The Ampersand

Meet the long lost letter of the alphabet - the &.

The ampersand?

Yep.

Back in the 1800s, kids would sing "x y z and per se and (&)". Per se meaning "and on its own". Later, it was dropped for the alphabet, but it came to be known from its mondegreen, ampersand.

You Are Above Average

If you are reading this and have two arms, you are above average.
Think about it. Anyone that only has 1 or no arms is bringing down the average.

Congrats. You have accomplished something today.

Ostriches Cannot Fly

Are ostriches upset that they cannot fly?

When you think about birds, they are very closely associated with flying. A quick sentence verification task or a semantic hierarchy can show you just how quickly your mind associated the word "bird" with "fly".

We all know that ostriches are a bird but they, unfortunately, are one of the few that cannot fly. With their oversized bodies and long lanky legs, their little wings are not capable of lifting them off of the ground.

They probably look around at all of the other birds and think "why can't I do that?".

Cursed

Birth is a curse and existence is a prison

What if rain all fell in one quick sheet?

Imagine walking down the street and the weather report had told you it was going to rain today. Instead of being able to just open up an umbrella, you run for safety as soon as you see it coming. Usually, several inches of rain would fall over a period of time. Imagine if all of the rain that was going to fall all fell at once. If it was a hurricane that would have left 8 inches of rain, all 8 inches fall in one singular sheet.

You're just walking down the street and you get hit in the head by 8 inches of rain.

The Hippocampus

Did you know, the hippocampus is the scientific name for a seahorse. It is also a part of your brain! It is actually named the hippocampus because it happens to look surprisingly similar.

The hippocampus is important for the consolidation of memories. I hope your hippocampus allows you to remember this fact.

Why is cream soda considered Jewish?

All Jews know that Dr. Brown cream soda is always in the house during the holidays. But why?

Today I will solve that mystery for you. Coca-Cola was not Kosher until 1937. Until that date, all the Jews just drank Dr. Brown! It was even sold door to door in Jewish neighborhoods in New York.

Today you learned.

Octopi Cannot Wear Pants

Imagine a world where octopi evolved to walk among us. They are able to breathe air, walk around on the ground, and no longer need water to survive. Now, I think that would be pretty cool except for one major problem that I have identified.

Do you know where an octopi's buttock is? On their head. Therefore, there is no way they would be able to wear pants! While it would be cool to walk outside and just see an octopus walking around in the wild, but they would never be able to truly assimilate into society. They would be the outcasts that cannot wear pants.

The Only Good Thing About the Cold

While I normally prefer warmer weather, I do not like mosquitoes. They really like to drain humans of blood during these warm months.

Actually, if you had 1,200,000 mosquito bites, they could literally drain you of your blood (based off of the average amount of blood in a human body).

Now, are you glad there’s snow?

A Whale of a Paradox

What would happen if Pinocchio said, "my nose will grow"?

If he says it, and his nose grows, he would NOT have been lying.
BUT
If he says it, and his nose does NOT grow, he would be lying, and therefore his nose should be growing.
BUT
If it does grow, then he would not have been lying and therefore his nose SHOULD grow.

Wait, what. My head hurts.

What to do in Case of Emergency in Antarctica

In America, we all know that you dial 911 in case of an emergency. What do you do in other countries? Many times if you dial 911 you'll probably be fine and you'll be rerouted to the local emergency system. (Sometimes you are not so you should probably check online before you visit a foreign country).

But what about Antarctica?

Your 911 call only calls the nearest island/country that has a police and emergency system. In case of no response, try all emergency numbers that exist such as 112 and 999 until someone answers. There is no dispatch center in Antarctica.

Today you learned. Do not have an emergency in Antarctica.

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Reston Virginia was founded as one of the first planned communities. Our founder had the idea of turning this plot of land into an experimental future.

Well in case you had not figured that out yet, it’s what EPCOT is an abbreviation for!

Here was Walt’s original plan:

"Planned environment demonstrating to the world what American communities can accomplish through proper control of planning and design."

Basically what I’m saying is, Walt’s vision didn’t die. I’m living in it. 

I Don't Really Have Another Explanation Besides I Just Wanted to Post this

Diffusion in a Real Life Application

I was eating spaghetti squash and I poured too much chili powder in my bowl.

I was like. I’ll just put my squash back in the pot and spread out all the chili powder and then take my bowl again and then it'll be fine.

And then I was like. ohhhhhhhh. Thanks, biology. I now understand diffusion.

If a Cloud Fell onto Earth...

There would be complete and total destruction.

Comment below to sign this petition to keep the clouds in the sky.




edit: fog is not the same thing
edit 2: if you cannot read the pic, the Snap Fact is "An average cumulus cloud weighs more than 70 adult T-Rex".

Extra Extra...

Read all about your daily dose of America going into apoptosis.

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/

Thoughts From the Next Generation...

Overheard this gem from a youngin today at the Natural History Museum...

“This is like an entire Instagram page in one!!!”

Interesting to know that Instagram is synonymous with museums nowadays. I guess you can learn a lot from both?

The Hufflepuff Common Room

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly.

Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.

The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

How do they fly?

You know those long Japanese dragons, like in Spirited Away, how do they fly? They have no wings!

Do they just snake through the air?

Before There Were Phones...

Humans were like nature’s apps.

Makes you question life as we know it.
Maybe someday we will completely forget about other humans.