Hatred is expensive metabolically and spiritually. You should not be hating willy-nilly. Forget buzzing insects and other mild annoyances and choose targets that are worthy of hatred and the expenditure of precious bodily resources.
In 1858 a 14-year-old French cabin boy was left for dead on a remote Australian beach.
His name was Narcisse Pelletier.
Shipwrecked. Abandoned by his crew. Starving and injured.
Aboriginal people found him, took him in, and adopted him as one of their own.
They named him Amglo.
For the next 17 years he lived as a full member of the Uutaalnganu people of Cape York — speaking their language, undergoing initiation, carrying traditional scars on his body, and hunting and fishing like the rest of the group.
In 1875 a British ship “rescued” him.
He said he didn’t want to leave.
Brought back to France at age 32, he barely remembered his own language.
The scars and piercings remained. He never fully fit back into the world he came from.
He died in 1894 as a quiet lighthouse keeper.
One of the most extraordinary true survival stories of the 19th century.
Disclaimer: Account based on historical records, contemporary reports, and Narcisse Pelletier’s own testimony as published in 1876.
The World Gurning Championship is a centuries-old face-pulling contest held each year at the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria, England.
Contestants place their faces through a horse collar, known as a braffin, and compete to create the funniest, ugliest, or most distorted expression possible.
Extremely cool moments: https://t.co/UP5OjjFjqp