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These accusations vary and are not necessarily bad. But all are weird, or at least, unexpected. They are things we would not expect people to link to the moon. See Also: Top 10 Strange And Scary Facts About Moons 10 Madness We have long associated madness with the full moon. In fact, the term “lunatic” was formed from Luna, the Latin word for the moon. In the first century, the famous Roman author and philosopher, Pliny the Elder, claimed full moons stimulated the formation of dew....

The U.S. Coast Guard’s maritime law enforcement responsibility includes protecting U.S. ports and waterways’ military, humanitarian, and diplomatic safety. Overall the U.S. Coast Guard protects the infrastructure and economic resources of the U.S. coasts and international waters from internal and external threats. Despite being one of the country’s oldest military organizations, many people still don’t know about the history and responsibilities of this military branch. Let’s dive right into ten things you didn’t know about the U....

With those basics out of the way, here are 10 things you might not know about the Scooby-Doo franchise. 10 Scooby’s Name Was Inspired by a Frank Sinatra Song Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! went through a lot of changes before making it to air in 1969. CBS executive Fred Silverman wanted to do a show about a teenage rock band who would solve mysteries. The idea was passed to Hanna-Barbera writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and artist Iwao Takamoto....

In fact, Roman society was based on a strict rule of law, which, although not democratic, took account of the rights of ordinary Roman citizens. Citizens were expected to live their lives according to a moral code, mos maiorum, which set out the virtues expected of them—including integrity, frugality, sincerity, perseverance, and public service.[1] So who can we blame for this misconception? Kirk Douglas? Hollywood just loves a man in a toga, and historical accuracy is optional, right?...

10He Was Once A Super-Powered Frog The movies always focus on the serious side of Thor’s brother, the trickster god Loki, as he schemes to take over Asgard and, failing that, the entire Earth. However, comic Loki has time for more insane pranks along the way to domination, including the time he transformed Thor into an actual frog. Thor still retained some of his powers and his godly wisdom, but he was the size of a regular frog....

Here are 10 examples of people finding potentially crime-related items at a thrift store. 10 Hidden Cocaine A crochet kit is one of the last places anyone would expect to find a container of illegal drugs, but that’s precisely where a Seattle woman discovered a kilogram of cocaine in 2021. Planning a project to make animal hats, she bought the packaged crochet kit from a Goodwill store. However, when she brought it home, the woman found an unexpectedly heavy item wrapped in yellow rubber with 100% written on the outside....

The purpose of smartphones and their Internet capabilities is to connect people, and the following stories of people whose lives were miraculously saved due to websites, social media, and other apps will surely be a refreshing change from the negative perception that seems to be dominating society today. Allow your faith in smartphones and the web to be restored! 10 Reddit User Detects Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In 2015, Reddit user RBradbury1920 posted in a legal advice community, wondering what he should do about the appearance of strange Post-it Notes around his house....

10 CaliforniaPennsylvania In 2012, the small college town of California, Pennsylvania, was invaded from the air by thousands of crows. According to the town’s residents, the sound of the crows was unbearable. One compared their sound to raindrops while another said they were louder than an alarm clock. Besides being a general nuisance, mass numbers of birds taking over an area can be harmful because of the illnesses they spread and their effects on infrastructure....

Millions of people around the world live their daily lives without engaging in extreme sports, which either puts them on the right side of Darwinian evolution or demonstrates that they are simply too scared to push themselves to the limits of their nerve and endurance. For those of us who don’t go outside when it is windy because tree branches are a hazard, the concept of dying while doing an extreme sport can seem like a waste of life....

10 The Sinking Of The Lusitania The Lusitania sank on May 7, 1915, 18 minutes after being struck by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat. Nearly 1,200 people died. The US press called Germany barbarians for attacking a passenger ship in a country that was neutral in World War I at that point. In Germany, citizens were being told that Britain allowed the ship to be sunk because of illegal cargo....

It has allowed us, over the ages, to transform rocks and trees into houses; to craft glass into lenses through which to view stars or microbes; to build cities and nations from the ground up; to create masterpieces in the visual, literary, performing, and other arts; and to study the past and the present while imagining a myriad of possible futures. Even more, the brain links all these enterprises and makes them available to everyone across the world and across time....

10 Edward Lee Howard In 1980, Edward Lee Howard was recruited to join the CIA despite his history of petty drug use. The agency was especially interested in his knowledge of multiple languages and his prior top secret security clearance from working with the Agency for International Development. During training, it was noted that he had an aptitude for countersurveillance. His wife, Mary, was also recruited into the CIA in 1981....

See Also: 10 Monstrous Doctors Who Mutilated Their Patients In most jobs, screwing up big time means losing a client, back-chatting a customer or accidentally emailing your MLP/Jersey Shore slash fiction to the entire board of directors. If you work in a hospital or pharmacy, chances are it means something a lot worse. Take the case of pregnant Mareena Silva. After visiting her pharmacist for some antibiotics, she took one only to realize she’d just swallowed a home-abortion drug....

The Phoenician script was the first phonemic script, meaning that the letters or characters corresponded to sounds. Over time, this script spread to Europe, where it was adopted by the Greeks. The Greeks modified it by removing unneeded letters and adding letters, like vowels, that they did need. Eventually, this alphabet made its way to Italy, where the Romans spread it throughout their vast empire. Thus, we have the Latin alphabet, which is used by many Western languages, with various modifications....

Born an archduchess of the House of Hapsburg in 1755, Maria Antonia was one of a long line of children born to the Austrian Queen-Empress, Maria Theresa, and her husband. In 1770, her mother sealed an alliance with France by marrying her off to the heir to the throne, the future Louis XVI. Upon arriving in Versailles, she became known as Marie Antoinette. One of the revolution’s earliest casualties, she was 37 at the time of her execution in 1793....

Moving around illegal cash usually follows three stages: placement, layering, and integration. When illegal cash is generated, it must be placed into the financial system. Then the money must be layered within the financial system, meaning it is broken up or moved around sufficiently so that the audit trail is obscured. This phase effectively cleans the dirty money. Lastly, the now “clean” money is returned to its rightful owner, or integrated....

10 Chickens That Ejaculate Pheasant Sperm A male can never be sure that he is the father of his children. (Even DNA tests sometimes fail.) There is one thing, though, that he has always felt that he could count on. Surely his own sperm, ejaculated from his own penis, must be genetically his, right? Science, however, has taken away even that small comfort. In the lab, it’s now possible to create what’s called a “germ-line chimera....

Obviously, governments will tax anything to raise money. By anything, we mean they will tax your dog, hat, beard, and windows if they have the chance. All these things and many more have been taxed throughout history. 10 Dogs Man’s best friend was not saved from man’s weirdest taxes. Between 1797 and 1798, Scotland introduced a fixed tax of five shillings on all nonworking dogs. The tax caused a controversy soon after it was introduced....

10The Ritual Sacrifice Of Animals The Olympics began with the athletes entering a temple. There, they stood before an imposing statue of Zeus brandishing his thunderbolts. A sliced piece of a boar flesh would be put before them, and they would have to swear an oath to the gods over it, promising to obey the rules of the games. It was a strange way to start, but it was nothing compared what was to come....

10There’s Nothing Racist About Picnics The Amazing Fact Do you love picnics? Then you should be ashamed of yourself. Picnic is short for “pick a n—r” and originally described the crowds that gathered for lynchings. The Truth A good rule of thumb for word facts is if it sounds too racist to be true, it probably is. Another is if French already uses a similar word in an identical context, then that’s probably a much-likelier origin....