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The_Derpening t1_j6gi2hk wrote
Reply to 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
Ah so on some server somewhere there's footage of me squeezing mannequin boob and giggling like a 12 year old boy. Best regards to the poor sucker who has to watch that, get a real job.
Daniel_The_Thinker t1_j6gi0pu wrote
Reply to comment by GetsGold in 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
It really just needs to be standardized
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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_j6ghs8b wrote
Reply to comment by pennysmom2016 in 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
Ah yes can't discount the strategic significance of camel breeding
Daniel_The_Thinker t1_j6ghn83 wrote
Reply to comment by traws06 in 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
Not all deserts are made equal.
There's a huge difference between the Mojave, which had permanent settlement by native Americans, and the Sahara, which has massive areas with no vegetation or rainfall.
WilliamMorris420 t1_j6ghkbn wrote
Reply to comment by scotty-doesnt_know in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
Probably the biggest cause of death for Sperm Whales is getting hit by a boat and its propellers.
>Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), currently listed as a vulnerable species, are severely impacted by ship strikes. Nearly 60% of sperm whales’ deaths are due to ship strikes in the Canary Islands.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00379/full
The figures will vary by region but if a Sperm Whale doesn't get washed ashore. There's little way to know how it died or that it actually died. The other leading causes of death seem to be pollution, marine debris and malnutrition probably caused by us over fishing.
Cheerio13 t1_j6ghhy3 wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
I don't think that's actually a term.
CemeterySaliva t1_j6ghhm7 wrote
Reply to comment by PrinceTanglemane in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
Also true?
Powdercum t1_j6ghern wrote
Reply to comment by samfreez in 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
"Tallest free-standing structure in the Western hemisphere"
Terrasweat999 t1_j6gh3sf wrote
Reply to TIL that Tony Danza and Tupac Shakur were friends and that they wrote letters back and forth while Tupac was in prison. by Knoblord_McCheese
Hold me closer Tony Danza..
Daniel_The_Thinker t1_j6gh1cp wrote
Reply to comment by pennysmom2016 in 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
In a technical sense there are very few places that are truly uninhabitable.
In a practical sense, there are many pieces where humans cannot create survive in without a nomadic lifestyle or a steady supply of resources necessary for survival.
Low earth orbit is not really habitable for human beings despite some people temporarily living up there
Knoblord_McCheese OP t1_j6ggxd3 wrote
Reply to TIL that Tony Danza and Tupac Shakur were friends and that they wrote letters back and forth while Tupac was in prison. by Knoblord_McCheese
I was watching Tupac: Resurrection and Tupac starts talking about it at one point. So random.
sgribbs92 t1_j6gfwqs wrote
Reply to 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
Will Ferrell used to be the drummer for the red hot chili peppers before he decided to pursue his career in comedy
Sentsuizan t1_j6gfpts wrote
Reply to TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety
I wish my head trauma gave me a sexy British accent instead it's just a headache
RealMudflapper t1_j6gfot4 wrote
Reply to comment by StrangeCitizen 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
Nah. There are lots of people with no sense of humor.
RealMudflapper t1_j6gfdot wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Sarcasum 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
Polish people are super not cool with LGBT. And don’t even mention black folks. Source: I’m second generation American born Polish with a huge racist, homophobic extended family.
Mk1Racer25 t1_j6gf477 wrote
Reply to TIL that St. John's University's sports teams formerly being called the Redmen actually referred to the team wearing red uniforms and not Native Americans as often interpreted. Regardless, the mascot name was changed to the Red Storm in the 90s. by J_S_M_K
Yet Florida State still call themselves the Seminoles
RealMudflapper t1_j6gf2cf wrote
Reply to comment by ShEsHy 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
You’ve been watching too much YouTube
StuartGotz t1_j6ge71a wrote
Reply to comment by No_Flounder_9859 in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
Don’t kill the pink monkeys either.
Archduke_Of_Beer t1_j6ge252 wrote
Reply to comment by theflamingheads in TIL the first traffic signal, erected in London in 1868, was powered by gas. A gas leak caused it to explode a month later. by itsjonzo
You know exactly what you did sir...
Pattons3rd t1_j6ge22s 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
What he was doing, how he worked like he did at such a young, young age.
They just don't make 'em like that anymore.
res30stupid t1_j6gdndx wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Man, Hitchcock really botched the film version.
BazilBroketail t1_j6gdlt4 wrote
Reply to comment by jdgmental in TILL the Tower Bridge in London is raised around 850 times per year, which works out as around 2.3 times per day. by earedpiece
"what a shame"
Fuckers! Straight up...
CrouchingToaster t1_j6gdjlh wrote
Reply to comment by shogi_x 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
One of the big selling points of a mannequin is that they are cheap. This might catch on as like one or two mannequins in a store has this that corporate has the stores use to gauge customer reaction to a sale or a new line being released, but I highly doubt this is gonna become a standard mannequin.
pennysmom2016 t1_j6gi5aq wrote
Reply to comment by Daniel_The_Thinker in 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
But nomads have inhabited places like the Gobi and the Sahara and sustained themselves for thousands of years while those in low earth orbit are completely unable to sustain themselves without resupply for even one.