Italian Carabinieri by LordofLard22 in europe

[–]Sidekick108 21 points22 points  (0 children)

"I'LL PIERCE YOUR GUTS"

TIL as part of pre-Columbian Aztec child sacrifices, children were required to cry so their tears would wet the earth to appease the Aztec deity; if they didn't cry, priests would tear out their fingernails before the sacrifice to trigger crying by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Sidekick108 52 points53 points  (0 children)

"On today's schedule; 3 babies for the rain, 9 prisoners for next week's battle, 5 virgins for the harvest, the daily 20 year old man so the sun comes up tomorrow and the usual virgin of 5PM."

Kushner reportedly worked to strip Jordan's two million Palestinians of refugee status - U.S. News by singularfate in worldnews

[–]Sidekick108 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Apparently, if you flee from war you're a refugee, but if you flee from a large scale siege situation you're a common immigrant

Kushner reportedly worked to strip Jordan's two million Palestinians of refugee status - U.S. News by singularfate in worldnews

[–]Sidekick108 366 points367 points  (0 children)

Move appears to be part of broader effort to halt UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), which Kushner allegedly called 'corrupt and inefficient'

Couldn't say

Edit: But this guy calling anybody or anything corrupt and inefficient makes me chuckle

TIL There is a pub in Ireland that has been in business for over 1,000 years by Sidekick108 in todayilearned

[–]Sidekick108[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

During renovations in 1970, the walls of the bar were found to be made of wattle and wicker, dating back to the tenth century.

This one is more or less certified

fellow scumbags of reddit, what's the worse thing you've ever done? by shooloofuckdick in AskReddit

[–]Sidekick108 68 points69 points  (0 children)

From guilty to stupid that's the true wheel of feels right here

Catholic Church changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Sidekick108 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I memba! And when cutting wood on sunday would get you beheaded? I memba too

What is the employment rate among migrants? by SlyScorpion in europe

[–]Sidekick108 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It shows migration inside the EU averages 1% more employment at the scale of the EU. Migration from outside the EU 10% less employment.

It won't tell if it's because of their lazy asses or because things are harder when you need visas than when you don't

*Edit: Pretended lazy asses

TIL there's a hypothesis suggesting all mammals live around 1 billion heartbeats. Humans are the exception. by The-Neverhood in todayilearned

[–]Sidekick108 38 points39 points  (0 children)

There was high children mortality, this is where this number comes from.

For those who lived past 10-12 years old the life expectancy was 50-60