"Capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces used in letterpress printing. This is why they’re called uppercase."
"In August 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and, as a result, took 40% of all internet traffic with it."
"Midway through the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), a group of Choctaw Indians collected $710 and sent it to help the starving Irish. It had been just 16 years since the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears, and faced their own starvation. "
"A Roman soldier who survived the three of Rome’s greatest defeats at Ticinus, Trasimene, and Cannae went on to lead the army that defeated Hannibal. We know him as Scipio Africanus."
"Amelia Dyer is one of the most prolific serial killers in history. She is estimated to have killed 200-400 children."
"The sun emits more green visible light than any other color, but we still see the color mixture as white. It only appears yellow because shorter wavelength colors such as blue scatter in the atmosphere, making the sky blue. "
"Before the kale fad of 2013, Pizza Hut was one of the largest purchasers of kale. They used it ornamentally to decorate the salad bars. "
"Graffiti from the walls of the ancient city of Pompeii have been unearthed and translated, showing that human behavior has remained unchanged in the past 2000 or so years. "
"On their trip across the continent, Lewis and Clark came across a tribe that knew how to say “son of a b#tch” in English. "
"Teddy Roosevelt made a 2-hour speech shortly after an attempted assassination. He correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung. He declined going to the hospital immediately."
"Horror movie soundtracks sometimes include infrasound, which is below the range of human hearing. Even though we can’t hear it, we can still feel it and infrasound has been shown to induce anxiety, heart palpitations, and shivering."
"Upon landing in England, William the Conqueror slipped and fell. To play it cool, he grasped two fistfuls of soil and proclaimed ‘England is ours!’"
"George Washington was worth $525 million in his day (adjusted for inflation)."
"The prestigious Michelin Star, an award that the world’s best chefs work their lives to attain, is awarded by Michelin Tires. For over 100 years, it’s all been part of an advertising campaign to sell tires."
"In WWII, the Japanese bombed Saskatchewan, Canada. The only property that was damaged was a fence."
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Yeah, the wheelchair kinda gives it away.
That's what the DEEP STATE wants you to believe!!
***looks around nervously***
I doubt that this was "Trophy Hunting"
But it is payback
Something tells me you don’t know what trophy hunting is.
#4 I think it's about how a mere soldier rose through the ranks and ended up defeating the army that had defeated his three times before. Random, but intriguing in it's own way, I guess.
I also wondered what Raphael's "School of Athens" had to do with any of it...
While being a humorous concept, the infamous "brown note" is myth (highly popularized by South Park) that has never actually been scientifically proven to exist.
30 min: Proper Ticket Writing.
3.5 hours: Hand to Hand Combat.