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Happy New Year everyone! I know I'm almost 12 hours late to say this but yea, now it's 2021! Hope this year is better than the last (let's be honest - our standards have dropped a lot)

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          have an amazing holiday hon!!

Hey everyone! Merry Christmas (from where I live) / Happy Holidays! Hope you all have a great day and a great new year too! Please stay safe out there! :D
          
          and yes, I have not been on WattPad for about a month - I may visit it a couple times in January idk

@panicking_maddy aww thank you so much, fren! Same to you as well - you've been nothing but nice to me ever since I first met you on here. I would send this back to you but I don't do chains so please know that you are a very valued fren! :D

Happy Ieroween everyone! What are y'all dressing up as? And like what Allie said, wow it's been a whole year since MCR posted about their reunion 0-0

✰ Random Fact #9 ✰
          
          A group of friends in Washington state have been playing a game of tag for more than 24 years
          ~ taken from the book '1,234 QI Facts To Leave You Speechless'
          
          Wow, that is a long time!
          
          The friends, who call themselves 'The Tag Brothers' used to play tag back when they were teenagers at high school. The tag competition ended on their last day of high school in 1983
          
          At their high school reunion in 1990, they decided to reinstate the competition, both for friendship and competitiveness
          
          All players have signed 'The Tag Participation Agreement’, which has three rules:
          1. They can only play in February, due to their commitments to their jobs and families (so it is possible to be tagged just before midnight and stay tagged for the rest of the year!)
          2. No touch-backs
          3. They must be honest - you cannot lie when someone asks you if you are 'it', otherwise you cannot tag them
          
          The players go to all sorts of lengths to tag their fellow competitors. One man even flew in from Seattle and hid in a neighbour's car to tag his friend. Another player tagged his friend at his father's funeral when they were going up to receive communion
          
          I swear this is the most commitment I've ever seen
          
          Find out more here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2477887/24-year-long-game-tag-Friends-flew-world-avoid-it.html

✰ Random Fact #8 ✰
          
          TW: intrusive thoughts about destruction of self/others
          
          The 'call of the void' or ‘l’appel du vide’, is ‘an expression used to refer to intrusive thoughts, or inclination to engage in destructive behaviours in daily life. This includes thinking about swerving in the opposite lane while driving, or feeling like jumping off a cliff while standing on top of it.’ 
          
          Although people do have the realisation they are capable of these actions, they do not follow through.
          
          A study found that ‘about 50 percent of people have experienced aspects of the call of the void. It's the result of some kind of miscommunication in your brain.’
          
          One researcher explained that: ‘your brain is basically sending an alarm signal. And that could actually lead you to … notice your surroundings. Then that more deliberative process kind of kicks in and you start to think, why did I just take a step back? Oh, I must have wanted to jump."
          
          She says that ‘it’s not anything to worry about. They don’t mean you're going to do something, or not do something.”
          
          A lot of people have them and although most people don’t act on these, that can negatively impact some. Please  do not hesitate to talk to someone you feel comfortable talking to if you do feel this way.
          
          A helpful source which redirect you to your country’s websites and contacts regarding mental health: https://checkpointorg.com/global/
          
          I have felt the ‘call of the void’ before (mainly after watching this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6nuxmV6Zko ) and I think it’s actually really an interesting topic. The human mind is capable of a lot of things and I don’t know whether that is cool or scary or both.
          
          Source: (you may have to translate this to English) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appel_du_vide#:~:text=L'appel%20du%20vide%20est,cours%20de%20la%20vie%20quotidienne.
          
          Source: https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2018/06/29/the-call-of-the-void

✰ Random Fact #7 ✰
          
          Excited guinea pigs perform little hops and leaps called 'popcorning'
          ~ taken from the book '1,234 QI Facts To Leave You Speechless'
          
          Ahh that's cute!
          
          Popcorning is explained here: https://lafeber.com/mammals/guinea-pigs-popcorn/
          
          See cute and fluffy guinea pigs popcorning here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anCRZsavymc

✰ Random Fact #6 ✰
          
          The longest English word is 189,819 letters long
          ~taken from https://www.rd.com/list/interesting-facts/
          
          Wow!
          
          Apparently, it's the name of a protein nicknamed 'Titin' and saying it would take about three and a half hours!
          
          Check out the full word here: https://pastebin.com/wkKH8xD8