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TobiasvanAvelon t1_j6mdun2 wrote
Reply to comment by UltimateGamingTechie in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
The illusion of legitimacy.
TehDandiest t1_j6mdrb6 wrote
Reply to comment by dont_shoot_jr in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
What is the point of this modern hatred of colonialism? They were just empires spread over seas. Almost every nation that's ever existed had some sort of empire in its history with the exact same goals as colonialism. If they didn't, we'd still have city states rather than countries.
UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mdpr3 wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Not sure, I wasn't alive in 1985 lol
BrokenEye3 t1_j6mdocx wrote
Reply to comment by UltimateGamingTechie in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Was India a major importer of cannabis to the US?
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UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mdgu0 wrote
Reply to comment by entjies in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
They do, it's called Bhang
rugbat t1_j6mdgfo wrote
Reply to comment by Equal_Caregiver_4909 in TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
Probably the rest of Roman history up to that point. Virgil was writing an epic origin story for the Roman people. It's like a Roman version of Exodus, giving the people an awesome and coherent origin, instead of the mundane and messy real one.
UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mdfwh wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
I have no clue
Gathorall t1_j6md6jr wrote
Reply to comment by CatBugDickBug in TIL of Sloth Moths, unique species of moths that live exclusively in the fur of Sloths. They feed off algae on the sloths fur and secretions from the sloths skin, and even use sloth dung as a part of their reproductive process. by cjm81499
In fact, grooming so rarely that you grow algae like some damp rock.
huntingteacher25 t1_j6md12n wrote
Reply to comment by Kooky-Cry-4088 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Agree. Had one a few years ago. She put on weight like a steer and was a fine animal.
xv433 t1_j6md00k wrote
Reply to comment by elementnix in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
So that factoid definition is a factoid?
mikefever90 t1_j6mcqym wrote
Reply to TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
still not a good idea to eat out of a toilet bowl.
stefantalpalaru t1_j6mcmub wrote
Reply to TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
Belgians like to pretend it was all the king's fault, because he acted on his own. That is far from the truth.
"King Leopold’s Bonds and the Odious Debts Mystery" (2020):
«Eventually, and in violation of an earlier pledge that the colony would not be a drain on Belgium’s finances, the King sought a loan from Belgium itself. That loan was made—interest free, in the amount of 25 million francs—in return for his agreement to give the Congo to Belgium in his will.»
«Moreover, Leopold agreed that “at the end of ten years, either the loan would be repaid, or the Free State would be handed over to Belgium.” The colony, in other words, was security for the loan.»
«Leopold therefore had to sell, but the terms of the deal were, from a modern perspective, generous. Belgium not only took over his debt obligations, but also committed to pay for many of his ongoing pet construction projects in Belgium (palaces, gardens and more), and pledged a 50 million franc payment to Leopold “as a mark of gratitude for his great sacrifices made for the Congo.” As Hochschild notes, “[s]ome of the debt the outmaneuvered Belgian government assumed [and then put on the Congolese] was in effect to itself—the nearly 32 million francs worth of loans Leopold had never paid back.”»
«Stengers concludes that “King Leopold extracted money from the Congo, but used it almost exclusively to enrich the [Belgian] national heritage by acquisitions of property, by monumental constructions, and by works of urbanization. His obsession was not with his own fortune but with the embellishment of his country.”»
AloofCommencement t1_j6mcj66 wrote
Reply to comment by Jason_CO in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
A redeeming quality isn't something that completely negates all negative actions. It's merely a point in the "Good" column.
What made you think that the commenter was trying to convey that a love of animals counts as redemption for what he did? Even without a definition it's pretty easy to pick up the point being made.
[deleted] t1_j6mcfpg wrote
Reply to comment by madrid987 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
When the hands become a currency, they are harvested by all means.
BrokenEye3 t1_j6mcd0x wrote
Reply to TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Why? What does the US get out of exactly one other country not getting high (legally)?
monkeypox_69 t1_j6mcc25 wrote
Reply to TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
The war on drugs continues..
SleeplessTaxidermist t1_j6mcah3 wrote
Reply to comment by Clean-Agent9473 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Dairy cattle are commonly AI'd with sexed semen, yes, but I've never heard of embryo transfer in cattle. Maybe your thinking show cattle or horses? Embryo is expensive as hell. Pretty common in the horse world when you're talking high dollar stock (not Thoroughbreds irrc).
Twins come from the cow, not the bull, live or AI it's up to how many eggs are released during ovulation or if the egg splits. This can happen due to genetic predisposition, hormones, or pure luck.
Some farms also use a cleanup bull to catch any cows that didn't take. AI is also becoming vastly more common for beef cattle, smaller farms especially. Bulls are big, expensive, and dangerous. Way easier, cheaper, and safer, to AI the herd and rent a cleanup bull for a couple weeks to catch the missed cows.
If you're on Facebook it'd recommend the Cow Talk group. You'll see plenty of natural twins from live and AI in both dairy and beef cattle.
neosinan t1_j6mc9t3 wrote
Reply to TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
It is called genocide not population decline.
someoneone211 t1_j6mc5q3 wrote
Reply to comment by giskardwasright in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje
Went to get this book on auidable. There's a study guide and no book. I don't understand why. His book there was a country is there.
stenmarkv t1_j6mbcx3 wrote
Reply to TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
Isn't this because people don't clean their keyboards regularly?
jnex26 t1_j6mb86u wrote
Reply to comment by airfryermasterrace in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
No it's not.. the fetus develops normally until something happens that causes either a surge of testosterone to either be fired off or not..
^^ there are many reasons for this..
I_wont_argue t1_j6mdw8t wrote
Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL your computer keyboard is 20,589 times dirtier than a toilet seat. The average office keyboard has 3,543,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per square inch while your average toilet seat only has 172 CFU per square inch by SappyGilmore
Do you just pump the sanitizer on your one hand and not sanitize the hand you used to press the pump or what ? You literally sanitize your hand 5 seconds later so it does not matter what you touched just before that.