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Thank you @RageBaneblade for this awesome fact, and I thought I already felt small and insignificant :p
@BusinessOfCatsnakes for the fact, Imgur would not be the same with out its beloved scale. If you want to be featured in future posts PM me your fact with a source and you might just be in the next "Did You Know?"! Additionally you can get your own Imgur Scale sticker over at http://store.imgur.com/products/banana-sticker ! :D
Thank you to @fe1od1or for the cool fact. Learn the facts now lest they be forgotten to history!
From @SirZaneTheUnsane you're amazing, seriously people, check out this guys battle against brain cancer.
@TheRealTwolf thanks for the fact, I think they should have let him rule for at least one day!
Thanks to @OhMyImaScienceGuy for the fact, you can trust him he's a scienceguy!
Did You Know? Part 1: http://imgur.com/gallery/BLVz6
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Did You Know? Part 7 1/2: http://imgur.com/gallery/yzDp8
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Did You Know? Part 11: http://imgur.com/gallery/Gcsvn
Did You Know? Part 12: http://imgur.com/gallery/s6t6c
Hey Imgur, the "Did You Know" series has gotten an official template now. Thanks to the creative talent of @TheDrunkenArtist I no longer have to deal with my halfbaked artistic lump. They're a freelance graphic designer with a tonne of bright ideas and fantastic art (https://thedrunkenartist.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/93.png). Check out their blog at https://thedrunkenartist.wordpress.com/ and show a little love to an Imgurian that shows so much!
Again, let me know what you think of this series so far and what direction you'd like to see it evolve into. As of now the schedule will be one "Did You Know" post each day posted in the morning 11AM (Ontario Time) as it is exam time for uni students. However, you might get a surprise 2nd post every once in a while, which you could hypothetically expect that at 5-7 PM Eastern Time (Ontario Time), so check back regularly to the most recent DYK post for the link!
Also, it's so good to see so many travel bugs. I only wish I could visit half the places you've been! Living in Canada you get the full set of weather but that doesn't compare to experiencing a new culture.
Any-Igloo, this goal for this post is to get 59.372 comments tagged with @JupitorreJones and a haiku YOU made.
Thanks again for @TheDrunkenArtist for the awesome art! https://thedrunkenartist.wordpress.com/
As always, get creative Imgur, and keep on learning!
Part 14 is up: http://imgur.com/gallery/YHZCp
Anononononon
The Cavendish is not a clone, but all trees are essentially the same tree, they use cuttings.
PORTUGUESETORTURING
canadians leave their car unlocked so that people can get in them. AND NOBODY STEALS THEM. dammit canada, why cant we hate you <3
kibbypie
Churchill is cold enough that it would take the car forever to start anyway.
farwall
I don't really understand why we're giving all these points to some guy reposting a whole blog from another site over 13 posts?
MikaShennon
(Last one I swear, to sum up imgur) @JupitorreJones: Bananas, giraffes,/ cats, dickbutt, Javert, left shark,/ and now shitmander.
JupitorreJones
Love it, post that with some art and you'll have some wonderful OC
SomeWeirdKid
Did you know? I'll believe anything that starts with the words "Did You Know?"
drrange
Did you know your mother never had 10 dicks in her asshole in a single night?
arealapple
"Banana for scale" isn't from Imgur. That's something that isn't true.
JupitorreJones
Don't be too naive, look things up, get curious, and never take something at face value. But seriously, I researched all of the most recent
JupitorreJones
2) post's topics
kendovzii
Do you post your sources anywhere?
MisleadingInformation
Did you know that roosters used to be thought to be able to predict the future. Until the early 1900's they were standard police issue.
JupitorreJones
Shhhh, you're actually telling a half truth. Roosters have been thought of, since ancient times, as having divining powers.
SomeBritGuy
@TheDrunkenArtist - Nice background!
hashbaz
So you're saying that most of the bananas we eat are reposts?
SomeBritGuy
Nice background you made, @TheDrunkenArtist!
stinkynopants
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
SpinningSphere
Yup! There happens to be several Churchill's in Canada
TheMuellmann
Did you know that Emperor Nortons funeral was attended by roughly 10 000 people, the population of SF being around 230 000 at the time?
steampoweredpanda
I think @Misleadinginformation should do a couple of these
JupitorreJones
Oh god don't give him ideas! :S
undertheaurora
Churchill & Polar Bears: It is ILLEGAL to lock a car in Churchill apparently (bylaw). You are putting peopes lives in danger if you do.
copingcabana
VulgarGhost
I didn't actually know that about pez...
