Fun fact: Horseshoe crabs have circled around the milky way galaxy... TWICE!!

Fun fact: These MFs have circled around the milkyway galaxy... TWICE!!

Sci-fi works that talk about religion?

TIL about the Soviet 'Dead Hand' system — an automated doomsday mechanism designed to launch nuclear retaliation strikes without human intervention after detecting incoming missiles

TIL about the Soviet 'Dead Hand' system — an automated doomsday mechanism designed to launch nuclear retaliation strikes without human intervention after detecting incoming missiles

Today I learned that there is a hidden photo of a chihuahua on every Samsung phone.

Today I learned that there is a hidden photo of a chihuahua on every Samsung phone.

top donors in America's 2024 presidential election

The oligarchs ruining our lives.

Just out of spite

Just out of spite

Elon Musk directly pressured Reddit CEO to ban r/WhitePeopleTwitter, delete subreddit's DOGE post, and undo bans on X links, new report reveals.

Elon Musk directly pressured Reddit CEO to ban r/WhitePeopleTwitter, delete subreddit's DOGE post, and undo bans on X links, new report reveals.

% of US population by race and area

% of US population by race:

What’s a movie you watched with friends/family, that you recommended but regretted mid way through

TIL Emma Gibson, frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born in 2017 to a mother born in 1991.

TIL Emma Gibson, frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born in 2017 to a mother born in 1991.

TIL: After the 2017 movie "It" there was a spike in coulrophiliacs, or people who are attracted to clowns, mainly among women. Vice interviewed Sugar Weasel, a clown escort who say women were typically clients. Props are a major part of the scene.

TIL: After the 2017 movie "It" there was a spike in coulrophiliacs, or people who are attracted to clowns, mainly among women. Vice interviewed Sugar Weasel, a clown escort who say women were typically clients. Props are a major part of the scene.

TIL in 2017, five bald men were killed in Mozambique because their killers believed that the heads of bald men contain gold.

TIL in 2017, five bald men were killed in Mozambique because their killers believed that the heads of bald men contain gold.

TIL that “Blue Zones” don’t really exist and are the result of bad data and pension fraud over inflating the number of people who live to be 100+ years old.

TIL that “Blue Zones” don’t really exist and are the result of bad data and pension fraud over inflating the number of people who live to be 100+ years old.

TIL From 1897-1903 Imperial Germany constructed plans to invade the United States to sever its growing economic and political connections in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, and South America. Hints of the German plans were first found by scholar Alfred Vagts in the 1930s and published in 1940.

TIL From 1897-1903 Imperial Germany constructed plans to invade the United States to sever its growing economic and political connections in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, and South America. Hints of the German plans were first found by scholar Alfred Vagts in the 1930s and published in 1940.

Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now

Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now

A cool guide to Japanese techniques to overcome laziness

A cool guide to Japanese techniques to overcome laziness

Found in a newspaper from 1927

u/gopherdyne describes why removing federal civil service protections and converting employees to "at will" status will put the constitution and American democracy at risk.

u/gopherdyne describes why removing federal civil service protections and converting employees to "at will" status will put the constitution and American democracy at risk.

One of the most important bulwarks against tyranny is ensuring the rights of the accused are respected. Without such rights, all a government has to do to squelch opposition or anyone they want is make an accusation.

The Crime of Existing in the Wrong Place

Cat thinks he caught and ate the laser

Yummy laser

u/WinterAdvantage3847 lists all fatal dog maulings of US children from 2013-2024 in cases where the breed is confirmed... guess which breed 'wins'... by a LOT

u/WinterAdvantage3847 lists all fatal dog maulings of US children from 2013-2024 in cases where the breed is confirmed... guess which breed 'wins'... by a LOT

TIL Pavlopetri in Greece is the oldest underwater city ever discovered

TIL Pavlopetri in Greece is the oldest underwater city ever discovered

TIL due to the harshness of the communist Chinese government crackdown following the Tiananmen Square massacre, photos of the famous Tank Man needed to be protected from the authorities, such as by smuggling a roll of film out of the country in a box of tea, and hiding one roll in a toilet tank.

TIL due to the harshness of the communist Chinese government crackdown following the Tiananmen Square massacre, photos of the famous Tank Man needed to be protected from the authorities, such as by smuggling a roll of film out of the country in a box of tea, and hiding one roll in a toilet tank.

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TIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectly

TIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectly