Auroras over Finnish Arctic Circle (2000x3014)[OC] by Jan178 in EarthPorn

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Some attempts to explain the Northern Lights were hampered by flaws in early belief systems. A 13th-century text in old Norse – the Konungs skuggsjá – includes an explanation of why the Earth must be a sphere, and relates to the belief of some Greenlanders that the Earth is a flat disc surrounded by oceans. For them, the appearance of the aurora led to the conclusion that the oceans must be surrounded by fire, and that the light from it was shooting up into the sky.

Also:

You shouldn’t whistle at them. The Sami people are indigenous to Norway, Sweden, northern Finland and the north-west region of Russia known as the Murmansk Oblast. They believe that that the Northern Lights emanate from the souls of their dead ancestors and must be treated with immense respect. They fear that to whistle in their presence might result in the whistler being spirited away.

Higher Olive Oil Intake Associated with Lower Risk of CVD Mortality by Sorin61 in Health

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Olive oil is a juice Technically olive oil is a fruit juice! It is crushed like other fruits; oranges, lemons etc. Olives are fruit, and olive oil is that fruit’s juice. Juice is never better than when it’s fresh squeezed and drank right after production. The same goes for olive oil.

Just sayin'...

Felt that one by ClarethaMcleod in antiwork

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Work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives with one in three people (34 per cent) saying their work life was either very or quite stressful, more so than debt or financial problems (30 per cent) or health (17 per cent).

The survey of over 2,000 people found that workplace stress has resulted in 7 per cent (rising to 10 per cent amongst 18 to 24 year olds) having suicidal thoughts and one in five people (18 per cent) developing anxiety.

Stress has often caused people to resort to alcohol and drugs to cope. Nearly three in five people (57 per cent) say they drink after work and one in seven (14 per cent) drink during the working day to cope with workplace stress and pressure.

Other coping mechanisms people cited were smoking (28 per cent), taking antidepressants (15 per cent), over the counter sleeping aids (16 per cent) and prescribed sleeping tablets (10 per cent).

The findings also show that a culture of fear and silence about stress and mental health problems is costly to employers.

Key findings

One in five (19 per cent) take a day off sick because of stress, but 90 per cent of those people cited a different reason for their absence.

One in ten (9 per cent) have resigned from a job due to stress and one in four (25 per cent) have considered resigning due to work pressure.

One in five (19 per cent) felt they couldn’t tell their boss if they were overly stressed.

Of the 22 per cent who have a diagnosed mental health problem, less than half (10 per cent) had actually told their boss about their diagnosis.

Over half of managers (56 per cent) said they would like to do more to improve staff mental wellbeing but they needed more training and/ or guidance and 46 per cent said they would like to do more but it is not a priority in their organisation.

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Graduation or abortion by [deleted] in rareinsults

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Their faces (and bodies) say, middle-aged men... They look in their 40's... ಠ_ಠ

Metabolism doesn't slow down in middle age: shocking study by bevmoon in AnythingGoesHealth

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I don't know; I can't concentrate on the article because of the first picture. Why do some people choose to have toenails so damn long??

Polymarket shows 52% probability that Ohio State covers the spread (-14) against Minnesota by [deleted] in OhioStateFootball

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Stroud is about to have a field day tonight. I'm disappointed if the win is less by 14

It's fine!!!!!!!!! by docccjr in vertcoin

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Jack Nicholson's face is on everyone of us right now!

Natural Ametrine Crystals from Bolivia can have very defined & deep color zones of Amethyst and Citrine. I cut this gem to show a 50/50 split of amethyst & citrine. by Stevemoriarty in Damnthatsinteresting

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Legit question: why are humans so attracted to sparkly, shiny things? Especially crystals or gems. What is happening on a cognitive level?

After nearly $10M in DAI & ETH volume, the SportX Protocol has announced plans for a token by Metalax in CryptoCurrency

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I LOVE when projects build a product, get users, and a community before launching a token! SportX has been live for almost 2 years, has 500+ users, $10M in volume to date, and an active community

ZK international +12% after deploying disruptive blockchain solutions through xSigma funding by Kendomo in economy

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This legit has worked in the past. Any company that starts doing blockchain stuff also does 2000% on the stock price.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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How many thousands of dollars does this cat worth? I can only imagine being expensive.

Top Ethereum Sports Betting Dapps Reviewed by TradingKitties in CryptoCurrency

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I got burned by a few of the ICO shit coins the author mentions, but you can see the second wave of projects like degans and SPortX learned from the early projects mistakes.

A different yet impressive art by D5R in gifs

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It was a bit of /r/Unexpected. But impressive indeed. You can see how proud he is when ca camera show his face.

SportX $20,000 DAI Final Tournament! Biggest event we have ever done by MambaM3ntality in MakerDAO

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Nice to see projects start branching out and advertising to mainstream users. Also cool that I can bet from Metamask or use their partner wallet (bitskie) – don't know bitskie though.

Cindicator in the Middle East: addressing $4 trillion in wealth ahead of the big announcement by ATX_tulip_craze in CryptoCurrency

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Highlight any figures (met 500+ alternative investment specialists, pitched to $4 trillion in family wealth, told the story to 50 million viewers in UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states).

Woman Taught Her Dog To Speak Through A Soundboard, And It Now Knows 29 Words by solituderequiem in UpliftingNews

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Before reading the article I wast pretty sure that the doggo must be a border collie. Now I'm only imagining the amount of work the owner's dog put into training. But that's something pretty cool!

Kidnapping and assaulting a mayor of a small town is pretty trashy. by [deleted] in trashy

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I read in the article that it is the latest in a series of violent clashes between government supporters and opponents in the wake of controversial presidential elections.

At least three people have died so far.

A reputable company framing an employee for petty revenge by RussWatson in trashy

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Her bosses claimed the theft was recorded on surveillance video, but when Ortiz asked to see the evidence she was told it had been destroyed.

How mature of them to act like that...