Wednesday 10/16/24
Celebrate:
Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day
Global Cat Day
Global Dignity Day
Hagfish Day
International Pronouns Day
Love Your Body Day
National boss Day
National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day
National Department Store Day
National Dictionary Day
National Fossil Day
National Learn a Word Day
National Liqueur Day
World Bread Day
World Food Day
World Spine Day
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Despite dying in 1996, blind mystic Baba Vanga was apparently able to see into the distant future and made a whole host of chilling predictions about what will happen to mankind.
In more recent years, various prophecies predicting doom and misery to fall upon the world have been attested to Vanga - including a predicted date of the 'end of humanity'.
Here are some
2025 - Major European war
Kicking things off with next year, Baba Vanga believed 2025 would see the continent of Europe devastated by a major war.
But what about the war already happening in Ukraine? Well apparently this one will be even bigger, enough to decimate the continent's population.
2028 - We mine Venus for energy
Global energy supplies are already a concern, but apparently things will be bad enough that we're heading to Venus in just four short years in search of resources.
Although, given the planet’s inhospitable climate, it seems unlikely this will happen. Maybe she confused Venus with Mars?
2033 - We wave goodbye to the ice caps
Arguably the most probable of all her predictions, Baba Vanga believed the polar ice caps will be completely gone by 2033 - an event which will cause global devastation as sea levels drastically rise.
2130 - We make contact with aliens
According to this timeline, it takes us just over a century to make contact with aliens.
However it's worth noting that Vanga also claimed that aliens will reach out to us as soon as next year, maybe extraterrestrial life wasn't her strong point?
3797 - The end of Earth
Whoever is left on Earth will need to evacuate as it’s apparently not going to be able to support life anymore. Let's hope there's peace with Mars. (don't make plans 1773 years from now.)
5079 - The end of everything
And that's all folks, after a chaotic few thousand years the last survivors of the human race will apparently take their last breaths in 5079.
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An auction of "Game of Thrones" memorabilia over the weekend brought in more than $21 million. That included nearly $1.5 million for the Iron Throne. Actually, a replica of the Iron Throne.
It was molded from the original screen-used throne.
In addition, one of Jon Snow's Longclaw swords sold for $400,000 . . . and a hard-rubber version used in action scenes went for $106,000.
Jaime Lannister's black leather armor went for $275,000 . . . and Arya Stark's "boy ensemble" fetched $150,000.
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A woman in Kalamazoo, Michigan recently gave birth in the parking lot of a brewery. Her husband was rushing her to the hospital, but they didn't quite make it and had to pull over.
They named their new son Forrest WELLS Baker . . . "Wells" because the brewery is called One Well Brewing. And now the owners of the place just returned the favor. Their newest beer is called "Special Delivery".
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There's a photo going viral of a sprawling mansion sitting on top of a 33-story building in India. It's supposed to look like the White House, but it's not quite as big.
A reporter called it an "extreme example" of a trend that's been picking up steam. The world's wealthiest people are bored with their normal penthouses and want something more impressive.
At an extreme price as well..$20 Million.
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Here's a story for those of you that never thrown anything away.
39-year-old James Howells is well-known in the world of crypto. He's the I.T. engineer in Wales who ALMOST got rich off Bitcoin. In 2013, he had a hard drive with 8,000 of them on it . . . and he accidentally THREW IT AWAY.
He mined them in 2009 when they were worthless, and then forgot about it. He only remembered when crypto blew up a few months after he tossed the drive while cleaning out his desk.
8,000 Bitcoin today would be worth over HALF A BILLION dollars. But the drive's been buried under a mountain of trash for over a decade.
He's suing for the full amount of what the Bitcoin would have been worth when the price peaked a few months ago . . . $647 MILLION.
He claims he's assembled a team that can excavate the site and find the bag his hard drive is in. He knows roughly where it should be, and thinks it'll cost around $13 million to do it. He's apparently secured the funding.
He's even offered to give the city 10% of the Bitcoin once he finds it, or around $50 million. But they won't budge.
They say digging up that much trash would cause an environmental disaster to the surrounding area. It could take three years of digging, plus another year to bury it all again.
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If you work in an office, you know "work-speak." Have you ever heard someone say they're going to give it 110%? Or they're trying to "think outside the box"?
Turns out, most bosses can't stand that stuff. You might think vague jargon is helpful or makes you sound smart, but it can actually do the opposite. Here are a few more phrases to avoid at work.
1. Synergy. Who are you trying to impress? Say "collaboration" or "team effort."
2. Leverage. It's a catch-all term that isn't always used right. Say what you really mean, like "utilize" or "capitalize on."
3. Circle back. Try "revisit" or "check back in."
4. Move the needle. Try "influence outcomes" or "advance our goals."
5. Low-hanging fruit. Some better options might be "easy wins" or "simple tasks."
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Tea bags were invented by accident in 1908. A salesman in New York sent samples of tea to people in silk bags, and they assumed they were supposed to put the entire bag into the pot. And the trend caught on.
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