Monday 8/16/21
Celebrate National Tell a Joke, Roller Coaster, Airborne, and Rum Day.
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In the 2010s, Marvel proved that crafting a cinematic universe across multiple films can pay off. The series as a whole has earned more than $22.5 billion internationally, making it the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time.
Mental Floss does a deep dive and looks at 11 others! Including Quentin Tarantino films, Universal Monster Movies, and Pixar Movies to name a few.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649078/shared-cinematic-universes-beyond-marvel
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The US Census Bureau rolled out its most detailed results from the 2020 survey. Every 10 years, the US has to take a headcount so it can accurately divvy up annual federal spending.
Welcome to America, population 331 million. Where the cities got bigger (hi, NYC, Los Angeles, Houston, and...Phoenix). Where rural areas got smaller. And where Florida's still the place to be for retirement. More Americans identify as multiracial. The Black population grew over 5%. And Asian and Hispanic communities grew by 35% and 23%, respectively.
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An Indian man cheated death after swallowing a highly poisonous snake for a bet worth just a couple of dollars. The 35-year-old killed the reptile by hurling stones at it after it bit one of his friends.
Egged on by his companions, the man then consumed the entire snake raw for the equivalent of $2.42. He soon fell violently ill and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors managed to remove the contents of his stomach before the snake’s venom could enter his blood stream.
(how's that for an idiot....he needs better friends.)
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Apparently quite a few of you think you’ve been abducted by aliens. It’s not in the millions or even hundreds of thousands, but it’s a significant number. According to the Center For UFO Studies, over 30,000 of us believe we have been abducted by aliens.
(well..how else do you explain that bruise? i don't remember running into anything.)
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