surprising

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about people's craziest "you don't see that every day" moments. Life has a funny way of surprising us just when we're settling into our respective routines. As you get older and grow more accustomed to being endlessly surprised by whatever life decides to throw your way on a given day, you pretty much can just settle on into a philosophy of expecting the unexpected. 

Anyone who has ever lived on a ground floor apartment knows that the idea of keeping one's window open to all that might be passing by is a bit of a risky endeavor. You just never know who is out there walking around, and what kind of fit of insanity that they might be caught up in. This couple certainly went on to have the shocking wakeup of a lifetime. We're just glad that everything worked out, and nobody was hurt in the process. 

An unfortunate many of us have ended up in the middle of a nerve-racking scenario, where we're hearing strange, unnerving noises come from some part of the home, with no idea what could be causing it. Or, even worse, the rampant imagination runs along at a maddening pace, and dreams up some terrible hypothetical situation that you end up believing. We're just glad that it all worked out for this person. 

Life is a funny and strange thing. It'll oftentimes chuck curveballs our way, and remind us that there's so much we'll never be able to plan for. Sometimes, that can manifest in crossing paths with folks you haven't seen for years in the most unexpected of places, at the most unanticipated of times. If anything, those moments can serve as a great reminder to expect the unexpected. 

Um, so this feels like it's right out of a horror movie. It somehow gets creepier as the storyline progresses, and we get a taste of what's behind the bathroom mirror in this New Yorker's apartment. You're not alone if you're feeling inspired to inspect the space behind your bathroom mirror(s) now. 

You've probably come across someone showing off one of these tricks, or made the discovery for yourself at some point. This life is brimming with mysteries, and unexpected developments. For instance, the fact that dead batteries bounce on a hard surface, and good batteries don't. Never know when that might come in handy. Or, maybe you were cooking up a decadent feast and want to remove the smell of onions/garlic from your hands, and now you know that rubbing a metal spoon against the aromas will get the job done.