Elementary teacher Barry White, Jr, has
a secret handshake for all his students.
A girl who was often late to class for
visiting his room every morning to get
her handshake made him realize how
powerful something so simple could be,
so he decided to do it for all the kids in
one of his classes. He then thought, ‘Ok,
if I can do 20, I can do 20 more,’ came
up with handshakes for all his students,
and now even has them for teachers,
volunteers, and students in other grades. Source
There’s a device that fits over your
car’s exhaust pipe, captures pollution,
and turns it into ink. Because exhaust
contains the same material that ink is
already made of, a company called
Air Ink takes the carbon emissions
collected from tailpipes, makes their
own earth-friendly inks and markers,
and simultaneously reduces pollution
from both car exhaust and from
the ink-making process. Source
Flight attendant Shelia Fedrick saved a
passenger from human trafficking by
leaving her a secret message in the
plane’s bathroom. She’d noticed a young
girl traveling with an older man who
wouldn’t let her speak, so she whispered
to the girl during drink service. The girl
made it to the bathroom, found the note,
replied “I need help”, and Fredrick told
the pilot. When the plane landed, police
were already waiting in the terminal. SourceSource 2
Medieval castle stairs were often built to ascend in narrow, clockwise spirals so right-handed castle defenders could use their swords more easily. This design put those on the way up at a disadvantage (unless they were left-handed). The steps were also uneven to give defenders the advantage of anticipating each step’s size while attackers tripped over them. SourceSource 2Source 3
whenever i have those brutal searing being-dissolved-from-inside period cramps during school or work i pretend i am a viking warlord who has been stabbed in the abdomen but i killed the assailant so i’m the only one who knows im injured and i have to carry on normally til the end of the battle to keep up my mens morale
The type of voices heard by people who suffer from schizophrenia depends on where they live. Clinical studies show that people who have auditory hallucinations in Africa and India describe them as positive requests from family members or spirits, but most Americans say they hear violent, torturous, and hateful yelling from strangers. Source
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