#so many fun facts

[bibliophilecats]

13 August 2023: Left-Hander's Day

There used to be a time in Germany when left handed pupils were trained to only use their right hand (with the accepted teaching methods at that time, i.e. force and punishment). I seem to remember it wasn't as big of an issue in the UK?

Also, all German speakers, did you see this cool video with Ralph about left-handedness?

#book photo challenge #did you know that patricia and isabel #were renamed in the German editions #also they did not play lacrosse #that sport is not really know in germany #especially not in the 1950s #so many fun facts #fundaybpc #fdbpc #dragonbadgerchallenge #enid blyton #the twins at st clare's

[thelambliesdown1974]

tagged by @whitelightningstrikes hi…. (bats my eyes..)

Nickname: cord

Sign: pisces

Height: 5’4”

Last thing I googled: bandstand family (prog album)

Song stuck in my head: suppers ready - genesis

Number of followers: 330

Amount of sleep: just took a five hour nap

Dream job: museum curator/musician

Wearing: green cowboy pants brown button down

Books that summarize you: Everything is Illuminated, Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

Favorite song: colony of Slippermen - genesis, almost cut my hair - csny

Favorite Instrument: guitar

Favorite Author: Jonathan Safran Foer

Random fun fact: I was born in a hippie town in the PNW. Does that make you like me more

tagging anyone who wants to 🕊

#tag game #so many fun facts

[builder051]

Some facts (that some people may find hilarious or surprising, and others will find dull and useless.)

George Washington was 21 years old when he was acting as a General in the patriot army during the American Revolution. Most of his friends (Burr, Ben Franklin, etc.) were in the same graduating class. In that time period, most drinkable liquids had to be boiled or fermented to prevent death by waterborne disease. Therefore, our “founding fathers” were more like frat boys taking a stand against administration. With lighters and pocket knives and some rocks to smash the windows… and, though they’d aged a bit, the same drunk fuckers made up the U.S. government system. No wonder it’s so stupidly complex. Complexly stupid.

Leonardo DiCaprio was 23 when working on the set of Titanic. Kate Winslet was… not 23. Most bios state that she was 22 when the film was released. Which is stepping around the fact that Kate Winslet was… not 23 while working on set. She wasn’t 21. She sent in an audition tape at age 17. You do the math.

Keira Knightley was 17 whilst working on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: the curse of the black pearl. Substantial costume and makeup time were necessary to create the illusion of cleavage.

Zero members of Greta Van Fleet were over 18 when they formed the band. Zero members of Greta Van Fleet were over 21 when they signed with a label, started touring, and got radio air time. Half the band was over 21 when they headlined festivals and went on their first tour with Metallica (there have been many similar collabs since). Very shortly after all members turned 21, they did a campaign for a bespoke brewery and debuted their own special edition beer.

Pocahontas was probably a tween (8-12ish) when she met 27-year-old John Smith. They forged something like a convenient friendship, talking first to each other, and later they were able to act as translators as the English engaged in trade with those of the first nation. At approximately age 16, Pocahontas was forcibly converted to Christianity, baptized with a new name (Rebecca), and sealed an arranged marriage with John Rolf. They had a son named Thomas. Smith, on the other hand, was hard at work writing reports and filling out paperwork to send back to England. These documents were highly romanticized, stating that their colony was prosperous and that a native young lady threw herself over him to prevent his beheading… The same report was delivered several times over. With different dates. And different names. And if anyone cares about age of adulthood… It’s John Smith’s fault he wrote something pervy. Though the proper timeline is now academically proven, Disney took Smith’s word for it and went, whoops, we better age up the girl.

#get this shit out of my head #so many fun facts #isn’t it ironic #it’s ok if nobody cares #sometimes i think i'm funny

[apollos-olives]

before october 7th this blog was a meme page btw.

#don't you think it's so odd how so many palestinians on tumblr were just minding their own business and having fun #and all of a sudden the genocide started and we started dedicating all our time #to helping and start educating people #only for people to start questioning us and harassing us in the most parasocial ways #and now about half of us are deciding not to share about our personal lives or our interests anymore #because we can't be granted the opportunity to actually have personalities outside of our suffering. #a look into our personal lives is a privilege and all of you abused it #all of this is due to the fact that none of you consider us as actual human beings #even if you're “allies” to the palestinian cause. you still dehumanize us to hell and back #i wish you all could see me as someone who is just like you.

