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uncutpizza t1_j6h524w 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
Smolona? Smolanthan?
[deleted] t1_j6h50s0 wrote
Reply to TIL In 1991 Mazda made a suitcase car by sintaur
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Snork_kitty t1_j6h4mg3 wrote
Reply to TIL redwood trees -- growing to heights of 350 feet or more (over 100 meters) -- have roots that go only about ten feet into the ground. by OccludedFug
I love those trees in particular. They feel like beings, not just scenery.
Mbyrd420 t1_j6h3z6p wrote
Reply to comment by GreatBigPig in TIL redwood trees -- growing to heights of 350 feet or more (over 100 meters) -- have roots that go only about ten feet into the ground. by OccludedFug
Yes. But that's what trees do. There are numerous fungi that allow communication between trees, even if different species. And those same networks can transport nutrients all around a grove of trees.
Lil_chikchik t1_j6h3q2f wrote
Reply to comment by DirtyDanTheManlyMan in TIL that rapper MF DOOM never attained full US citizenship, despite living in the states for the majority of his life. Because of this, he was forced to live out the rest of his life in UK from 2010, following a “Born Like This” tour, until his death in 2020. by CEDAfwysj
Don’t get why ppl are downvoting the truth so much these days. They should embrace the truth instead of running from it.
LNMagic t1_j6h35us wrote
Reply to comment by lemmepickanameffs in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose
It's feasible to measure the decibels. Since water is denser than air, it can support louder noises, and from there they can run calculations as to what that level of energy would do.
cnnrduncan t1_j6h2xow 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
The Sahara has been populated by Berbers, Garamantians etc. for thousands of years though.
cnnrduncan t1_j6h2tr4 wrote
Reply to comment by I_FIGHT_BEAR 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
If you're counting a country's size as the size of their EEZ then my country is the 4th largest in the world!
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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j6h2e1o wrote
Reply to comment by Low_Soul_Coal 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
No, they’re not. They’re engineers.
The people in high towers don’t do work.
DavoTB t1_j6h27jy wrote
Reply to comment by pagersky in TIL that Manhattanhenge is an event when the sunrise and sunset aligns with the east-west main street grid in Manhattan, NYC by pagersky
This used to receive some media coverage, but is it less known recently?
Mr_Sarcasum t1_j6h1r5g wrote
Reply to comment by RealMudflapper 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
Uh yeah. That was the whole point of my analogy. That just because one cultural group in America acts one way, doesn't not mean that completely different region will act the same.
Just because Sweden and Poland are both in Europe doesn't mean they are the same.
Frogloggers t1_j6h1lc2 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-disaster2022 in TIL there are three species of elephants, not two. African elephants are broken up into 2 species, Forest and Bush. by lightsdevil
> To me, so long as members of each subspecies can produce genetically viable offspring, they're still subspecies.
This definition of a species doesn't really work in practice. There exists species (or in your view populations), let's call them species B, that are able to produce viable offspring with both species A and C. However, species A and C cannot produce viable offspring as the genetic distance is just too much.
murderouscow101 t1_j6h1j9k wrote
Reply to comment by a_weak_child in TIL redwood trees -- growing to heights of 350 feet or more (over 100 meters) -- have roots that go only about ten feet into the ground. by OccludedFug
Neither. Bald eagles are exclusive to North America.
a_weak_child t1_j6h0wgl wrote
Reply to comment by murderouscow101 in TIL redwood trees -- growing to heights of 350 feet or more (over 100 meters) -- have roots that go only about ten feet into the ground. by OccludedFug
African or European eagle?
Kedosto t1_j6h0pg7 wrote
Reply to TIL redwood trees -- growing to heights of 350 feet or more (over 100 meters) -- have roots that go only about ten feet into the ground. by OccludedFug
Redwoods also shed branches from incredible heights. Some of the branches can have very large diameters and come down from those incredible heights like gigantic lawn darts, piercing through roofs and spearing into cars and the ground.
Source: my garage roof on the east side of the property and the eave of my house on the west.
ElonBodyOdor t1_j6h06xq 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
I have a brake light from a Rickenbacker Automobile. He was my dads hero.
[deleted] t1_j6h06gt wrote
Reply to comment by Castod28183 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
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MrLeopard25 t1_j6h04zd wrote
Reply to comment by soolkyut 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 know you're referring to the Canadian Shield, but as someone who lives in BC, most of our province is hardly a wasteland. More of bear-country / boonies
jimmyhoke t1_j6h03e4 wrote
Reply to comment by lolokaydudewhatever 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
Alight in uBlock origin and Firefox containers.
jimmyhoke t1_j6h02gg wrote
Reply to comment by MpVpRb 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
IMO the data is useful, if something gets a lot of looks but doesn't sell well, then the price needs to be lowered.
Still creepy though.
ShEsHy t1_j6gzzla wrote
Reply to comment by Sunion 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
And? The same thing happens with literally every country that changed its borders but didn't relocate/wipe out the people in the last couple of centuries. Hell, even in my tiny country of Slovenia, with a population of only 2 million, the North-eastern part is so heavily Hungarian-influenced that their language is incomprehensible to the rest of our country, the coastal part of it is Italian-influenced, and the Northern part Austrian, but those people are still Slovene.
jimmyhoke t1_j6gzx7d wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 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
Better grab my anti-plastic.
jimmyhoke t1_j6gzpvv 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
I hate this. If I see one I'm going to make weird faces and stare to deliberately polute the data. I suggest you all do the same.
[deleted] t1_j6h5cvx wrote
Reply to comment by Nugatorysurplusage in 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
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