1950s Game Shows Were LAWLESS | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-02-16 | Game shows were different back in the day, in part because the law had to step in."The 1950s quiz show scandals were a series of scandals involving the producers and contestants of several popular American television quiz shows. These shows' producers secretly gave assistance to certain contestants in order to prearrange the shows' outcomes while still attempting to deceive the public into believing that these shows were objective and fair competitions. Producers fixed the shows sometimes with the free consent of contestants and out of various motives: improving ratings, greed, and the lack of regulations prohibiting such conspiracy in game show productions.The scandals took place at a time when television was still emerging as a medium and had yet to become the established cultural force in American society that it is today. When the behavior of the producers and contestants was exposed, the public reacted with shock. Many expressed concern about the potential for the young medium of television to influence society in negative ways.In response to the scandals, the government was widely pressured to impose stricter regulations on broadcasters. As a direct consequence, Congress amended the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit networks from prearranging the outcomes of quiz shows. In the United States, it has since become standard industry practice for game show producers to monitor their own shows closely for cheating and to ensure fairness in play and compliance with broadcasting law to the highest degree possible."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandalsJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Chinas Insane Battles With India | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-10-11 | You and your enemy both have nukes - so maybe it's a good idea to just use sticks when you fight."The Sino–Indian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large, and several smaller, separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial disputes between the two countries result from the historical consequences of colonialism in Asia and the lack of clear historical boundary demarcations.The first of the territories, Aksai Chin, is administered by China and claimed by India; it is mostly uninhabited high-altitude wasteland but with some significant pasture lands at the margins. It lies at the intersection of Kashmir, Tibet and Xinjiang, and is crossed by China's Xinjiang-Tibet Highway; the other disputed territory is south of the McMahon Line, in the area formerly known as the North-East Frontier Agency and now a state called Arunachal Pradesh. It is administered by India and claimed by China. The McMahon Line was signed between British India and Tibet to form part of the 1914 Simla Convention, but the latter was never ratified by China. China disowns the McMahon Line agreement, stating that Tibet was not independent when it signed the Simla Convention.The 1962 Sino-Indian War was fought in both disputed areas. Chinese troops attacked Indian border posts in Ladakh in the west and crossed the McMahon line in the east. There was a brief border clash in 1967 in the region of Sikkim, despite there being an agreed border in that region. In 1987 and in 2013, potential conflicts over the Lines of Actual Control were successfully de-escalated. A conflict involving a Bhutanese-controlled area on the border between Bhutan and China was successfully de-escalated in 2017 following injuries to both Indian and Chinese troops. Multiple skirmishes broke out in 2020, escalating to dozens of deaths in June 2020.Agreements signed pending the ultimate resolution of the boundary question were concluded in 1993 and 1996. This included "confidence-building measures" and the Line of Actual Control. To address the boundary question formalised groups were created such as the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the boundary question. It was to be assisted by the Diplomatic and Military Expert Group. In 2003 the Special Representatives (SRs) mechanism was constituted. In 2012 another dispute resolution mechanism, the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) was framed"More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_disputeJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Testing the Law? | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-10-04 | The silent man tests the law in strange ways over and over - frequently getting himself in trouble - but never explains his actions or his motives..."A mute of malice is a defendant in a criminal case who willfully chooses not to speak, as opposed to one who does not speak because he is physically or psychologically unable to do so.In British jurisprudence, a separate trial is held before the main trial to determine whether the defendant is mute of malice or mute due to "visitation of God". In the past, if he was found by the jury to be mute of malice, he would be tortured until he spoke or died (see Peine forte et dure). In a criminal trial in Oxford Crown Court in 2023, the defendant was a litigant in person who refused to speak in court, whom the jury first found mute of malice, and the following day found guilty of the criminal charge. The instructing judge said it was the first instance in his 40-year career; that mute of malice meant the defendant "is deliberately faking his inability to speak", and that mute due to visitation of God did not mean that "a deity has descended upon us and struck him down".In the Netherlands, the concept is not used as in most other countries; the defendant has a constitutional right to silence and a right to refuse self-incrimination under all circumstances, such as in a court hearing or during a police questioning.The concept is practically foreign to American jurisprudence (it does not even appear in Black's Law Dictionary) because willfully choosing not to speak is a Constitutional right; the defense attorney utters the plea and the defendant does not have to testify (per the case Griffin v. California interpreting the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution)."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_of_maliceJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
