Cy Young – 511 wins. A pitcher would have to win 20 games a year for 25 seasons to do this… and he’d still be 11 short. And you have to do it for 25 years to catch Cy Young.
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A forensic artist used 3-D scans of the hunter-gatherer’s cranium whose skull was mounted on a stake 8,000 years ago to envision what he may have looked like in life.
Swedish archaeologists made a rare discovery in 2011 when they found human skulls mounted on stakes at an ancient burial site dating back 8,000 years.
How To Ask A Girl Out And Save Face If She’s Not Interested
Here is a handy guide on how to ask a girl out, yet save face for both of you if she isn’t interested:
Ask the girl the following: “Hey, I was wondering if you’d be free this ______ at ___ pm to get dinner with me?” Be extremely specific! Don’t say, “Are you free in the next decade?” or worse yet, “When are you free?”. It’s much better to say, “Are you free this Saturday at 6:30pm?”.
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She Played Mercy in The Warriors. See Deborah Van Valkenburgh Now at 70 – Ned Hardy
How to Survive Encounters with Dangerous Animals – Outside
I’ve Been Writing About New York City’s Food Scene For 14 Years. Here Are The 13 Restaurants I Recommend To First-Time Visitors – Insider
These coasters are freaking awesome! See for yourself – Amazon
BBC Culture polled 177 books experts from 56 countries in order to find the greatest children’s books ever – BBC
What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents? – Fatherly
How to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a Plex Media Server – Make Useof
Larry Holmes gets mad and viciously KOs Michael Greer – Reddit
She Played Michael Jackson’s Girlfriend In Thriller. See Ola Ray Now at 62 – Ned Hardy
11 Bizarre Facts About The Pharaohs Of Ancient Egypt – Linkiest
Tina Turner, Electrifying Entertainer and Feminist Hero, Dies at 83 – Hollywood Reporter
Here’s a Way to Make Sure You Actually Read the Books You Buy – Life Hacker
10 Wake-Up Calls People Receive Too Late in Life – Marc and Angel
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXLIX) – Messy Nessy
Baby bison euthanized after being handled by a Yellowstone guest, rejected by herd – NPR
How some people get away with doing nothing at work – VOX
Netflix password-sharing crackdown: Here are the new household rules you need to know – Fast Co
The Dumping Grounds
This One Goes Out To All Those Who Can Appreciate The Peace And Serenity Found While Camping In Nature
14 People Share Their Advice That Can Save Your Life One Day
1. A jack alone is not enough. Your life is worth more than the $0.005 gasket holding the hydraulic pressure. Always use 3 points of contact. Jack, jackstand and a wheel under the car. Once you’ve raised and secured jt, before you get under it, shake the whole car. Try to get it to fall. If it doesn’t, as it shouldn’t, check and recheck your jack and stands. Only then get under the car. And have a spotter that can call 911 within earshot. If they need to go inside for a bathroom break, get your ass out from under the car until they get back.
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Book Excerpt of the Day
“Like everything else worthwhile, successful investing demands a price. But its currency is not dollars and cents. It’s volatility, fear, doubt, uncertainty, and regret—all of which are easy to overlook until you’re dealing with them in real time.”
“The question is: Why do so many people who are willing to pay the price of cars, houses, food, and vacations try so hard to avoid paying the price of good investment returns?
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Meet Bobi, The World’s Oldest Dog on Record
Crowned the world’s oldest living dog and the oldest dog in history, Bobi the Rafeiro do Alentejo just celebrated his 31st birthday — but his owner Leonel Costa says he initially wasn’t even supposed to survive to adulthood. After he was born in May 1992, Costa’s father decided the family already had too many animals to care for and buried the unwanted litter, a common practice at the time.
How To Fix Your Attention Span
The shortening of attention span is a modern crisis. Life is being constantly adapted to be as efficient and as pleasurable as possible, and as a result, our attention spans are suffering.