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Publish Not your original work? Add source With real-life facts often being far stranger than fiction, there's nothing like a good history book to get your noggin' joggin' and make you appreciate life from a whole different perspective. I might have started my love affair with history as a subject with the amazing Horrible History book series, but I've since then graduated to thick and dusty tomes. However, I still have a yearning for the more fun and unusual aspects of history that first drew me in. And that's where the Weird History Twitter page comes into play. A page with 172k followers that's been active since September 2011, Weird History is the brainchild of Andrew Rader who does, well, pretty much everything: from book-writing to cool space stuff. Have a look through some of the coolest recent posts made by the Weird History project, upvote the ones that you liked best, and later on consider absorbing some more delicious knowledge from Bored Panda's previous articles about the Twitter account here and here. More info: Twitter (Weird History) Twitter (Andrew) Instagram Facebook YouTube Andrew-Rader.com This post may include affiliate links. #1 weird_hist Report Final score: 669points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is pretty dress, and one with a story 115 115points reply View more comments #2 weird_hist Report Final score: 665points POST Leah Helbig Leah Helbig Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Our world was built from the back of the horse. They are one of the most important creatures who ever lived. 26 26points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 weird_hist Report Final score: 549points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is one stunning mosaic! Those colours! 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments Andrew has a PhD from MIT in long-duration spaceflight, is an expert in space exploration, and has authored a host of academic and technical papers. What's more, he's an avid writer, having published books for adults and children alike, and he creates tabletop games in his spare time. #4 weird_hist Report Final score: 508points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago way ahead of her time 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 weird_hist Report Final score: 448points POST Sol Veig Sol Veig Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You still get that in finland 215 215points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 weird_hist Report Final score: 420points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is an unimaginable long time, yet such a tiny fraction of how long life exists on earth... 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments The Canadian, who now lives in Los Angeles in California, has also been extensively featured in the media, including in The New York Times and by Vice. And finally, adding to his great list of achievements, he's a real trivia aficionado (even having taken home awards) and he's the curator of the Weird Science account, too. #7 weird_hist Report Final score: 415points POST Danielle Keller Danielle Keller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's okay, geometry makes me unhappy too. 178 178points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 weird_hist Report Final score: 389points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That might be because in the 1930s, people were still catching tuberculosis from cow's milk. Sick cows can transmit the bacteria through non-pasteurized milk, so if the hospital had its own herd then they could make sure all the beasts were healthy and not infecting the patients. 182 182points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 weird_hist Report Final score: 361points POST Cip IESAN Cip IESAN Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the prehistoric times, the customer service complaint was a wooden club... 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments Since 2014, Andrew has been working at SpaceX as a Mission Manager, while previously he had got 4 years of experience as a Spacecraft Systems Engineer at COM DEV. One of the coolest things about him (at least for me) is that he was a candidate for the Canadian Astronaut Corps back in 2009 and as recently as 2017. #10 weird_hist Report Final score: 357points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And I want it so bad! That bag is gorgeous! 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 weird_hist Report Final score: 347points POST JB JB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 100 years later - armed insurrection. 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 weird_hist Report Final score: 346points POST Luis Hernandez Dauajare Luis Hernandez Dauajare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What an amazing detail! 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments What's more, he was being considered as one of the potential candidates for a one-way mission to the Red Planet as part of the Mars One project in 2014. It should be clear by now that Andrews's passion for science and history aren't just for show-he's dedicated his life to the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and pushing the limits of mankind. And Weird History… it's just the tip of the iceberg. #13 weird_hist Report Final score: 343points POST Cip IESAN Cip IESAN Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The president and the prime minister of many states are not allowed to share the same aircraft. And, during the war, the medics weren't allowed to share the same foxhole. 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 weird_hist Report Final score: 327points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I mean... As far as prison cells go, that surely isn't that bad, right? lol 127 127points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 weird_hist Report Final score: 315points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Fast forward 82 years later and people moan about having to wear a cloth/paper mask on planes. 264 264points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 weird_hist Report Final score: 302points POST Kori Peek Kori Peek Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Dwight is my relation and I can tell you this was 100% true. :) 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 weird_hist Report Final score: 301points POST Some Cool Guy Some Cool Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Al Ula in Saudi Arabia 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 weird_hist Report Final score: 295points POST ShneeksDawn ShneeksDawn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) What a bore-ing job 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 weird_hist Report Final score: 293points POST judy baker judy baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They build very few structures today that would last even half as long. