Did you know these amazing facts before now?

Jun 6, 2017 2:39 PM

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If they shut down multiplayer halo and only one guy kept his machine on wouldn't he just be playing himself?

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What if billy Joel's Daughter just wanted to buy a front seat at her father's concert ?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wanna see some naked pictures of Bea Arthur?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#1 means that a man could be rape attempted in alien 4 XD

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah because TodayILearned is a thing, aka the place these got nicked from

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#1 - That's fortunate. It would've just been awkward to have some dude strip down to his panties at the end.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

these are the last week or two's top "todayilearned" posts from reddit. fact republic really goes digging i see.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

[Citation needed]

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've always just read these a day or two ago, but not from factrepublic.com. Are they from Cracked?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#9 I remember reading about the Halo 2 one way back when. I thought they didn't boot him, his console overheated and reset?

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Correct, in fact, Microsoft made it a point to not boot anyone at the end. They just wouldn't let you re-join after leaving.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I went with three people to see Billy Joel in Lincoln a few months ago and two of my group were surprised with front row tickets once in!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And that is how Margaret Dickson got off scot-free.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We are the champions gets played at almost every sporting event in America. Queen never left.

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

I've never heard of those CANDU reactors but I probably live nowhere near them

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

There is one in your basement.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Am...am I relevant??

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Just this once!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why don't we ever talk about this Apache N4SIR more?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I just wondered what 'booted' means

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

someone like's Billy Joel, but Bea Arthur as Maude was a bit of a bad ass, that marine driver info makes sense, too bad her and the queen

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

didn't have a friendly jaunt around the course in friendlier times

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I always click on Siggy Weaves. +1

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Such a great movie

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

So, is "wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men" the correct term for those? And to think I've been calling them something silly.

8 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Take your upvote.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Airdancer

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I know that's what they were called on Family Guy, but suspect brand names are slightly easier to pronounce and market.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So why doesn't Billy Joel just sell all his tickets are the cheap rate price, and the problem solves itself.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

sounds like you've never attempted to buy tickets for good seats at literally anything with a following.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Scalping.

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Because people buy the front-row tickets as soon as they become available, and then sell them for tons because there's no way to get them.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I mean, a blind guy made it out of the WTC, but regular people were jumping out windows..?

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

They didn't have a guide dog

8 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

The people jumping were trapped above where the planes hit. This guy was below the 93rd floor of the North tower.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I was just making a bad attempt at a snarky/off color/not funny comment. Preciate the facts though

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

"Was" a guide dog. https://media.giphy.com/media/atdfR35cmqLHa/giphy.gif

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 4

I mean, 9/11 was 16 years ago, if she led him to his friend's house, she survived the attack. Even if she were a puppy, she'd be dead by now

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

well thanks, now I feel old too. WHY IS TODAY SO HARD.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

no, and 5 minutes from now I will return to not knowing them. Such is the nature of trivia... trivial.

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They're answering the question OP asked in the title

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Pandora's promise" , go see it. They did

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Excellent documentary!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Any chance it's on Netflix?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It used to be on Canadian Netflix, but it was removed. Not sure about US or other countries.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

https://youtu.be/QiNRdmaJkrM

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks very much!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Can confirm the Billy Joel one. My friend and I were walking into the BJ/Elton John concert in Columbus and a girl handed us front row tix.

8 years ago | Likes 212 Dislikes 2

I can confirm too! My friends and I saw a show in State College at the Bryce Jordan Center and got tickets when walking around the concourse

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Damn, Elton John AND blowjobs? Some guys have all the luck

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Best concert ever. Dueling pianos. Elton John crushed it.

8 years ago | Likes 104 Dislikes 1

Heh. BJ - Elton...

8 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 1

This happened to me and my mom at an Elton John concert. Fourth time she'd seen him live and he held her hand and signed our tickets.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I've heard Billy Joel also loves doing it to stare at hot women.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

We "fit the profile" for getting front area tickets. He wants pretty people for the videos of the show...damn that sounds creepy now

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Both Piano Men in the same concert? I really hoped that had a piano duel a la the Ducks in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#10 Fans waiting for these front row tickets have been reported as waiting for the longest time.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

under a lot of pressure

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But he loves them just the way they are

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I live in Houston and have no idea what aesthetics they are talking about.