Tylendal
I did. Thank-you, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.
Eulenspieler
I'm german and I didn't know
Fuckweasel
"...none of which regularly feed on humans." "Regularly." I'm onto you, bats! >.>
ProfessionalHugDealer
There have been reported cases, yes. But they are few and far between
Flyndaran
It's because they never bite when humans are awake, and are so delicate people can't feel them feeding.
Fuckweasel
I'm aware. I was being silly.
Flyndaran
Two species drink bird blood.
whatWolf
Did you know that Brad Pitt manned the KV-2 Tank? They named the tank Fury
tellyoukillyou
I scrolled down looking for this comment.
Reemy420
I used CTRL+F, rookie. :-p
RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy
Churchill, Manitoba... represent
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
The Emperor of San Francisco is a character in Christopher Moore books. Not the same guy though. But he does have a huge cat.
blizzard2013
The Emperor from San Francisco is in the Sandman though.
kibbypie
Nope. He has two dogs. The fat homeless guy (William?) has the huge cat. ;)
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
You're right! I need to re read! It's been too long! Fuckstockings!
kibbypie
Have you read all 3? I love them all!
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
I've read almost everything he's ever written. I LOOOOOOOOOVE the stupidest angel.
kibbypie
2.0 or the first edition? Love the epilogue in 2.0. I still haven't read Fluke yet!
powerpookie9000
Are any of these legit? Where are the sources?
captainhowdy93
On reddit.
powerpookie9000
Maybe they should supply them here.
palilula
I've been to Churchill and can confirm the polar bear one.
powerpookie9000
I don't really care if they're true or not. I want to see sources.
MorganDJones
If you want a fun read about The Emperor of San Francisco, I recommend reading any Christopher"The Author Guy"Moore.Especially the vampires.
DamnedAustin
Yes! I always assumed the Emperor was based on somebody, didn't think it was from so long ago. (Yeah, I wondered, but not enough to Google.)
Thooptaste
"lol here comes crazy old Josh Norton again, everyone bow..."
TheRicM
Damn San Franciscsans
IPeakedinSecondGrade
There is a brand of chip called Emperor Norton Sourdough Snacks and they are delicious.
SirBedeveretheWise
comedy novelist Chris Moore has a recurring character in his novels based off of him.
ImguritisIsNotCureable
I was just gonna say this! He's the mayor of San Francisco with his trusty sidekicks
IHaveUnusualPets
They did a cool Sandman comic based on Joshua Abraham Norton
herc18
He wasn't Delirious., he was simply Dreaming.
AllHailSagan
Did you know... Bat burritos are the cutest thing since kitten high fives?
highfiveme
Summersky
But what about the juiciest? Amirite?
BruceLeeTrainedMe
Could you imagine being hauled away to prison by Saddam's secret police to the tune of "I Will Always Love You."
HereForTheSurpriseMeat
I'd just picture myself getting carried by Kevin Costner at the end of The Bodyguard
LosPer
Still better than being hauled off to Nickelback
ParsleySage
#2 I did, it was bread to replace the Gros Michel which was wiped out by a fungus called panama disease. That's why things with 1/
ParsleySage
artificial banana flavour don't taste very much like banana often - it was made to taste like a Gros Michel. 2/2
Higure
The Panama disease has slowly evolved to infect Cavendish too, and since they're all clones, onc e the disease has a hold in one of them,
ParsleySage
That's why whenever they detect panama disease in a banana plantation they burn the whole lot to the ground. It's the only way to be sure.
Higure
it can infect any of them, and it spreads like wildfire, so in a decade or two, we're probably on a third variant.
MikeinatorXD
Crikey mate, here we have a front page post in its adolescence, it shall soon gain the strength to be with its herd in another land.
ProfessionalHugDealer
Imma stick my finger up 'is bum.
