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_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN t1_j95iywd wrote
I play Statle which has you guess state flags. And I never realized how much I appreciate our flag. I find its symbolism and uniqueness something special about it. I am now so grateful i don’t have a podunk state flag — versus some of these Wish.com designed state flags that have the state’s names written on them in big letters. Lol. :P But jokes aside, some flags have like confederate flags in them. Ohio’s def beats quite a few flags imo.
_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN t1_j95inrd wrote
Reply to comment by Reset_Tears in TIL Ohio’s state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states. by valehole
Except one has the world’s tallest mountain and the other one has virtually zero mountains. Ohio having a mountain really depends on how inclusive you are of large hills.
0x15e t1_j95h8qn wrote
Reply to comment by the_hell_you_say in TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”. by OMG__Ponies
Fox News uses the same defense. It’s in the name but “no reasonable person” would take it seriously.
Diamondsfullofclubs t1_j95gu9i wrote
Reply to comment by e_keown in TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
Did you ask him how he felt about ruining one of the only female NBA players' careers?
dbeman t1_j95gnao wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that 3 of the 5 most recent U.S. presidents were all born within months of each other, 4/5 in the same decade by wizeowlintp
Case in point…we had a tie in our ward for state senate in November and the runoff is this coming week. There is an obscene amount of money being spent on this election because control of the state senate is at stake.
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_j95ew0d wrote
I am so hoping the red things are free-flowing ribbons attached to a blue triangle
Reset_Tears t1_j95dau0 wrote
It's the Nepal of the states I suppose
Landwarrior5150 t1_j95czh7 wrote
r/vexillology must be leaking again.
Okayesttt t1_j95bpme wrote
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krisolin OP t1_j95axjx wrote
Reply to comment by Cyanopicacooki in TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
Eno got paid $35k. That'd be a bit more realistic payment than what Kraftwerk got :)
DarkAngel900 t1_j95agu2 wrote
Ohio, WTF is that?
Cindexxx t1_j95a27x wrote
Reply to comment by opiate_lifer in TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”. by OMG__Ponies
Iirc there's not a huge difference.
Cyanopicacooki t1_j959ge0 wrote
Reply to TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
It's Kraftwerk, I'd say that was pretty good value for money. I forget how much Brian Eno for the 3.25 seccond Windows 95 start sound but it was in the same ball park.
OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_j959djc wrote
Reply to TIL in the 1950’s statues depicting Christopher Columbus making an indigenous woman flinch on one side and Davy Crockett arresting an indigenous man in front of his family on the other were taken down from the US capital by hillo538
I'm honestly surprised it happened that early.
Aporkalypse_Sow t1_j958m09 wrote
Reply to TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
Is it Dennis Rodman?
Nopatme OP t1_j956nn7 wrote
Reply to comment by WR810 in TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä by Nopatme
They had a Russian White Death in Bullet Train...
The director of Rukajärven tie, one of the better Finnish WW2 movies, tried to make a Finnish-funded one about Häyhä in about 2015 but nothing resulted of that project.
That director had some personal troubles that made him a regular in misbehaving celebrity watch so maybe that contributed as well to the decision to not grant any Finnish film institute funds to the project.
DRScottt t1_j956lc5 wrote
Reply to comment by CompletelyPresent in TIL female marmosets are more likely to commit infanticide when they're pregnant and getting close to giving birth to increase their own baby's odds of having a successful life by RainManToothpicks
They do the reverse, they force birth so their competition is less likely to succeed.
ksdkjlf t1_j9520rs wrote
Reply to comment by DickweedMcGee in TIL as an alternative to Brigham Young’s wagon train trip to Salt Lake, Sam Brannan chartered a ship Brooklyn to take 238 passengers from New York, around the Cape Horn to Hawaii and then what is now San Francisco. Brannon then walked overland through Utah and met Young in what is now Wyoming. by triviafrenzy
This appears to be one of them. Can't figure out the second. While that guy appears to've returned purely for financial reasons, the first Mormon missionaries to Hawaii arrived from SF during the Gold Rush years, so the timeline works for one of them to've returned as a missionary. Mormonism is still pretty big in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Hawaii
opiate_lifer t1_j951mj4 wrote
Reply to comment by AdNormal5424 in TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”. by OMG__Ponies
Definitely, just saying soda is probably worse.
[deleted] t1_j94zory wrote
AdNormal5424 t1_j94zfrj wrote
Reply to comment by opiate_lifer in TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”. by OMG__Ponies
Id take black coffee over both lmao
DickweedMcGee t1_j94z0st wrote
Reply to TIL as an alternative to Brigham Young’s wagon train trip to Salt Lake, Sam Brannan chartered a ship Brooklyn to take 238 passengers from New York, around the Cape Horn to Hawaii and then what is now San Francisco. Brannon then walked overland through Utah and met Young in what is now Wyoming. by triviafrenzy
The Brooklyn colonists invested their time and resources into building up the Bay area, expecting the main body of Latter-day Saints to settle near them. However, Brigham Young chose the Great Salt Lake Valley as the center place for the Mormon population and as the site for a holy temple to be built.[23] When official word of the new gathering place was issued, Samuel Brannan informed the disappointed Brooklyn settlers that their communal endeavors in San Francisco were at an end....about half of the Brooklyn settlers were recruited to trek overland to Utah, two of them went to Hawaii and the rest emigrated back to the eastern states.
I want to hear about the two people that went to Hawaii. Were they trying to spread the word of Mormon or were they frustrated and just said fuck it?
girhen t1_j94yua5 wrote
Reply to comment by Igottherunsbad in TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
Seven rounds - first three are most important. And 14 players from 2018s 4th or worse rounds have seen at least 1 game.
It is more of a gamble, but some players actually pan out later than others, and late picks often include Russians who might not even come over.
andreasdagen t1_j95j7pj wrote
Reply to comment by Toorelad in TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
Would this be considered as abusive in the US?