A while back on Reddit, somebody asked a question "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard do I have to slap a chicken to cook it?"⁠

Though it clearly is a funny question, it's also sort of the best question the Internet has ever heard. A physics major Parker Ormonde, did the exact math: caluclated & answered 23,034 slaps can cook a chicken.

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After childbirth, without consent from the patient, doctors sometimes do an extra stitch to tighten the vagina called "the husband stitch".

This procedure takes place after delivery to decrease the size of a woman's vaginal opening. It is an outdated procedure that has no approved medical use or benefit.

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A Chinese student crucified a rat on a wooden cross after catching it eating his pet turtle.

Was it appropriate?

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In some cultures, ants were used to stitch wounds.

They would hold the skin together, grab an ant with big jaws (like an army or leaf-cutter ant), put its mouth to the wound and wait for it to bite down

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There is a university in Britain that teaches students prostitution.

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As a part of the recruitment process, women seeking a career as police officers in Indonesia must be virgin and pretty.

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There is a bank in Italy that keeps
cheese instead of money.

Credito Emiliano, a bank in northern Italy that accepts cheese as collateral for a loan. It has done so since 1953.

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After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

If you’re heading to a concert or a musical after a big meal you may be doing yourself a disservice. Try eating a smaller meal if you need to keep your hearing pitch perfect.

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Measuring swimsuit length at Washington DC beach in the 1920s.

If a swimsuit was too short, women were fined there were police who patrolled the area with measuring tape.

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One of the weirdest items ever sold at auction is, Queen Victoria's Underpant which was sold for $16,300.

Queen Victoria –was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who died at age 81 in 1901.

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Throwback to our Meme Competition on the 2nd Anniversary.

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Astronauts wear adult diapers with their spacesuit. It is worn by both male and female astronauts.

Adult diapers is worn by astronauts during liftoff, landings, spacewalks, and extra-vehicular activities in which making it to a bathroom simply isn't possible.

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After brushing your teeth, food feels disgusting, why?

The foaming agent used in most toothpastes is to blame. Sodium lauryl sulfate weakens the taste buds that are responsible for sweet taste perception. Sodium lauryl sulfate also destroys phospholipids, which normally reduce bitterness.

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Lightning often follows a volcanic eruption due to the friction between particles of the dense ash clouds that are formed as a result of the eruption. When the particles rub together, the charges inside the ash clouds begin to separate. The resulting charge buildup generates lightning strikes from the volcano itself not the sky above.

This rare natural mysterious
phenomenon is called a "Muddy Thunderstorm".

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