JupitorreJones
Pls don't
JupitorreJones
Hello there Imgur - Write me a Haiku You made - @JupittoreJones
sevenminutes
A haiku about having responsibilities: No no no no no, No no no no no no no, No no no no no
Fiddy5
I feel I should mention that I'm pretty sure Kolobanov (KV-2) was taken out by an 88, because the Germans tricked them with a fake probe 1/2
Fiddy5
And thus letting them set up a towed gun to take out the vehicle. The crew may have been killed by the grenade, but I'm rather certain 2/3
Fiddy5
The tank itself was taken out beforehand by a cannon.
Ivaer
Imgur is weird - Bananas, giraffes, cats, boobs - Because fuck you, Dan
SortofOP
Bananas are good- They taste more than just alright - It's the Magic Food (@JuptiorreJones)
NotAllOfUsCanBeMichaelFreakingScott
A Haiku about the little baby staring at me in the coffee shop: Hello there young lass, you have adorable eyes, but a floppy neck
NotAllOfUsCanBeMichaelFreakingScott
@JupittoreJones
JupitorreJones
Lol, Gold :)
NotAllOfUsCanBeMichaelFreakingScott
update. her mom is on the phone ripping about the place that I work. (davids bridal). I feel unconfortable... but the baby is giggling now
stealthkat14
ok no. neuroscientist here. cocain one is false-the depression due to cocain withdrawal is due to a number of factors, primarily due to d(1)
stealthkat14
(2)ownregulation of your dopamine receptors. there are a ton of other technical factors too, none of which are the synthesis rate. the reup
stealthkat14
(3)reuptake blocking is true, but thats not what alcohol does at all. this is just a bunch of buzzwords and like 1 true sentence.
aikidude
this is why its the equivalent, in alcohol what happens (despite the dehydratation) is the depletion of NAD+..
stealthkat14
the depletion aspect is both transient and none-depression associated.
aikidude
check papers talking about the dopamine depletion in cocaine addicts
HallandOaters
I agree but I was taught in Pharmacology that cocaine only blocks the reuptake of dopamine, not the others.
stealthkat14
it reverses DAT. current theory is that DAT is only dopamine. its subject to critisism
HallandOaters
Well what is the molecular cell stuff behind it? How do the signalling molecules get to the terminal? Idk how it could be others if specific
HallandOaters
To dopamine because dopamine is D2R for instance and 5HT is 5HT so how could it work with others other than dopamine?
stealthkat14
any sort of molecular specificity is usually dependent upon polarity and sterics. anything could have modulatory specificity, or two holes
HallandOaters
Lol.... Two holes....
longliverocknroll
actually its simplified, but the point is that depletion of NAD+ in the hangover and the depletion of dopamine after cocaine use are alike
longliverocknroll
of course there are a lot of other factors, but probably this is what they meant.This is why after the use of cocaine the user craves for it
longliverocknroll
because after all the release of dopamine and after it goes back to normal or is depleted, the body wants the same amount it had before
BelowTheBeltICosplayAsCyrilFiggis
Apparently the KV-2 was able to hold off Panzers b/c its armor was super-heavy, they were almost invulnerable to opposing fire. But (1/X)
InboxMeYourFoxes
KV-2 Stronk Tenk
DoctorSpaceDog
Russians also didn't use radios which gave Germans a huge tactical advantage that overcame the Russians' weird unkillable tanks.
smallforward
is this what the movie "fury" was based off of?
Syncronist
Not exactly. There were multiple times where a tank (German/Russian/American/British) held back solo until their crew died completely.
LearnSomethingNew
The only reason it was defeated was that they ran out of ammunition, which allowed the germans go get close enough to throw a grenade in.
Whyaretheresomanyusers
So is this what dirt was based if of?
crediblesource
I assume you meant to say Fury, because that's what I came here to ask too.
Whyaretheresomanyusers
Yeah I'm really bad at phone key pads
ExpressiveEdge
Was the movie Fury based off of that story?
WhatsAJib
In the winter war, Finns had no weapons to fight tanks. They jammed a stick in its track to stop it, and threw a molotov in the exhaust pipe
NOINITIATIVE
Ethiopians use to flip Italian tanks over with poles
Habbala
Used to be called Abyssinia and had existed since 12th century. They fought off every colonization attempts during the Victorian era. 1/2
Habbala
African history is super cool and few people even realize there is something to read about except the origin of our species. 2/2
actionandrewjackson
The German Army was impressed enough with the KV-2s that captured ones would be re-used as (Sturm)Panzer kampfwagen KV-II 754(r)s.
