General "Did you Know?"s

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I present you Otto "Arco" Nowosielski. Born in 1881, he was a Polish stongman and wrestling champion with an impressive physique and impressive muscle control.

Film from the 1930s showing Weightlifter Otto Arco(1881-1960) giving a demonstration of muscle control plus hand-balancing with his brother Pete.

https://legendarystrength.com/otto-arco/

https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/tag/otto-arco/

https://breakingmuscle.com/fitness/stron...echniques/

https://web.archive.org/web/201201190400...o/arco.htm

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Remenber the Comics Code Authority, one of the United States' premier censorship bureaus? It was created partly in response to Fredric Wertham and his book Seduction of the Innocent, a scholarly study which supposedly demonstrated an influential connection between severely troubled children and the comic books they read.

There are two trivias here:

One is that the data used was heavily manipulated at best and outright fabricated at worst: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/201408...stry.shtml

The second one is that he has done other things besides the book. The guy has actually done some very good things, such as helping to put an end on racial segregation in American schools. : https://comicbookhistorians.com/fredric-...aricature/

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but the Comics Code Authority no longer exists. It fully ceased operations on January 2011.

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You know that water fight scene from the movie Ghost in the Shell?

At 0:51, Motoko Kusanagi performs Lau Chan's Renkan Tenshinkyaku.

Virtua Fighter's Lau Chan performing the Renkan Tenshinkyaku (start watching at 0:23)


No, this is not a coincidence. This was intentional: https://virtuafighter.com/threads/virtua...ell.21086/

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Did you know that Venezuela was the first country to make a Rap song in Spanish?

Perucho Conde - La Cotorra Criolla (1980)


Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nr9ZC6yUyw

The song is about was a social critique on the economic situation of the country at the time and all the promises made by former president Luis Herrera Campins. The song also uses heavy use of Venezuelan slang, which makes sense because the song was made by and for Venezuelans.

Cotorra Criolla was a massive success, being adapted by Machito Ponce (Argentina) and Def Don Dos (Spain).

Cotorra Criolla itself is an adaptation of Sugarhill Gang's Rapper Delight (1979). IIRC this is the first rap record ever made.


SOURCE: https://old.reddit.com/r/vzla/comments/c...r_tema_de/ (Spanish)

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Have you ever wondered why we say "ok"? What does "ok" even mean?

Short answer, "ok" is short for Oll Korrect (All Correct).

Long answer:

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Did you know that back in the 60s JFK wanted to create a PE program for schools that was more intense and effective? It began on La Sierra High School, he wanted La Sierra High School to be the poster child for his program. The idea was to eventually expand it program throught the entire nation. At one point 200 schools adopted La Sierra High School PE program. Considering that modern PE programs in schools are nothing like this, its fair to say the idea didn't really stick.




https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-j...al-fitness

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I really need to get this one out of my system, so I'm posting this. Gotta fight disinformation. (NSFW)

Contrary to what the media might tell you, getting hit in the groin hurts girls too. Sure, their groin area is better protected compared to males, but it is still full of nerve endings and sensitive skin tissue that when hit, it will still be debilitating. No, not all sensitive lady parts are internal. And no, I'm not talking about ovaries (which are also internal). When a female gets hit in the groin, the pain that results has nothing to do with the ovaries.

Q: "If that kind of pain has nothing to do with the ovaries then what is it??"

A: That kind of pain has to do with this this tiny area called the CLITORIS and another area called the LABIA MINORA.

Before I go depper into that I shall go back a bit and explain what a vulva is. The vulva is the external part of the female genitalia which include the labia (inner and outer labia) and the clitoris. No, its not called the vagina. The vagina is also internal and its a canal that runs from the cervix, the lower part of the utherus, to the outside of the body. Anyways, the clitoris is located at the junction of the inner lips of vulva and immediately above the external opening of the urethra. The clit is also the body part with the biggest amount of nerve ending in the entire human body. Naturally, getting hit in the clitoris or even the clitoral hood is gonna hurt, a lot.

The labia minora is also quite sensitive but not as sensitive as the clit, obviously. So getting hit there would also hurt too but not as much as getting hit in the clit. It should be noted that not all vulvas look the same. Some women have naturally big inner lips/labia minora, others don't. That's normal. And no, labia minora size has nothing to do with how many sexual partners a woman has (or had). That's just a myth with no basis in reality.

In other words, its less about not being as painful as it would be on a man and more that female genitals have better protection.

People who say things like "women have nothing down there" are objectively ignorant about female anatomy. Like, seriously. Do those people think women have Barbie doll anatomy or something? If you don't believe me then go look up a diagram of a vulva. Go look up what a clitoris is.

Don't believe me? Just ask any female athlete.

I find it funny how the announcer says "It almost looks as if she tore something". No, you fool. She got kicked in the groin. Male of female, that hurts.

What's that? You're saying that the video posted above is not enough evidence? Then how about a playlist? Yes, there's a whole playlist of this. The same way there are playlist and compilation videos about dudes getting kicked in the balls. Again, just ask any female athlete. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...1lGjwSIcf5

Genitals are very sensitive so naturally getting hit there would hurt. The fact that this belief that "women are invincible on their groin area" even exists is ridiculous.

Stop saying that it doesn't hurt because that's bullshit.

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Q: "If attacks to the male groin area are called things like nut shots then what do you call it when the victim is female?"

A: cunt punt(s), cunt busting. Maybe there are other names but those are the ones I remenber at the moment of writting.