[zosanbrainrot]

I'm not just cooking, i'm baking a whole ass CAKE

not 100% happy with the design but I wanted to get it out of my system, I went for darker and more muted colors for Zoro while still utilizing the usual elemnts of his outfit like the sash and the haramaki. also the color palette for the full outfit turned out very tasty, like it makes me think of chocolate and sweets. not sure about the use of haramaki though, I feel like it makes the proportions a bit awkward when everything else is dark, but it does make the shirt fold nicely so I may keep it in the end

now that I'm further into WCI I think I should add a suit version as well for the wedding bit hmmm

My idea for this is after coming to Big Mom's territory and fighting her commanders they get to the Germa carriage just like in canon. Zoro watches Sanji fight Luffy, restraining himself from interfering. He respects Luffy's decision to not fight Sanji back, but the moment Luffy gets knocked down it's Zoro's turn to try and bring the cook around and he's not gonna hold back

a very tense fight ensues

#I have a comic for the fight in my head but I'm gonna need time I have so many artworks started lmaooo #amazing that tomorrow is Sunday #have a whole another day before monday and going back to work #and I dont have to do anything!! #anyway #my art #zosan #zoro #roronoa zoro #sanji #whole cake island #whole cake arc #wci #one piece fanart #one piece #fun fact: I was coloring the top pic while having an evening mode on my screen and I didn't realize it #but I liked it with that filter so much that I recriated it at the end thats why it has them juicy sunset colors #wci zoro au

[machinerot]

#my art #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #disco elysium #disco elysium fanart #harrykim #kimharry #or whatever they're called #let this man have happiness or so help me #im a firm believer in harry getting a slow post-recovery glow up alright. it's the least i can do for the guy. #man i was listening to so many banger songs while making this #im still getting back in the flow of painting so most of my stuff is kinda messy still #but i suspect ill find a middle ground between this and my last piece style-wise #gearing up to drawing kim in all his glory too now that ive finished two different side profiles of him. only a matter of time now #also fun little fact. i drew over half of this (~4 ? hours) using just my finger on the trackpad of my laptop lol #sometimes it helps me to just put shapes and colors down. when ive got a pen i get too nitpicky about being perfect/using fancy techniques #sometimes all you need is. finger 🫶 #OH!! i forgot to mention someone spotted it in the tags—yes this is based on that one leyendecker piece!!

[daeyumi]

i love it when ppl put kirby into desserts

#kirby #hoshi no kirby #kirby of the stars #kirby fanart #oh no i don’t know how to tag for kirby i’m so sorry kirby fans (i’m kirby fans) #daeyumi art #thanks for the request! #anyways fun fact i can’t stop buying the re-ment kirby blind box sets where he & his friends are sculpted with all the lil themed foods #agh it’s way too cute & kirby is one of my absolute fave characters ever #anyways i have too many kirby figures now cuz they’re all so cute & now i have to be really picky about what kirby figures i buy lol

[katabay]

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A KNIGHT...

the visual inspiration for this was a combination of Frederic William Burton's Meeting on the Turret Stairs and also Bernardo Cavallino's The vision of St. Dominic receiving the Rosary from the Virgin

this was supposed to be just a one off illustration to get the thoughts out of my system, but then I started thinking about medieval politics and warfare and plagues and a castle and home as both a place of refuge, a prison, and a tomb, so perhaps they will end up as ex voto characters as well.

you may say, hey! that rosary looks like it has too many beads! it's a fifteen decade rosary, probably. dominicans are really into marian devotions. it works out.

also. spiral style stair cases. oh boy. it was that unexpectedly more difficult than I originally thought it would be to draw. the more I think about it, the less I understand them, even though I had a million photos of the stairs in front of me while I was drawing it.

⭐ I have a tip jar (ko-fi)!

