#weird moments

[the-olympics-olympics]

Welcome to the SEMIFINALS!

Team enters as one country, leaves as another (Tokyo 1964)

12 competitors entered the Tokyo 1964 Olympics under the flag of Northern Rhodesia. On October 24, 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another. For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new flag and a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony).

Runner completes marathon in record time: 54 years later (Stockholm 1912)

The marathon at the Stockholm 1912 Olympics was held during a heat wave. Athletes struggled to finish, and one man, Shizo Kanakuri, did not finish for an extremely long time. About sixteen miles into the race, an exhausted Kanakuri left the course and desperately stumbled into a nearby garden party, where he drank juice for an hour. Embarrassed by his failure, he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials. He was listed as a missing person in Sweden for fifty years. Decades later, Swedish Television invited him to return to finish the race. On March 20, 1967, he finished the marathon. His official time was 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. He commented, "It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren."

[historynerdj2]

History Memes #2

[thesingingrevolution]

i tried using the oven at the dorm for the first time and i feel like the gas i just inhaled took years off my life 😭 MY EYES HURT TOO

[cyanbugremix]

Sometimes I'm driving and think "time to let the horses rest". And it's like.

No. This is a car, my guy. Why did you think you need to let the car rest?

You ever have a random thought that's not intrusive, but somehow simultaneously so instinctive and so detached from your regular everyday life, that you vaguely figure it was probably just an ancestral spirit possessing you for a second?

I was baking an apple pie for fun, freehanding cardamom by vibes alone. And a thought pops into my head, must not be wasteful with them, spices are expensive. And I had to halt right there for a second. Why would I feel financial guilt about the amount of seasoning in homemade goods, when I spend money on far more frivolous shit every single day? My own weight in cinnamon would cost less than my rent.

Thank you for your concern, Maarit from the 1600s, but trust me, we're good. I can measure this cardamom with my heart and not the scale.

[spelllingandthemysteryschool]

does anyone else feel weird & not good or is it just me

[butchfalin]

[preciouslittle-bhaalbabe]

I need more of Astarion being an absolute undead fucking weirdo. No more suave charming elf man NO this man forgets to breathe for prolonged periods of time and randomly gasps or croaks because he can't speak without air in his lungs. He lurks in dark corners with weird reflective eyes and doesn't move until you notice him. He's SUPER into the scent of his lover and buries his face in their neck or chest while taking in a BIG snorf. He gets very affectionate when he notices his partner is on their period or is bleeding from other causes. He doesn't make noise when approaching someone and often scares the shit out of them because he just silently shows up behind them. He's addicted to the warmth of his partner and rubs his body against them like a cat. He makes animalistic grunts and moans while he feeds. He forgets to blink and just stares at people with wide eyes while they talk. He stares at his lovers pulse point instead of looking in their eyes. He growls when displeased. Sometimes he smiles just a tad too wide. He watches his lover sleep and waits for them to wake up for them to find him just staring them down, unblinking. He's a fucking freak and I love him to bits I need more weirdo Astarion.

[julesarago]

Happy Batman Day to all who celebrate this little bitch of a man. 🙏

Sketched this on a friend’s iPad like a year ago when I was reading Batman: The Cult and…never posted it.

[thetremblingroofbeam]

[katseyes]

Andre Braugher as Raymond Holt Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 1

[the-olympics-olympics]

Congratulations to our winners!

🥇 Gold - Rower stops for a family of ducks, still wins race (Amsterdam 1928)

Having easily won his first two races in the 2000 meters single sculls, Bobby Pearce had built a hefty lead against Frenchman Vicent Saurin in his quarter-final before he came across the ducks. In his words: “I heard wild roars from the crowd along the bank of the canal. I could see some spectators vigorously pointing to something behind me, in my path. I peeked over one shoulder and saw something I didn’t like, for a family of ducks in single file was swimming slowly from shore to shore. It’s funny now, but it wasn’t at the time for I had to lean on my oars and wait for a clear course.” Saurin wasn’t quite the animal rights advocate that Pearce was, and built a lead of five boat-lengths as the Aussie waited for the ducks to pass. As it was, it didn’t matter. Pearce still won by nearly 30 seconds.

🥈 Silver - Runner completes marathon in record time: 54 years later (Stockholm 1912)

The marathon at the Stockholm 1912 Olympics was held during a heat wave. Athletes struggled to finish, and one man, Shizo Kanakuri, did not finish for an extremely long time. About sixteen miles into the race, an exhausted Kanakuri left the course and desperately stumbled into a nearby garden party, where he drank juice for an hour. Embarrassed by his failure, he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials. He was listed as a missing person in Sweden for fifty years. Decades later, Swedish Television invited him to return to finish the race. On March 20, 1967, he finished the marathon. His official time was 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. He commented, "It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren."

🥉 Bronze - Team enters as one country, leaves as another (Tokyo 1964)

12 competitors entered the Tokyo 1964 Olympics under the flag of Northern Rhodesia. On October 24, 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another. For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new flag and a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony).

Thanks to everyone who participated in the tournament!

[gammija]

nothing personal but this kind of comment rlly exemplifies to me a disconnect between canon and popular fanon jmart characterization because they almost literally had this conversation in canon - except, their lines are swapped!

jon, for all his scared grouchiness, is a secret romantic, while martin, for all his forced optimism, is at his core a pragmatist

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Into the pit got William Afton a new hater..

[giphit]

Moffat will come up with the sickest concepts ever when writing under RTD's showrunning but when he's showrunning himself he creates the power ranger daleks

[magpiedraws]

Jon he's really trying here cut him a break

(tumblr crunched the resolution of this comic a lot rip)

[havenshereagain]

DPxDC Idea

Danny working at Wayne Enterprises as some sort of engineer, uses the in-house app for all his blueprints and stuff

He starts getting notes from a coworker in-app, and assumes its this annoying older guy in his department who constantly undermines him because of his age, despite his education and past achievements (i feel like in this AU the Fentons react well to the reveal and they work together on a number of non-lethal ecto inventions that have Danny's name attached to them)

Except one day his coworker mentions never using the app, and Danny suddenly realizes there's only one other TD he could've been arguing with in the notes of the app