Testing Normal

Living in the digital age has brought us many improvements, but until recently some of our daily lives haven’t resided in a way digitally that is outside of our control completely. We want to talk about the good and the bad of currency, identity, ownership and so much more is affected by having it only live in a digital space. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Oregon temporarily drops college degree requirement for substitute teachers to alleviate shortage

JUST IN 🚨 India foils Chinese incursion in Arunachal Pradesh, briefly detains China’s troops, claims Indian media News 18.

Buried in the Infrastructure Bill - .08 cents per mile driving tax

Twitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked in apparent hack

Things are happening so fast, and with such quantum leaps in NFT world, that I am struggling to get to grips with it, let alone all of the projects and  breakthroughs.

. @FrancesHaugen : "I'm actually against the breaking up of Facebook...the problems here are about the design of algorithms...these systems are going to continue to exist and be dangerous even if broken up."

Digital driver's license: Here's what you should know

How the rich and powerful use secret offshore companies to hide vast amounts of wealth, leaked documents show

Indian shop assistants finally win the right to sit down, after years of standing up

Biden plan would give IRS more power to track $600 bank accounts: What you need to know

TIL:

TIL about the Finnish "Day-fine" system; most infractions are fined based on what you could spend in a day based on your income. The more severe the infraction the more "day-fines" you have to pay, which can cause millionaires to recieve speeding tickets of 100,000+$

TIL the ancient Egyptians developed the first recorded early pregnancy test, whereby a woman would urinate on a bag of wheat or barley and, if the bag started sprouting, it indicated a pregnancy. In 1963, researchers measured the test as being 70% accurate.

if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be fully visible to the naked eye it would appear six times as wide as our moon?

.every year, the Moon moves 3.82 cm away from Earth

The human egg is called an ovum. It is about 100 microns (or micrometers) in diameter. This is visible to the eye-about the size of a period at the end of this sentence.

Shower Thoughts:

Dryer lint is the average color of your clothes

When an orphan takes a selfie, it’s actually a family photo.

Your fingers grow in proportion to your nostrils, so that you can pick them throughout your life.

there were probably vegetarians/vegans in the matrix who refused to eat meat for ethical reasons when in reality their efforts were for nothing because the animals weren't even real...

The real reward of cigarettes is removing yourself from a given situation.

We will eventually have to recycle/reuse cemeteries.

Driving safely and NOT speeding actually makes you feel like a rebel among the majority of drivers

Facebook has been down a lot of the day and we are calling an audible and streaming on YouTube this evening. We want to go over some of what we have found in this mess of a story, because some of it is not as it may seem once you start to dig into it. Shortly after the show some of it is already unfolding and the main whistleblower is heading before the senate Oct 5th to testify why social media needs more government control. Do we also laugh… of course. Mostly at ourselves, and partially at shower thoughts. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

British aircraft carrier ignores Chinese warnings for second time

Kabul Faces Blackouts If Foreign Electricity Suppliers Go Unpaid: WSJ

“PSAKI ON FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER: "This is just the latest in a series of revelations about social media platforms that made clear that self-regulation is not working.

Data of Over 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum

UPDATE - DNS records that tell systems around the world how to find

The Associated Press on Twitter “China has flown more than 30 military planes toward Taiwan in its second large display of force in as many days. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says 39 aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone

Give Amazon and Facebook a Seat at the United Nations

“Facebook and Instagram go mysteriously offline and, for one shining day, the world becomes a healthier place.

Evergrande stocks halted in Hong Kong

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview

Reaching people on the internet in 2021 (the Oatmeal comic)

Facebook ‘Whistleblower’ Donated 36 Times to Democrats, Including to Anti-Primary Extremists And AOC. Looks like this 'whistleblower' is doing less whistling and more blowing.

APOPHENIA - by Edward Snowden - Continuing Ed — with Edward Snowden

Facebook whistleblower says company engaged in 'betrayal of democracy'

Cloudflare blog: Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet

TIL:

TIL that screensavers were originally created to save CRT screens from burning an image into the display due to prolonged, unchanged use.

TIL the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are a paid promotion costing $50,000 each

TIL In 2011 two fishermen from Kiribati went adrift for 33 days before landing in the Marshall Islands. They then found out that their hitherto thought to be dead uncle, who went missing 25 years earlier after also going adrift, had landed in the Marshall Islands as well and married there.

Shower Thoughts:

If we could comprehend animal language as we comprehend each other, we'd probably be all vegans

Social media is the new cigarettes: Companies profit from people’s addiction to an unhealthy product.

