FOLIO OLIO: SUNDAY #4035

One Of My Very Own

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SILLY IS AS SILLY DOES

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This is an excellent optical illusion.

The question is which direction is the person in the swing going.

Take your best shot.

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Whatever happened to individuality?

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Whether you want it or not.

I was gonna say “that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard” but I wanna wait to hear what the Catholic Church does next.

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In addition to the “like” button, I wish there was a “save for future ridicule” button.

FOREST ART INSTALLATIONS

De Willowman op de Floriade - Tuinieren.nl

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Sooner or later in life, everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable.

DAYS OF YORE

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The voice of an angel.
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Bill Gates riding his groovy bike in the '70s...little did his parents know at the time...

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That sickens me.
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Manson's Cult

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Andre

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Roller skating carhop in the 1950s.

They still have those in our local Sonics.
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In the 1800s, pit bulls were often called "Nanny Dogs" because of the protective behavior they exhibit around children.

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That, Gentle Reader, is true love.
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A trip to the dentist in 1892.

Notice the head restraint guy.
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Whoever came up with the saying "if you want something done right, do it yourself" obviously didn't take into consideration that myself is an idiot.

S.T.E.M. MATTERS

Sun Eclipse during the sunrise, Alhasa, Hafouf, East of Saudi Arabia. It looks like a doughnut.
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I'm not sure I understand how this happened. Just an ordinary eclipse with some weird atmospheric shit going on?
Here's another more normal.

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A recent study published in Nature Chemistry finds that 39 percent of respondents in eight European countries say they "agree" with the statement that "I would like to live in a world where chemical substances don't exist." Another 39 percent say the "slightly agree" or "slightly disagree" with this statement. Similarly, 40% say "they do everything I can to avoid contact with chemical substances in my daily life."

As the study's authors—Swiss academics Michael Siegrist and Angela Bearth—point out, such "chemophobia reflects stunning scientific ignorance, because human life would be virtually impossible without chemicals. Indeed, pretty much everything we use or touch is a chemical or combination of chemicals.

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Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, reaching a speed of 833.9mph.

Obviously a doctored image but from what I can find it's absolutely true.
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The Collatz conjecture, also known as the “3x + 1 problem,” is infamous for being so deceptively simple that for decades mathematicians have obsessively made attempts to crack the seemingly impossible problem. It’s named after German mathematician Lothar Collatz who posed the problem in the 1930s. Here’s how it works:
The problem sounds like a party trick. Pick a number, any number. If it’s odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. If it’s even, divide it by 2. Now you have a new number. Apply the same rules to the new number. The conjecture is about what happens as you keep repeating the process.

But Collatz predicted that’s not the case. He conjectured that if you start with a positive whole number and run this process long enough, all starting values will lead to 1. And once you hit 1, the rules of the Collatz conjecture confine you to a loop: 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, on and on forever.
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How Mammoth Meat Tastes

The frozen bodies of woolly mammoths can be so well preserved that they still have blood in their veins. With their flesh still pink, it is no wonder why some people have thought of eating meat frozen for 35,000 years.
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Is Nuclear Power Worth It?

It has been suggested multiple times that nuclear power can be the alternative to the diminishing supply of fossil fuels as the demand for the energy source increases. The suggestion has increased traction as the climate change crisis becomes more urgent. However, is this alternative worth it? While it is a plausible source of energy, the risks can outweigh its benefits, as seen in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Chernobyl and Fukushima are major nuclear-power disasters, where lives were lost. The New Yorker retells the Fukushima tragedy as the discussion for nuclear energy arises again. While nuclear energy is a great alternative, is the world ready for its production? Or are we going to have another major disaster again, as we cannot handle nuclear power well at the moment?
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The data revealed that children who leave secondary school with no qualifications are more likely to have believed in Father Christmas for longer.
By contrast, those who do not pass any exams are more likely to have continued believing when they were eight years and eight months - eight months longer than average.
Meanwhile, children who went on to get a doctorate were likely to have stopped believing earlier, on average at around seven years and seven months old.

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A fast-acting nasal spray derived from ketamine is the first genuine advance in treating depression in more than 30 years.

First synthesized in the 1960s and still used globally as an anesthetic on battlefields and in surgery, ketamine became popular as an illicit club drug known as Special K in the 1980s and ’90s because it triggered trippy dissociative side effects. But nearly two decades ago, researchers noticed it banished depression even in people who are suicidal or resistant to treatment. Another plus: Their response was swift and profound.
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In Delhi, India a plan was hatched to reduce the number of vehicles in use: autos with odd-numbered license plates and even-numbered plates would be allowed on the roads on alternating days. In theory, this should force people to either carpool or suck it up and use public transportation. But in practice, it just made them buy more cars to get around the rule. According to a study by an Indian university, air pollution went down in Delhi the first time the rule was tried, but on the second attempt, it increased by 23%. Not coincidentally, the number of cars on the roads went up too. There's no way the authorities could have known the scheme would have this effect ... unless they'd looked at Mexico City, where precisely this had already happened.

Read the rest of that story and five others that are even more insane:

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I once asked to switch seats on a plane because I was sitting next to a crying baby. Apparently, that's now allowed if the baby is yours.