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PuckSR t1_j6pf5ry wrote
Reply to comment by Madfromreefer in TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea. by clayt6
Orion's belt is one of the easiest patterns to pick out of the sky. Three stars that are relatively bright and look almost like a straight line.
From what I've seen, nearly every group that could SEE Orion's belt had some kind of constellation attached to it.
RandoCalrissian11 t1_j6pf3no wrote
Reply to comment by CrypticHandle in TIL the "Minnow" from Gilligan's Island was named after the then chairman of the FCC famous for his criticism of (among other things) formulaic TV comedies by karl2025
No; Nobody refers to Congress as The House of Representatives unless they are as uneducated as you. Congress is a bicameral system. That’s taught in elementary school if you are lucky; middle school if you are not, and again in high school if you aren’t paying attention.
Fred Rogers knew that, and so should you.
FaxMentis t1_j6pf2de wrote
Reply to comment by CrypticHandle in TIL the "Minnow" from Gilligan's Island was named after the then chairman of the FCC famous for his criticism of (among other things) formulaic TV comedies by karl2025
> And this answer is didactic.
While you're correct that it's didactic, you probably mean "pedantic".
And this comment is didactic, pedantic, and ironic!
alchemistakoo t1_j6pf0fq wrote
Reply to comment by TjeefGuevarra 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
Leopold didn't "let ppl die". They tortured those folks. Cut off feet and hands and kept em as trinkets.
tmccnt t1_j6peu9e wrote
Reply to comment by OTee_D in TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II. by sciencedit
We also use this term in engineering if people just copy things that may work to some extend without knowing why.
Succulentmeditator t1_j6peha6 wrote
Reply to comment by Fkappa in TIL Maria Sabina was an indigenous medicine woman who introduced the western world to psilocybin. Her community's rituals were appropriated for power and fame, and she died in poverty. by kerblooee
It’s spelled “Hofmann”; the other well known, 60’s yippie activist, Albert “Abbie” spelled his name as Hoffman. Here’s an article on the sequence of western rediscovery of ceremonial Psilocybe species use: https://inecol.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/bitstream/1005/111/1/8451_2008-10264.pdf
Future_Direction5174 t1_j6pebv3 wrote
Reply to TIL Robert Fripp, Guitarist and Founder of King Crimson composed the Windows Vista startup sound by International_Stay13
Robert Fripp is local to me. He had some involvement with a local whole food shop in a nearby town. The shop is still there and has been trading for over 30 years.
As a teenager, he took guitar lessons with Mrs. Kathleen Gartell in Corfe Mullen. She was my music teacher, and also related to me through my paternal grandfather we discovered. I went to see her in the early 80’s as I was taking up playing my cornet again as the brass section with a London rock band. She pulled out the magazine in which he had mentioned her in a interview to show me. She was so chuffed to be honoured by him.
scsnse t1_j6peaq0 wrote
Reply to TIL Jackie Robinson served in the first black tank unit to see action in WW2, but missed deployment due to his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of a bus. by R4G
This happened in my neck of the woods where I grew up and still live next to, on Fort Hood.
So Camp Hood was put in once Pearl Harbor happened and the US entered the War. The Army policy at the time was to have integrated busses for soldiers to travel to recreational areas in surrounding cities. However, the army due to exploding demand contracted out local bus lines and drivers to provide services to soldiers at the brand new base. Circa 1940s, the surrounding area consisted of mostly rural areas and very small railroad and farm towns like Killeen, which of course this is the South and the Cotton Belt built on slavery, too. You can still see the former Cotton Gin in downtown Belton about 20 minutes away.
Jackie was a newly minted college educated officer in the 761st Tank Battalion, a segregated unit of all black tankers that would earn the nickname "Black Panthers". He definitely understood his basic civil rights and self-worth as a human being. The local bus driver told him to give up a seat for a white servicemember, and he refused not just because it wasn't right ethically, but the Army regulations said he shouldn't have to. Sadly, he was still arrested by MPs that were called, and a Court-Martial was threatened. His original commander refused to file the charges, and the chain of command decided to transfer him to another unit whose commander agreed to. The NAACP and other national organizations heard about this case and quickly built up pressure on the DoD to stop the process, which helped the charges to be reduced, but he still had to go to court. Thankfully, the all white jury found him not guilty, and he was quickly transferred away from the 761st to Kentucky.
ktempest t1_j6pe9re wrote
Reply to comment by Madfromreefer in TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea. by clayt6
Why Orion: ancient Egyptians called that constellation Auser (who we know as Osiris) and it was very important in Egyptian cosmology.