How to Enjoy Cannibalism Legally | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-09-20 | Cannibilism? Isn't that illegal? Well, it depends actually. Here's how you can get away with it."Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.Anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and Homo antecessor are known to have practised cannibalism to some extent in the Pleistocene. Cannibalism was occasionally practised in Egypt during ancient and Roman times, as well as later during severe famines. The Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, whose name is the origin of the word cannibal, acquired a long-standing reputation as eaters of human flesh, reconfirmed when their legends were recorded in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture.Cannibalism has been well documented in much of the world, including Fiji (once nicknamed the "Cannibal Isles"), the Amazon Basin, the Congo, and the Māori people of New Zealand. Cannibalism was also practised in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and human flesh was sold at markets in some parts of Melanesia and of the Congo Basin. A form of cannibalism popular in early modern Europe was the consumption of body parts or blood for medical purposes. Reaching its height during the 17th century, this practice continued in some cases into the second half of the 19th century.Cannibalism has occasionally been practised as a last resort by people suffering from famine. Well-known examples include the ill-fated Donner Party (1846–1847), the Holodomor (1932–1933), and the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (1972), after which the survivors ate the bodies of the dead. Additionally, there are cases of people engaging in cannibalism for sexual pleasure, such as Albert Fish, Issei Sagawa, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Armin Meiwes. Cannibalism has been both practised and fiercely condemned in several recent wars, especially in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was still practised in Papua New Guinea as of 2012, for cultural reasons.Cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism because it challenges anthropologists "to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior". A few scholars argue that no firm evidence exists that cannibalism has ever been a socially acceptable practice anywhere in the world, but such views have been largely rejected as irreconcilable with the actual evidence."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalismJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
How President Bush Trolled a Drug Dealer With NO MERCY | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-09-13 | No, it's not a prop - that's real crack in the President's hands. How did he get it? Well, it was sold just outside the White House..."George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions.Born into a wealthy, established family in Milton, Massachusetts, Bush was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. He attended Phillips Academy and served as a pilot in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II before graduating from Yale and moving to West Texas, where he established a successful oil company. Following an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate in 1964, he was elected to represent Texas's 7th congressional district in 1966. President Richard Nixon appointed Bush as the ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. President Gerald Ford appointed him as the chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China in 1974 and as the director of Central Intelligence in 1976. Bush ran for president in 1980 but was defeated in the Republican presidential primaries by Reagan, who then selected Bush as his vice presidential running mate. In the 1988 presidential election, Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis.Foreign policy drove Bush's presidency as he navigated the final years of the Cold War and played a key role in the reunification of Germany. He presided over the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War, ending the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the latter conflict. Though the agreement was not ratified until after he left office, Bush negotiated and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which created a trade bloc consisting of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise by enacting legislation to raise taxes to justify reducing the budget deficit. He championed and signed three pieces of bipartisan legislation in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Immigration Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments. He also appointed David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton following an economic recession, his turnaround on his tax promise, and the decreased emphasis of foreign policy in a post–Cold War political climate.After leaving office in 1993, Bush was active in humanitarian activities, often working alongside Clinton. With the victory of his son, George W. Bush, in the 2000 presidential election, the two became the second father–son pair to serve as the nation's president, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Another son, Jeb Bush, unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 primaries. Historians generally rank Bush as an above-average president."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._BushJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The tale of the KILLDOZER Qxir 2024-09-11 | 'Tales From the Bottle' tells the tale of the KILLDOZER, the man who made it, and the why, the what and the how. "Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner most known for his rampage with a modified bulldozer. Outraged over zoning disputes, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004 to demolish the town hall, the former mayor's house, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer got stuck in the basement of a Gambles store he was in the process of destroying. Heemeyer then killed himself with a handgun.Heemeyer had been feuding with Granby officials, particularly over fines for violating city ordinances and a zoning dispute regarding a concrete batch plant constructed opposite his muffler shop"
Last Moments caught on camera Qxir 2024-09-09 | Last Moments Caught on Camera: A look at chilling stories of untimely demises.Check the 'Last Moments' playlist on my channel for more!
