#quick facts

[mathes0n]

OC art jumpscare. Her name is Maggie and she endures the horrors

[thatcreepydoll]

the difference between poisonous and venomous

poisonous - if you bite it, you die

venomous - if it bites you, you die

[eclecticfactoids]

Did you know that wearing a tie can reduce the blood flow to your brain by 7.5%, leading to dizziness, nausea, and headaches?!

[Source: 101 Random Fun Facts That Will Blow Your Mind on Science Focus]

[courtingwonder]

Diagram And Description Of Leading In Typography Design

[labete-du-gevaudan]

The Mokele-Mbembe is a dinosaur-like cryptid that is said to live amongst the trees and waters of the Congo. This creature’s name can be translated from Lingala, which is a Bantu language. The Mokele-Mbembe’s name can be interpreted as “one who stops the flow of rivers”, an example of how large and powerful the animal is said to be. 

[historyandarthijinks]

History Shorts #14: Quick Facts

Victorian Era

Hat pins and canes both became popular fashion accessories during the Victorian Era. Not only were they fashionable, but became were well known vices for self defense

Don't think women were alone in wearing corsets. Men's corsets were popular for sometime too, notably in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras, but other eras and cultural periods too

Memento Mori culture was a big thing during the Victorian Era. This included a rise of mourning based culture, jewelry dedicated to the mourning and dead loved ones, wearing black, and increased curiosity in morbid media such as Gothic novels

If you were a child born to a poor family you were viewed and looked upon as a burden. In fact it was uncommon for poor children to sold, abandoned, and heavily abused in even Victorian descriptions of abuse

Victorian usually had five to six children. This was because children were still not expected to make it that far. The more you have, the higher the chance some reach adulthood. This increased in the United States.

Mummy unwrapping parties. I leave that there

Victorians were known to send Christmas with strange modern day meme worthy art

8. "Coffins" that cost about four to five pennies were one of the many sleeping arrangements for the poor at the time. They weren't actually coffins, but wooden boxes quite similar.

9. Taxidermy was a popular and strange fad in the Victorian times. They would taxidermy nearly anything, and sort of have them around as decorations of all different sorts. Hats, dolls, home décor, you name it. Infamously kitten girls drinking tea.

10. Victorian Era parenting is historically known to be some of the most apathetic, distant, and harsh parenting. It was culturally encouraged that minimal affection towards their own children was spoiling.

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[knowyourdeets]

30 Mind Blowing Facts That Will Challenge Your Perspective on Life

[we-are-the-memers-mr]

What brain regions activate when you have a crush? (tiktok)

[xgermankittycatx--commsopen]

to kiss a king

[localraccconn]

barry keoghan u lil freak i love u so much

[eclecticfactoids]

Hippos can sleep underwater! Thanks to an unconscious reflex, hippos can bob up to the surface, take a breath, and sink back down again, all without waking up!

[Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance]

[courtingwonder]

Diagram And Description Of Ligatures In Typography Design

[citree]

I just want to start a flame in your heart~ 🔥🧡🔥

[historyandarthijinks]

#7 Quick Facts

American Presidents

Calvin Coolidge enjoyed buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for them.

Herbert Hoover refused his salary for presidency. Instead he gave all his federal paychecks to charity.

Theodore Roosevelt made the world record for most handshakes during one day. Which would be 8,513 handshakes at a white house reception, on January 1st 1907.

William Howard Taft went for a bath one day in the white house only to get stuck because he was morbidly obese. A new larger bath tub had to be made for him.

Barrack Obama went for a down to earth style campaign. While in Indiana he frequently stopped to play basketball with people, due to the state having a basketball obsession.

Theodore Roosevelt was shot by an assassination attempt while giving a speech. A metal glasses case stopped the bullet. Roosevelt proceeded to mock the attempted assassin, and continued giving the speech.

George Washington became close friends with Marquis de Lafayette, so close in fact Lafayette named one of his sons after the first president.

George Washington got the idea to only rule for one term through trying times, then step down from roman emperor Cincinnatus. Who only ruled Rome to aid it through hard times then promptly stepped down.

John Quincy Adams is credited for having one of the most dangerous pets in the white house, that being an alligator given to him by Marquis de Lafayette.

James Madison had a pet parrot named Polly that proceeded to outlive both him and his wife.

Ulysses S. Grant came from a big civil rights family, so much so that when he went to marry a woman whose family owned slaves, his parents refused to attend the wedding.

Before Calvin Coolidge died he confided in a friend, “I feel I no longer fit in with these times.”, later he died unexpectedly from a blood clot/heart attack.

Lyndon B. Johnson would sing duets with his dog Yuki for white house guess, because the dog loved to howl alongside his singing.

Donald Trump is the only president to not have any pets.

Joe Biden is a major lover of German Shepherds, and adopted a cat after it jumped onto a stage during a rally in Pennsylvania.

[riickgrimes]

Oliver + Felix's bathrobe