Euripidaristophanist t1_j6jgtn5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:41 PM

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

Nice, that's gonna keep me busy for a while

ElvisKnucklehead t1_j6jg2s8 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:37 PM

Reply to TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless. by Wandering_Lights

Same way submariners would look for pinhole steam leaks in the engine room of nuclear submarines.

hibernatepaths t1_j6jftwf wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:35 PM

Reply to comment by 1895red in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4

Thursday is Thors Day. Should we change that?

realjefftaylor t1_j6jfri5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:35 PM

Reply to comment by rxFMS in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4

Sucks if you have like a Wednesday birthday though.

conitation t1_j6jf8xa wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Reply to comment by NoBSforGma in TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result by MikiLove

I mean... supporting the succession of part of your country is pretty treasonous, right?

rxFMS t1_j6jezn9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Reply to comment by dishonourableaccount in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4

i like the idea of a 13 months 28 days per month and jan 1st each year is an uncounted bonus day. that way the date falls on the same day of the week every year. but i dont really "give a fuck"

HPmoni t1_j6jevpk wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:29 PM

Reply to comment by GaiaAnon in TIL 'Lucas' was the first movie to introduced the slow clap by SaiFromSd

All these guys had serious drug priorities.

Feldman also couldn't decide if Michael Jackson was a pervert.

DarthWoo t1_j6jenzk wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:28 PM

Reply to TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson

I once worked in a dining hall at Penn State. One of the walk-in refrigerators had the word OLEO in large lettering on the door. During my time there it held pretty normal kitchen stuff. However, the dining hall was around since the mid-20th century so I have sometimes wondered since then if at some point earlier they felt the need to stock an entire refrigerator primarily with margarine.

fvillion t1_j6jeh8q wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:27 PM

Reply to comment by WelcomeScary4270 in TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson

I remember oleomargarine and having to mix in the yellow coloring from the WW II (early '40s) days when I was a child. And if that makes me seem ancient to you, then I deduce that you are callow indeed.

bolanrox t1_j6jebhj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:26 PM

Reply to comment by Knoblord_McCheese 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

you should look up his talks about RuPaul (TLDR - RuPaul makes me want to be a better person) and the time they went out to lunch in downtown LA.

bolanrox t1_j6je6hx wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:25 PM

Reply to comment by HPmoni 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

Rollins isnt homo (really any) phobic at all.

Deion313 t1_j6jdsly wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Reply to comment by Awordofinterest in TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless. by Wandering_Lights

Yes that's what I mean it's just chaos and fear in the announcer that makes it so dramatic. And they keep saying "they're really on fire! They're really on fire!" but it makes no sense. It's just surreal.

HPmoni t1_j6jdk7l wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:21 PM

Reply to comment by bolanrox 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

Rollins isn't particularly homophobic.

How does Shatner have friends?

ArmedBull t1_j6jcw57 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:17 PM

Reply to comment by Neb_Djed in TIL about Kwihnai Tosabitʉ or "White Eagle," a Medicine Man and messiah of the Comanche Native American tribe. Uniting all of the Comanche people and several other groups, he led them to an immediate defeat and was renamed Isatai'i "Wolf's Vulva." by marmorset

Oh shit, I never knew the connection between the names Seamus and James. Dope.

IntoAComa t1_j6jclye wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:15 PM

Reply to comment by oldmancornelious in TIL: Between 800 and 1349 AD, the Colosseum was converted into a residential apartment building by Serath4

A solid r/im14andthisisdeep entry here.

Alternative-Flan2869 t1_j6jchvy wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Reply to comment by Mewhenthe4 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

Oh no - canadians are afflicted too!

hateful_surely_not t1_j6jc2j5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:12 PM

Reply to comment by MikiLove in TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result by MikiLove

When first released (before professional historians leaned on the Times and they made stealth edits) the Project and Hannah-Jones made the explicit argument that the perpetuation of slavery was the reason for the political separation of the United States from England. It's certainly ludicrous enough to be a strawman but in this case it's just a straightforward description.