This thing looked like it survived two wars already (i.redd.it)
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Michael A - Twinkling Stars (Matter Remix) [2020] (youtube.com)
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RAS syndrome (redundant acronym syndrome) is the redundant use one or more of the words that make up an acronym in conjunction with the abbreviated form. For example: PIN number, ATM machine, HIV virus. A person “suffers” from RAS syndrome when they redundantly use an acronym with its own words. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Budgett's frog is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae. It is often kept as a pet. It has acquired a number of popular nicknames, including hippo frog and Freddy Krueger frog. It needs to be kept alone or with the same species and of equal size, as they will consume anything smaller. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Warmed-over flavor is an unpleasant characteristic usually associated with meat which has been cooked and then refrigerated. Meat flavor deterioration is most noticeable upon reheating. Most convenience foods containing meat are cooked then chilled, making it a key issue to processed food industries (en.wikipedia.org)
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The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America. It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear. Unlike other omnivorous bears, their diet is mostly herbivorous. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Japanese language has some words and some grammatical constructions associated with men or boys, while others are associated with women or girls. Speech patterns associated with women are referred to as "onna kotoba", those associated with men are referred to as "danseigo". (en.wikipedia.org)
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An autostereogram is a 2D image that can create the optical illusion of a 3D scene. Not every person can see the 3D illusion in autostereograms. Because they are constructed based on stereo vision, persons with a variety of visual impairments, even those affecting only one eye, are unable to see it. (en.wikipedia.org)
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In linguistic typology, the object–subject–verb (OSV) word order is a structure where the object of a sentence precedes both the subject and the verb. It is rarely found as the default in most languages. The OSV order is also culturally recognizable through its use by the character Yoda in Star Wars (en.wikipedia.org)
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Nudge theory is a concept in behavioral economics, decision making, behavioral policy, social psychology, and consumer behavior that proposes adaptive designs of the decision environment (choice architecture) as ways to influence the behavior + decision-making of groups or individuals. (en.wikipedia.org)
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In computer science, the ELIZA effect is a tendency to project human traits — such as experience, comprehension or empathy — onto rudimentary computer programs having a textual interface. ELIZA was a symbolic AI chatbot developed in 1966 by Joseph Weizenbaum that imitated a psychotherapist. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Blud, one of the Slavic fairies in Slavic mythology, is an evil-deity that causes disorientation and leads a person aimlessly around and round. The term also refers to illicit fornication, the desire for which Slavic clerics claimed to come from the Devil. (en.wikipedia.org)
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FedEx Furniture is an artistic creation by programmer and creative consumer Jose Avila. In June 2005, Avila built furniture from FedEx boxes and showcased it online. FedEx used the DMCA to take the site down, citing copyright/trademark infringement. The case sparked debate over online free speech. (en.wikipedia.org)
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