FOLIO OLIO: THURSDAY #4698

One Of My Very Own

EMAIL: ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

IN SEARCH OF COVID SANITY

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I can just imagine anti-science buffoons trying to use this excuse when explaining away their guilt to their grandchildren.

But the only way they didn't know the truth is that they willfully decided to ignore it.

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Every time I go to Baskin-Robbins their hamburger machine is broken.

GET LEARNT

Mythbusters fire a ball at 50mph out of a cannon on a truck driving at 50mph in the opposite direction.

You can read and even understand that this would happen but a visual is most powerful.

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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent to the Senate a treaty purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France. The Senate approved the treaty for ratification on October 20, 1803. The territory, which encompassed more than 800,000 square miles of land, now makes up fifteen states stretching from Louisiana to Montana.

$15 million. What a bargain.

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There are 850 pounds of cocaine hidden inside this excavator.

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That guy was handed the opportunity to write the greatest headline ever written and wholeheartedly relished every letter of it.

This is that guy...

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The difference between an ostrich egg or chicken eggs

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SOURCE LINK

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Development of windmills over the years.

TUTORIAL LINK

I learned a lot and strongly recommend it.

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But I think the vast majority of the dead are old people who aren't employable anymore.

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Here are some more interesting baseball facts:

If a batter fails two-thirds of the time, they're still considered an excellent batter. It's too bad this standard isn't applied to everything else in life.

It is legal to "steal" in this game. This is, perhaps, a questionable example for children.

If you aren't such a good hitter, you can have a pinch hitter bat for you. If you aren't such a fast runner, you can have someone—a pinch-runner—come in and run for you. At what point, you might wonder, is a team entirely comprised of "pinch" players?

There's a rule preventing pitchers from spitting on the ball. They can spit anywhere else they like, apparently.

If a batter walks with the bases loaded, he is credited with an RBI (Run Batted In). That's right: even though he didn't hit the ball.

The game is played on dirt and grass, but if the ball gets dirty, it is replaced with a new clean ball.

If a batter accidentally hits the catcher when swinging, it's the catcher's fault, even if the catcher gets injured. The batter is awarded a base. The catcher gets an apology if he's lucky.

The coaches and managers wear the same uniforms as the players.

When a pitcher walks a batter, the batter jogs to first base. Incongruous, but it is a nice show of effort.

The 7th-inning stretch makes baseball the only sport where spectators must take part in calisthenics.

*But I think the most unusual thing is that one player is positioned out of bounds during play - the catcher.

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I thought neurodivergent meant you could move shit with your mind.

HUMAN ODDITIES

This is me when at the last family reunion I learned that a half dozen of the attendees were die-hard Trump cultists who stay in touch with QAnon.

But after we got over our shock our mood changed.

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As I recall this scene was ad-lib and the extras are genuinely terrified.

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Gay sex is so complicated.

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And I don't even see a tether.

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Remember this?

Oh, my.

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I wonder if they get paid extra for feats like that.

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Allegedly the punishment for distributing this image is 15 days in prison 3,000 rubles in Russia...which is fine, I have no intention of ever going there.

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