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 weird_hist Report Final score: 287points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This makes me happy :) 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 weird_hist Report Final score: 277points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ahahahahaha very grown-up, guys, keep it goin' 110 110points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 weird_hist Report Final score: 266points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love that font for the Metro. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 weird_hist Report Final score: 260points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago SOMEONE TELL ME THE STORY BEHIND THIS!!! 95 95points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 weird_hist Report Final score: 255points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it took a long time to re-discover the need of taking vitamin rich food on sea travels 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 weird_hist Report Final score: 254points POST Ryan Deschanel Ryan Deschanel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Cousins are nice, but when a little horde of bloodthirsty bolcheviks want tu slaughter your family, they are not here to help you. 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 weird_hist Report Final score: 252points POST Kai Wee Toh Kai Wee Toh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago ...and then they replaced the cocaine with something more potent and addictive - refined white sugar. 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 weird_hist Report Final score: 250points POST Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He was German before Germans even exist 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 weird_hist Report Final score: 238points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago And nearly 70 years later he's still waiting for her to step down. 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 weird_hist Report Final score: 237points POST Lila Launehase Lila Launehase Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She obviously regrets nothing! Love the smirk! 230 230points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 weird_hist Report Final score: 227points POST Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Combines the pleasure of horseriding with the anxiety of being accidentally blinded by your mount 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 weird_hist Report Final score: 226points POST Shannon Shannon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's beautiful there. I visit it once in a while with my kids. 44 44points reply View more comments #32 weird_hist Report Final score: 224points POST I I I I Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago why ? disgusted by nature ? 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #33 weird_hist Report Final score: 209points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago well, that's basically only time of home i could afford, so they weren't that wrong 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 weird_hist Report Final score: 206points POST Sarah Grape Sarah Grape Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I thought he said redcoats; though regulars make more sense, red was a popular color for coats 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 weird_hist Report Final score: 204points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A tendency to decapitate the pilot. How many people had to die before they concluded it was a design/idea fault and not just bad luck on the part of the pilot? 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 weird_hist Report Final score: 202points POST Ozacoter Ozacoter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Most english words have origins in other germanic or lating languages. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 weird_hist Report Final score: 201points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Bob Picasso is a fine name for a dog. 131 131points reply View more comments #38 weird_hist Report Final score: 201points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Capuchin monkeys are also named after the monks. 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 weird_hist Report Final score: 197points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love these heart-shaped books. 18 18points reply View more comments #40 weird_hist Report Final score: 196points POST Chancey Chancey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Looks like a golden snitch! 103 103points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 weird_hist Report Final score: 191points POST pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The power of the arch! 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 weird_hist Report Final score: 190points POST Luis Hernandez Dauajare Luis Hernandez Dauajare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Fun fact: when Titanic sank, the White Star Company refused to pay officers and crew members for services provided during the sinking. And the family of one of the band members who died actually was charged for the loss of his uniform. 84 84points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #43 weird_hist Report Final score: 187points POST Wilf Wilf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In France they call it the "iron harvest". About 900 tons of unexploded ordnance is recovered every year. If you drive around the battlefields it is perfectly common to see a handful of old hand grenades or mortar rounds sitting on the verge at a farmers' gate, waiting for the bomb disposal people to come on their latest run to pick them up. 91 91points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 weird_hist Report Final score: 184points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i would love to try, sounds much more fun 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 weird_hist Report Final score: 184points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember using one of these. Man I'm old! 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 weird_hist Report Final score: 177points POST A.J Milne A.J Milne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago London is strange 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #47 weird_hist Report Final score: 176points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago More beavers need to be relocated to the American West. By trapping water behind dams they make water tables rise, which helps reduce wildfires and increases reservoir levels. 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #48 weird_hist Report Final score: 174points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago With such a name they were just asking for it. 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 weird_hist Report Final score: 155points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Surely a while after him the name "sandwich" stuck but people have been putting stuff between slices of bread (or variations of bread) for thousands of years. 