"Have a nice day " sounds friendly whereas "Enjoy the next 10 hours" sounds menacing.

People who can properly handle lottery winnings are the least likely to buy lottery tickets

People who perished climbing Mount Everest literally chose the hill they wanted to die on.

Because dead animals eventually decompose into fertilizer, it is possible to have beef-fed grass.

Some odd news in the week about koala bears, boars, and Google getting strong-armed by Russia, but on the Afghanistan front some senate hearings took place and we have some thoughts on it all. Stick around for some laughs at ourselves and some shower thoughts as well.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Australia has lost one-third of its koalas in the past three years

Wild Boars Are Running Wild On The Streets Of Rome In Search Of Food

In Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the State

Free Speech a 'Core Value,' YouTube CEO Says After Blocking Russian Opposition Videos

Milley,  Austin,  McKenzie testify before Senate committee on Afghanistan exit

. @HawleyMO  on what we've learned from Afghanistan hearing:  1. Biden lied about the advice military leaders gave him  2. State Dept & WH delayed evacuation to catastrophe  3. The Pentagon failed to plan for the collapse of the Afghan Govt & Security Forces despite warnings

Ford reveals plans for massive EV and battery factories in the US

Since the disaster in Afghanistan & revelations broke that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs conspired against POTUS & offered highly classified intel to the CCP only 1 US Military Officer has been held accountable -  The LtCol who demanded accountability.

TIL:

TIL that there exists an official registered language which is spoken in whistle. It is used by spanish inhabitants of one of the canary islands. It is named "silbo gomera" which means to whistle.

TIL "snake oil" was originally an effective Chinese medicine made of Chinese water snakes (rich in omega-3 which can be used to treat inflammation). When immigrants brought it to the US, Americans started making the oil out of rattlesnakes (low in omega-3) or no snakes at all.

TIL soccer balls used to be brown or white: the black pentagons were added for television for the 1970 World Cup, to show viewers the position and spin of the ball on black and white TVs.

Shower Thoughts:

Left handed mouse users are probably more rare than left handed people

When you get out of school at 3, it felt very late. When you get off work at 3, it feels like you got half your day back

A babies first cry after birth is the human brain’s startup sound

"Car Guys" are the male version of "Horse Girls" Both are strangely obsessed with riding things.

High school bands show school spirit by going to football games and supporting the team but football players don't show school spirit by attending band concerts and supporting the band members.

The first astronauts didn’t want to be astronauts when they grew up.

Eating a banana, apple, orange, and kiwi on the same day was unheard of 100 years ago

There were two dead naked Stormtroopers in the Millennium Falcon for a good portion of A New Hope.

Submarine deals falling through, China banks going bankrupt, and Amazon spying on their employees. We gots stuff to chat about. Stop by and say hello! If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Amazon will lobby government to legalize marijuana

Why are the French so mad about the submarine deal?

Amazon's AI-powered cameras punish its delivery drivers when they look at side mirrors or when other cars cut them off, report says

Coinbase Signs Deal With Homeland Security to Provide Analytics Software

Texas Law Enforcement Storm Border With Scores Of Vehicles, Secure Area After Biden Failed

Lava pours out of volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands

Norm MacDonald, comedian and former 'SNL' cast member, dies at 61

Endgame Begins: Evergrande Hires Bankruptcy Advisors As Furious Investors Protest Imminent Default

TIL:

TIL about the melon drop scam, a con that targeted Japanese tourists. Scammers would buy a watermelon for a low price and then bump into an Asian tourist and charge them about $100 for the broken melon. This is due to the higher fruit prices in Japan. These days the scam involves any broken item.

TIL Swedish-built cars -- Saabs and Volvos -- are specifically reinforced so that the occupants will survive if they hit a moose.

TIL that the guava fruit has the highest protein content of any fruit with 2.55g per 100g.

TIL The British army breaks step when crossing bridges. This is because in 1831 a suspension bridge collapsed from all the soldiers marching in unison.

TIL the anti-diabetic medication,metformin, is derived from French lilacs. In medieval times, French lilac was used to treat the symptoms of a condition we now know today as diabetes mellitus.

Shower Thoughts:

As soon as garbage trucks start creeping around silently after being converted over all electric, a lot of us are screwed.

Buying nonalcoholic beer gives off the impression of having a drinking problem more than buying regular beer.

Dinosaur chicken nuggets are the ultimate f-you. We take their descendants and turn them to mush shaped like their ancestors. Then we eat them.

