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They saw you in your underwear, and they actually exist.
There is some commotion going on at the park, or maybe it’s the grocery store--everything is extremely strange and continually morphing before your eyes. You aren’t fully aware of where you are, or if you are even yourself. You can’t see yourself, after all. Where’s a mirror when you need one?
By R. A. Lee5 years ago in FYI
How a Great Dane Made Her Mark
Soldiers understand the threatening reality of explosives in warfare. Some specialize in the most conventional and unconventional explosives to ensure the safe disposal of such devices. These brave men and women are called Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians. These military personnel are on call to respond to any type of ordnance, including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. According to the Navy Careers Website,
By Bryan R..5 years ago in FYI
Perspective
“There is only a perspectival seeing, only a perspectival ‘knowing’; the more affects we are able to put into words about a thing, the more eyes, various eyes we are able to use for the same thing, the more complete will be our ‘concept’ of the thing, our ‘objectivity’.” - Nietzsche
By Dan Garro5 years ago in FYI
Murder, He Wrote
It was when someone told me about a crash of rhinos that I hit the wall. It was one of those things that come up in casual conversation, when going down the road the of fact-finding factoids inevitably brings you to the weird and wacky anomalies of the English language, and how there’s a word for everything — even when there isn’t.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in FYI
The Slippery Issue of Palm Oil
Forget the adage that you never more than 6ft away from a rat. In all likelihood, you are never more than 6ft away from palm oil in some shape or form, which may in fact be a scarier thought than those rodent residents. Palm oil is the most popular edible oil in the world. Check the back of the nearest packet of biscuits, your tube of shampoo or your daily makeup and in all likelihood you’ll see it there - PKO or Palm Kernel Oil. It may even sneak in under disguise, with around 500 different processed forms, or ‘derivatives’, that make up about 60% of global palm oil use.
By Georgia Melodie Hole5 years ago in FYI
Curiosity, Perplexity, and the Wisdom of Socrates
“I know that I know nothing" - Socrates Plato begins his dialogue, Meno, rather abruptly. At the very outset, Meno poses the following question to Socrates: “Can you tell me, Socrates, can virtue be taught?” Meno believes he has a clear understanding of virtue and what it entails. He even suggests as much to Socrates: “I have made many speeches about virtue before large audiences on a thousand occasions, very good speeches I thought.”
By Dan Garro5 years ago in FYI
What in the world is a Gremlin Bell?
Man do I have some nuggets of uncommon knowledge for you to add to your conversational tool bag. We all have one, don’t be shy. Uncommon, weird, or strange knowledge is mandatory for everyone. Some people have some strange facts tucked away about how sharks clean their teeth, some have the golden nugget of how many stairs are in the Statue of Liberty (not that it matters) while others have more socially acceptable nuggets about household cleaning cheats (please share them with me).
By Brian Pehrson5 years ago in FYI
Navigating the Pain Game
“Candidate One-Zero-Eight, out of the van,” the unseen driver barked. I disembarked hastily from the back of a blacked-out moving van and hustled towards the silhouette in the adjacent clearing. The tacticool ball cap rattled off two series of numbers before dismissing himself. On bended knee I raced through a few calculations and scratched a few figures on my laminated map.
By Nom de Guerre5 years ago in FYI
Golden Blood
Blood. A substance that carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries away carbon dioxide and other waste products. A transport liquid that is pumped by the heart to all corners of your body, before returning to the heart to repeat the process.
By Kayleigh Taylor5 years ago in FYI
Did You Ever Hear About Aeroflot Flight 6502?
Do you ever get a horrid anxious feeling whenever you're about to get onto a plane, like you could crash or the flight could get struck by lightning? Ever get a fear that all the horrid, very unlikely things that you see in the movies could happen to you? Snakes on a Plane stopped me flying for years - great film though.
By Shamar M5 years ago in FYI
Most feminist ancient civilizations
Let me start off by mentioning that I that grew up around some very strong, independent, and prideful women. I've always had immense respect for the women both in my family and in general because of this. It is also because of this upbringing that I've always found the patriarchy immensely confusing and even quite disturbing. These feelings became even worse; once I did a bit of research I realized it wasn't always this way at least in some civilizations. We took a very disturbing step back in the world with women's rights and just overall how women are treated in society.
By Dyllon Rodillon5 years ago in FYI
The Children of Lir
This is the transcript for the special st. Patrick’s day episode of the We’re All Stories podcast. Be sure to give it a listen! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1685008/8161847
By Ravenswing5 years ago in FYI