Category Archives: Random Stuff

Random thoughts, topics, and factoids you’ll be happy you read.

10 Strange Death Statistics

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1. Texting while driving kills 6,000 annually in the U.S. alone
2. Hippos kill 2,900 people annually in Africa
3. Autoerotic Asphyxiation Kills 600 people annually
4. Falling out of bed kills 450 people annually in the U.S.
5. Icicles kill 100 people per year in Russia
6. Jellyfish kill 20-40 people per year in the Philippines alone
7. Dogs kill 34 people per year in the U.S.
8. Ants kill 30 people per year
9. Vending machines kill 13 people per year
10. Roller Coasters kill 4 people per year

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Beastie Boys “So What’cha Want” Muppets Cover

“So What’cha Want”. Starring the Swedish Chef, Animal, and Beeker.

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The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people

successful people

@douglaskarr

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Phone battery dying?

get to the charga

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Lucky Rabbit

lucky rabbit

A cool new way to tie a necktie

They call it the Eldredge knot.

eldredge knot

Here’s how to tie it.

 

Combat vet asks for a favor on the 4th of July

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Flying A Drone Through Fireworks

Thanks Dave

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Belgium

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The United States will take on Belgium today for some serious World Cup action. Since Americans are still learning how to be soccer fans, it only makes sense to learn a bit about Belgium. Let’s face it, you’ll never probably be more interested in this country anyway. Here are some fun facts.

  1. Actress Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels
  2. Brussels Airport is the world’s biggest selling point of chocolate
  3. Belgian mathematician Lambert Adolphe Quetelet invented the
  4. Body Mass Index (BMI)
  5. Jean-Claude Van Damme, “The Muscles From Brussels”
  6. The Belgian Adolphe Sax invented the Saxophone
  7. French Fries are actually from Belgium
  8. Marvin Gaye wrote Sexual Healing in Ostend, Belgium
  9. The Smurfs are from Belgium
  10. Belgians pay some of the highest tax rates in the world, around 40% of their gross earnings. Taxation represents 45.6 % of the country’s GDP
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Bricklayer

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