Weird Guns From History | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-08-30 | So you want someone dead, but they're far away - thankfully a gun can solve this problem. But there are other problems people of the past have tried to solve with guns - like how can I let people know I disapprove of their religion?"The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated flintlock revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724), a British inventor, lawyer and writer. It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a "machine gun", being called such in a 1722 shipping manifest, though its operation does not match the modern use of the term. It was never used during any combat operation or war. Production was highly limited and may have been as few as two guns."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gunJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Simple but Brilliant: Is This the Greatest Modern Invention? | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-08-23 | Over 70 years ago, someone came up a with a pretty good idea. So good it's still used all over the world to this day."The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic Biro) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It was introduced in 1950 and is the best-selling pen in the world, with the 100 billionth sold in September 2006. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous, to the extent that the Museum of Modern Art has made it a permanent part of its collection. Its hexagonal form and design mimics a standard pencil and it is sold in six types of point and 18 colours around the world."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_CristalJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Do We Have Leap Years? #shorts Qxir 2024-08-21 | A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To)Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=GhxvBL85PigJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Only Ghost Story PROVEN To Be True | Enigma Files Qxir 2024-08-16 | The Green Man was spotted by multiple people travelling State Route 351 at night. And there's proof what they saw was real."In the stories, he is the "Green Man", and as a boy, he climbed an electric pole to see into a bird's nest, and was shocked. He fell to the ground, and lost his eyes, nose, mouth, one ear, and one arm. The story states that when he grew older, he hid in an abandoned house. The famed nickname of "Green Man" came from his skin, which was purported to be green because of the electrical shock he suffered in the stories. Through several generations, Robinson's story has been passed on so many times that his name and his real history have been overshadowed by the ghost story that grew out of them."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Gay Bomb… What Were the US Military Thinking? Qxir 2024-08-16 | In 1994 the Wright Laboratory in Ohio, a predecessor to today's United States Air Force Research Laboratory, produced a three-page proposal on a variety of possible nonlethal chemical weapons, which was later obtained by the Sunshine Project through a Freedom of Information Act request.More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bombJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Is This Historys WORST or BEST Book? | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-08-02 | Poland's first encyclopedia is a pretty terrible encyclopedia, but it is funny!"Nowe Ateny (New Athens) is the abbreviated title of the first Polish-language encyclopedia, authored by the 18th-century Polish priest Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski. The first edition was published in 1745–1746 in Lwów (Lviv); the second edition was updated and expanded in 1754–1764.The first part of the full title was: New Athens or the Academy full of all science, divided into subjects and classes, for the wise ones to record, for the idiots to learn, for the politicians to practice, for the melancholics to entertain issued...The book uses the Polish language as the main text, and primarily Latin for the in-line references. Chmielowski also included anecdotes in the text, and tales about strange and exotic topics."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowe_AtenyJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Is Yawning Contagious? Qxir 2024-07-31 | A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To)Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
How to Survive a Beheading | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-07-19 | Mike the chicken survived for over a year without a head; could a human?"Mike the Headless Chicken (April 20, 1945 – March 17, 1947) was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, surviving because most of his brain stem remained intact and it did not bleed to death due to a blood clot. After the loss of his head, Mike achieved national fame until his death in March 1947. In Fruita, Colorado, United States, an annual "Mike the Headless Chicken Day" is held in May. Mike has the record for the longest surviving chicken without a head on Guinness World Records."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_ChickenJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Do We Get Goosebumps? Qxir 2024-07-15 | A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To)Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Suspected Female Serial Killer Caught But Not Punished | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-07-12 | The same woman's DNA was found at 40 crime scenes, eventually leading to her identification by police, but she was never punished. Why?"The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at numerous crime scenes in Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michèle Kiesewetter, in Heilbronn, Germany, on 25 April 2007.The only connection between the crimes was the presence of DNA from a single female, which had been recovered from 40 crime scenes, ranging from murders to burglaries. In late March 2009, investigators concluded that there was no "phantom criminal", and the DNA had already been present on the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples; it belonged to a woman who worked at the factory where they were made."