Author Archives: WeRaven

Tweet from Liz Truss’s father calling her ‘poo-poo bear’ is fake

Her father did not tweet saying she couldn’t tie her shoelaces until she was 12.Source

Would Liz Truss’s plans for regional pay boards have saved £8.8 billion?

We look at the detail of the Conservative leadership candidate’s proposals for public sector pay, which she has now dropped after criticism.Source

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 347

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 346, click here. 1. A crowd of about 4000 Nazi sympathizers, some with their children, protest outside Landsberg Prison, demanding amnesty for the hundreds of Nazi war criminals being held there. When Jewish people counter-protested, the crowd chanted Nazi-era slogans and attacked them, West Germany, 1951.…… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 12813 – Heartbreaks Hurt

Emotional pain from heartbreak can can physical pain. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12813 – Heartbreaks Hurt appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

5 Things You Should Know – Part 465

Here are 5 things you should know. 1. Here is why flight attendants ask you to open the window shades before takeoff and landing. In addition, they always turn off the lights in the cabin at this time. This is so that the human eye can get used to the level of light outside the…… Read More »

Picture does not show ‘unnatural’ cloud formations

A picture of the sky does not show “unnatural” cloud formations but rather a long-standing natural phenomenon known as “mackerel sky”.Source

Facebook post’s claim about a newborn baby being found by police in Essex is false

It uses an image of a baby recently found in Arizona.Source

WTF Fun Fact 12812 – The Mating Calls of Female Sloths

Female sloths find their mates by screaming to attract them. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12812 – The Mating Calls of Female Sloths appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

How To Use Day Theming For Productivity (With Examples)

In the constant quest to become more productive, many look for new concepts when it comes to improving their productivity. That’s where a specific type of workflow comes in called day theming. Day theming is one of the greatest ways to stay focused on the task while moving forward to reach expected results. If you… Read More »

The Mad Aussie Who Stung Himself and His 9 Year Old Son With a Deadly Creature FOR SCIENCE!!!

Australia is infamous for its abundance of absurdly dangerous wildlife. From highly-venomous brown snakes and funnelweb spiders to giant saltwater crocodiles and great white sharks, nearly everything that slithers, crawls, or swims in the Land Down Under seems perfectly designed to inflict the most horrible death possible. But one Aussie creature stands above the rest,… Read More »

The Impossibly Badass Story of Mills’ Marauders

South Georgia lies 54 degrees south of the equator in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,900 kilometres off the coast of Argentina. A cold and inhospitable place covered in jagged snow-capped mountains, fjords, and glaciers, until its discovery by European sailors in 1675 the island had no permanent native population. For the next three hundred… Read More »