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  Did You Know?  The History of the Middle Finger... Well, now...,.. here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to share with my intelligent friends in the hopes that they too, will feel blessed in having gained more knowledge. History is way more fun when you know more fun facts about it, don’t you agree? Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew'), Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, w...

  “BREAKING NEWS” 1926 A rare photo taken of the last man/ape ,the locals called him “Gigantic Homo sapiens” . Living in Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides he and his species were employed to collect bats high in the cave roofs . The bats were eaten for their meat and the wings were used as a crude contraceptive . Unfortunately “Gigantic Homo sapiens” didn’t find female Homo sapiens very attractive and the species soon died out causing the human population in the surrounding area to triple in just five years ( no contraceptives ) His Bones were recently uncovered by builders building a history museum called ( ironically ) “where did all the bats go” His remains are now in the said museum with a plaque saying “without Gigantic Homo sapiens” the population would have grown to big to quickly thank you”

  From Zendaya in Challengers to the plays of Shakespeare, love triangles in various arrangements have long been a romantic staple. But scientists now believe that some of these famous throuples may actually be an entirely new form of sexual attraction. A new study from researchers at Seattle University argues that 'symbiosexual' people are attracted to the energy between established couples rather than any of the individuals themselves. A large number of participants in the study reported feeling a sexual and romantic attraction to a 'third force' or 'synergy' between the existing members of a couple. Dr Sally Johnston, an adjunct professor of anthropology and sociology who conducted the study, says: 'We need to rethink the nature of human attraction and desire as only one-to-one experiences.' It might seem like sexual and romantic attraction is something that happens between two individual people -whoever you are attracted to. However, in research publ...

  The coconut crab is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the predatory crab or palm thief.  It can grow up to one m wide, from the tip of one leg to the other, and weigh up to four kg. Found on islands throughout the Indian Ocean and parts of the Pacific, adult coconut crabs feed mainly on fleshy fruits, nuts, seeds and the pith of fallen trees. Although, as their name suggests, they are often associated with the coconut palm, coconuts do not make up a large part of their diet.  Rather, they eat carrion and other organic matter that they find unattended on the ground. These are potential food sources that they explore and possibly snatch away, hence their other name "predator crab". See more... The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weig...

  Someone posted this pic a few days ago. Many people wanted to know the story behind the statue, so here it is….  Kópakonan: A statue of the Seal Woman is in Mikladagur, on the island of Kalsoy. It is made of bronze and stainless steel. The statue is designed to withstand 13metre waves. In early 2015, a 11.5 meter wave swept over the statue. It stood firm and no damage was caused. (See comments for pics of this). The legend of Kópakonan (the Seal Woman) is one of the best-known folktales in the Faroe Islands. Seals were believed to be former human beings who voluntarily sought death in the ocean. Once a year, on the Thirteenth night, they were allowed to come on land, strip off their skins and amuse themselves as human beings, dancing and enjoying themselves. A young farmer from the village of Mikladalur on the northern island of Kalsoy, wondering if this story was true, went and lay in wait on the beach one Thirteenth evening. He watched and saw the seals arriving in large n...

  By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com The agonizing crucifixion of Jesus from the Bible details how he endured severe beatings, punctures and nails driven into his hands and feet. Christians believe those wounds were miraculously imprinted on the burial shroud after Jesus was resurrected from the dead, scorched into the fibers by a burst of energy when he came back to life. Now, a new analysis of the Shroud of Turin - also known as the Holy Shroud - claims to have uncovered evidence that the crucifixion may be historically accurate. An engineer from the University of Padua in Italy used modern technology to reanalyze samples taken from the cloth in the 1970s, finding tiny blood particles showing signs of organ failure, trauma, disease and radiation.  Materials that were typical in ancient Jerusalem were also said to be discovered, suggesting that the shroud may have originated in the region and not in Europe where many skeptics think it was created as a medieval forgery. ...

 A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male. The Federal Court found that although Roxanne Tickle had not been directly discriminated against, she was a victim of indirect discrimination - which refers to when a decision disadvantages a person with a particular attribute - and ordered the app to pay her A$10,000 ($6,700; £5,100) plus costs. It’s a landmark ruling when it comes to gender identity, and at the very heart of the case was the ever more contentious question: what is a woman? In 2021, Tickle downloaded “Giggle for Girls”, an app marketed as an online refuge where women could share their experiences in a safe space, and where men were not allowed. In order to gain access, she had to upload a selfie to prove she was a woman, which was assessed by gender recognition software designed to screen out men. However, seven months later - after successfully joining th...

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Filmmaker David Rolfe was a self-professed atheist when he set out to make a documentary about one of the most revered religious artifacts in history - the Shroud of Turin. With the 1978 movie, the photography expert set out to find a prosaic explanation as to how a blood-soaked imprint of a man matching Jesus Christ's description manifested onto the cloth relic. Instead, he was so convinced of its authenticity he converted to Christianity and has since made several documentaries and published books on the shroud. 'I started off as an atheist, and then became an agnostic. And I'm now a Christian, because I cannot possibly understand anything else that could have produced that image,' said Rolfe. The 14-foot-long shroud features a faint, brownish image of a five-foot, six-inch tall man with sunken eyes, wounds on various parts of his body that match the injuries suffered during Jesus' crucifixion.  Rolfe, from England in the UK, has put up a $1 million prize for ...

Television icon Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in her hometown of Chicago, where she urged Democrats and independent voters to "choose common sense over nonsense". “Let us choose truth, let us choose honour, let us choose joy,” Ms Winfrey told a cheering crowd on Wednesday. “Because that is the best of America.” Winfrey, who has avoided the political spotlight in recent years, lent some of her star power to Vice-President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Tim Walz on the third night of the four-day convention. Winfrey's comments came before Mr Walz's primetime speech to formally accept the party's nomination for vice-president. The former daytime talk show host focused on a message of unity while also tacitly criticising Ms Harris and Mr Walz's Republican challengers, former President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator JD Vance. "Despite what some would have you think, we are not so different from our...

  Pakistan's parliament has a problem - and it is nothing to do with the politicians. No, the problem besieging the building - terrifying new starters and turning its offices into overnight “marathon” tracks - is rats. Big ones. The scale of the problem came to light after an official committee asked to see the records of meetings from 2008. When the records were collected, it was found most had been badly gnawed by rats. “The rats on this floor are so huge that even cats might be afraid of them,” National Assembly spokesman Zafar Sultan admitted to the BBC. The infestation is now so widespread that an annual budget of 1.2m rupees ($4,300; £3,300) has been dedicated to making Pakistan’s halls of power rat-free. It seems most of the rats are located on the first floor - an area which not only houses the office of the senate opposition leader, but also hosts most of the political party meetings and standing committees. It is also, perhaps crucially, the location of a food hall. But t...

  The longest road in the world to walk, is from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia). No need for planes or boats, there are bridges. It's a 22,387 kilometers (13911 miles) and it takes 4,492 hours to travel. It would be 187 days walking nonstop, or 561 days walking 8 hours a day. Along the route, you pass through 17 countries, six time zones and all seasons of the year.   The longest land route in the world is 22,387 km from Cape Town, South Africa to Magadan, Russia. Credit for this long route goes to a Reddit user who drew a Google map in 2019 claiming it was the longest possible walking distance. This route does not require flights, ferries or other boat crossings, only open roads and bridges. The route takes the brave traveler up through Africa, past the Suez Canal, through Turkey, Central Asia and across Siberia to Magadan. On this long journey you will pass through Botswana, while you are there why not go on a Safari Tour to see some of Africa’s amazing wildlif...