It is fairly common also to be born with less than 206 bones... You don't need amputations.

A candle flame smells exactly like burnt nose hair. Try it if you don't believe me.

https://youtu.be/XF2ayWcJfxo?feature=shared this makes me go hmmm....

And this has made me go hmm for many years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_Vision_and_Jack

The full episode can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s

William Shakespeare stopped writing after the theatre he co-owned, The Globe, burn down at a performance of Henry VIII in 1613. He passed away three years later.

The eternal flame of ASWOT makes me Go Hmm

If two mind readers read each other's mind at the same time, who is reading whose mind?

Feedback loop?

Similarly, what happens if two (or more) clairvoyants make different predictions about the future?

If I tell you I'm lying in bed right now, am I actually telling you the truth?

Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?

If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

How is it that a building burns up as it burns down?

When you die, people cry and beg for you to come back; but when you do, there's all that screaming and running.

In reply to Heath (msg # 951):

Hmmm... I never personally experience anything like that... you must have some insider knowledge... :P

Yes, I watched "The Walking Dead." :)

Hmmm... you have quite an extended definition for the concept of "personal experience"...

Human corpses can move more than one year after death.

https://www.sciencealert.com/t...it-as-they-decompose

Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) are a kind of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death and entering mummification while alive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu

On this point, if anyone is interested, I have a podcast called "Mysterious Japan." (You can listen to it on Spotify, Amazon Music, other podcast sites or visit my website at www.themysteriousjapan.com.) I highlight Sokushinbutsu in episode 2 in great detail. If you like dark history, folklore, ghost stories, and urban legends (and maybe even Japan), you may like it. All voices are generated through generative AI to make it have a more personal feel.

The point of sokushinbutsu is that the monk will become a "Living Buddha," and the monk intends to take upon himself the evils of the region as a type of savior to release the karmic evil and help the people obtain a karmic release.

Hmm...

Coming up in a future episode: It is not uncommon for people in Japan to marry their sisters, even today. Gross, right? Well, actually, if the father of the bride owns a business, he will adopt the young man prior to the wedding for the sake of inheritance and taxes.

In the islands of Hawaii there are interstate highways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...e_highways_in_Hawaii

Yeah, they have a portal to California. I used to live in Hawaii--and one reason they have these highways was to connect military bases, which might not be considered part of the state. Also, so it could receive funding in 1959 when the interstate highway system was developed.

In reply to Heath (msg # 961):

How is life in Hawaii?

Looking to retire there, so yeah, pretty good.