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_HeilbronnJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Most Dramatic Legal Defence Ever | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-07-05 | This lawyer took a bullet for his client, literally!"Clement Laird Vallandigham (/vəˈlændɪɡəm/ və-LAN-dig-əm; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War.He served two terms for Ohio's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 1863, he was convicted by an Army court martial for publicly expressing opposition to the war and exiled to the Confederate States of America. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1863 from exile in Canada, but was defeated.Vallandigham died in 1871 in Lebanon, Ohio, after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a pistol, while representing a defendant in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl in Hamilton."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_VallandighamJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Shouldnt You Put Your Hands In Wet Cement? Qxir 2024-06-30 | A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To)Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Do We Blow To Cool Something Down But Breathe To Warm It Up? Qxir 2024-06-19 | A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To)Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Did Cavemen Draw Depictions Of Themselves? #shorts Qxir 2024-06-12 | You've probably seen lots of prehistoric cave paintings - but have ever seen a human face depicted in them?"In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. These paintings were often created by Homo sapiens, but also Denisovans and Neanderthals; other species in the same Homo genus. Discussion around prehistoric art is important in understanding the history of the Homo sapiens species and how Homo sapiens have come to have unique abstract thoughts. Some point to these prehistoric paintings as possible examples of creativity, spirituality, and sentimental thinking in prehistoric humans.The oldest known are more than 40,000 years old (art of the Upper Paleolithic) and found in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). The oldest are often constructed from hand stencils and simple geometric shapes. More recently, in 2021, cave art of a pig found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and dated to over 45,500 years ago, has been reported.A 2018 study claimed an age of 64,000 years for the oldest examples of non-figurative cave art in the Iberian Peninsula. Represented by three red non-figurative symbols found in the caves of Maltravieso, Ardales and La Pasiega, Spain, these predate the appearance of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years and thus must have been made by Neanderthals rather than modern humans.In November 2018, scientists reported the discovery of the then-oldest known figurative art painting, over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo. In December 2019, cave paintings portraying pig hunting within the Maros-Pangkep karst region in Sulawesi were discovered to be even older, with an estimated age of at least 43,900 years. This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history.""More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintingJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Paddy Englishman Doesnt Manage To Escape! #shorts Qxir 2024-06-09 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Have You Ever Seen A Human Face Depicted In Cave Paintings!? Qxir 2024-05-30 | You've probably seen lots of prehistoric cave paintings - but have ever seen a human face depicted in them?"In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. These paintings were often created by Homo sapiens, but also Denisovans and Neanderthals; other species in the same Homo genus. Discussion around prehistoric art is important in understanding the history of the Homo sapiens species and how Homo sapiens have come to have unique abstract thoughts. Some point to these prehistoric paintings as possible examples of creativity, spirituality, and sentimental thinking in prehistoric humans.The oldest known are more than 40,000 years old (art of the Upper Paleolithic) and found in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). The oldest are often constructed from hand stencils and simple geometric shapes. More recently, in 2021, cave art of a pig found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and dated to over 45,500 years ago, has been reported.A 2018 study claimed an age of 64,000 years for the oldest examples of non-figurative cave art in the Iberian Peninsula. Represented by three red non-figurative symbols found in the caves of Maltravieso, Ardales and La Pasiega, Spain, these predate the appearance of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years and thus must have been made by Neanderthals rather than modern humans.In November 2018, scientists reported the discovery of the then-oldest known figurative art painting, over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo. In December 2019, cave paintings portraying pig hunting within the Maros-Pangkep karst region in Sulawesi were discovered to be even older, with an estimated age of at least 43,900 years. This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history.""More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintingJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
“I’ll Take It!” Qxir 2024-05-26 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why Do Ships Disappear in the Bermuda Triangle? | Enigma Files Qxir 2024-05-24 | You've probably heard of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle before? But do you know what makes it so mysterious?"The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The idea of the area as uniquely prone to disappearances arose in the mid-20th century, but most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_TriangleJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Magician Makes Fatal Mistake Qxir 2024-05-19 | A magician meets his match (physics) while performing a buried alive stunt."1990: Escape artist Joseph W. "Amazing Joe" Burrus died on Halloween when the glass 'coffin' he was attempting to escape from collapsed under the weight of wet cement poured on top of it. Burrus died on the 64th anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini, who was Burrus' inspiration for the performance."