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Alternative-Flan2869 t1_j6gz53e wrote
Reply to TIL that writer Sylvia Plath, her son Nicholas Hughes and her husband's mistress all died by suicide by Antique-Listen2799
That must have been some really shitty guy.
GetsGold t1_j6gyxyx wrote
Reply to comment by kumquat_repub 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
Makes sense, I'll take your word on that then. The important thing is Canada is by far number one.
DavoTB t1_j6gywpg 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
It has to be useful to the retailers…
Frosty_Raspberry_418 t1_j6gys2v wrote
Reply to comment by El-Hairy in TIL In 1991 Mazda made a suitcase car by sintaur
34 year old me also wants it
1984happens t1_j6gypgs wrote
Reply to comment by Euripidaristophanist in 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
Your username suggest to me that you did not forgot all of your Greek, so -since you are "partial to reading"- try this (slightly outdated - but longest ever) Greek word, from Aristophanes: "λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιολιπαρομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοπιφαλλιδοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερυγών"
(o.k., yes... i copy-paste it... no way to write it myself!)
Siglo_de_oro_XVI t1_j6gym4b wrote
Reply to TIL that writer Sylvia Plath, her son Nicholas Hughes and her husband's mistress all died by suicide by Antique-Listen2799
Ted Hughes was a hyena who could sniff out vulnerable prey. He'd know to hide from the apexes.
eairy t1_j6gyeu6 wrote
Reply to comment by QuantumWarrior 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
> just air it later when the kids are in bed
The US doesn't have the concept of the 'watershed' like the UK does. I guess because of the multiple timezones issue.
Lil_chikchik t1_j6gy47z wrote
Reply to comment by BeowulfsGhost in TIL In 1991 Mazda made a suitcase car by sintaur
Agreed. Hardly a car if can’t carry more than one person.
SphericalBitch2020 t1_j6gxiz7 wrote
Reply to TIL there are three species of elephants, not two. African elephants are broken up into 2 species, Forest and Bush. by lightsdevil
Colonel Hathi's Song playing in the background. Love it! OK, I know it's India, but I just love this all-time Walt Disney favourite from The Jungle Book.
DAT_DROP OP t1_j6gxiid wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in 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
older redditors may be shocked to know he was still alive when they were young, WW1 was a long time ago
kumquat_repub t1_j6gxdkw 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
Yes they will get longer…all of them will, but they will remain proportional to each other. The US has roughly 4.4 times as much coastline as China. If you make the scale interval smaller, they will both increase in length but the ratio will remain roughly 4.4:1
Hydra57 t1_j6gxdgg 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
A while ago I learned Spain was bigger than France, and both were bigger than Germany. The mercator projection was deceiving me.
KSwizzle25 t1_j6gx54f 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
Damn those incestually carnivorous bastards!
Euripidaristophanist t1_j6gwyur wrote
Reply to comment by 1984happens in 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
Yes, I'm partial to reading!
I've forgotten most of my Greek, though I suspect it'd be outdated by a few thousand years..
GetsGold t1_j6gwx9p wrote
Reply to comment by kumquat_repub 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
That doesn't seem to match what the article is saying:
>The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement), the longer the coastline will be.
It doesn't make it more accurate, it just makes it longer.
IAmQWhoAreYou t1_j6gwvpb 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
Mostly Kim Possible erotic fiction, though.
LonesomePrairieCabin t1_j6gwv2a wrote
Reply to comment by Consistent_Ad_4828 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
found the shill
Sufficient-Frame3041 t1_j6gwth3 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
Is Alaska even included in the area rankings?
verylittleinsight t1_j6gws46 wrote
Reply to comment by FighterOfEntropy in 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
Sorry mate. Here's some ear bleach. https://youtu.be/tkbgtVFlyCQ
Marine__0311 t1_j6gwqrm 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
They've had store mannequins with security cameras in them for decades.
kumquat_repub t1_j6gwms9 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
Yes whatever comparison method you choose will be arbitrary, but the smaller the scale of the measurements, the more accurate it becomes to find relative coastline lengths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline?wprov=sfti1
This Wikipedia article begins by explaining the coastline paradox but then states the measurements were taken at 1:250,000 scale. There are GIS tools that can calculate the lengths of coastline at this scale and add them up, giving you a very accurate relative list of coastlines…the key word is relative.
Landlubber77 t1_j6gwj5l wrote
Reply to comment by mega_douche1 in TIL that air is a fluid by andreasdagen
Goo goo gaga
mega_douche1 t1_j6gw562 wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL that air is a fluid by andreasdagen
They are capable of posting to reddit so not a toddler.
Castod28183 t1_j6gzn6x 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
I wonder what the phrase, "land area" could possibly mean...maybe it includes water territory also...water territory is probably included in land area also, right?