Fun Facts: Shocking Part 3

In Hardangervidda National Park in Norway, 323 reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike. They were huddled together because of a heavy storm and were killed because of the ground current that stopped all of their hearts.

In 1986, Bangladesh was hit by hailstones weighing in at over 2.2 pounds each and killing ninety-two people.

A man with a Liverpool Football Club tattoo of the club motto “You’ll never walk alone” had his lower leg amputated after a combat injury in Afghanistan. Unbelievably, the surgeon unknowingly cut his tattoo so it now reads “You’ll never walk.” However, the man now has a prosthetic leg and competes in marathons.

According to the World Health Organization, up to five million people worldwide are bitten by snakes every year. The majority of these occur in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Don’t worry about wrinkles; they’re just a map of your life’s adventures.
Anonymous

THE SPHINX—FUNNY POLITICAL THINGS

The Humor Editor:    Did you find some humor, LL ?

The Looking For Humor In All The  Wrong Places Cat:   I sure did, AI selected the first ones.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=funny+political+situations

https://www.kqed.org/news/11739903/politicians-boats-bad-behavior-sailing-into-trouble-with-americas-scandal-navy

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=movie+star+who+wanted+2+fives+for+a+ten+in+the+bathroom

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=denator+stennis+commenting+on+ted+kennedy+and+sex+on+boat

Over 40 TRILLION in debt.

https://theonion.com/democracy-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

https://www.navytimes.com/

*****

Their justice.

https://babylonbee.com/news/juror-accused-of-getting-hung-up-on-fact-that-defendant-committed-crime

https://pjmedia.com/

This song gives me chills…

This song does give me chills…because I really believe how much our patriots prayed. 
God never leaves us…Remember that!
God Bless America!
-Sheila Tolley-

Patriot Post Memes

I crown you…FECAL HILLS.
And I anticipate the day,
When a Strong & Targeted Flash Flood
Washes FECAL HILLS away.
-Sheila Tolley-

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

You’ve got to stand for something or
you’ll fall for anything.
Aaron Tippin

Fun Facts: Shocking Part 2

According to a study done in 2015 by Common Sense Media and CEO James Steyer, the average teen spends up to nine hours a day on social media.

In some African countries, albinos’ body parts are believed to bring wealth and good luck. Disturbingly, as a result, attackers chop off their limbs and pluck out their organs and sell them to witch doctors.

A lawyer named Garry Hoy in Toronto decided to show off  to a group of law students just how durable his office’s windows were by body-checking one. The window didn’t shatter but unfortunately, instead it popped out of its frame and he ended up falling twenty-four stories to his death.

According to statistics, most missing children are abducted by relatives and parents.

In 2016, the Ed Rolf family  got food poisoning from eating food that was prepared to celebrate getting out of the hospital for food poisoning.

THE SPHINX—MORE ANIMALS AND SPORTS

The Editor:    What is scheduled today, LL ?

The Catnip Reporter:   Here are some animals relieving stress.

Sports has begun seriously in most areas.  Here is more fallout from the Michigan game.  The Big 10 Conference probably thinks they need some African fruit.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/football/article_1c6c7074-abbf-5f4f-9778-e75037088f8c.html

FSU.

https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/09/08/the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-florida-fsus-problems-are-bigger-than-a-power-outage-n4956995

TENNIS NEWS

https://www.espn.com/tennis/

Finally.

https://theonion.com/nations-smart-toilets-begin-counting-down/

Here is the prototype.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

*****

Rodeo time.

https://babylonbee.com/news/gop-heads-to-dallas-for-advice-from-cowboys-on-blowing-it-in-november

https://www.breitbart.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis

Explanation: The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, Messier 33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy. M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. About 3 million light-years from the Milky Way, M33 is itself thought to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and astronomers in these two galaxies would likely have spectacular views of each other’s grand spiral star systems. As for the view from the Milky Way, this sharp telescopic image shows off M33’s blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy’s loosely wound spiral arms. In fact, the cavernous NGC 604 is the brightest star forming region, seen here at about the 5 o’clock position from the galaxy center. Like M31, M33’s population of well-measured variable stars have helped make this nearby spiral a cosmic yardstick for establishing the distance scale of the Universe.

Tomorrow’s picture: star party weekend

Bible Verse

Do not work so hard to become rich that you make yourself ill. Be wise and rest when you need to.