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Factotumm t1_j6f8o72 wrote
Reply to TIL that World War One flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker became a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines and survived well into the 1970s by DAT_DROP
His autobiography is a great read. Hard to find in print these days though.
Groundbreaking_War52 t1_j6f8l9v wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1981, Congress voted to declare the Maryland 5th district congressional seat vacant after the incumbent, Gladys Spellman, was rendered permanently comatose by a severe heart attack. by RexSueciae
Perhaps they can declare George Santos mentally incapacitated by pathological dishonesty.
BrokenEye3 t1_j6f8iel wrote
Reply to comment by loquacious706 in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
Please speak directly into the mannequin
BigScaryLizard t1_j6f7ha2 wrote
Knew I'd see my supervisor's name in the article. The necrosis is, in some ways, the least cool reaction to their bite. Slow loris captive carers (zoo and wildlife centres) reported after a slow loris bite some developed anaphylaxis allergy reactions just being in a room with a loris. Meanwhile other captive loris care practitioners said getting bit was no worse than a bee's sting. Completely opposite ends of the loris reaction spectrum.
Hattix t1_j6f7bla wrote
Reply to comment by Gathorall in TIL coins in the UK almost always switch the way the monarch is facing with each monarch with King Charles III facing left. by AudibleNod
It was kept around because it was how banks counted coinage you deposited. You'd have little plastic money bags (remember those?) with 1p/2p 5p/10p "NO MIXED COIN" written on them, the person at the desk (or Post Office) would just weigh it to save having to count it all out!
I remember my dad explaining to me in the 1980s that ones and twos didn't count as mixed coin after I'd separated them all out into different bags!
monotrememories t1_j6f75rn wrote
Reply to TIL China is bigger than the U.S. in terms of land area. The U.S. is also bigger than Canada in terms of land area. by Mewhenthe4
I can’t believe someone just learned this today
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_j6f6m6o wrote
Reply to comment by SamtheCossack in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
Maiming you soooftlyyyy
_TheValeyard_ t1_j6f6kto wrote
Reply to comment by simmering_happiness in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
His clicks!!! Didn't you watch the vid!
SamtheCossack t1_j6f65pl wrote
Reply to comment by heelspider in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
It won't kill you at all. Because whales are bros, and won't do it when you are nearby. They will do it near microphones and such, but they won't do it with human swimmers in the water.
That said, they do a lot of lower volume clicks. Which are still powerful enough to cause serious medical problems. Which has happened.
simmering_happiness t1_j6f60s2 wrote
Reply to comment by heelspider in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
With his words
StampYoPassport t1_j6f5tvv wrote
Reply to comment by OsakaJack in TIL Jared Leto is the front man for American Rock Band "Thirty Seconds to Mars" with hits such as "The Kill" and "From Yesterday". by HamsterKarlie
He's the only always fucking rocking all the time.
farmerarmor t1_j6f5sqm wrote
Reply to TIL Some sharks will eat their siblings while in the mother's womb. When reproduction is ovoviviparous, that is, fertilized eggs are retained within the body and develop there. Prior to birth, the young in the womb may feed on undeveloped eggs and unborn siblings. by testhec10ck
Donnie!!! You woulda been the good one!!!!!
SamtheCossack t1_j6f5pv0 wrote
Reply to TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
The key word is "can". In theory. It has never happened, because although certain humans have decided that swimming right next to the largest predator that ever lived is a rational thing to do, no human has ever been killed by it.
... Because for some bizarre reason, whales like us. I am not sure exactly what we did to deserve this, but they don't do their high volume clicks when humans are in the area. They get away from humans before they resume clicking. Sperm Whales have killed a lot of people, but exclusively people that were hunting them at the time.
heelspider t1_j6f5n4t wrote
Reply to TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
But will it kill me softly?
Helpdex t1_j6f5lf0 wrote
Reply to comment by YankeeWalrus in TIL on the night of 22-23 July 1945 USN Commander Eugene Fluckey sent a shore party from his submarine USS Barb (SS-220) to sabotage a railroad. The raiders became the only Allied force to invade mainland Japan in the war, and the Barb became the only sub in history with a confirmed kill on a train. by YankeeWalrus
Who do you think drive the trains, hun
Flyyer t1_j6f56g4 wrote
Reply to comment by ermghoti in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman
It's mind baffling cause they could make racist jokes but not curse
Gathorall t1_j6f4qgv wrote
Reply to comment by Hattix in TIL coins in the UK almost always switch the way the monarch is facing with each monarch with King Charles III facing left. by AudibleNod
And that's in a holdover from when their worth was based on being of valuable metals, which was why old currency conversions seemed kinda arbitrary, manufacturing and handling determined the size and coins would then be worth whatever was the exchange rate of the material.
Nuckemhigh t1_j6f4olb wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1981, Congress voted to declare the Maryland 5th district congressional seat vacant after the incumbent, Gladys Spellman, was rendered permanently comatose by a severe heart attack. by RexSueciae
Sabrina Spellman and Salem were really upset
Infamous-Anybody-693 t1_j6f4efp wrote
Reply to comment by CurtB1982 in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
If the threat comes from a poet, I’d have it either way.
spookyskost t1_j6f45rd wrote
Reply to comment by Infamous-Anybody-693 in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
Yeah but it's still not as bad as spending a year dead for tax reasons.
CurtB1982 t1_j6f44r8 wrote
Reply to comment by Infamous-Anybody-693 in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
So you'd prefer to actually be killed, than be 'killed' metaphorically?
monkeypox_69 t1_j6f3yba wrote
Reply to TIL Some sharks will eat their siblings while in the mother's womb. When reproduction is ovoviviparous, that is, fertilized eggs are retained within the body and develop there. Prior to birth, the young in the womb may feed on undeveloped eggs and unborn siblings. by testhec10ck
Mommies little killer
bullybullybully t1_j6f390j wrote
Reply to comment by human8264829264 in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
I work in retail design and technology and can say that, while this exists it is far from wide spread. There are many more effective and accurate ways of capturing customer data in use. One of the hard to decipher points with smart displays is that it is difficult to tell from audience reactions what exactly the customer is reacting to. Could be the whole outfit, a single item, the mannequin pose or visual merchandising elements, etc.
CheerioJack t1_j6f8or7 wrote
Reply to comment by Fetlocks_Glistening in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
With his songs, telling my whole life with his clicksssss