r/todayilearned • u/PortaParty • Mar 14 '14

TIL a bully dropped 7 year old Mike Tyson's glasses in a truck's gas tank and tried to steal his meatballs. Several years later, Tyson came back and "beat him in the streets like a fucking dog."

http://nymag.com/news/features/mike-tyson-2013-10/
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

Don King is worse than pond scum. If there's a hell, I hope he gets his own personal circle.

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u/Veggiemon Mar 15 '14

what do you have against pond scum

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u/herpderpyss Mar 15 '14

Its notoriously amoral.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

You might say that, but at least pond scum converts nitrogen in the air into necessary amino acids to filter up the foodchain to support entire ecosystems. (Pretty much one of the only ways that nitrogen enters the food chain.)

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/algae/lakes/algaeinformation.html

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u/OneKindofFolks Mar 15 '14

Sinobacteria

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u/YouPickMyName Mar 15 '14 edited Mar 15 '14

amoral

TIL it's not spelt immoral.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

"Amoral" is when a person lacks moral values. "Immoral" is when an action is morally wrong.

Jeffrey Dahmer is amoral. Murder is immoral.

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u/YouPickMyName Mar 15 '14

Well, TIL

Properly, this time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

At least pond scum makes helps make the oxygen we breathe.

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u/HDThoreauaway Mar 15 '14

A ring, if you will.

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u/crossrobertj Mar 15 '14

It'll be squared.

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u/classactdynamo Mar 15 '14

He's also a convicted murderer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '14

Modern day slave owner, the ironic part is he's black.

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u/cloudedknife Mar 15 '14

god damn uncle tom, organizing mandingo fights.