80 80points reply View More Replies... View more comments #50 weird_hist Report Final score: 148points POST Tequila4Two Tequila4Two Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And with the knives. 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 101 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Wonderful 30 30points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919. A molasses tank ruptured (it was overfilled if memory serves) and the resulting flood of molasses damaged buildings, sucked people under and coated everything in a sticky mess. 21 people died, many of them drowning in the thick molasses. 22 22points reply Jo Firth Jo Firth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's what you call a sticky situation 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Robert Hughes Robert Hughes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Im pretty sure it was just really poorly designed. I think i read that somewhere. 1 1point reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It was definitely poorly designed yes but the drop in alcohol production at the time also caused it to be filled with more molasses than it normally would be. But it's worth noting the tank was leaking from day 1 and instead of fixing the leaks they just painted it brown so it was harder to see the leaks. 1 1point reply michael reid michael reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wich is an old english word for salt and there are lots of places ending with wich in England 3 3points reply Load More Comments POST Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) This is the type of post that I love to see. Wonderful 30 30points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919. A molasses tank ruptured (it was overfilled if memory serves) and the resulting flood of molasses damaged buildings, sucked people under and coated everything in a sticky mess. 21 people died, many of them drowning in the thick molasses. 22 22points reply Jo Firth Jo Firth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's what you call a sticky situation 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Robert Hughes Robert Hughes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Im pretty sure it was just really poorly designed. I think i read that somewhere. 1 1point reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It was definitely poorly designed yes but the drop in alcohol production at the time also caused it to be filled with more molasses than it normally would be. But it's worth noting the tank was leaking from day 1 and instead of fixing the leaks they just painted it brown so it was harder to see the leaks. 1 1point reply michael reid michael reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wich is an old english word for salt and there are lots of places ending with wich in England 3 3points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Publish Not your original work? Add source With real-life facts often being far stranger than fiction, there's nothing like a good history book to get your noggin' joggin' and make you appreciate life from a whole different perspective. I might have started my love affair with history as a subject with the amazing Horrible History book series, but I've since then graduated to thick and dusty tomes. However, I still have a yearning for the more fun and unusual aspects of history that first drew me in. And that's where the Weird History Twitter page comes into play. A page with 172k followers that's been active since September 2011, Weird History is the brainchild of Andrew Rader who does, well, pretty much everything: from book-writing to cool space stuff. Have a look through some of the coolest recent posts made by the Weird History project, upvote the ones that you liked best, and later on consider absorbing some more delicious knowledge from Bored Panda's previous articles about the Twitter account here and here. More info: Twitter (Weird History) Twitter (Andrew) Instagram Facebook YouTube Andrew-Rader.com This post may include affiliate links. #1 weird_hist Report Final score: 669points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is pretty dress, and one with a story 115 115points reply View more comments #2 weird_hist Report Final score: 665points POST Leah Helbig Leah Helbig Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Our world was built from the back of the horse. They are one of the most important creatures who ever lived. 26 26points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 weird_hist Report Final score: 549points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is one stunning mosaic! Those colours! 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments Andrew has a PhD from MIT in long-duration spaceflight, is an expert in space exploration, and has authored a host of academic and technical papers. What's more, he's an avid writer, having published books for adults and children alike, and he creates tabletop games in his spare time. #4 weird_hist Report Final score: 508points POST ADHORTATOR ADHORTATOR Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago way ahead of her time 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 weird_hist Report Final score: 448points POST Sol Veig Sol Veig Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You still get that in finland 215 215points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 weird_hist Report Final score: 420points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is an unimaginable long time, yet such a tiny fraction of how long life exists on earth... 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments The Canadian, who now lives in Los Angeles in California, has also been extensively featured in the media, including in The New York Times and by Vice. And finally, adding to his great list of achievements, he's a real trivia aficionado (even having taken home awards) and he's the curator of the Weird Science account, too. #7 weird_hist Report Final score: 415points POST Danielle Keller Danielle Keller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's okay, geometry makes me unhappy too. 178 178points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 weird_hist Report Final score: 389points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That might be because in the 1930s, people were still catching tuberculosis from cow's milk. Sick cows can transmit the bacteria through non-pasteurized milk, so if the hospital had its own herd then they could make sure all the beasts were healthy and not infecting the patients. 182 182points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 weird_hist Report Final score: 361points POST Cip IESAN Cip IESAN Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the prehistoric times, the customer service complaint was a wooden club... 