The 5 Most Adorable Stories in the History of War. There are two places you'll never expect to find stories of cuteness: the toilet and battlefronts.
And while we have yet to hear anything adorable coming from the former, we do know a few heartwarming stories that happened at the scene of some of history's most brutal struggles. #5. The Okunoshima Chemical Weapons Bunny Rabbit Factory From Gettysburg to Verdun, areas involved in wartime atrocities carry their scars decades after the actual fighting has stopped. But sometimes, just sometimes, nature takes a look at that shit and decides to reclaim what was once ruined by humans -- Disney-style. For example, Okunoshima is a tiny island just off mainland Japan that was the hub of Japan's chemical warfare program during World War II, housing facilities that produced atrocious amounts of deadly mustard gas.
MonocrolightAnd thousands of gallons of buried nerve gas. Takaaki NishiokaAnd, just like that, the most brutal war in human history was totally worth it. Hundreds upon hundreds of bunnies. The 9 Most Brilliant Pieces of Comedy Hiding on YouTube. It's really hard to work in the comedy industry without becoming jaded.
Especially on the Net, where it's impossible to travel a 10-minute span without running into some retarded fucking meme being repeated for the thousandth time that week. But even though I hate it, I don't blame people for passing them along because, in general, people don't like to create comedy. They like to repeat it. 6 Beneficial Things They Made You Stop Doing in School. #3.
"Stop Fidgeting and Pay Attention! " Getty You know that kid. Hell, there's a good chance you were that kid. The one who wouldn't sit still in class, constantly playing with whatever he happened to have lying on his desk. He, incidentally, is just doing what comes naturally ... and making himself healthier in the process.
Getty"This is my yoga. " Wait, What? Children are, by design, active creatures who tend to repeat motions. Now, we understand that the teachers get annoyed by this. GettyFat kids: Sad or adorable? Fidgeting, like all movement, burns calories. According to research, NEAT could actually be the very reason why some people are fat and some skinny; people with low NEAT rating tend to sit more still than those with a high one. GettyIf Jimmy here keeps being an asshole, he might just make it to 100. 5 Logical Fallacies That Make You Wrong More Than You Think. The Internet has introduced a golden age of ill-informed arguments.
You can't post a video of an adorable kitten without a raging debate about pet issues spawning in the comment section. These days, everyone is a pundit. But with all those different perspectives on important issues flying around, you'd think we'd be getting smarter and more informed. Unfortunately, the very wiring of our brains ensures that all these lively debates only make us dumber and more narrow-minded.
For instance ... #5. Think about the last time you ran into a coworker or family member spouting some easily disproven conspiracy theory -- somebody who still thinks Obama's birth certificate is a fake or that Dick Cheney arranged 9/11 to cover up his theft of $2.3 trillion from the government. That has literally never happened in the history of human conversation. Getty"OK, so Dick Cheney doesn't have a third arm. The Science: Yes, kids, being a dick works. So During Your Next Argument, Remember ... You do this, too.
5 Things You Won't Believe Are Making You Dumber. Tell people that their diets or habits are making them fat or out of shape and they shrug -- we hear that crap every day.
Tell them that their habits make them stupider and you're about to have a fight. We all know that our brain is a part of our body, but nobody likes to think of their intelligence as something that can get weak and flabby due to things that are out of our control. Science says otherwise. Studies have shown ... #5. Getty Have you ever been in a situation where you had to work with other people (like a meeting at work or forming groups in school) and suddenly felt like everyone involved was suddenly dumber than normal?
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