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gregorydgraham t1_j8rldhz wrote

Reply to comment by RedditStrolls in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

The problem here is that Amaryllis actually sounds like an interesting character. Terrible name though, nice work :)

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gregorydgraham t1_j8rkn7v wrote

Reply to comment by Some0neAwesome in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Sorry, but that is 3 sentences. Change the full stop to a semicolon and ditch the last, pithy, sentence

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rkgce wrote

Reply to comment by captainktainer in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

I always felt their pizza is horrible, old and new. There’s a reason they always advertised delivery. They only promise the pizza will get to you. They don’t claim it’s good.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rk7in wrote

Reply to comment by fa9 in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

It took more than one crash, there were many. I found an article that stated 20 fatal crashes. What put a final end to it was a $78M lawsuit in 1993.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rjhne wrote

Reply to comment by MissingInBrain in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

Yeah, I recall my mom telling me about it. She got the details wrong, but she got the part about him being mentally screwed up, and dying.

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HeliumIsotope t1_j8rj72a wrote

Reply to comment by Ultimarad in TIL cashews are actually seeds that grow hanging beneath cashew apples, which are pear-shaped edible fruits that belong to the cashew tree by Arena-1

Serious question, what is this post supposed to accomplish? Is it a troll? Did you mis read the title? Did you think you were helping somehow?

Because the post is literally about how cashews come from the fruit of a cashew tree. So what is posting the phrase "Did you know that cashews come from a fruit" as the entirety of your response to OP supposed to accomplish? I don't follow the logic here.

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