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments Since 2014, Andrew has been working at SpaceX as a Mission Manager, while previously he had got 4 years of experience as a Spacecraft Systems Engineer at COM DEV. One of the coolest things about him (at least for me) is that he was a candidate for the Canadian Astronaut Corps back in 2009 and as recently as 2017. #10 weird_hist Report Final score: 357points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And I want it so bad! That bag is gorgeous! 119 119points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 weird_hist Report Final score: 347points POST JB JB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago 100 years later - armed insurrection. 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 weird_hist Report Final score: 346points POST Luis Hernandez Dauajare Luis Hernandez Dauajare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What an amazing detail! 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments What's more, he was being considered as one of the potential candidates for a one-way mission to the Red Planet as part of the Mars One project in 2014. It should be clear by now that Andrews's passion for science and history aren't just for show-he's dedicated his life to the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and pushing the limits of mankind. And Weird History… it's just the tip of the iceberg. #13 weird_hist Report Final score: 343points POST Cip IESAN Cip IESAN Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The president and the prime minister of many states are not allowed to share the same aircraft. And, during the war, the medics weren't allowed to share the same foxhole. 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 weird_hist Report Final score: 327points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I mean... As far as prison cells go, that surely isn't that bad, right? lol 127 127points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 weird_hist Report Final score: 315points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Fast forward 82 years later and people moan about having to wear a cloth/paper mask on planes. 264 264points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 weird_hist Report Final score: 302points POST Kori Peek Kori Peek Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Dwight is my relation and I can tell you this was 100% true. :) 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 weird_hist Report Final score: 301points POST Some Cool Guy Some Cool Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Al Ula in Saudi Arabia 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 weird_hist Report Final score: 295points POST ShneeksDawn ShneeksDawn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) What a bore-ing job 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 weird_hist Report Final score: 293points POST judy baker judy baker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They build very few structures today that would last even half as long. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 weird_hist Report Final score: 287points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This makes me happy :) 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 weird_hist Report Final score: 277points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Ahahahahaha very grown-up, guys, keep it goin' 110 110points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 weird_hist Report Final score: 266points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love that font for the Metro. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 weird_hist Report Final score: 260points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago SOMEONE TELL ME THE STORY BEHIND THIS!!! 95 95points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 weird_hist Report Final score: 255points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And it took a long time to re-discover the need of taking vitamin rich food on sea travels 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 weird_hist Report Final score: 254points POST Ryan Deschanel Ryan Deschanel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Cousins are nice, but when a little horde of bloodthirsty bolcheviks want tu slaughter your family, they are not here to help you. 73 73points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 weird_hist Report Final score: 252points POST Kai Wee Toh Kai Wee Toh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago ...and then they replaced the cocaine with something more potent and addictive - refined white sugar. 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 weird_hist Report Final score: 250points POST Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He was German before Germans even exist 109 109points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 weird_hist Report Final score: 238points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago And nearly 70 years later he's still waiting for her to step down. 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 weird_hist Report Final score: 237points POST Lila Launehase Lila Launehase Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago She obviously regrets nothing! Love the smirk! 230 230points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 weird_hist Report Final score: 227points POST Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Combines the pleasure of horseriding with the anxiety of being accidentally blinded by your mount 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 weird_hist Report Final score: 226points POST Shannon Shannon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's beautiful there. I visit it once in a while with my kids. 44 44points reply View more comments #32 weird_hist Report Final score: 224points POST I I I I Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago why ? disgusted by nature ? 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #33 weird_hist Report Final score: 209points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago well, that's basically only time of home i could afford, so they weren't that wrong 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 weird_hist Report Final score: 206points POST Sarah Grape Sarah Grape Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I thought he said redcoats; though regulars make more sense, red was a popular color for coats 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 weird_hist Report Final score: 204points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A tendency to decapitate the pilot. How many people had to die before they concluded it was a design/idea fault and not just bad luck on the part of the pilot? 157 157points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 weird_hist Report Final score: 202points POST Ozacoter Ozacoter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Most english words have origins in other germanic or lating languages. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 weird_hist Report Final score: 201points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Bob Picasso is a fine name for a dog. 131 131points reply View more comments #38 weird_hist Report Final score: 201points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Capuchin monkeys are also named after the monks. 