#Fun facts

[mikyapixie]

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Australian Federal Election 2001: Pranksters follow around Prime Ministerial contender Kim Beazley in an attempt to sneak fake microphones into news footage

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[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1305

Miss Piggy has suggested a good way to get even with your ex is to repeatedly call them when X-Files is on.

Source:

Gikow, Louise, and Jim Lewis. Miss Piggy's Rules: Swine-tested Secrets for Catching Mr. Right, Keeping Him & Throwing Him Back When You're Had Enough. Running Press, 1997.

[kingoftieland]

Wolverine’s ICONIC SUIT shows up in a DELETED SCENE from The Wolverine! ✂️🎞️

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Fossil Friday: Glossopteris

This is Glossopteris, a fossil tree from the Late Permian Period. Technically, the name only scientifically refers to he leaves but for our purposes, we're going to refer to the whole tree. This is an important fossil because it is found on multiple continents that used to make up the supercontinent Gondwana.

More than 70 species in this genus have been found in India alone if that is any indicator to this being a good fossil for evidence of continental drift.

The dark green indicates where this fossil as been found within those continents.

The environment that these trees grew in has been interpreted as similar to Bald Cypress: very wet, swampy conditions. As the whole tree has not been found, many speculations as to what the trees looked like have been made. We do know that they had broad leaves and were possibly deciduous.

They did appear to have softwood interiors similar to Arcaria conifers. The trunks had a maximum width of almost 3ft (80 cm) and could possibly reach heights of 98ft (30 m).

Tune in Sunday at 6pm as I attempt one more time to have a discussion with colleagues about some recent news in paleo and geo in a livestream right here on Tumblr as well as my other social media (Youtube, Tiktok, FB, and Insta). If all else fails, have questions prepared and I will answer questions put my way. Fossilize you later!

[kahran042]

#listening to 'yeah but the ORIGINAL fairytale was SO DARK' is tiring tbh#buddy 1) who told you it's original#2) stop trying to pretend to be knowledgeable and edgy#3) usually it's not even appropriate

I enjoy a joke about fucked up German fairy tales as much as the next nerd, but it's genuinely striking how often the source for the really fucked up stuff turns out to be "yeah, this is only in the Brothers Grimm version and doesn't appear in any extant oral tradition, and we're like 80% sure they added it themselves". To a large extent it's not German fairy tales that are fucked up, it's two specific German dudes.

[vikramsharma007]

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[lotus-soda]

(semi) Fun bsd facts pt 1!

(Some fo these are from the wan, which though it is non-cannon, I like to think these things carry over)

Tachihara and Dazai never met when Dazai was in the PM, as Tachi joined after Ango

Kunikida hates one night stands

Tachihara likes pencils

Kunikida is a collage drop out

Atsushi, Kyouka, and Akutagawa are canonically good Artists

Higuchi has an ability, we just don't know what it is (this was confirmed by Asagiri)

Adam is a bottom (this is cannon. see SB)

Fyodor struggled to learn jappanese

Katai's a white hat hacker

France is the head of ability user tech in SB

if you want to hypnotize lovecraft, tie a piece of wood to a fishing pole and lead him to wherever you want to go

Kunikida is the tallest member of the ADA, while Kyouka is the shortest

[protectoursharks]

The shape of a fish's caudal tail can tell you a lot about how fast the fish moves! A rounded tail is the slowest and a lunate tail is the fastest! The lunate tail has the most optimal ratio of high thrust and low draw, making it the fastest.

Ichthyology Notes 2/?

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Fun fact of the day

[marlynnofmany]

If that doesn't have potential for some fairytale nonsense, I don't know what does.

[tooweirdfortheworld]

Fun fact: Most species of cats do this! In house cats, it's called a slow blink. If you ever see a cat squint at you for a second, thats how its saying it loves you! Squint back at them if you want to show you affection

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1307

Angsthaas from Sesamstraat and Benny Rabbit from Sesame Street use the same puppet, but with different noses. Benny's is yellow while Angsthaas' is pink.

Sources:

Sesame Street. Episode 2730. April 20, 1990.

Sesamstraat. 2008.

[batshit-auspol]

For those that aren't in Australia right now, we have the funniest scandal going on.

Firstly let us introduce you to the eye of the storm: Sam Kerr. Sam is a women's soccer player who has in the last year become one of the most famous and beloved athletes in Australia. Captain of the women's national team, Sam became something of a cult figure after the last Women's Soccer World Cup became a complete unpredicted sensation in Australia, with the whole country getting behind the team.

Sam, up until now, has had probably one of the most squeaky clean images in sport. Generally in Australia it is not uncommon for our sports stars to be caught up in scandals involving drugs:

violence:

drinking their own urine:

or if you're cricket legend Shane Warne, probably all three at once.

Contrasting all this, Sam's image as the squeaky clean saviour for sport made it all the more shocking this last week, when it was announced that Kerr was to face trial after having been charged by the UK police of a "racially aggravated offence" involving a taxi driver.

This was shocking news. Nobody knew what to make of it. Sam was a model for young girls everywhere and a national treasure. "This is why we can't have nice things" screamed the nation. It seemed like all hope was lost.

That is, until, yesterday, when the UK police finally revealed the full details of the case, in which Sam Kerr, sporting legend, was arrested for vomiting in a cab, and then telling an intervening police officer that he was a “stupid white bastard”.

Now we probably don't need to point out that in Australia, vomiting in a taxi and then calling a cop a bastard is about as close to a national culture as we have.

You could not have come up with a better headline to make someone a national hero.

Needless to say, Sam in now being hailed down under as the greatest legend that ever lived, and a petition has already been started to have her picture added to the $5 note.

The tide has swung so far that not one, but TWO, state Premiers have spoken out in support of Kerr, and the Prime Minister has even gone on the record describing her as "a delight".

And so ends the racial abuse saga of our greatest sports hero of all time, and the very first reverse milkshake duck to ever exist.

[kingoftieland]

The Wolverine has a HUGE PLOT HOLE! 🕳️