shaped” creature , with glowing white eyes ,that is always freezing cold. It lives out in the high mountains, and is said that if it were to sit on a campfire, it would actually freeze the fire.

Here’s the unique thing about the creature . Even though it’s considered a bogeyman, it does not punish or kidnap bad children . On the contrary, it is a very lonely creature, and the only thing it wants is warmth and companionship.

However , the stories say that because of it’s ghastly appearance , it is rejected by everyone and everything and must remain in the bitter cold, alone forever
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Never knew this character was based on folklore. Especially such a depressing one...
 
The reason why TriStar pictures is named TriStar is because it was a joint venture between 3 companies originally: Coca Cola (who owned Columbia Pictures at the time), HBO, and CBS.
CBS dropped out in 1985 and wouldn't go back to the film industry until 2010. HBO dropped out the year after. When The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Ishtar flopped at Columbia, Coca Cola sold everything in their TV and Film production to Sony.
 
King C. Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, wanted create a city on top of Niagara Falls that would power the city with hydroelectricity. Using the power of SCIENCE and PROGRESS, it would house up to sixty million people, he figured it was the only city that the US, maybe even the world, would ever need.

He called it Metropolis.
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While we're on the topic of engineering...
Pykrete is a mix of sawdust and ice, which is about as strong as concrete as long as it's kept frozen, and buoyant to boot. It was originally invented as part of Project Habakkuk, an attempt to build a giant aircraft carrier out of ice (yes really) during the Second World War.
 
Krokodil Overdose said:
While we're on the topic of engineering...
Pykrete is a mix of sawdust and ice, which is about as strong as concrete as long as it's kept frozen, and buoyant to boot. It was originally invented as part of Project Habakkuk, an attempt to build a giant aircraft carrier out of ice (yes really) during the Second World War.
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They only stopped when they realized that all the steel they'd need for refrigeration would make the whole thing kind of purposeless.
 
More mythology, this time it’s one of my favorites

Gashadokuro
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The Gashadokuro is an evil spirit that appears as a gigantic skeleton, fifteen times the size of humans. Supposedly, a gashadokuro is created from many bodies of people who have died of starvation or in a war.

They are extremely dangerous spirits that come out at night. They prey on travelers that are caught outside after dark. They pick up unsuspecting victims, bite their heads off and drink the blood that sprays out. Gashadokuro’s are supposedly completely invincible . They also possess the power to make themselves invisible. The only way you can detect if a gashadokuro is near is that you will get a sudden piercing ringing in your ears.

While there is no way to fight against them, they can be warded off with Shinto charms and prayers
 
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