Spearka
absolutely, other German attempts to disable the tanks such as removing the tracks, close-range explosives and artillery all failed
UsernameRelevance
It also had its derp gun installed
BelowTheBeltICosplayAsCyrilFiggis
that heavy armor also made them slow and not very maneuverable. Might be why someone was able to eventually grenade the crew (2/2)
scrim4
From what I've read, the tank had been immobilized. What knocked it out was the shell from an 88mm cannon that had been brought forward.
Hammaneggs
Just don't fire sideways!
RiskyLinkClicker
I believe the panzer division had to get a 88mm up behind it to blast a hole in to it the had a pioneer squad chuck a grenade in the hole
RiskyLinkClicker
Then* The magic of proof reading
legessi
The Germans were able to get an artillery piece behind the kv2 and used it to punch a hole in it. They used that hole to drop the grenade in
legessi
The Germans buried the Russians from the kv2 with military honors for their bravery
dimitarandgrigorkebabliminators
"slow and not very maneuverable" is an understatement. The KV-2 would catch on fire and blow it's transmission if you drove it up a hill
stupititykills
It wasn't exactly reliable-you couldn't traverse the turret if the tank was on a hill, and you needed a sledgehammer to shift sometimes.
Tupacabra
The also ran out of ammunition before the soldiers were able to reach the tank,all they had were a few machine gun rounds...
SanyaNya
Looked for this one, wasn't disappointed~
ElPoloDiablo
The gigantic turret didn't help with that. The KV series always had issues, even when the 1s tried to lighten the thing.
fe1od1or
The large turret was necessary to carry the giant cannon. Anything smaller and the turret would become a projectile, too!
ElPoloDiablo
Obviously, and KV-2 wasn't made for its maneuverability anyway. Nevertheless, it was very prone to breakdowns, which caused most of losses.
Hereforthecatpics
Tanks, in general, are supposed to work with supporting infantry to protect them from this sort of shenanigans.
fapfapfapblehblehbleh
doesnt really help when the opposing tank has 152mm howitzer gun
fe1od1or
And KV-2s are supposed to be accompanied by other tanks.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
I once read a book written by a chaplain who took it upon himself to clean out tanks during WW2 battle, horrifying tale!
LesbianWieners
What is the name of that book? I'm a WWII buff and I like the lesser known stories.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
Sadly I can't remember, it's been a few years.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
5 Months later I found the guys name: padre leslie skinner, can't find the name of the book, not that I tried that hard.
stupititykills
As a tank nerd, the name of the book is "Death Traps", and the author is full of shit. My relationship with it won't fit in 140 characters.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
Not the same book, this is the diary of padre leslie skinner.
LesbianWieners
Message me! I also like historical gossip.
lovegoats
Was this the inspiration for the final battle in the movie Fury?
Tylendal
Nope. That was inspired by Audie Murphy. It was pretty much the same, flaming tank and everything.
sildraug
Remembering the days when it dominated in WoT, I'd believe it. Rear armor on the turret was the only dentable spot for my Pz 3/4.
jimmycricket93
its paper now tho, only thing decent on it is the 152 spud cannon
PeopleDoNotThink
KV 2 stronkest tenk...
IAMBREAD
Or when it was a tier 5
admiralgeneralmanbearpig
I've had artillery shells bounce on them
sildraug
That would be infuriating.
admiralgeneralmanbearpig
FV304 with a gunner that had the deadeye skill. I tracked him 16 times in a row until someone could get around behind him.
jimmycricket93
fv304 = T18 at tier 6
s3mperphirangers
Except that wot is full of shit, seriously.
sildraug
I'm not gonna say the game's flawless, and it's been a long while since I played, but, care to say why you think so?
s3mperphirangers
1) it claims to be realistic, which it isnt, 2) Its a sad grindfest and cashgrab.
sildraug
It claims to combine realism with arcade play mechanics, it doesn't claim full realism. I mean, 15v15 only, no combined arms/nat'l teams?
sildraug
It is grindy, sure, and they shouldn't have had grouping behind a paywall for as long as they did. Had fun with the fundamentals, though.