⭐ and other places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app

#the economy and my bank account are in shambles and i ended up stress drawing this whole thing in one go #its so many lines. the next time i draw this. because i will be revisiting this composition. i want to use a different inking brush #i think. but the next time i draw this it will be with solid blacks on the stair case steps i think #hey here's a fun fact for those of you who aren't catholic. did you know that kissing the ring of the pope/a cardinal/etc #grants you an indulgence. cardinals also used to kiss the pope on the mouth. also foot and hand iirc. anyway #there are no cardinals in this drawing but im saying if you write medieval/renaissance smut about men of the cloth #you can really amp up the friction between holy and seductive with a lot of the (gestures vaguely) that. #actually another fun fact about cardinals. their fun sun hat (it's called a galero) has some fucking weird as hell fever dream (literally) #origin lore. so if seductive isn't your thing. the horror of a thing that you wear is also extremely fun #esp when you get into medieval gender performances of clothes and how they define a person etc #generic medieval tag #original tag

[mayasaura]

I don't wanna further hijack that poor poll, but the thing about Harrow's schizophrenia is that it's canon. The author has confirmed it, and shared that it's based on her own experience.

It's a pretty obscure bit of canon, so of course there's no shame in not already knowing, but that's why I'm so obnoxiously persistent about letting people know.

Whatever else is up with Harrow, autism or cptsd or any number of likely headcanons, she is also schizophrenic. I feel like that's too important to be handwaved away as a difference of opinion.

#like of course not everyone knows I'm not the kind of asshole who gets mad about someone not having heard about an unrecorded con panel #not knowing is one thing #erasing or ignoring that aspect of her is something completely different #like yeah she's incredibly relateable in that way #and I know how comforting it can be to project your own dx onto someone and go 'wow shes just like me fr' #but I really feel like doing that re: Harrow's schizophrenia is a huge lost opportunity for growth #and I hate that the takeaway for so many people is 'Harrow is autistic' #and not 'oh cool didn't know autism and schizophrenia had so much overlap in experience' #relate to psychotic people without flinching challenge #anyway. tl;dr: #if you didn't already know then I have the coolest new fun fact about Harrow to share with you!! #if you do already know but have elicted to ignore it then a little bit fuck you actually #but I will ALWAYS assume someone didn't know before assuming they're being a dick #the locked tomb #harrow nonagesimus #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth

[ricky-mortis]

I heard that Corey Dorris sang Show Stopping Number at Innit- so I present: Corey!Hidgens

#super excited for yall who got to go to Innit- I heard it was a blast! #this was super fun #I’ve hardly ever drawn Corey so this was good practice #gotta draw more Corey characters fr #he’s such a legend #seriously what a man #have I ever mentioned that I’m a sucker for cast swaps? #they are my favorite #I have so many things written in my drawing ideas note that are just cast swaps #and lemme tell you I’m so excited to draw them #yall next week I’m going to be doing so much drawing #I’ve got exams this week but after that I’m free (until finals) #ok fun fact time #fun fact: sharks are older than trees #that one’s a little common but I think it’s pretty cool #ok that’s all have a great day! #corey dorris #professor hidgens #professor henry hidgens #henry hidgens #show stopping number #the guy who didn't like musicals #workin boys #cast swap #starkid innit #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #Starkid #team starkid #my art

[obsidianbit]

I love this gay ass show with its literally life ending injuries that heal immediately, but only when convenient to the plot, and its ridiculous use of modern phrases, and its laughing in the face of historical accuracy, and its kissing the face of the fans instead of trying to outwit them, and the way everyone involved in the show seem to go 'I KNOW RIGHT! I'M EXCITED TOO!' instead of mocking the fans

#i have so many feelings #i can't quite express the way everyone involved seems to want us to love the show #like when you love something so you show it to a friend and vibrate with excitement while you watch them love it #so that you can scream about it together #it feels like djenks and the writers and the cast and the crew are in on the joke *with* us #which contrasts so sharply to the way so many fandoms find themselves to *be* the joke #the joke being how much we love the show #the fact that everyone involved cares *so much* about the show is really obvious #not just this is a fun show but this is a *meaningful* show #i truly have never felt so much like i have a community as i have with this show and the fans of it #it is also one of the only shows i can think of (maybe some of neil gaiman's adaptations?) where the trademark over analysing and meta #and theories of the fans isn't ridiculed #this ties back into the being in on the joke thing #back when we didn't know blackbonnet was going to be *canon* canon #and djenks reaction to us freaking out that we were RIGHT was basically #well yeah? #i want to write a love letter to everyone but i don't know how #ofmd #mine #our flag means death #david jenkins #ofmd s2 #ofmd 2 #kissing david jenkins on the mouth

[scourge-sympathiser]

SCOURGE SUNDAY 027/???