8 years ago | Likes 251 Dislikes 1

Seriously. Houston is shit. Texas is awesome though.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

Probably the traffic.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Houston, the land of no zoning. But they took a stand on novelty advertisements.

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You can have gigantic billboards for that scrap recycling dude in S. Houston, but no wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tubemen.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But... they pay you in $2 bills!

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Harwin and a few other use to be filled with a ludicrous amount of annoying garbage like big flashy pinwheels, and searchlights.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My relatives live in Houston and I came here to make your comment.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Same

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know! I live there also and see those often. I hate them. They freak me out.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Are you an easily excitable dog?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I visited houston before I thought it was a nice city but its probably because Im an outsider scenery might be drab to those seeing it daily

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I say that because we have no zoning laws in Houston.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ahhhhhhhh thats understandable t he b

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Phone spazzed out I meant to type "then" not "t he b"

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Where are you from?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Toronto. I think my city looks like crap but a friend who visited thought it was nice.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I just read a travel poll on condenast.com that Toronto was voted one of the best cities because of architecture,green spaces etc. Bullshit?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Got a lot of greenspace but some of the architecture looks like new building slowly assimilating old buildings. Chicago has nicer buildings

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There's also a lot of crappy looking smaller buildings that should really be torn down and rebuilt or something. Only near the outskirts tho

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

She took a handful of homeopathic pills, and almost received a recommended dose.

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Homeopathetic, amiright!

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Don't joke about this she could have drowned

8 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 0

Underrated comment of the day ^

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I know you're joking, but it is so much worse than that. Check out how much that stuff is actually diluted. Insanity. Smh.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

lol, sad she was in that state of mind, but happy she is ok? or is she?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I laughed- then realized it was still a sad story.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Of sugar, maybe.

8 years ago | Likes 211 Dislikes 2

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Because depression doesn't go "oh you're rich, i'll pass" or go "well I'll stay here but you'll definitely find a drug to stop me!"

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

Mental illness is an incredibly complex issue and money trouble is just one of the hundreds of triggers for depression.

8 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 1

The first and only time that homeopathy actually saved someone's life!

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

She needed to dilute them more to get the full power of homeopathy.

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Homeopathy works by the idea of less is more. If she wanted to OD on it, she should have skipped a dose.

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Wouldn't everyone everywhere be overdosing on everything then?

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Thank you for my new favorite reaction image

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nope, not at all, just embellishing it a bit.

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I was surprised when I looked for ear-drops for allergies, and realized that there are only homeopathic options.

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That's kind of a weird application. Why ears? My wife has issues with ears, and after guesses like allergies, turned out to be something els

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I guess the drops weren't for the allergies themselves, but for ear pain that accompanied other allergy symptoms. They didn't help, which //

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// I chalked up to them being homeopathic medicine.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Gotcha. Well visine makes an ear drop, but the bastards put it in a bottle that looks exactly like eye drops...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What are your ears allergic to?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I love my wife but on one point we firmly disagree. She buys those things. I keep telling her tic tacs are cheaper.

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My sister has some oscillococcinum tubes that she refills with basically white sprinkles for her husband. Placebo FTW, lol

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The history of homeopathy is damning in and of itself. Samuel Hahnemann experienced feverish symptoms when he took cinchona bark, and ->

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Concluded that since it treats malaria, it would also create similar symptoms in a healthy individual. He coined this the "law of similars">

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Hence where the term homeopathic comes from. We now know that cinchona treats malaria because it contains quinine.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

she must be really pretty.

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She's in love with me. That fulfills my standards.

8 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 1

To be fair, it is incredible to me that some women fancy men at all. I mean, I'm happy about it, but it's beyond my understanding.

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

wat

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Estrogen is a hell of a drug

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I'm not completely without benefits.

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You'd have to take an entire bottle of homeopathic pills to get even a percentage of a recommended dose of the 'active ingredient'.

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No. The pills in question contain no trace of what it claims to, the recommended homeopathic dilution equals one molecule in an entire lake.

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I thought as much. I thought it was slightly more, but I knew it was no more than a fraction of a fraction per 'dosage'.

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I watch a video of a presentation by James Randi where he swallowed an entire bottle of homeopathic sleeping pills at the start. Not dead.

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Dude, I have SO many people to show this to.

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