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performance#Joe_BurrusJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Humans probably did fight these creatures! Qxir 2024-05-12 | No human ever had to fight a dinosaur - but they probably did fight these creatures."The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)) animal species (the Pleistocene megafauna), which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by the widespread absence of ecological succession to replace these extinct megafaunal species, and the regime shift of previously established faunal relationships and habitats as a consequence. The timing and severity of the extinctions varied by region and are thought to have been driven by varying combinations of human and climatic factors. Human impact on megafauna populations is thought to have been driven by hunting ("overkill"), as well as possibly environmental alteration. The relative importance of human vs climatic factors in the extinctions has been the subject of long-running controversy.Major extinctions occurred in Australia-New Guinea (Sahul) beginning approximately 50,000 years ago and in the Americas about 13,000 years ago, coinciding in time with the early human migrations into these regions. Extinctions in northern Eurasia were staggered over tens of thousands of years between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, while extinctions in the Americas were virtually simultaneous, spanning only 3000 years at most. Overall, during Late Pleistocene about 65% of all megafaunal species worldwide became extinct, rising to 72% in North America, 83% in South America and 88% in Australia, with all mammals over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) becoming extinct in Australia and the Americas. Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia experienced much lower extinctions than other regions."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctionsJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
“POTATOES!” Qxir 2024-05-05 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
McDonalds 1984 Summer Olympics Gamble (And Loss) | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-05-03 | McDonald's had a costly loss at the 1984 Summer Olympics, after failing to predict a fairly predictable occurrence."With a history of using athletic prowess to sell fast food products, American restaurant chain McDonald's purchased major sponsor status for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, in addition to sponsoring several American teams competing at the event. McDonald's also invested in a major advertising campaign around the event. In addition to the sponsorships and advertising, McDonald's prepared to repeat a successful giveaway promotion they deployed during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, where customers were offered a chance to win products when the American team won a medal.In preparation for the promotion, McDonald's had scratch-off cards printed with different Olympic events. The cards were handed to customers at concessions in the United States and they could be redeemed for a specific food item if the American Olympic Team won a medal at that specific event. A gold medal was worth a Big Mac, silver an order of french fries, and bronze a Coca-Cola. The slogan "When the U.S. Wins, You Win." was adopted for the campaign. McDonald's had made their cost estimates for the promotion based on the American medal count at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was 94 medals, this included 34 gold medals.McDonald's promotion campaign was given an unexpected boost when the Soviet Union, along with the thirteen Eastern Bloc countries, boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in retaliation for the United States' boycotting of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia as a protest against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Iran and Libya also declined to participate for other reasons. With several of the Olympic powerhouse teams absent, the U.S. easily dominated the Olympic Games and walked away with 174 medals, 83 of them gold.As the Games started and the American teams conquered podiums, customers were enthusiastic about exchanging their cards for free food. More cards were being handed out with each new order, offering more giveaway opportunities. Some 6,600 outlets reportedly faced shortages of the promoted items, especially the Big Macs.McDonald's have been discreet about the cost of the promotion, saying only it was the most expensive promotion in the franchise's history to date. Marketing experts estimate it in the millions of dollars, especially since the chain normally makes a generous profit on each of the Big Macs it was now handing out for free.Despite the financial costs incurred in 1984, McDonald's repeated the "When the U.S. Wins, You Win" food prize promotion using the same game-piece format in both 1988 and 1996. McDonald's would continue its partnership with the Olympic Games until 2017."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_1984_Olympics_promotionJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
When Someone Doesn’t Understand The Assignment Qxir 2024-04-28 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The television licence is the instrument used to raise revenue to fund the BBC. Qxir 2024-04-21 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=QC7PJwIl2lYThe Brits need a licence to own a TV, and the government knows if they don't have one...More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_KingdomJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
This Website Has an Insane Backstory | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-04-19 | This website accidentally turned into a joke, and then accidentally turned into something quite dark."RentAHitman.com is a satirical website purporting to offer contract killers for hire. The site's domain was bought by Bob Innes in 2005 as a potential site for an information technology company to be set up with his friends (playing on the use of the word "hit" as a check on a website's security or the count of web traffic). The company was never started but Innes retained the site. Upon checking the site's email inbox in 2008, he found hundreds of messages requesting contract killing services, but he considered none to be serious. When checking again in 2010, however, he found a serious request from a woman in Canada. He passed her details to the police, and she was convicted for soliciting murder.Afterwards, Innes converted RentAHitman.com to a supposed front for a contract killing agency, though he included numerous jokes in its content to clearly signal the site is a parody. Despite this, Innes' site has resulted in several further convictions for those attempting to employ the supposed services, as he checks messages sent to him and refers any serious requests to law enforcement agencies."