In 1925, Inventors Created "The Isolator" To Increase Focus And Block Distractions


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Or it was the early attempt at a CPAP machine.

 

Malian woman gives birth to nine babies​

"Everybody called me! Everybody called! The Malian authorities called expressing their joy. I thank them… Even the president called me."

The mother and her new nine babies are expected to return home in several weeks.

 

Ouch!

 

Ouch!

Ditto x 9

kv

 

Maybe not so much weird... Bob Ross dolls test new roller coaster.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/vid...ew-roller-coaster/7NPNOH2FPZGW5PVAADVP3YAW7E/

 

Ouch!

Did that empatic yell originate from your gut, or from your wallet?

 

It was probably a chorus.

 

The weird (and creepy) digital age we live in...

 

A boat on the road?

 

A boat on the road?
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One day we were by the seaside and we saw a Reliant Robin (three wheel fibreglass car) coming towards us across the sea. When it got nearer we could see that it was boat hull with the Robin shell as the superstructure.

 

I know the feeling. As a teen-ager on a car trip with my father we were returning from someplace with water and I had a small rowboat tied to the luggage rack on top of the car. I was very disappointed when we got home to see that it had come off sometime on the long drive back home. I hope somebody put it to good use.

 

In college I had a rubber raft almost as big as my car tied onto the roof. Once I got going the air would get under it and lift it up enough above the windshield so that I could see to drive. Got pulled over by a cop because he didn't think I could see all covered up like I was. After I told him I could see well enough to know he was behind me with his lights on and to pull over he decided to let us go.

 

https://www.khou.com/article/news/l...mond/285-4d2b0fd2-5ab5-4ecb-831d-08cf987997c6

RICHMOND, Texas — Richmond police responded to a train and truck collision late Wednesday morning where thousands of bottles of water were spilled.

 

https://www.khou.com/article/news/l...mond/285-4d2b0fd2-5ab5-4ecb-831d-08cf987997c6

RICHMOND, Texas — Richmond police responded to a train and truck collision late Wednesday morning where thousands of bottles of water were spilled.

At least the risk of fire was mitigated.

 

Chernobyl spirit drinks seized by Ukraine security teams​

The first bottles of an "artisanal spirit" made using apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been seized by Ukrainian authorities.

The Chernobyl Spirit Company said 1,500 bottles of Atomik alcoholic drink were confiscated on 19 March and taken to the Kyiv Prosecutor's office.

 

There is a rail line from Knoxville to Birmingham that runs down the middle of the Tennessee River Valley and through Athens TN where we were in the 60s. Some truck from Dalton GA full of carpet got stalled on a crossing and was hit mid-trailer. Looked like a bomb went off with carpet shards everywhere. Cut the trailer completely in two. The driver also escaped before the hit. That is the same line that has a ~10-11' rail overpass several miles north of Athens with no place to turn around for miles. Trucks would have to back up for miles on small twisty county road to get turned around.

 

 

Take me home Pedro, I've had my fill...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1388424749957668867

 

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7e...ysterious-behavior-of-cats-sitting-on-squares

Scientists Have Studied the Mysterious Behavior of Cats Sitting on Squares


Cats love sitting on any square object, as if drawn by some primordial instinct. A new study shows that the square can even be an optical illusion.