If you can’t select zero stars, then the rating is actually out of 4 stars

When someone walks into your room, they make trillions on trillions of atoms move. Those tiny things you can't see are enough to let you "feel" someone disturbing your area and alerting you to their presence.

Nothing is on fire, its fire that is on things.

"You look like a million bucks" is probably a joke insult amongst billionaires at some point

If spiders had wings would it make them cuter

Inflation is a real threat, a tax on the poor, and is likely here to stay for awhile at higher than normal levels. Also, we have a serial pooper on the loose that needs to be discussed as well as other subjects that tie to the economic decline of our world and nation. We do end the show more light-hearted as per usual.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.

NEW - Facebook shields millions of "VIP users" from the company’s standard content moderation practices in a program called "XCheck," according to internal documents obtained by the WSJ.

JUST IN - NY Federal Reserve now sees inflation at 5.2% in one year, 4% in three years; a series high with "large expected price rises" in food, rent, and medical costs.

'He's just a little boy': Mom cries as teens, 13 and 14, arrested for plotting Columbine-style school attack

the cheat is on - CA recall

This is even more humiliating than him getting booed at the WTC memorial

Major Supermarket Chain Warns Inflation Is About to Impact More Americans

Akron man whose photograph caught serial pooper suspect: 'You messed with the wrong guy' (video)

Firm raises $15m to bring back woolly mammoth from extinction

Oregon taxpayers could see record $1.9 billion ‘kicker’ refund next year

1 million Afghan children are at risk of starvation, UNICEF director warns

TIL:

TIL there's a mineral element (Promethium) so rare that it's estimated there are 500-600 grams of it in the Earth's crust (one of only two elements followed by a stable element)

TIL that due to the fact that they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like dolphins, seals, and whales.

TIL that the ice at the North Pole is only about 2-3 meters (6-10 feet) thick, while the Arctic Ocean is more than 4,000 meters (~2.5 miles) deep at the Pole.

TIL - From Dad

TIL The US convened a Coin Task Force to address a shortage in coinage. They determined there isn’t a shortage per se, instead too much of the $48.5 billion in US are not in circulation.

Shower Thoughts:

The scariest thing to see when camping alone at night isn’t a bear, it’s a human

Expiration dates are spoiler alerts

The reason no season 6 of Black Mirror released is because we are season 6.

Ravioli is the original Hot pocket

Ironically having and raising a child is the one subject that isn't taught to us but would greatly benefit us as a species to learn how to do it properly

Retirement facility on the moon and Mars would be great for elderly mobility issues 

If every insect on the planet decided to work together to kill all humans, we would probably lose

There is an air marshal, fire marshal, and field marshal, but no water marshal

Mcflurry machines breaking constantly is an issue. Discuss. Imported goods from victims of forced labor is something we all need to be aware of, and housing/pay/homelessness seems to be at an all time high in our country. Almost none of this did we plan to discuss this long (as it normally goes when live), but it was a good conversation. We obviously don't have all the answers or pretend to have the exact right ones, but we think conversation and discussion is healthy. Join us again for some conversation and some laughs at the end.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

US cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor

McFlurry machines keep breaking and the FTC wants answers

How Finland Solved Its Homelessness Problem

The Phone Call That May Come Back to Haunt Joe Biden

The TRUTH about the Taliban in Afghanistan | Zakarya Hassani - MP Podcast #108

NEW - "China is our most important partner," says Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on the prospect of Afghanistan becoming part of the New Silk Road initiative (La Repubblica)

National Archives Places ‘Harmful Language Alert’ On Page Hosting U.S. Constitution.

TIL:

TIL the McDonald's corporation quietly phased out Ronald McDonald, the companies clown mascot, due to the 2016 clown scare video fad.

TIL that the details of the Manhattan Project were so secret that many workers had no idea why they did their jobs. A laundrywoman had a dedicated duty to "hold up an instrument and listen for a clicking noise" without knowing why. It was a Geiger counter testing the radiation levels of uniforms.

TIL the US postal services once used a missile to launch mail (launched from a sub in Florida to 100 miles away)

TIL it can take 100 years for an embalmed body buried in a coffin to completely decompose, leaving only teeth remaining.

TIL that Vermont ambulances stock maple syrup for 'oral glucose' administration.

Shower Thoughts:

Car manufacturers manufacture more doors than cars

Chicken is only a breakfast food if it hasn’t been born yet

A lot of Google’s revenue comes from people too lazy to type “.com”

Since the speed of light is finite and we need light to hit an object and then come to our eyes in order for us to see it, we can never truly look at the present.