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RentAHitman.comJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Cement Company Found Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-04-12 | How did a cement company get charged for complicity in crimes against humanity? Not in the way you think!"According to The New York Times, a representative of the French construction company Lafarge S.A. met with representatives of numerous militias from northern Syria in Gaziantep in the autumn of 2012, a city in southern Turkey, to negotiate an agreement. Executives from Lafarge agreed to pay terrorist organizations like the Islamic State on a monthly basis in order to protect their business. The extremists offered to stifle competition and provided papers to the company's drivers assuring safe passage for its cargo. The company was continuing payments even though the Islamic State was capturing, torturing, and killing prisoners. In August 2014, about a month after the Islamic State executed the American journalist James M. Foley, executives arranged the delivery of financial advances to the group as part of their agreement to keep the facility operating, according to emails seized by the U.S. authorities.In June 2016, France launched an investigation into Lafarge's activities in Syria, in response to reports by a French journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou. Kellou's reports were published by Le Monde and France 24 and revealed deals Lafarge made with a variety of armed groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group, in order to keep its cement plant in Syria operational. On September 19, 2014, ISIL took control of the factory. LafargeHolcim executives were investigated in 2017 for these claims in the civil and criminal courts. That action followed a complaint filed in November by Sherpa, a nongovernmental organization, accusing Lafarge of involvement in war crimes by conducting business with the terrorist organisation Islamic State in order to keep its Syria facility operating, despite UN sanctions against the group.The French court inquiry discovered that between 2012 and 2014, the business paid up to 13 million euros (approximately $17.5 million at the time) to various armed groups, including the Islamic State, via its Syrian subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria. According to the study, the subsidiary paid these payments to maintain its cement facility in northeastern Syria operational despite the continuous fighting, kidnappings, and security concerns experienced by its workers. Lafarge tried to dismiss the claims that the payments were made not to support ISIS, but to allow Lafarge to continue commercial operations, and stated that the business and its executives could not be held liable for the actions of its Syrian subsidiary. Initially, the Paris Court of Appeals agreed with Lafarge.In 2018, eight former firm leaders, including two former CEOs, were charged with supporting terrorists and endangering the lives of their employees in Syria. All of those executives resigned, and the firm merged in 2015 with the Swiss cement conglomerate Holcim. The former officials may face up to 10 years in jail if proven guilty of the accusation."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafarge_scandalJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Last Request Qxir 2024-04-10 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Not everyone at the top stays at the top. Qxir 2024-04-07 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=P1240pBzz2wTo become an astronaut you need to be at the top of your game - physically and mentally, but not everyone at the top stays at the top."Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pled guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy.Born in Washington, D.C., Nowak graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1985. She was assigned to VAQ-34 at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, where she flew the EA-7L Corsair and ERA-3B Skywarrior. She earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In 1993 she was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. After graduation, she remained at Patuxent River, flying in the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler. During her Navy career she logged over 1,500 hours in more than 30 aircraft and was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.In February 2007, Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after she accosted and pepper-sprayed Colleen Shipman, a U.S. Air Force captain romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein, who had been in a relationship with Nowak. She was released on bail and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and battery. Subsequently, her assignment as an astronaut was terminated by NASA. In 2009, Nowak agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to charges of felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. She remained a Navy captain until the following year when a Naval Board of Inquiry voted unanimously to reduce her in rank to commander and to discharge her from the Navy under other than honorable conditions after 25 years of service. As of 2017, it was reported that she was working in the private sector in Texas."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_NowakJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Euthanising the Wrong Person | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-04-05 | Given the complexity of medical operations, it seems euthanasia would be the one procedure that couldn't go wrong. That is not the case."Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practise of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.Different countries have different euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands and Belgium, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient".Euthanasia is categorised in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is when a person wishes to have their life ended and is legal in a growing number of countries. Non-voluntary euthanasia occurs when a patient's consent is unavailable and is legal in some countries under certain limited conditions, in both active and passive forms. Involuntary euthanasia, which is done without asking for consent or against the patient's will, is illegal in all countries and is usually considered murder.As of 2006, euthanasia had become the most active area of research in bioethics. In some countries, divisive public controversy occurs over the moral, ethical, and legal issues associated with euthanasia. Passive euthanasia (known as "pulling the plug") is legal under some circumstances in many countries. Active euthanasia, however, is legal or de facto legal in only a handful of countries (for example, Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland), which limit it to specific circumstances and require the approval of counsellors, doctors, or other specialists. In some countries—such as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan—support for active euthanasia is almost nonexistent."