Timpstar t1_itukd2v wrote on October 26, 2022 at 12:46 PM

Reply to comment by FestiveSquid in TIL part of a Teletubbies episode was actually banned in some countries for supposedly being too scary. by thedubiousstylus

The episode is called Pingu's Dream, and was banned because of this fucker.

There was actually another banned episode where pingu "gets drunk" and pisses on the floor and stuff.

Timpstar t1_irv7yxk wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:28 AM

Reply to comment by cut-the-cords in TIL that not all spiders that spin webs make them sticky. One of many strategies includes spinning a fine silky lattice that entangles their prey instead. by Orisno

Scariest-lookin' spider by far

Timpstar t1_irv7pb6 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 8:24 AM

Reply to comment by potato-shaped-nuts in TIL that not all spiders that spin webs make them sticky. One of many strategies includes spinning a fine silky lattice that entangles their prey instead. by Orisno

Yeah some spiders alternate between sticky webs and 'walking webs'. They only place their steps on the ones intended for walking

Timpstar t1_irv3lx2 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 7:21 AM

Reply to comment by ThePhysicistIsIn in TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre. by LethalPoopstain

Exactly. It's a tough pill to swallow, but the lives of so many germans became not only liveable, but great thanks to the nazis. Sometimes people excuse bad behavior if it means it'll get their own living situation from bad to good.