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Why the mantis shrimp is awesome. They all look the same to me SCORE 109 That escalated quickly SCORE 111 Weird Al Magic Trick SCORE 116 Mexican proverb SCORE 110 Completely unnecessary SCORE 123 Universal Animal Truth SCORE 108 uh, heh.... After graduating top of my class SCORE 192 Plot Twist! Lick, lick, lick, lick... Proceed With Caution SCORE 135 walked into work and saw this on the message board SCORE 145.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain... #5.

Think You Got a Good Night's Sleep (After Only Two Hours of Actual Sleep) So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully. "SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... Holy Shit! We're pretty sure Kramer did this once on Seinfeld. The best way to start it off is to just jump right in. . #4. . #3. Creepiest 6 Places on Earth. It doesn't matter whether or not you believe in ghosts, there are some places in which none of us would want to spend a night. These places have well earned their reputations as being so creepy, tragic or mysterious (or all three) that they definitely qualify as "haunted.

" Places like... Aokigahara is a woodland at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan that makes The Blair Witch Project forest look like Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood. It probably has something to do with all the dead bodies scattered around. What Niagara Falls is to weddings, Aokigahara is to suicide. More than 500 fucking people have taken their own lives in Aokigahara since the 1950s. The trend has supposedly started after Seicho Matsumoto published his novel Kuroi Kaiju (Black Sea of Trees) where two of his characters commit suicide there. Also skulls. Besides bodies and homemade nooses, the area is littered with signs displaying such uplifting messages like "Life is a precious thing! Winchester Mystery House Oh, bitch...! Dangerous H2O.

This was found on the newsgroup: rec.humor.funny A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide. " And for plenty of good reasons, since: it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting it is a major component in acid rain it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state accidental inhalation can kill you it contributes to erosion it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical. Forty-three (43) said yes, six (6) were undecided, and only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.

He feels the conclusion is obvious. How To. Embed This Infographic <a href= ‎"><img src=" title="10 How Tos" alt="How To Infographic" border="0" class="nopin" /></a><br />Source: <a href=' title='Interesting Facts'><a href=' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a></a> 1) How to drastically increase the life of your shaving razor Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly.

No need to press that hard, but a little pressure is necessary. necessary. In both instances, you want to point the top of the razor in the direction you are rubbing the shaver on the pants. 2) How to make your teeth whiter With the engine on: 1. 2. Illegal Fruits & Foods. Milk Trick. The Number 23. This is about the synchronicity number 23, and thus about the phenomena of synchronicity in general. To write about this topic objectively is impossible, as all experiences are necessarily subjective, involving as they do the element of consciousness, which cannot be instrumented. This is perhaps a study in the affirmation that any assertion of an objective observer is inherently impossible, and yet at the same time there is a deeply imbedded pattern of coherency in all that we regard as random.

Randomness itself is nothing more than a pattern of deeply imbedded complexity of order; an order so complex it is not immediately discernible or obvious. Indeed the often heard rational defense, "that was just a coincidence," is itself an acknowledgment that we have just discerned a pattern, but because there is no immediately obvious path of mechanistic causation behind it, we are consciously choosing to refuse to acknowledge the primary data. 7 Grossest Creatures Washed Up On Shore. Ahh, a romantic stroll on the beach. There’s moonlight, a warm breeze, soft waves lapping at your toes and a putrid, rotting carcass that smells so bad you can’t help but throw up. So. Romantic. For some people, this is an unfortunate reality. Montauk Monster Credit: Wikipedia Two women found this lovely carcass on a beach in Montauk, New York. Credit: earthsfriends.com Panama Creature Credit: telemetro A year later, this tasty treat was discovered in Panama.

Credit: unknown Ontario Beast Credit: dailymail.co.uk In the town of Kitchenuhmaykoosib, Ontario, two ladies were out for a pleasant morning hike when their dog decided to fetch the grossest thing possible. Credit: pictureshunt.com New Zealand Dinosaur Credit: gennet.org While trawling for mackerel off the coast of New Zealand, a Japanese fishing boat pulled up something that was definitely not mackerel. Credit: discoverynews.us Scotland Mystery Credit: cms.int Russian Sheep Shark Thing Credit: englishrussia.com China Monster Credit: thesun.co.uk. 10 Interesting Facts. Fact Source It’s called Paternoster. Fact Source Fact Source Fact Source Fact Source Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes and a lots of doubt about future, but has endured all that to survive for 12 years and continues to live a normal life.

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