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuthanasiaJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Golden Lamp Qxir 2024-03-31 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Creepy Things About Prehistoric Cave Paintings | Enigma Files Qxir 2024-03-29 | You've probably seen lots of prehistoric cave paintings - but have ever seen a human face depicted in them?"In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. These paintings were often created by Homo sapiens, but also Denisovans and Neanderthals; other species in the same Homo genus. Discussion around prehistoric art is important in understanding the history of the Homo sapiens species and how Homo sapiens have come to have unique abstract thoughts. Some point to these prehistoric paintings as possible examples of creativity, spirituality, and sentimental thinking in prehistoric humans.The oldest known are more than 40,000 years old (art of the Upper Paleolithic) and found in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). The oldest are often constructed from hand stencils and simple geometric shapes. More recently, in 2021, cave art of a pig found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and dated to over 45,500 years ago, has been reported.A 2018 study claimed an age of 64,000 years for the oldest examples of non-figurative cave art in the Iberian Peninsula. Represented by three red non-figurative symbols found in the caves of Maltravieso, Ardales and La Pasiega, Spain, these predate the appearance of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years and thus must have been made by Neanderthals rather than modern humans.In November 2018, scientists reported the discovery of the then-oldest known figurative art painting, over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo. In December 2019, cave paintings portraying pig hunting within the Maros-Pangkep karst region in Sulawesi were discovered to be even older, with an estimated age of at least 43,900 years. This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history.""More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintingJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
What would you shout out as you slide down the rainbow? Qxir 2024-03-20 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Britains Controversial TV Licence Qxir 2024-03-17 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=QC7PJwIl2lYThe Brits need a licence to own a TV, and the government knows if they don't have one...More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_KingdomJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The BIGGEST Animals That Existed Alongside Humans Qxir 2024-03-15 | No human ever had to fight a dinosaur - but they probably did fight these creatures."The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)) animal species (the Pleistocene megafauna), which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by the widespread absence of ecological succession to replace these extinct megafaunal species, and the regime shift of previously established faunal relationships and habitats as a consequence. The timing and severity of the extinctions varied by region and are thought to have been driven by varying combinations of human and climatic factors. Human impact on megafauna populations is thought to have been driven by hunting ("overkill"), as well as possibly environmental alteration. The relative importance of human vs climatic factors in the extinctions has been the subject of long-running controversy.Major extinctions occurred in Australia-New Guinea (Sahul) beginning approximately 50,000 years ago and in the Americas about 13,000 years ago, coinciding in time with the early human migrations into these regions. Extinctions in northern Eurasia were staggered over tens of thousands of years between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, while extinctions in the Americas were virtually simultaneous, spanning only 3000 years at most. Overall, during Late Pleistocene about 65% of all megafaunal species worldwide became extinct, rising to 72% in North America, 83% in South America and 88% in Australia, with all mammals over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) becoming extinct in Australia and the Americas. Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia experienced much lower extinctions than other regions."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctionsJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
20 Lashes of the Whip Qxir 2024-03-10 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The main problem with game shows back in the day: THE SPONSORS! Qxir 2024-03-03 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=NiwPa0pqrscGame shows were different back in the day, in part because the law had to step in."The 1950s quiz show scandals were a series of scandals involving the producers and contestants of several popular American television quiz shows. These shows' producers secretly gave assistance to certain contestants in order to prearrange the shows' outcomes while still attempting to deceive the public into believing that these shows were objective and fair competitions. Producers fixed the shows sometimes with the free consent of contestants and out of various motives: improving ratings, greed, and the lack of regulations prohibiting such conspiracy in game show productions.The scandals took place at a time when television was still emerging as a medium and had yet to become the established cultural force in American society that it is today. When the behavior of the producers and contestants was exposed, the public reacted with shock. Many expressed concern about the potential for the young medium of television to influence society in negative ways.In response to the scandals, the government was widely pressured to impose stricter regulations on broadcasters. As a direct consequence, Congress amended the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit networks from prearranging the outcomes of quiz shows. In the United States, it has since become standard industry practice for game show producers to monitor their own shows closely for cheating and to ensure fairness in play and compliance with broadcasting law to the highest degree possible."