The thing about Google clearing a forest in Finland without permits is that they decided that whatever fine they might face is worth it. It doesn’t cost them as much as not getting the land cleared.
Because like ALL things, if the punishment is a fine, it isn’t really illegal for rich people.
my cat has been ramming his head into my boobs a lot lately and i've read stories about how pets sometimes warn their owners of cancerous tumors using the same method so i went to the doctor and got checked and found out that my cat is just a pervert
Planting new trees doesn’t magically undo the destruction of an entire ecosystem. You cannot replace centuries of biodiversity with a few saplings. Companies that destroy our natural resources should face severe penalties, including permanent closure when warranted. We’ve reached a point where protecting the planet is treated as optional, and that needs to change.
ENDOMETRIOSIS HAS NOW BEEN FOUND IN THE LUNGS, BRAIN, HEART AND OTHER ORGANS IN THE FEMALE BODY-ENDO IS FAR MORE THAN JUST A "BAD PERIOD" DISEASE; IT IS COMPLEX, SYSTEMIC WARFARE WAGED AGAINST THE ENTIRE BODY.
STUDY REVEALS BABIES NOT GIVEN ADDED SUGAR DURING THEIR FIRST 1,000 DAYS OF LIFE HAVE A REDUCED RISK OF DEVELOPING UP TO 30 DIFFERENT CHRONIC DISEASES
LATER IN LIFE.
The reason Roger Moore stopped being James Bond was because of how much older he was than his female co-stars. He was in his 50s, and they were in their 20s.
In his own words: "Well, the leading ladies were young enough to be my granddaughters and it becomes disgusting."
Female patients treated by women doctors are less likely to die.
Differences in communication, technique, speed and risk-taking are suggested reasons why.
"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops"
- Stephen Jay Gould
Studies show that even after birth, a child's cells can remain in a mother's body for years, sometimes for life.
While scientists are still uncovering how fetal cells function, it's clear that motherhood is more than an emotional connection; it transforms the body itself.
After Joan of Arc was executed for heresy in 1431, her mother spent decades fighting to clear her name. In her late 70s, she petitioned the pope to reopen the case and personally appeared when the retrial began in 1455. A year later, the court declared Joan's original trial unjust and formally annulled her conviction.
Once a Beatle: When Ringo Starr was ill with tonsillitis, Jimmie Nicol subbed in on drums for 8 concerts and lived a superstar's life for 10 days. Here pictured, Jimmie Nicol sitting alone in the Melbourne airport, waiting for the plane that 'Il take him back to obscurity. June of 1964
Liu Bang was a low-ranking Qin official escorting conscript laborers when several escaped. Facing possible execution, he released the rest. Some joined him, beginning his rise from outlaw to founder of the Han dynasty in 202 BC.
When someone in the Netherlands dies with nobody to attend the funeral, a poet comes anyway. Since 2002, a rotating group of Dutch poets piece together each stranger's life from whatever is left behind,writing a poem that is read aloud beside the coffin.
I rarely do this…
But @Shearings you are a disgrace. My in-laws, in their 70s, spend their pension on a holiday with you in St Ives
…and this is where you sent them?!
My father-in-law has Parkinson’s too - so well done for stressing him out.
And my mother-in-law cried on the phone to you asking for a full refund
And YOU REFUSED?!