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@Myoozik  
On a related note, Donald Trump is the only US President to be a Razzie award winner, winning the award 3 times.
 
His first award was for Worst Supporting Actor, for his cameo appearance as himself for the 1991 film, Ghosts Can’t Do It.
 
His other two awards both come from the 2018 documentaries Death Of A Nation by Dinesh D’Souza, and Fahrenheit 11/9 by Michael Moore, where he won Worst Actor for both films, and Worst Screen Combo (for himself and “His Self Perpetuating Pettiness”) for both films as well.
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The Darwin Award is a sarcastic negative award. It has been used since 1994 to report on people who have barely escaped death, commit fatal accidents or make themselves infertile, and show a special degree of stupidity, according to the organisers of the award. The name refers to Charles Darwin, the discoverer of “natural selection”. Behind this is the idea that an unfit individual does his kind “a favor” if it prevents the further spread of his own genetic material.
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@Myoozik
 
That’s true. ;-D
 
I come to that because it was a question tonight on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. It was the 125,000 € question. Unfortunately, the candidate did not know and instead kept the 64,000 €. Although 48% of the audience-joker knew the correct answer.
 
Well, I admit I’m a quiz fan. Not necessarily from all quiz shows, but I like to watch three or four shows during the week. ;-D
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@DarkObsidian
 
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire have an artistic and intense orchestral soundtrack, the kind of which never seen before in a quiz program or game show. As opposed to some game shows which have “happy” soundtracks dominated by horns and trumpets
 
The soundtrack of WWTBaM was actually intended to instill emotion to the participants
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In Pre-Columbian English, “corn” referred to the dominant grain of a region (usually wheat). The usage of “corn” solely in reference to maize is a recent North American thing.
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@DarkObsidian
 
Very intense so that it affects both viewers and participants’ feeling during the game
 
The final question which rewards the largest cash of one million or a hundred thousand (depending on the region’s currency), have an eerie feel which may turn into a uplifting fanfare if correctly answered, or a scary “Game Over” if otherwise incorrect
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@penguincascadia
 
Not bees, to be exact, but hornets and those black wasps making nests at the back of people’s homes
 
Although in some cases, the seemingly harmless sting of a bee or other small insects may develop into a deadly allergic reaction known as an anaphylaxis . Anaphylaxis can be treated immediately by a strong medicine called epinephrine, which is injected by a special needle
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In 1998, a French man by the name of Benoît Lecomte became the first person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean without a kick board, though his feat has since been debated.
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The Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was nicknamed the “1000-Day Regiment” as its 1,181 days of service made it possibly the shortest-lived peacetime regiment in the British Army.
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The African Matabele ants live by hunting termites. In order to survive this, these ants have therefore developed a sophisticated rescue system and even some wound healing techniques. They alert their fellow species by securing a fragrance that they use to call the others to help. As soon as this sign of emergency is in the air, paramedics ants attack, pick up the injured fellow species home and treat the wounds. Without the wound treatment, 80 percent of the ants died. After the “medical treatment” it is only ten percent.
 
A third of the ants who leave to hunt for termites lose a leg. Nevertheless, even with four legs instead of six, these animals can almost regain the speed of a healthy ant within a day. And they also immediately support their fellow species in the hunt – there is no mercy for the Matabele ants veterans.
 
But the rescue system has its limits: If an animal is too badly injured, it is not helped. However, this is not because its fellow species do not want to help it, but because of the injured ant itself: If an ant is only slightly injured, it keeps quiet and pulls its remaining legs in order to be able to be transported more easily. If the ant is too badly injured, it strikes wildly around until it is left behind.
 
Fascinating little soldiers, nicht wahr? ;-)
GasMaskGuy98

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Did you know that Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas masks?
 
No, seriously. WWI was key for the development of the company and for the exordium of the Kleenex. The disposable tissues produced by Kimberly-Clark are made of a material called “cellucotton” invented by this company during WWI.
 
Originally, they were used in gas masks, rather than cotton, since they needed the cotton for making clothes. The tissues were also used to clean wounded soldiers.
 
The Kimberly-Clark corporation created the first facial tissue in 1924, the product was advertised as a makeup remover and cream. The image of the tissues was associated to famous cinema stars of that time.
 
A few years later, after it arrived on the market, customers sent letters to the company suggesting using the  
tissues against colds. In the 1930s, the use of tissues as a disposable tissue got expanded, so the company came up with the slogan “Don’t put a cold in your Pocket”.  
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Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab

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During production of the animated film “Coco”, Disney tried to trademark the beloved and well cherished Mexican holiday “El Dia De Los Muertos” as a publicity stunt, as the film uses the holiday as its premise. It was dropped after backlash arose from Hispanics and Latinos, which led to Pixar hiring some of these critics to work on the movie to produce a more faithful and culturally accurate film.
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