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandalsJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Peculiar Medical Condition We Dont Understand | Enigma Files Qxir 2024-03-01 | Exploding head syndrome is a real condition, and you might have it - but don't worry, it's painless!"Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. People may also experience a flash of light. Pain is typically absent.The cause is unknown. Potential organic explanations that have been investigated but ruled out include ear problems, temporal lobe seizure, nerve dysfunction, or specific genetic changes. Potential risk factors include psychological stress. It is classified as a sleep disorder or headache disorder. People often go undiagnosed.There is no high-quality evidence to support treatment. Reassurance may be sufficient. Clomipramine and calcium channel blockers have been tried. While the frequency of the condition is not well studied, some have estimated that it occurs in about 10% of people. Women are reportedly more commonly affected. The condition was initially described at least as early as 1876. The current name came into use in 1988."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndromeJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Secret Mechanism of Plane Toilets Qxir 2024-02-25 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=nBU1s_NwEGwSo you know how to use the oxygen mask, and how to put on the lifejacket, but what about the secret toilet unlock?More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-flight_safety_demonstrationJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Heavyweight Championship Ends With Emotional Breakdown | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-02-23 | A heavyweight championship fight is probably the last place you'd expect this to happen, but it did!"Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2019. A veteran of the sport for over three decades, he is best known for winning the WBC heavyweight title in 1994 by scoring an upset knockout victory over Lennox Lewis. The next year he defended the title against Larry Holmes before losing it to Frank Bruno. McCall is known for an in-ring mental breakdown during his 1997 rematch with Lewis. McCall's son, Elijah, is also a heavyweight professional boxer. McCall is known for never being knocked down in his 74-bout professional career and possessed one of the most durable chins of his time."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_McCallJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
The Legendary Joke Qxir 2024-02-18 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bENo one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go.""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_ScotsmanJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Why are there ashtrays on your flight? Qxir 2024-02-11 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=nBU1s_NwEGw"On flights where smoking was permitted, a reminder was often issued that smoking was only acceptable in smoking sections, but not when the no-smoking sign was illuminated nor anywhere else on board; another reminder warned that in case of deployment of the oxygen masks, any lit cigarettes must be extinguished; airlines which prohibited smoking on all their flights usually reminded passengers of such carrier-wide restriction; smoking was banned on all domestic and international flights in 2000.That United States federal law prohibits tampering with, disabling or destroying lavatory smoke detectors"More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-flight_safety_demonstrationJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
From Space to Jail: NASAs Craziest Story | Tales From the Bottle Qxir 2024-02-09 | To become an astronaut you need to be at the top of your game - physically and mentally, but not everyone at the top stays at the top."Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pled guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy.Born in Washington, D.C., Nowak graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1985. She was assigned to VAQ-34 at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, where she flew the EA-7L Corsair and ERA-3B Skywarrior. She earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In 1993 she was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. After graduation, she remained at Patuxent River, flying in the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler. During her Navy career she logged over 1,500 hours in more than 30 aircraft and was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.In February 2007, Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after she accosted and pepper-sprayed Colleen Shipman, a U.S. Air Force captain romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein, who had been in a relationship with Nowak. She was released on bail and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and battery. Subsequently, her assignment as an astronaut was terminated by NASA. In 2009, Nowak agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to charges of felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. She remained a Navy captain until the following year when a Naval Board of Inquiry voted unanimously to reduce her in rank to commander and to discharge her from the Navy under other than honorable conditions after 25 years of service. As of 2017, it was reported that she was working in the private sector in Texas."More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_NowakJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
Plane Struck by Lightning Qxir 2024-02-07 | Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=nBU1s_NwEGwThings the Airline Doesn’t Tell YouMore: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-flight_safety_demonstrationJoin membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/joinSecond Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrAMerch: qxir.creator-spring.comPatreon: patreon.com/qxirTwitter: twitter.com/QxirYTFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293Instagram: instagram.com/qxirytTiktok: tiktok.com/@qxirytDiscord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJTwitch: twitch.tv/qxirytSubreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir
