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ChamBruh t1_j6pi9ud wrote

Reply to comment by arlondiluthel 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

You’re misrepresenting the situation. “Don’t currently intend to re-sign,” at least in sports terms, means the team is going to let the player go. The buccaneers very much do not want to let Brady go. They intend to re-sign him if he chooses to stay in Tampa bay. That is the truth of the matter, not “they don’t currently intend to re-sign him”

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BrokenEye3 t1_j6pi22i wrote

Reply to 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 mean, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is about media and entertainment, not science or exploration, so being first to walk on the moon isn't a strictly relevant achievement. I supposed they could credit them for being first to be filmed on the moon, they've been doing that on TV since 1902.

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Necrid1998 t1_j6pi09r wrote

Reply to comment by Porkamiso in TIL that green grocery store bananas that have 'sharp' edges, rather than a more circular cross section, were likely harvested premature and they are unlikely to ripen after you take them home. by 80see

That's probably on you. All banana are basically clones (yes there's some outliers) and have been since the 50s. The methods in harvesting and transport (13°C, strong ventilation) and ripening (ethylene gas, slightly higher temperature) have been unchanged since about that time. I worked on reefer ships, we mostly carried bananas.

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turroflux t1_j6pgw0q wrote

Reply to comment by artaig 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

Bold is not a synonym for strong, like not at all, not sure I've ever heard of anyone using bold to describe someone powerful or strong, if thats your implication.

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ChamBruh t1_j6pgruj wrote

Reply to comment by arlondiluthel 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

This is untrue though. Just because Brady is set to be a free agent because his contract expired doesn’t mean they don’t currently intend to re-sign him. per Ian Rapoport within the article he’s quoted as saying he doesn’t know if Brady will return to Tampa bay despite the fact they “very much want him back”

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arlondiluthel t1_j6pgdls 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

Right... But there is one answer: "we intend to re-sign", and anything otherwise would be not currently intending. Wanting, hoping, thinking of all fall into "not currently intending". It's like travel speed: there's stopped (0 MPH), and all other speeds.

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scsnse t1_j6pg9p5 wrote

Reply to comment by FlimFlamStan 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

One of my favorite war movies, Apocalypse Now, is heavily based on Heart of Darkness, just made into a Vietnam War setting. I had grown up watching the movie first with my Dad (who as a career Army veteran still thought highly of it) and then in AP English in HS imagine my surprise when we read the book.

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Mitthrawnuruo t1_j6pfksf wrote

Reply to comment by SloanDaddy 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

Sky man provides rules, boundaries and guidance.

I’ve don’t know if you met humans. But we’re pretty awful without outside forces.

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UpsetHyena964 t1_j6pfaps wrote

Reply to comment by verrius 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

Jimmy G was made of glass. Difference between Tom and all of these mobile quarter backs is that Tom stayed in the pocket and knew when to get rid of the ball to avoid a sack. Patrick, Josh, Lamar, yeah they are good now. But all with those hits they are taking they won't have the same longevity as Tom Brady. Not saying Josh and Patrick can't make plays from the pocket because they do. However, the point remains that thier mobility to extend to the plays right now cost them some devastating hits. First thing to go for a professional is their legs.

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