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One thing leads to another. Sometimes one small change, like the death of one noble or the  use of some kind of pesticide, can cause unintended consequence that reverberate throughout time and space. A lot of this stuff has ramifications to this day. Sometimes they end with a great big historical "F*ck you".

Got an unsightly surgery scar that you wanna jazz up? Bam! Fishbone! We've seen our fair share of really not great tattoos. Bad tattoos are a dime a dozen. But these are flippin' cool. Here are a bunch of clever ways people used tattoos to cover up and repurpose scars and birthmarks into cool looking artwork.

These pictures couldn't have been taken at a better time. Sometimes the stars just line up and it looks like a woman who's doing her laundry is actually communicating with a strange red ghost thing. 

Amateur Gastroegyptologist Seamus Blackley came across what he very much hopes are isolated strains of yeast off a few 4,500 year old Egyptian pots and figured it would be a good idea to make some bread out of it. He even went as far to make the dough out of grain used around the time the yeast would have been active, since what we know as modern wheat didn't exist at the time. Anyway, he baked a loaf and was able to taste some (hopefully) authentic ancient bread.

These psychological tricks/life hacks might just give you a leg up on other people in the room, or they might not work at all. We're thinking the best way to figure out whether they're legit or not, is to try them out yourself. Who knows, maybe that yawning trick will expose the stalker in your life that you just couldn't put your finger on. 

Sometimes your brain tries to make sense of something before your eyes actually have a chance to adjust to what's really going on. The result can be double-take-worthy moments where people look like giants, dogs look like they're buff, and mountains have faces, among other things. So get ready to strain your eyes a little.

"Is that George Clooney? Oh wait, no, he's a Moldovan plumber." It makes the world feel pretty small to see someone from a rural town somewhere in central Asia who looks like your favorite sitcom character. For more images guaranteed to make you double-take, here are some mind-bending images of crazy perspective.

There's no denying that the following list is filled to the brim with genius ideas and inventions. You've got to love a label that actually shows you clearly which each ingredient's purpose serves. 

Turns out "potty talk" is way more fun when it's applied to space. Science Fiction/Fantasy Author Mary Robinette, managed to answer just about every possible question we could imagine when it comes to using the bathroom in space. If you've ever wondered what the smells are like up there far above the globe, or how it goes if you puke in space, you're in luck. This viral Twitter thread covers it all. 

Behold, what was once an obstructive pipe is now a saxophone! Here's public graffiti that either made a statement or just cleverly tried to make the best out of a less-than-pretty concrete landscape. For more art finding its way into everyday life, here are some brilliantly vandalized school textbooks.

That's some good stuff. When Deborah Price asked twitter for help finding a dress, people responded. Sometimes it's good to have a wholesome reminder of people's goodness. Kinda weird to see something like Twitter used for such a specific and kind purpose. Just cool that people get real joy out of helping each other.