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Jordan Moore
Law enforcement around the world has used dogs to sniff out bombs and drugs, and in recent years they’ve also been trained to smell contraband cellphones in prisons.
When your dog kicks his hind leg after relieving himself, it isn’t a weak attempt to cover the poo. No, Spot is merely marking his territory with the scent glands in his feet.
On average, a dog can exert 200-250 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure with its jaw. But some breeds, such as the kangal, can exert more than 700 psi.
Fatal dog attacks are rare, with only 46 being recorded in the US in 2020. Pit bulls accounted for 72% of those fatalities.
onesie
Jaap Haumann invented the “anti-rape tampon” in South Africa in 2000 and was marketed in 2005. The device is inserted like a tampon, with a spring activating a blade on a potential rapist's jewels!
Antikythera
now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens,
North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean is home to the most isolated people in the world with 50-200 people. Since 1956, laws have prohibited outsiders from visiting the island.
The term “martial” is derived from the Roman god of war, Mars.
Sumo, which means “striking one another,”
sumo wrestlers (rikishi),
John Stonehouse was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and cabinet minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson who embezzled a bunch of money and faked his death in Miami, Florida in 1974. He was found to be very alive in Australia five weeks later, sent back to the UK, but only served three years in prison for fraud due to poor health.
Jack Ryan was the Republican candidate against Barack Obama for the open senate seat in Illinois in 2004 until it was revealed Ryan brought his wife to kinky sex clubs.
Warren G. Harding is often regarded as the most corrupt US president in history. It’s amazing because the 29th president only served two years before dying in office.
Not true. There’s Mr. Trump. The worst of the worst.
In addition to being involved in fraud, it was later made public that John Stonehouse had been spying for Czechoslovakia during the 1960s.
Hawaii and Utah ban all gambling.
Nevada still holds the top spot as the US state with the most casinos, at 334. Oklahoma is number two with 134 casinos.
FedEx founder Fred Smith once took the last $5,000 of his struggling company to Las Vegas and won $27,000. It was enough to pay the company’s fuel bills.
Fregoli delusion
those afflicted with it believe they keep seeing the same person in different places.
person who breaks out in hives from contact with water probably has aquagenic urticaria. A person with this affliction can drink water, but any external contact creates hives.
The fear of long words is known as hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
foreign accent syndrome. A person with this condition begins speaking in a foreign accent, usually after a traumatic head injury.
ergophobia or the fear of work!
The causes of herpes related viruses are unknown.
This sentence doesn’t make sense. Maybe a direct take, maybe a typo.
Pica is the urge to eat uneatable things
persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD).
lycanthropy.
Egyptian pyramids and Mesoamerican/Mexican pyramids may look similar, but they had different functions. Egyptian pyramids were tombs while those in Mexico were temples.
The Karnak Temple was primarily dedicated to the gods Amun-Re, Mut, and Montu, although smaller temples within the complex were dedicated to the gods Ptah and Khons.
reliquary
Python was the most widely used computer language in 2021. It was first developed in 1991 by a Dutch programmer, Guido van Rossum.
World Wide Web was invented in 1989 by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
“Puss in Boots” was originally an Italian fairytale called “Il gatto con gli stivali.” The original story involved the cat extorting innocent villagers and tricking the princess into believing his master was a noble.
Çizmeli Kedi
The Dr. Suess book Green Eggs and Ham uses only 50 unique words. Suess’s publisher bet him that he couldn’t write a book with only 50 words.
It’s believed that the term “urban myth” was first used by American folklorist, Richard Dorson, in 1968.
“snipe hunt”
In 2020, China was the world’s leading exporter of furniture, with $69 billion worth. Poland was second with nearly $13 billion worth of furniture exports.
The futon was developed in Japan. Traditionally, Japanese futons are placed on top of a matting called tatami.
IKEA claims that its “Billy” bookcase is the most commercially successful piece of furniture. More than 110 million Billy cases have been sold in the last 40 years.
As Charles Darwin (1809-1882) developed his theory of evolution, he also invented the modern office chair by adding wheels to make a swiveling chair.
Dogs have been used as weapons throughout history. In World War II, the Soviets used them as suicide bombers and more recently North Korea has trained dogs for similar missions.
The US Military is currently working on a pulsed energy projectile or PEP, which uses a laser to send small amounts of exploding plasma. The Military claims this will be a non-lethal weapon.
Hyksos
For much of ancient Egyptian history (ca. 3,000-1300 BCE), the Egyptian infantry used a 20-24 inch long, sickle-shaped, slashing sword called a khopesh.
The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a non-lethal rifle that’s been developed by the US Airforce and is in the prototype stage. It works by temporarily blinding the target with a laser.
A picture within a picture,
“Droste effect.”
