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roflredditwaffle t1_j6mgcx1 wrote
Reply to comment by FLEXXMAN33 in TIL 'Lucas' was the first movie to introduced the slow clap by SaiFromSd
Thats not what a slow clap is. The slow clap is when theres a crowd staring at a character in disbelief, or shock, or whatever, and then one person starts clapping slowly. As they increase their clapping speed, the rest of the crowd joins in and usually ends with everyone cheering for the character.
neverfarts t1_j6mga26 wrote
Reply to comment by entjies in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Yes it's called bhang Lassi or special Lassi. God I love India, not only because of the charas, just an amazing place.
Say10sadvocate t1_j6mg8vk wrote
Reply to comment by UltimateGamingTechie in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
I've always thought it was just to justify their own position.
kelldricked t1_j6mg6qs wrote
Reply to comment by wotmate 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
Nah im not allowed near the cows anymore due to a previous accident.
UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mfud6 wrote
Reply to comment by Say10sadvocate in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
I don't see the reasoning behind their pressure at all
UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mfrzu wrote
Reply to comment by Dulcius_ex in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Yes
abby_normally t1_j6mfpb3 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
Now tell me how dirty my smartphone screen is.
kelldricked t1_j6mfgdo wrote
Reply to comment by porcupineporridge in TIL Morocco has built a huge wall splitting the Western Saharan territory in half lengthwise. The wall features garrisions of up to 40 men and a radar system linked to active artillery. by Iwamiyama
Also there is the fact that there are loads of armed fanatics in that area of the world who could suddenly decide to raid or destroy shit. You dont want to be featured in the toyota war 2: elektric boogy
wotmate t1_j6mfbl6 wrote
Reply to comment by kelldricked 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
You should try it sometime, it's quite warm.
ricenola t1_j6mfazc 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
If you are interested in learning about the atrocities committed Belgium's king Leopold in Congo, I truly recommend Noble Blood podcast, episode "The Red Paint on Leopold II". It's infuriating AF
Dulcius_ex t1_j6mf8y4 wrote
Reply to comment by doct3r_l3xus in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Prolly weed
Getdeded t1_j6mf7ft 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
Your keyboard maybe. Alcohol in a spray bottle
jointheredditarmy t1_j6mf4l7 wrote
Reply to 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
It turns out the one thing fortune really hates is being told who fortune favors
doct3r_l3xus t1_j6meyar wrote
Reply to comment by UltimateGamingTechie in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
What killed you temporarily?
Slurm818 t1_j6meuvv wrote
Say10sadvocate t1_j6melkn wrote
Reply to TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
It's fucking crazy how countries which outlawed cannabis because of pressure from the US, still have it prohibited despite much of America legalising.
Yet another situation where the US should have minded it's own fucking business.
Dom_Shady t1_j6melhp wrote
WastefulWatcher t1_j6mekpa wrote
Reply to comment by jooes 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
I literally wash my phone. Why not? It’s waterproof to that degree anyway.
Lecanoscopy t1_j6me8gw 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
Ha ha I do. I work with kids. Sanitize all the things.
Scr00gie t1_j6me7ft wrote
Scr00gie t1_j6me75n wrote
Carighan t1_j6me5n7 wrote
Reply to comment by jooes 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
> but you're not washing your phone
Your pet might help out. Depends on the pet, of course.
PaoliBulldog t1_j6me2zr wrote
Reply to 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
Does "Wolf's Vulva" replace "Two Dogs Fucking" in the pantheon of sixth grade playground jokes?
RichardSaunders t1_j6mgigz 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
for deer as a species, there's the word deer, regardless of whether it's a buck or a doe. is there an equivalent term for a single bos taurus? my great uncle called them "bossies" (bah-sees), but i reckon he just made that up based on the latin.