#fun facts

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1059

Writers employed by Sesame Street have unanimously voted to support a strike authorization vote from the Writers Guild of America. According to Variety, if a deal is not reached by April 19, then picketing outside Sesame Workshop's headquarters will begin April 24.

Source:

Earl, William. “'Sesame Street' Writers Approve WGA Strike Authorization Vote as Contract Expiration Looms.” Variety, April 16, 2024. https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/sesame-street-writers-strike-authorization-vote-wga-east-1235972886/.

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Fun Fact: Rat Killer suffers from a chronic rat disease called "being an evil little shit" (joke)

[spyxfamilyanalysis]

Chapter 96 opinion...

I know what you are thinking...

You were all shock that Anya just tell directly to Damian that she can read people's mind. And yes, me too :")))

And I thought this was the last page of the chapter...

But no >:)

If some of you manage to read the final pages, then you can skip it, 'cause I know what you are thinking when you read this.

Yes.

I will spoil the real! final page (if you haven't gone that far to that page, and you are like me, believing that those 2 pages are the final ones)

Here you go:

And I thought they are finally canon :")))

[pipposting]

Pip’s bowtie is reused for various Christmas props in the earlier seasons of the show.

[batshit-auspol]

For those that aren't in Australia right now, we have the funniest scandal going on.

Firstly let us introduce you to the eye of the storm: Sam Kerr. Sam is a women's soccer player who has in the last year become one of the most famous and beloved athletes in Australia. Captain of the women's national team, Sam became something of a cult figure after the last Women's Soccer World Cup became a complete unpredicted sensation in Australia, with the whole country getting behind the team.

Sam, up until now, has had probably one of the most squeaky clean images in sport. Generally in Australia it is not uncommon for our sports stars to be caught up in scandals involving drugs:

violence:

drinking their own urine:

or if you're cricket legend Shane Warne, probably all three at once.

Contrasting all this, Sam's image as the squeaky clean saviour for sport made it all the more shocking this last week, when it was announced that Kerr was to face trial after having been charged by the UK police of a "racially aggravated offence" involving a taxi driver.

This was shocking news. Nobody knew what to make of it. Sam was a model for young girls everywhere and a national treasure. "This is why we can't have nice things" screamed the nation. It seemed like all hope was lost.

That is, until, yesterday, when the UK police finally revealed the full details of the case, in which Sam Kerr, sporting legend, was arrested for vomiting in a cab, and then telling an intervening police officer that he was a “stupid white bastard”.

Now we probably don't need to point out that in Australia, vomiting in a taxi and then calling a cop a bastard is about as close to a national culture as we have.

You could not have come up with a better headline to make someone a national hero.

Needless to say, Sam in now being hailed down under as the greatest legend that ever lived, and a petition has already been started to have her picture added to the $5 note.

The tide has swung so far that not one, but TWO, state Premiers have spoken out in support of Kerr, and the Prime Minister has even gone on the record describing her as "a delight".

And so ends the racial abuse saga of our greatest sports hero of all time, and the very first reverse milkshake duck to ever exist.

[feelingautistic]

Exciting news for the cute shark lovers of the world! We finally have a recorded sighting of a baby great white shark, likely only a few hours old.

The question of where great white sharks give birth still remains a mystery to this day but this footage may suggest the coasts of California, where the footage was taken, are a site where these sharks give birth.

[maxgicalgirl]

Being a “Fun Fact !” kind of autistic is all fun and games until you get halfway through sharing an interesting tidbit and realize that it probably wasn’t appropriate to share in polite company and now you have to deal with the consequences :(

[yi5h]

The power of positive expectations...

[lucidloving]

Ada Limón, "Accident Report in the Tall, Tall Weeds" // SouthFloridaReporter.com // Wikipedia, "Baking Powder" // Caroline McCaughey (AARP), "8 Big Inventions Inspired by Love" // Wikipedia, "Band-Aid" // Jim Walsh, "What's the love story behind Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers?" // NYFA, "The History of Drive-In Movie Theaters" // Caroline McCaughey, ibid. // Sarah Ruhl, The Clean House

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Crowley using a crank handle to operate the universe ❤

[surpriseimbored]

Fun fact of the day

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1058

The Muppet Magazine proofreader, Mildred Huxtetter, is from Spokane, Washington.

Source:

Muppet Magazine. “Muppet Magazine Bulletin Board,” Spring, 1:2 1983. 20-1. https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Muppet_Magazine_issue_2.

[transfem-2d]

FUN PIKMIN FACTS

1. The nose in the red pikmin is flexible!

2. Blue pikmin’s think that every pikmin can swim

3. Pikmins love hugs (or at least showing appreciation)

4. If a Bulblorb pisses them off really bad they Can disfigure them (actual frame from the pikmin shorts btw)

5. Pikmin love playing in the mud since they can’t touch water

6. White pikmin are like if 5 year olds had acid

7. They are really curious (wich is sometimes bad for them)

8. YELLOW PIKMINS LOVE PLAYING WITH ELECTRICITY

[nando161mando]

[entomologize]

Fun fact: The diabolical ironclad beetle traded away the ability to fly in order to become essentially unsquishable.

Driving a car over them would just push them down into the dirt, still whole. Trying to stick a pin through wouldn't be successful without a drill. These guys are tough.

Every part of the beetle's exoskeleton seems to enhance its armor. The flattened body shape distributes pressure to even the load, the multilayered material is strong yet flexible enough not to crack, and the unique interlocking seams between wing cases function better than most joins designed by humans:

It'll be exciting to see what new materials might be possible using these concepts!

Sources: Jesse Rorabaugh, Po-Yu Chen, & Jesus Rivera et al.

[batshit-auspol]

Australian Federal Election 2001: Pranksters follow around Prime Ministerial contender Kim Beazley in an attempt to sneak fake microphones into news footage

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