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HPmoni t1_j8ejvw8 wrote

Reply to comment by ScottRiqui in TIL that CBS offered actress Candice Bergen to work as a journalist after "Murphy Brown". She declined, not wanting to blur between actor and journalist. by DragonTonguePunch

Quayle was mocked, but saying a kid doesn't need a good father is a bad message.

The Simpsons was an important show. Bart was a terrible role model. The Simpsons were a bad family. That was shocking in the 90s so bush complained.

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HPmoni t1_j8egbm5 wrote

Reply to comment by Skegetchy in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy

A great Broadway musical can lead to incredible returns. Nearly all flop.

Cats was stupid nonsense that made billions.

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TheOneBehindYourDog t1_j8ef4hf wrote

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN in TIL of Africa, Ohio, USA, the only town in the world named after the Underground Railroad, the series of networks to help slaves escape Southern US slave states. The name is derived from a mocking comment from a pro-slavery neighbor referring to the the community of escaped slaves there as Africa. by vrphotosguy55

And

2:34 from Amsterdam

2:25 from Poland

2:17 from Oxford

2:16 from Moscow

2 hours from Cairo

1:50 from Milan

1:30 from Athens

You can travel half of Europe and part of Africa in Ohio.

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_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN t1_j8ebgu7 wrote

Reply to comment by smoothandnutty in TIL of Africa, Ohio, USA, the only town in the world named after the Underground Railroad, the series of networks to help slaves escape Southern US slave states. The name is derived from a mocking comment from a pro-slavery neighbor referring to the the community of escaped slaves there as Africa. by vrphotosguy55

It is not.

Africa, Ohio is located just north of Columbus (in Central Ohio).

Palestine is located on Ohio’s border with Indiana, about 2 hours west of Africa. (119 mi / 192 km away)

East Palestine (of toxic train derailment fame) is on Ohio’s border with Pennsylvania, about 3 hours east of Africa. (159 mi / 256 km away)

It’s very close to Ha(a)rlem & Dublin though!

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MonaSherry t1_j8e4w7d wrote

Reply to TIL of Africa, Ohio, USA, the only town in the world named after the Underground Railroad, the series of networks to help slaves escape Southern US slave states. The name is derived from a mocking comment from a pro-slavery neighbor referring to the the community of escaped slaves there as Africa. by vrphotosguy55

Meanwhile there are a whole slew of towns, rivers, and mountain peaks with horrendously racist names. https://www.axios.com/2021/06/06/hundreds-places-offensive-racist-names-us

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LordCaptain t1_j8e4e5u wrote

Reply to comment by gwaydms in TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG

It is evolution through natural selection but it is still most definitely evolution. It's a net directional change in the population. There isn't an arbitrary point where it turns from natural selection to evolution as the two aren't so simply separated.

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wwarnout t1_j8e4dkg wrote

Reply to TIL of Africa, Ohio, USA, the only town in the world named after the Underground Railroad, the series of networks to help slaves escape Southern US slave states. The name is derived from a mocking comment from a pro-slavery neighbor referring to the the community of escaped slaves there as Africa. by vrphotosguy55

I wonder how that pro-slavery neighbor would react if he knew his ancestors (and, for that matter, everyone's ancestors) originated in Africa.

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Martipar t1_j8e39d6 wrote

Reply to comment by ASK_IF_IM_PENGUIN in TIL that Sony released in 2010 a 22" HD-Ready TV (Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300) with a build-in PlayStation 2 in its stand! by Vekin03

The Amstrad Mega PC was a pile of shit though, it was just an underpowered, overpriced PC with a Mega Drive attached with no functionality between the two. It was cheaper at the time to buy a Mega Drive (4 years old at this point) and a better PC than it was to buy the Amstrad. The Sega Teradrive released in Japan was a much better Mega Drive/PC hybrid with a way to program games on the PC and test them on the Mega Drive.

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humorous_ t1_j8e38xb wrote

Reply to comment by imunicrons in TIL that Sony released in 2010 a 22" HD-Ready TV (Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300) with a build-in PlayStation 2 in its stand! by Vekin03

Read the article maybe?

> The question was: why did Sony decide to market a television with an integrated PS2 more than four years after the release of its PS3?

> To answer this question we have to look further in the past. In that year Sony released a refurbished PS2, the PS2 Slim, to boost sales again. Technically, the PS2 was sold until 2013. More than seven years after the introduction of the PS3. However, after the introduction of the PS3, the PS2 was particularly popular in emerging economies such as Brazil and other parts of Latin America. In Japan, the US and Europe, the interest of many gamers had already turned to the new PS3.

> The story goes that Sony had a surplus of PS2 hardware for the European PAL region. The company may have expected a more gradual transition from current to next-gen and thereby overproduced PS2 hardware. It now sought a way to get rid of its redundant hardware without having to write it all off or dump it somewhere in the sea.

PS3 was $499 at launch ($640 adjusted for inflation) meanwhile the PS2 was just $99 in 2010.

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