What was the worst physical beating you ever took?
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    1. When I was a kid I was swimming by the edge of a pool, and a heavy set five-year-old cannonballed on my face. I got knocked into the water and the force of her weight took my goggles right off.

    2. My tennis coach was demonstrating how to hit the ball at the apex of a toss, and he used his racquet to hold the ball up against the fence. He didn't realize that I was standing behind him, and he swung the racquet back and nailed me right in the lower jaw.

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  • What are some video games that made you a better gamer?
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    When I was a kid it took me 2-3 weeks to beat the Flight School mission series in GTA: San Andreas, and although I hated nearly every minute of it I did become a better video game flier.

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  • What is the spookiest/creepiest thing that you’ve experienced?
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    I don't recall hearing anyone on the floor (this was in a college dorm), but the best guess I have is that reverberations from a footstep/knock/etc knocked the cups over. Other than that, I've got nothing.

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  • What is your favorite image (art, photo, etc.) and what about it makes it your favorite?
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    I don't like picking a favorite piece of art, but I am a big fan of "Eton schoolboy jumping a motorbike". It contains a lot of concepts that I love: Youth, rebellion, freedom, excitement, the UK, the sixties, fashion, and classic motorcycles.

    Source on Reddit

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  • What is the spookiest/creepiest thing that you’ve experienced?
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    I was facing a wall shelf with a stack of hard plastic cups wedged into it, and when I turned away from the shelf I heard the cups fall to the floor. Based on how tightly they were wedged in there's no way they could've fallen on their own. Although there was an open window that was adjacent to it there's no way that a breeze could've knocked them over, and even if someone on the lower floor punched the wall it wouldn't have knocked the cups down. Nothing else happened in that room that was out of the ordinary.

    Although I'm still a skeptic, I don't have a reasonable explanation for this one.

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  • Which bizarre historical mystery do you most want to uncover the truth behind?
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    I'd want to know what was lost in the Library of Alexandria.

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  • Fediverse pronounced with a French accent sounds like "fait divers", i.e. random factoid
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    So is that like, fah-dee VEHR , fey-dee VEHR , or neither?

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  • What are your tried and true remedies for itchy bug bites?
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    There's a cluster of three mosquito bites on my left ankle. 😑

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  • What advice would you give to a 23 year old?
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    Floss before you brush. It'll make it easier for the bristles to get in between your teeth.

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  • Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
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    I wonder if other Spanglish phrases are going to get the "down from the car" treatment, like:

    • "Yo tengo calor": "I have heat"
    • "En grupos sociales": "In groups socials"
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