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Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them

Fact of the Day: Lady Gaga's signature platinum blonde look came in response to people mistaking her for Amy Winehouse and sought to visually differentiate herself

Indie game devs, when you use the slop machine in your game, it makes it clear to players that you don't give a fuck and just want money. Draw crappy but genuine art instead.

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Fact of the Day: When life preservers first began to see widespread use in the 1800s, they were made of cork wood and were often rather heavy and occasionally would unintentionally pull their intended target underwater

Fact of the Day: The word pupil in Latin (pupilla, meaning little girl/doll) was named as such because you look a smaller version of yourself reflected in the lens of someone's eye

Fact of the Day: The Snowflake Moray Eel take the unique ability of eels being able to survive briefly on wet land to another level, being able to pounce then swallow their prey of crabs on land utilizing an extra set of internal jaws that don't require water to aid digestion

Fact of the Day: First spotted in 1991, a red-tailed hawk with unique head feathering started to be documented by birdwatchers in New York City's Central Park they called Pale Male, (1/2)

Fact of the Day: Despite featuring the iconic future telling Groundhog, tarot and fortune telling services are illegal in the state of Pennsylvania

Fact of the Day: Sassafras, originally the key ingredient to American root beer, was banned by the FDA in 1960 for its content of safrole which was found to be a carcinogen in rats when given in large amounts; commercial, modern root beer uses synthetic flavors to mimic that original taste

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Fact of the Day: When Pepsi first came to store shelves in North Carolina in 1893, it was initially called "Brad's Drink" after its creator Caleb Bradham

Fact of the Day: Sir Alfred Hitchcock was knighted in 1980, but had initially declined the designation of Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962 as unlike Knight of the British Realm it did not come with the honorary "Sir" (1/2)

I'm backkkkkkk. I have returned to campus and once again have a roof over my head, so let's stab each other in Among Us then... we'll be doing something, probably :3 it's been a while, lol twitch.tv/itstripleagaming

Fact of the Day: After the Southeast Asian jumping spider lays its eggs, it'll produce a milky substance to feed its young that's protein rich while not technically being classified milk leading to people calling it "spider milk"

Fact of the Day: The same sounds used for Comet the Reindeer in 1994's The Santa Clause are used for the Imp Demons in 1993's Doom

Fact of the Day: Timmy Turner from Fairy Oddparents was originally going to wear blue, but while doing initial concept art the artist Butch Hartman ran out of blue ink, drew him once with pink, and liked it significantly better that way

Fact of the Day: Whales molt and shed their skin to "maintain ideal skin thickness", with research confirming it is the primary reason for their migration patterns to warmer climates in a process they often supplement with exfoliation with sand and barnacles

Fact of the Day: Charles Dickens had a pet raven named Grip, for which the talking raven in his book Barnaby Rudge is named, that died in 1841 which Dickens then had stuffed

Fact of the Day: Thomas the Tank Engine, who debuted alongside other train characters in the 1940s Railway Series books, were originally stories the author Wilbert Awdry told his son Christopher while he was sick with the measles that Wilbert's wife encouraged him to publish

And remember everyone, while a perfect grade on this test is nearly impossible, it is not pass/fail. Even one makes a difference

Why the cinnamon toast fuck do people use AI generated/modified pictures on their dating app profiles? If you're not a bot, it's going to 100% make you LOOK like a bot AND automatically make me think less of you

Fact of the Day: In the game Fallout 3, if you glitch out of Vault 101 during the tutorial "Baby Steps", you can go on to complete the entire game as a baby (albeit with various strange visual glitches)

Fact of the Day: Leafcutter ants don't actually eat leaves, and instead use the leaf cuttings to grow, feed, and cultivate farms of the fungus which make up their diet

Fact of the Day: A rare kind of cloud called a polar stratospheric cloud, or mother of pearl cloud, instead of scattering the sunlight they reflect it to take on a rainbow appearance

Fact of the Day: Due to a trade with the USSR to supply the nation with cola syrup in 1989, Pepsi acquired defunct warships and submarines with the intent for them to be sold for scrap which temporarily gave Pepsi possession of the world's 6th largest navy

