Ya know, drinking is weird because you can casually go to a buddy's house for a couple beers, and then a couple turns into tequila shots, and before you know it, you end up in Guadalajara Mexico with a handful of maracas, playing in a Mariachi band for some stranger's quinceanera
In 1913, the US Post Office's Parcel Post began offering its services to deliver mail too heavy for normal letter post. Americans were now able to send packages that weighed up to eleven pounds. Within the first few weeks, a handful of parents had tried to send their children via post. The Times reported a small boy who was shipped by his grandmother from Stratford, Oklahoma, to an aunt living in Wellington, Kansas.
The Times wrote, "Mrs. E. H. Staley of this city received her two-year-old nephew by parcel post today from his grandmother in Stratford, Okla., where he had been left for a visit three weeks ago. The boy wore a tag about his neck showing it had cost 18 cents to send him through the mails. He was transported 25 miles by rural route before reaching the railroad. He rode with the mail clerks, shared his lunch with them, and arrived here in good condition."
"Vernon O. Lytle, mail carrier on rural route No. 5, is the first man to accept and deliver under parcel post conditions a live baby. The baby, a boy weighing 10-3/4 pounds, just within the 11-pound weight limit, is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beagle of Glen Este. The boy was well wrapped and ready for "mailing" when the carrier received him today. Mr. Lytle delivered the boy safely at the address on the card attached, that of the boy's grandmother, Mrs. Louis Beagle, who lives about a mile distant. The postage was fifteen cents, and the parcel was insured for $50."
The Komodo dragon is the largest extant species of lizard & can eat up to 80% of its body weight in one meal
While it mostly eats carrion, the view of a goat that gets swallowed in one bite is truly impressive
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The Shylight by Studio Drift is a captivating sculpture in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum that mimics the opening and closing movements of real flowers, creating an enchanting choreography.
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In 2012, a herd of elephants walked for 12 hours to the house of Lawrence Anthony ( the man who had saved them) following his passing, even though no one alerted them to the event
They stood around the house in an apparent vigil for two days, in quiet contemplation
Exactly a year later, on the anniversary of his passing, the same herd once more made the journey to his house.
In what’s considered one of the best photos that conveys an animal’s capability of feeling emotions:
this man released a swan that was hooked to a net.
Before letting him go, he momentarily held him in his arms to feel his heartbeat. Then he was surprised:
Gradually, the swan wrapped his neck to his and held his embrace.
How precious it is to feel the trust of an animal.
Credit : Born To Explore