I saw this and I thought it was cool

I’d say they have had a pretty interesting life. 

thedailywhat:

Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: In 1988, Nicholas Winton’s wife revealed to the BBC his long-kept secret: He’d saved 669 children from the Nazis at the dawn of World War II through his organization of the Czech Kindertransport. (This clip is from a BBC program that honored the “British Schindler” by inviting some 80 of the children he saved to surprise him in the audience.) In all, more than 5,000 people owe their lives to Winton.

In the more than two decades since the media got wind of his humanitarian exploits, Winton has been knighted, had a minor planet named after him, been commemorated by two statues — one each in Prague and London — and been the subject of three films and a play.

Winton still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. It is inscribed with a line from the Talmud, the book of Jewish law: “Save one life, save the world.” He celebrates his 103rd birthday this week.

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Gutted

Taiwan is awesome

thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Everything Is Terrible presents a collection of completely WTF self-defense techniques you can employ to fight off a potential rapist, including “passing gas” or “excreting on yourself” in an attempt to be less attractive to an attacker.

And, of course, there’s the ever-popular “bite his d*ck off” technique.

What? Learn actual martial arts? That’s silly.

(Sorta not safe for work, graphic cucumber-biting.)

[b3ta.]

Epic Nerdgasm.