Fact of the Day: During the American Civil War, there was a Union Balloon Corps which used hot air balloons for recon, aiding in various battles, and were personally approved by Lincoln with the Corps leader landing a hot air balloon on the White House lawn

Fact of the Day: There are three distinct types of gong: the traditional Suspended Gongs which originate primarily from China and Java, the Bossed Gong which has a secondary disc in the metal most famous for its use by Buddhist temples, (1/2)

Fact of the Day: Prior to the invention of radar, parts of the UK constructed "sound mirrors", large pieces of concrete with round indents akin to a modern radar dish locally called listening ears, to detect the sounds of approaching airplane engines effective from ranges as far as 20 miles

Fact of the Day: The concept of the "Seven (Ancient) Wonders" comes from the work of Flemish painting engraver Philips Galle replicating the paintings of Maarten van Heemskerck that, as Professor Andrew Hopkins put it, (1/2)

Fact of the Day: In Germany, attempting to escape from prison is not a crime that'll accrue additional punishment so long as subsequent crimes are not committed during the escape, with the laws remarking that it is human nature to want to be free

Fact of the Day: Evarcha culicivora, aka the vampire jumping spider, hunt mosquitoes who've recently fed because the spiders feed on vertebrate blood but only through indirect sources; they supplement their limited diet with nectar to compensate for their niche primary diet

Fact of the Day: The word "Casanova" coming to mean womanizer or promiscuous male comes from Giacomo Girolamo Casanova's 18th century autobiography whose title translates to "The Story of My Life" (1/2)

Fact of the Day: Even though Pomegranate seeds are the first examples that come up on Google when you search for "aril", what people often incorrectly call their seeds, pomegranates are part of a specific fruit group called exarilates meaning "without aril"; (1/2)

Fact of the Day: The periscope, originally called the polemoscope, was devised originally by astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1647 and foresaw its likely military implications, which would come in 1854 when it was first used in the Navy by Hippolyte Marié-Davy

Fact of the Day: Hieroglyphics have contextual reading direction, meaning they can be read left to right (sinistrodextral) or right to left (dextrosinistral) depending on specific symbol usage

Fact of the Day: The rabbit from Super Mario 64, Mips is named for the MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) component in the N64

Fact of the Day: Plums have some of the most diverse cultivars of any fruit species largely cultivated and come in a huge array of colors, including but not limited to; yellow, green, purple, blue, red, pink, and black

Fact of the Day: While we call the sensation "hitting your funny bone" because of the humerus bone it is near, the sensation comes from hitting the ulnar which is largely vulnerable with just skin and fat to insulate it

Fact of the Day: Not only is there a specific word for binding books in human skin (Anthropodermic bibliopegy), there is also a group called the Anthropodermic Book Projected which seems to prove which famous books are in fact bound in skin

Fact of the Day: Despite hieroglyphics being almost exclusively associated with Egyptian history, the word itself has no Egyptian origins and etymologically is Greek, used to mean either "sacred engravings" or "words of God"

Fact of the Day: Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons are all regional names for the same weather event, a Tropical Cyclone, stemming from different oceans; Hurricanes are Atlantic and parts of the Pacific, Typhoons are the western Pacific, and Cyclones for the Indian Ocean

Fact of the Day : The lyrics for the M.A.S.H theme song "Suicide is Painless" were actually written by director Robert Altman's then 15 year old son, and despite commissioning the lyrics to "stupid" he and audiences grew to love its dark, haunting ballad

Fact of the Day: When a word or phrase is repeated in two different forms, this is a type of pun called an Antanaclasis; examples include Ben Franklin's quote "Your argument is sound, nothing but sound" and Jay Z's lyric of "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man"

Fact of the Day: The fax machine was patented in 1843 as the "Electric Printing Telegraph" and was successfully created in 1846

Fact of the Day: In 1784, a conflict in the Scheldt River called the "Kettle War" between the Northern Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire promptly ended when the outnumbered defending forces fired a single shot, (1/2)

Fact of the Day: Because a person's height varies by small amounts throughout the day, the Guinness World Record holders for height both tall and short 6 different times throughout the day for confirmation