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JulioBBL t1_j8ggc2g wrote

Reply to 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 awesome thing is, if you bought one, apart from the size, you probably haven’t felt the need to upgrade…

The thing has it all, HDMI with audio return channel for some sound bar action, the controller is basically the same for brand new bravias…

I doubt the thing has very good smart functionalities, but holy hell, the thing even has a ethernet jack…

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[deleted] t1_j8g9nbr 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

There was a series of octagon houses leading to Canada. They were spaced as far as person could walk in a day. The idea was, the houses were strange enough people could ask about the house, and not seem odd. Every house was a station on the underground railway.

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DaveOJ12 t1_j8g44oy wrote

Reply to comment by TastyCartographer630 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

>Nobody reads the articles, nobody has time to spend 20 minutes reading every article they come across that piques their interests, some people just want to ponder out loud or create a discussion, stop being so condescending

The lack of self-awareness is astonishing.

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ksdkjlf t1_j8fwy5s wrote

Reply to comment by MonaSherry 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

A drop in the bucket, but worth noting at least that the supposed meaning of Anna, Illinois, given in that article is a backronym. It was named for the founder's wife. While portmanteaus aren't unheard of for town names (hello, Texarkana), acronyms aren't generally a thing.

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DumbNBANephew t1_j8fr69r wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson had won all but one of his previous 132 fights, when he was defeated by unknown British boxer Randolph Turpin in 1951. Turpin became the first Brit to hold the middleweight championship since 1891 by VengefulMight

Sounds to me like boxing in Britain was most likely rife with corruption and had been so for a long time. 1960s is when it finally got so corrupt that not one of the established boxers could win for decades and a "nobody" finally won.

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777IRON t1_j8fm08q wrote

Reply to comment by pseudangelos in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone

I never said it wasn’t or couldn’t be a “national food”. I said it isn’t British Cuisine. Indian cuisine thriving in Britain doesn’t make it British cuisine.

There isn’t an American alive who calls Chinese food American, or Pizza American. They’ll call it’s Italian American cuisine at most.

Beef Wellington is British cuisine. I don’t claim it’s Canadian just because I can get it at the pub down the road.

Serious imperialist attitude on you. I can see you’ve kept that from the 18th century along with the curry.

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