Middle-of-the-Road

Because only lambasting one side is no fun.

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

Delta - We apologize for the 10 min delay but we'll get you there on schedule.

American - We need to switch you from Gate B6 to Gate B15....wait!....Gate B5 now. Well folks, we're holding now just to verify which Gate. Ok. Gate B5....and the planes broke....

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

They've been married 121... Makes sense!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

These two giant tortoises have been fighting for over 120 years.

According to the zoo, there hasn't been a single day that they haven't been fighting for quite some time.

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

@ChrisMartzWX Seriously? Saw this and sold my condo at a loss. Can I write that off in my taxes for environmental damages?

[Stellan @Stellan628605]

The Amazing Evolution of the Faucet

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First poster for ‘SPACEBALLS: THE NEW ONE’.

In theaters on April 23, 2027.

[Puppies & Positivity @Puppieslover]

A woman named Diana is going VIRAL for her hilarious review of Outback Steakhouse restaurant.

[TSA @TSA]

“It’s not on your website”

Oh, ok... apologies, we didn’t realize you were going to bring part of a FIRE HYDRANT to the airport.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

In an 1806 duel, Andrew Jackson (the 7th American president) knew he couldn't outdraw master marksman Charles Dickinson. His survival strategy was brutal: he deliberately let Dickinson shoot him first.

Under the rules of dueling, once a man fired, he was required to stand motionless on his mark and await his opponent's return fire. If Jackson rushed his shot to beat Dickinson, he might miss. By absorbing the bullet, Jackson bought himself the time to aim with absolute precision.

Dickinson fired. A cloud of dust puffed from Jackson’s coat as the bullet struck him squarely in the chest. But Jackson did not fall. He simply raised his left hand to his chest, stood perfectly still, and leveled his pistol.

Jackson survived the immediate impact because of a wardrobe trick and his gaunt physique. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing only about 145 pounds, Jackson wore a loose, oversized dark blue frock coat. When he took his mark, he turned sideways in a bladed stance. Dickinson aimed exactly where a man's heart should be based on the drape of the coat. The bullet hit the precise spot Dickinson intended, but Jackson's actual heart was an inch or two away. The ball shattered two ribs and lodged deep in his chest cavity.

Despite the massive trauma, Jackson masked his pain through sheer willpower and spite. He despised Dickinson—who had publicly insulted his wife—and was determined not to give the marksman the satisfaction of knowing he had landed a successful shot before dying. Jackson later said, 'I should have hit him, if he had shot me through the brain.'

Jackson pulled his trigger, but the pistol stopped at half-cock. He calmly pulled the hammer all the way back, took aim again, and shot Dickinson in the abdomen. Dickinson fell and bled to death hours later.

Jackson casually walked away from the dueling ground with his surgeon, hiding his wound until they were out of sight of Dickinson's seconds. It was only when the surgeon noticed blood sloshing inside Jackson's left boot that he realized the future president had been hit. The bullet was too close to the heart to be safely removed, and Jackson carried it inside his chest for the remaining 39 years of his life.

#drthehistories

[Greensboro Police Department @GSO_Police]

There is a lot of speculation in the community whenever emergency vehicles are seen on their street. We hope this short guide will answer some questions:

[Mistress Dividend @mistressdivy]

I don’t think the Gmail “unsubscribe” button does literally anything

[Jerry Thornton @jerrythornton]

They left home as boys 8 decades ago to go out and save the world. Last night they sat at the WWII Memorial together and celebrated their country's 250th. Still heroic.

[Ancient History Hub @AncientHistorry]

Everyone thinks a moat was there to stop people from walking up to the wall. That's not really why they were invented.

The moat is way older than medieval castles. One of the earliest we know of sits around a fortress called Buhen, built by the Egyptians on the Nile in Nubia about 4,000 years ago, under the pharaoh Senusret I. They cut a ditch straight into the bedrock around the walls and let the river fill it. This was roughly 2,500 years before knights and drawbridges were a thing.

And the real genius of it wasn't the water. It was what the water stopped you from doing underground.

The single most effective way to bring down a stone wall in the ancient world was to dig a tunnel under it. You mine beneath the foundation, prop the tunnel up with wooden beams, then set the beams on fire. The tunnel collapses, the wall above it drops into the hole, and your army pours through the gap. No ladders, no ram, just patience and a shovel.

A moat ruins that plan completely. You cannot dig a stable tunnel under a wall when the ground is soaked through and the trench keeps flooding. The whole thing caves in on the diggers before they ever reach the foundation.

So the moat was never mainly about the front door. It was about the floor. A simple ditch of water that quietly made the oldest siege trick in history almost impossible, and we have been copying the idea for four thousand years.

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

Well in Japan, they have basically no trashcans and no trash issues. Still, would love to see these vs the pile of trash you see in NYC every day.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Netherlands hides massive trash containers underground so their streets stay spotless

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

@mamboitaliano__ Beautiful shot that I'll always remember from our visit to Greece for our 25th anniversary. Sorry it bothers you. FWIW, the line for us was not that long.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Don’t worry about Elon becoming rich with his own money.

Worry about politicians becoming rich with your money.

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

@PicturesFoIder Two things: 1) the US subsidizes the rest of the world 2) given how much crap / copycat products coming from that region, would you put your life on the line hoping this stuff is legit?

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

Everyone talks of the 2% inflation target but based on CPI, there is no long term Avg that shows it's possible. Looking all the way back to 1960, I only found 2009-2020 that was and it was post Great Recession. So why the 2% target of it's never really achieved? 🤔

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

@PicturesFoIder In other words... pretty useless.

[Middle-of-the-Road @janthosjr]

@Nerdrotics Same with Tokyo and Kyoto. Just leaving today after 2 great weeks.