Ice cubes are technically water supplements

Throughout history, the leading cause of a broken nose was a big mouth

There’s nothing worse than dancing naked in your living room drunk and realizing that you left your blinds open and your neighbors are sitting outside on their porch and could definitely see you

Both are insects, but when you crush a cockroach you're heroic while if you crush a butterfly you're evil

Afghanistan, robots, china, and so much more going on this week. We want to talk about it and create a good discussion starting point. This is a sensitive topic for many and we completely understand and want to tread lightly with those that are either affected by this now, or have substantial portions of their life tied up in this conflict. Do we end with shower thoughts? yes.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Have Afghan Refugees in Europe Launched a ‘Rape Jihad’?

Check the time stamps (biden going home to sleep)

Joe Biden was actually on vacation when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. That isn't some GOP meme. That actually happened. This is all actually happening.

MAP BREAK  Are you paying attention yet? China Funded Lapis-Lazuli Transport Corridor Unites Caucasus and Central Asia

TIL:

TIL that IKEA was founded by a teenager in 1943.

TIL with the interstellar movie, which aired in 2014 approx 57 min and 4 sec has transpired since yah time on Miller’s planet due to the time dilation.

TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.

TIL about Camp Siegfried, a Nazi summer camp on Long Island that kept a restrictive covenant preventing non-German people from living in the community until 2016.

Shower Thoughts:

If a cashier remembers you, you're either a great customer or a terrible customer. Everyone else is forgotten.

As a society, we are trying to make robots behave like humans and humans behave like robots

The reason we don't know about more perfect crimes is because, those crimes are perfect.

If someone is a truly good liar, everyone thinks they're a bad liar

Nobody needs a vacation more than a person just returning from one. Honestly, one of the most depressing times - getting back to real life and responsibilities

If pokemons existed we would probably eat them

Of the three main forms of matter, gas is the only one which we are comfortable releasing into our pants.

93.4% of people who have ever lived have died. There are approximately 107 billion people to have ever lived and there are 7 billion people who are still alive

You only have to mistype one letter to turn a Dad joke into a Bad joke

Apple has said they are sending out a new update in the coming months that will do some pretty scary things in our opinion. We want to talk about it, and compare it to last weeks topic of North Korea.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Apple to start scanning people’s photos and messages to check for child abuse

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) - Psychiatric Disorders

Target will cover 100% of college tuition for its workers

Apple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life

Snowden Tweet - Apple says to "protect children," they're updating every iPhone to continuously compare your photos and cloud storage against a secret blacklist. If it finds a hit, they call the cops.  iOS will also tell your parents if you view a nude in iMessage.

Senator Cynthia Lummis - The Wyden-Lummis-Toomey amendment is simple. It clarifies in law what most of us already believe—that validators of distributed ledger data like miners & stakers, hardware wallet providers & software developers should NOT be required to report transaction data to the IRS.

TIL:

TIL a plane hijacking in Norway ended only after the hijacker had consumed the planes beer supply and traded his weapons for more beer.

TIL in WWII, Germany carried out only one land operation in north America, the installation of a secret weather station in Newfoundland. They scattered American cigarette packets and planted a sign saying "Canadian Meteor Service" in case anyone found it, and the site wasn't rediscovered until 1977.

TIL Groundhogs are also called woodchucks.

TIL beavers build their dams as an instinct to stop the sounds of water leaks. If a speaker is playing just the sound of running water, a beaver will build a dam over it. This is even if it’s over concrete with no visible water, or if an actual nearby leaky water source is quieter than the speaker.

TIL a Brazilian company reverse engineered the Nintendo Entertainment System and produced a clone that could play official carts since it was never released there. Nintendo asked them to cease but because they designed their own hardware and Nintendo had no presence in Brazil it was totally legal.

Shower Thoughts:

If you had to lose one sense what would you pick?

YoUr LiFe Is OnLy ThReE mInUtEs LoNg BuT a BrEaTh ReSeTs ThE cLoCk

Your belly button is your old mouth

Peeing in a urinal with no door feels fine; peeing in a stall with the door open feels weirdly vulnerable

“Part of a complete breakfast'' is a nice way of saying “not a complete breakfast”.

Being bored in your own house is somehow better than being bored at someone else's house.

The Universe might've already ended, and we're just waiting for it to reach us, like cosmic dominos

We associate hot with red and cold with blue, but blue stars are hotter than red stars

Hanging out with somebody 10 years younger than you makes you realize how old you really are.

To humans, the earth will always be about 4.5 billion years old.