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You know that song that became viral? "Tiny Little Adiantum" by Shibayan Records, 3L, and nachi? This is the original. The other one with the Kenshiro voice sample (omae wa mou shindeiru) is a remix.


The character is Yuka Kazama from Touhou. What's ironic here is... this song is ALSO remix. This is a re-arragement of Yuka's theme (Gensokyo, Past and Present ~ Flower Land).

I said it before and I'll say it again: Touhou is everywhere.

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Contrary to popular(?) belief, black panthers are not a separate species of big cat. Black panthers are just variants of the Jaguar and the leopard that have excess black pigmentation. But other than that they are basically the same as their regular counterparts.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/black-panther-mammal

https://www.vedantu.com/animal/black-panther

It turns out that leopards and jaguars have their own version of black people.

EDIT: For those who don't know, Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, which is comprised of the lion, the tiger, the jaguar, the leopard, and the snow leopard.

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Date: Octuber 21, 1988. Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Puddles, just like most small dog breeds, are known for being very noisy, full of energy. Very annoying. On that day, a puddle that was on a building's 13th floor was jumping and barking at the pedestrians below him.

That same puddle fell from the 13 story building, hitting an old lady in the head and killing her (the dog died too, obviously). A crowd of people gathered to watch. A young woman saw the group of people, so she ran where they where located, but because she didn't look the other way before crossing the street she was ran over by a bus. An old man with hearth problems saw woman being ran over by a bus. It was too much for him, and he died of a heart attack. Yes, all of this happened on the same day. In less than 15 minutes.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102017012

https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/cay...id2184184/ (Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSHLz9Tg0Qw (Spanish)

Moral of the story: sometimes, real life is stranger than fiction.

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On a similar note, in China a cat fell and hit a man in the head. This time the man didn't die, he was knocked out. Then the cat fought a dog wearing shoes. Don't believe me? See for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNmKS13kRI

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Have you ever wondered why the United States is called.... you know, the United States? Why was that name chosen? Sure, it's a descriptive name, and it gets the job done in that regard. But if you think about, the name "United States of America" could be aplied to every single country in the Americas. Not to mention the people confusing the country and the continents (for example, an Argentine can't say he's American because people would instantly think he's from the U.S.A). Who named the country like that? Well, this video should answer the question.

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Over the centuries there were wars that were fought for stupid reasons. Among these include.... a dog. Yes, you read that right. Back in 1925, Greece and Bulgaria fought in a war against each other because a Greek dog crossed the border between the two countries. A Greek soldier ran after it and he got shot. The rest is history.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art...-1925.html

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Speaking of the balkans and wars.... Have you heard of the Đorđe Martinović incident? This one is a little NSFW so you've been warned

Spoiler

Back in 1985, a Serbian farmer from Kosovo named Đorđe Martinović shoved a bottle up his anus and was taken to the hospital because of it. Instead of admitting he was horny he said that the Albanians did it. This caused tentions between Serbians and Albanians to rise. But more importantly, this caused a rise in Serbian nationalism. It is believed that this incident is one of the reasons for the collapse of Yugoslavia.

Let me repeat this: One of the reasons for the collapse of Yugoslavia was that a Serbian guy shoved a bottle up his anus and blamed the Albanians for it. What the fuck.

EDIT: if something like this happened in a movie or fictional piece in general people would say its too unrealistic. Ironic, I know.

SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90or%C...7_incident

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In the United States, an "Uncle Tom" is a black person who does nothing but please white people, even if this harms his own race. Basically a black person who prefers white people over his own (and I don't mean in the dating sense).

However, did you know that in the original book Uncle Tom was the good guy? The image that people still have of him, one where he is subservient to his white masters ("OH YEAH, MASHA MASHA") was created by butthurt southerners in order to spite the author, the character, and what he actually represents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom

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Mantis Shrimp Can See Cancer Before Symptoms Appear

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I found this one on Reddit.

TIL two Bulgarian alfalfa farmers captured 5 suspected thieves who turned out to be French commandos on a secret training mission.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jacqu...k9lvpmf52h

FRENCH spymasters are hanging their heads in shame after a team of undercover agents proved no match for a couple of wary Bulgarian peasants.

In an exploit worthy of Inspector Clouseau, five officers on a training mission for the elite action service commando of the DGSE — the French equivalent of MI6 — came across the brothers Slavi and Vasko Tsonev watching over their alfalfa crop near the border with Romania.

Two of the officers had been parachuted into Romania and had travelled 25 miles to their rendezvous near the village of Koilvotsi. Their fake target was three other French officers who had entered Bulgaria using false passports.

The Tsonev brothers, carrying wooden boards, and their escort, a retired police officer with a 1950s Makarov pistol, thought the strangers, speaking a language they could not understand, were trying to steal their crop.

A fight broke out, punches were thrown and the ex-police officer shot at the Frenchmen. One was hit in the foot, another in the hand and one suffered a broken nose.

Villagers then discovered a jeep packed with medical equipment, a parachute, GPS devices and a digital camera. Questioned by police, the French agents claimed to be extreme sports enthusiasts.

Bulgarian officials spirited them back to France on a special flight. But the October 15 confrontation caused consternation in parliament in Sofia. Now the French defence ministry has confirmed an account of the failed mission as revealed last week by the Infosdefense website.

Three of the spies were beginners, according to Jean-Paul Ney, editor of Infosdefense. “As there is a nuclear power station nearby, I think the training exercise was to simulate an espionage mission,” he said.

As for the — unharmed — Tsonev brothers, they face prosecution over the incident. "