“Over 46% of ocean waste is fishing nets. And commercial fishing kills more animals in the ocean than any plastic does. “
“There were Holocaust survivors that died shortly after being liberated because their body couldn’t handle the increased calories when they were fed by the soldiers that freed them.”
“In 2018 my sister was murdered. We know who did it. We keep track of where he lives, he has moved 4 times since my sister disappeared. The police also know he did it. There’s not enough evidence to bring him in or charge him. Her body has still never been found. If I go after him he becomes the victim and I won’t be able to be a father to my children.
From our interactions with state police and FBI my impression is that our situation, while a nightmare, is perhaps not as rare as you would normally assume or hope.”
“Terminal lucidity is the return of mental clarity or memory or consciousness shortly before death. This happens to around 10% of people with dementia. “
“In 1933, a doctor named Carl Tanzler raided the tomb of a female patient with whom he’d become obsessed and stole her body. He lived with the corpse for seven years. As the body fell apart, he attached the corpse’s bones together with wire and coat hangers, and fitted the face with glass eyes. He was only caught when someone saw him dancing with the corpse in front of an open window.”
“The Astronauts aboard the Challenger shuttle were still alive after the explosion. It took them a few minutes to fall to Earth, but they knew they were going to die.”
“Most serial killers won’t ever even be noticed, never mind captured.”
“In extreme cases of scurvy, your scars break down and old wounds re-open.”
“Rainbow Valley at Mount Everest is named so because of the colorful coats of dead people”
“The Blue Mustang statue at the Denver Airport, Named Blucifer by the locals, killed its creator when a piece fell and severed an artery in his leg.”
“If weird “ghost” stuff is happening, make sure your carbon monoxide detector is working.”
“Purebred dogs are basically just walking Frankensteins. They were created by rich Victorians in the 1800s for aspects such as speed and strength. However, this circle of a bloodline recession made it worse for the animals.
It explains why many modern animals have very wrinkly faces and many golden retrievers don’t live past the age of 12 due to cancer. “
“Seemingly 100% healthy people with literally no reason to believe they would have any reason to, can still spontaneously drop dead.”
“Cows don’t convert grass directly into protein. They have enormous colonies of bacteria in their stomachs that have population explosions when they eat grass, live, breed, die, and then the cows digest *them* into protein.”
“Russia sank a number of nuclear submarines, with the reactors intact, in shallow water. Once the submarine rusts enough, high level nuclear waste will start contaminating fairly crowded shipping lanes.”
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There’s no honor in being needlessly racist. But, what would someone like you know of honor.
and let's not forget the great garbage patch. It covers an estimated surface area of 1.6 million square kilometers, an area twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France.
You know NOTHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL FISHING! If you live in a fishing town you would know how many nets go missing, cut... and the horrible bycatch laws means when you catch 6 fish and only 1 is your "target" you have to throw the other 5 dead fish overboard or face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.