In this episode we set out to talk about some meat, and we do eventually for a minute, but it went a completely different direction… and it needed to. We include some pretty important links in our show notes and strongly encourage everyone to listen to the podcast we discuss. Discussion, discourse, opinions, views, perspectives, thoughts, beliefs… all of them and in between are important to talk about. Some are wrong, and some are just wrong for some. Some are right, and some are just right for some. What matters is the freedom of thought and freedom to develop those thoughts over a lifetime. Its part of growing. For sure we still laugh, share some TIL’s, and chuckle at obscure shower thoughts. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

#1691 - Yeonmi Park - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on Spotify

Tyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4: E26

Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study]: a prospective cohort study

Investors in the market over time compared to value

“The US is in big trouble with twin deficits & high debt. But few realize that a Fed-issued digital USD token can change the fate of America. How?

Coming soon: America's own social credit system

Usain Bolt floats to victory in zero-gravity race

IT BEGINS – USA Social Credit System Begins – Paypal, Facebook Begin Investigating and REPORTING Propagators of “Anti-Government” Rhetoric – Investment Watch

TIL:

TIL Harry Patch, the last surviving combat soldier of WW1 to have fought in the trenches, died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day

TIL that while serving together in WWII, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling’s friend Melvin Levy ventured out to watch an aircraft drop off food crates. Levy was joking about where the food would fall when one of the crates landed on his head and decapitated him as Serling looked on in horror.

TIL that a scientist in Antarctica tried to murder his co workers because he kept revealing him how his favourite books ended. It was the first arrest for attempted murder ever in Antarctica.

TIL that of Miami and Tampa are 2 of the 3 major cities in the United States to never have reached 100 degrees officially.
TIL a 31 yr. old man was diagnosed with a fractured cervical spine caused by virtual reality gaming due to rapid movement and the headset weight. Visual stimulus removed the brains awareness of perceived threat to self harm allowing increased rotation of the spine.

Shower Thoughts:

Ironically a mullet will protect you from having a redneck.

People would probably read more than just headlines if excessive ads and paywalls didn’t make online articles so inaccessible and difficult to read

If we colonise Mars, every country on Earth will become a 1st world country

Earlier it was like what does not kill you makes you stronger, nowadays it is what does not kill you mutates and then tries to kill you, over and over again.

You can legally kick out your own child at 18 with nothing, but be forced to take care of another adult you want nothing to do with after divorce

The internet is the cruelest place on the planet. And it’s not even a physical place.

If a week has a full health bar and loses health throughout the week, by the end of the week, it is weakened..

The word "Monopoly" is technically an oxymoron

Brexit, China, Portland, Tunisia… we go all over the world on this episode and have fun talking about it.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:

Retailers blame Brexit as food shortages sweep across Scotland's stores

In 'frank' talks, China accuses U.S. of creating 'imaginary enemy'

Portland is down to one full-time traffic officer as speeding tickets plummet

Breaking: The President of #Tunisia has fired the Prime Minister, dissolved the Tunisian parliament, and has assumed executive power of the country. (Conflicts) Movement describes the move by the President as a "coup" It is encouraging people to take to the streets in rejection of the decision from the President. Tunisian President says further measures will be taken and announced at a later time. Tunisian President carried out his actions under Article 80 of the constitution according to media reports. Parliament SUSPENDED, not fully dissolved.

JUST IN - Tunisian president imposes a one-month curfew, the movement of people and vehicles is prohibited from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Group of Salvadorans Take to the Streets to Protest El Salvador's New Bitcoin Law – Bitcoin News

TIL:

TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priest

Today I learned that NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal only scored one three-pointer in his entire career.

TIL the medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are made from metals recovered from recycled cell phones collected since 2017.

TIL the Romans believed eyelashes fell out from excessive sex, so women would use cosmetics to make their eyelashes look fuller and longer to demonstrate their chastity.

TIL that hippo sweat contains a chemical that has an SPF factor to prevent them from getting sunburned.

Shower Thoughts:

Wall•E is a movie about a character named Eve who gains forbidden knowledge and as a result humanity has to leave paradise to take up a life of hard manual labor.

There isn’t a single sport that wouldn’t be made better by putting a giant angry bull in the middle

Most of society is a scam designed to keep us preoccupied until we finally lay down and die.

The reason the washing machine only ever eats one sock is because when it eats a pair we don’t notice it

At some point in life, there was a stranger who got disappointed of how your voice sounded when you started talking.

Professors are human programmers. Psychologists are human debuggers.

If the Earth was flat we could see the top of Mt. Everest from anywhere on Earth.

When an athlete doesn't quite win a medal, they weren't the hero of the story...they were the final boss.