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#scourge wc #warriors #warrior cats #scourge warriors #wc scourge #scourge #scourge warrior cats #bloodclan #scourge sunday #bit diff style thn usual LOL #itz funny bcuz variationz of this r sketched in like. a quarter of the sunday scourgez but ive nevr gotten him 2 look right until now #listening 2 the living tombstone on shuffle n my man how many different versionz of stuck inside r there. itz a bit much #anywayz funny 2 me tht it seemz most ppl nowadayz think of him as the five nightz at freddiez song guy.. he will alwayz be a pony 2 me #fun fact the colorz on this were originally picked from an inverted colorz ver of blessing leader of waterclan LOL #wanna mess with it more but itz uhh. 1:30am && im opening tomorrow so. oopz

[amerricanartwork]

Look! Over there!

It's another little creature!

And look... I think it recognizes the first!

Awww~! What a sweet reunion!

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I'm back with another felted slugcat! Like I said, I think I'm going to try felting all the characters, and since I began with Survivor, it felt fitting I'd do their sibling next (especially since it'd be good practice for making colored slugcats)!

Other than the yellow hue and the happier-looking expression I gave it, it's pretty much the same as before:

ALSO...

Thank you SO, SO MUCH to everyone who showed support on my needle felted Survivor!!! I was hoping it'd turn out both cute and accurate to the official art, but I did NOT expect the sheer volume of love everyone sent its way (you guys made it my most-liked and most-reblogged post by FAR in just a few days)!

I always adore seeing people enjoy my art, so I hope you all continue to enjoy seeing the rest of the cast as they come out in woolen form! Until then, the scug siblings say thank you!

#art #artwork #artists on tumblr #traditional #traditional art #felting #needle felting #fanart #rain world #slugcat #rw slugcat #survivor #rw survivor #monk #rw monk #quetzalli needle felts #project: rain wool #just a fun-fact i kept referring to the felted survivor as “little guy” before i posted it #and the fact so many people in the tags of the last post used the same name proves it is indeed the little guy of all time #i'm considering making a post just counting the number of times these felted scugs get referred to as “little guy(s)” #just for reference we're at 9 right now

[chickenickie]

"You wanna say that again, kid?"

i need psychiatric help! _(:3_| L)_

#skysolo #hanluke #star wars #luke skywalker #han solo #UMMMMM im sorry im really slow at finishing things #but what else is new! #fun facts: i have drawn luke so many times since this #but this was the first time i drew them both #i feel like i can draw han much easier/naturally than luke #and im agonizing over it #but quietly. and by myself

[account-name]

he's having a not good time, as usual

#fun fact there's an 'it's me' hidden somewhere in there if you zoom in real close #and also fun fact this is a scene from one of my au's i've never posted about because i'm self conscious #but context isn't really necessary because it's just mikey panicking and that can be applied to so many scenarios #even just in canon #but yeah :) #fnaf #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddy's fanart #michael afton #aacart #edit: tumblr ate the quality so idk if the it's me is actually visible anymore oops

[avephelis]

mutant cass is the creature that lives in my brain

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt casey jones #cassandra jones #rottmnt cassandra jones #why she got so many tags #avepharts #mutant casey jones #ferret cass #basically i have just so many thoughts about mutated casey in my head its insane (will this be a full on au? maybe? WHO KNOWS! not me) #obviously these are kind of a concept first pass i just think she's cool #but yeah she's so. she's a ferret. she does the weasel war dance. do you understand me. #oh fun fact i actually have a tasmanian devil version too but i figured ferret made more logical sense (i do love the alt design though)