I don't agree with the alignment thing, BTW.
ktempest t1_j6pdyee wrote
Reply to comment by jamesgelliott in TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea. by clayt6
Sorry, let me be clear! In Bauval's theory they're meant to be flipped. That's not a hole in the theory, that's part of it.
That said, I do not agree with the Orion alignment theory.
SloanDaddy t1_j6pdq9b wrote
Reply to comment by Mitthrawnuruo in TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II. by sciencedit
Giving sky man credit for what you did yourself.
ktempest t1_j6pdj0k wrote
Reply to comment by Ill-Manufacturer8654 in TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea. by clayt6
Yeah, you are. As I stated, ask any archaeoastronomer. Literally folks who study the ancient stars and how ancient cultures studied and related to them. Hell, ask any Egyptologist. This isn't some controversial theory from the ancient aliens people, this is accepted in academia.
rumblemania t1_j6pdh9h wrote
Reply to comment by Laxjudgement in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie
Regular folks have done nothing, boomers stole everyone else’s future. Your all tools who export your problems to every other county just to destabilise them and to keep your hegemony. The ending of the hegemony is a good thing that can’t happen soon enough
drpinkcream t1_j6pdh1q wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts have a "circular" star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Armstrong and co are recognised by Hollywood not for being the first humans on the moon, but for their "contributions to the television industry". [more in comments] by ZER0SE7ENONETH
I deleted my comment. I see I misunderstood what you were saying.
IdlyCurious t1_j6pd7q3 wrote
Reply to comment by Jampine in TIL Jackie Robinson served in the first black tank unit to see action in WW2, but missed deployment due to his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of a bus. by R4G
> Meanwhile in the UK during the war, American GIs complained that a bar was serving black soliders, so the bar responding by kicking out the white soliders.
True, but a bit misleading. That's how they treated guest black people who were going to leave. Those black persons (and other minorities) that immigrated later to stay were badly treated. Not as badly as the US treated black people, certainly, but not treated well.
[deleted] t1_j6pcy9g wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts have a "circular" star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Armstrong and co are recognised by Hollywood not for being the first humans on the moon, but for their "contributions to the television industry". [more in comments] by ZER0SE7ENONETH
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RetroMetroShow t1_j6pcpxg wrote
Reply to comment by OneBlueHopeUTFT in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC
So you don’t know where needs to improve either lol
dressageishard t1_j6pcn8v wrote
TIGHazard t1_j6pck11 wrote
Reply to comment by SheilaWholehearted in TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts have a "circular" star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Armstrong and co are recognised by Hollywood not for being the first humans on the moon, but for their "contributions to the television industry". [more in comments] by ZER0SE7ENONETH
The original TV footage of the moon landing has a bunch of animations of the lunar craft landing... because obviously there was no TV crew who went to the moon first - then they'd be the first ones.
https://youtu.be/sJv5_y2l5as?t=360
(At 8:17 there is even the text displayed message "CBS News Simulation")
Some people use this as 'evidence' that they didn't go.
tinyhorsesinmytea t1_j6pcik6 wrote
Reply to comment by UncleYimbo in TIL Actors Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman became friends while attending Pasadena Playhouse in the 60's. seen as outsiders by their classmates, both were voted "The Least Likely To Succeed". by Moti
Right? What a mean-spirited, damaging thing to say to a person.
[deleted] t1_j6pc0hl wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts have a "circular" star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Armstrong and co are recognised by Hollywood not for being the first humans on the moon, but for their "contributions to the television industry". [more in comments] by ZER0SE7ENONETH
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OneBlueHopeUTFT t1_j6pbtvg wrote
Reply to comment by ChamBruh in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC
He played like less than 10 snaps really hard to say he was bad.
OneBlueHopeUTFT t1_j6pbpek wrote
Reply to comment by RetroMetroShow in TIL Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos baseball team while still in high school, but instead chose to play football in college. This technically makes him the last player drafted by the Expos still playing professional sports. by _Abe_Froman_SKOC
He’s a rookie lol, if you don’t think there’s room to improve while learning under the greatest player of all time you’re pretty dumb ngl.
OneBlueHopeUTFT t1_j6pbe0c wrote
Reply to comment by Fetlocks_Glistening in TIL The UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century. by CaptainCorpse666
Animals don’t need to get through the tunnel I’m not sure why you’d need or want them to. The animals existed before the tunnel was built and they certainly don’t need the tunnel to continue. I can’t see any reason for needing to let any animals through.
ktempest t1_j6pfamu wrote
Reply to comment by PaleontologistDry430 in TIL Most archaeologists now agree the Orion Correlation Theory — the idea that the pyramids specifically aligned with the three stars of Orion's Belt some 10,000 years ago — is a fringe idea. by clayt6
They just dismissed an entire field of study!