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 weird_hist Report Final score: 197points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love these heart-shaped books. 18 18points reply View more comments #40 weird_hist Report Final score: 196points POST Chancey Chancey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Looks like a golden snitch! 103 103points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 weird_hist Report Final score: 191points POST pebs pebs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The power of the arch! 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 weird_hist Report Final score: 190points POST Luis Hernandez Dauajare Luis Hernandez Dauajare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Fun fact: when Titanic sank, the White Star Company refused to pay officers and crew members for services provided during the sinking. And the family of one of the band members who died actually was charged for the loss of his uniform. 84 84points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #43 weird_hist Report Final score: 187points POST Wilf Wilf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In France they call it the "iron harvest". About 900 tons of unexploded ordnance is recovered every year. If you drive around the battlefields it is perfectly common to see a handful of old hand grenades or mortar rounds sitting on the verge at a farmers' gate, waiting for the bomb disposal people to come on their latest run to pick them up. 91 91points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 weird_hist Report Final score: 184points POST MagicalUnicorn MagicalUnicorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i would love to try, sounds much more fun 79 79points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 weird_hist Report Final score: 184points POST Chich Chich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I remember using one of these. Man I'm old! 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 weird_hist Report Final score: 177points POST A.J Milne A.J Milne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago London is strange 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #47 weird_hist Report Final score: 176points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago More beavers need to be relocated to the American West. By trapping water behind dams they make water tables rise, which helps reduce wildfires and increases reservoir levels. 112 112points reply View More Replies... View more comments #48 weird_hist Report Final score: 174points POST Kirsten Kerkhof Kirsten Kerkhof Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago With such a name they were just asking for it. 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 weird_hist Report Final score: 155points POST Chris Wade Chris Wade Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Surely a while after him the name "sandwich" stuck but people have been putting stuff between slices of bread (or variations of bread) for thousands of years. 80 80points reply View More Replies... View more comments #50 weird_hist Report Final score: 148points POST Tequila4Two Tequila4Two Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And with the knives. 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 101 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Title Update Jonas Grinevičius Follow Unfollow Jonas Grinevičius Writer, BoredPanda staff Jonas is a Bored Panda writer who previously worked as a world news journalist elsewhere. After getting his bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations at the University of Manchester, he returned home and graduated from Vilnius University with a master's degree in Comparative Politics. Jonas enjoys writing articles ranging from serious topics like politics and social issues to more lighthearted things like art, pop culture, and nature. In his spare time, Jonas writes books and short stories and likes to draw lighthearted illustrations. A huge fan of literature, films, philosophy, and tabletop games, he also has a special place in his heart for anything related to fantasy or science fiction. 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Wonderful 30 30points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919. A molasses tank ruptured (it was overfilled if memory serves) and the resulting flood of molasses damaged buildings, sucked people under and coated everything in a sticky mess. 21 people died, many of them drowning in the thick molasses. 22 22points reply Jo Firth Jo Firth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's what you call a sticky situation 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Robert Hughes Robert Hughes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Im pretty sure it was just really poorly designed. I think i read that somewhere. 1 1point reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It was definitely poorly designed yes but the drop in alcohol production at the time also caused it to be filled with more molasses than it normally would be. But it's worth noting the tank was leaking from day 1 and instead of fixing the leaks they just painted it brown so it was harder to see the leaks. 1 1point reply michael reid michael reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wich is an old english word for salt and there are lots of places ending with wich in England 3 3points reply Load More Comments POST Pervinca Pervinca Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) This is the type of post that I love to see. Wonderful 30 30points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Let's not forget the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1919. A molasses tank ruptured (it was overfilled if memory serves) and the resulting flood of molasses damaged buildings, sucked people under and coated everything in a sticky mess. 21 people died, many of them drowning in the thick molasses. 22 22points reply Jo Firth Jo Firth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's what you call a sticky situation 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Robert Hughes Robert Hughes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Im pretty sure it was just really poorly designed. I think i read that somewhere. 1 1point reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It was definitely poorly designed yes but the drop in alcohol production at the time also caused it to be filled with more molasses than it normally would be. But it's worth noting the tank was leaking from day 1 and instead of fixing the leaks they just painted it brown so it was harder to see the leaks. 1 1point reply michael reid michael reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wich is an old english word for salt and there are lots of places ending with wich in England 3 3points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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