March 2010
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Queen Victoria used a tincture of marijuana to...
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In the 16th century, gin was referred to as...
OH YEAH FACTS: Tuesday Facts: →
Tuesday was named after the Old English god Tiw. The name Tuesday derives from the Old English “Tiwesdæg” and literally means “Tiw’s Day”.
Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.
In the Indic languages of Pali and Sanskrit, as well…
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The world's first active MySpace account belonged...
(The Amazing Book of Useless Information)
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Ed, Edd, And Eddy Are Dead →
There’s a theory that interprets Ed, Edd and Eddy’s entire cast of kids as all being dead and living in a purgatory of an eternal childhood cycle (originally an eternal summer, but then they started going to school), thus the complete lack of any adult agents in the purgatory. There are a number of explanations for their deaths, ranging from an explosion due to a gas-leak in the...
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Five emotions you never knew you had →
Some emotional states only have names in particular languages. Here are some examples:
Fiero (Italian): contented pride in achieving something just for oneself.
Amae (Japanese): the sweet feeling of being dependent on someone else.
Naches (Yiddish): the glow of proud pleasure that only a child can give to its parents.
Schadenfreude (German): the feeling you experience when you learn that...
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“I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything...”
– Marc Jacobs
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TODAY’S SONG
All Star - Smash Mouth
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Why Can't I Own A Canadian? →
lol? “should I smite them?” aahah
Man teaches alpaca to surf. →
infinitebutterflies:
flickflickflicker:
“I’ve surfed with a dog, a parrot, a hamster and a cat, but when I was at a competition in Australia I saw people surfing with kangaroos and koalas,” Pianezzi was quoted by Reuters as saying.
“So I thought that, as a Peruvian, it would be interesting to surf with a unique animal that represents Peru.”
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas washes 15,000...