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ffnnhhw t1_j9kmbl1 wrote
Reply to comment by invol713 in TIL the worst snowstorm in the history of Los Angeles occurred in 1949 when up to two feet of snow covered the city for three days as it reached its lowest temperature ever recorded, 28 degrees Fahrenheit by SappyGilmore
But we go all the way to 110
lookmanohands_92 t1_j9km9y8 wrote
A40 t1_j9kln73 wrote
Reply to TIL the worst snowstorm in the history of Los Angeles occurred in 1949 when up to two feet of snow covered the city for three days as it reached its lowest temperature ever recorded, 28 degrees Fahrenheit by SappyGilmore
Sam Spade frowned as he lit his cigarette in the building entrance hall. He grimaced as he settled his roscoe securely into his shoulder holster and scowled as he bent to strap on his new skis... He hated snow.
ZetzMemp t1_j9kk4td wrote
Reply to comment by the-magnificunt in Today I learned that there is enough evidence to suggest that orca are actually an occasional predator of moose, due to the fact that moose can dive up to 20' for vegetation underwater in killer whale territories. by Uranusspinssideways
Right, because the trainer captured the whale.
[deleted] t1_j9kk1i3 wrote
Reply to comment by Mindheave in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
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the-magnificunt t1_j9kjv2s wrote
Reply to comment by ZetzMemp in Today I learned that there is enough evidence to suggest that orca are actually an occasional predator of moose, due to the fact that moose can dive up to 20' for vegetation underwater in killer whale territories. by Uranusspinssideways
I don't know, but that seems fair.
WhoCalledthePoPo t1_j9kik1c wrote
Reply to TIL Titanic’s Tender (Ship to Shore Ferry), SS Nomadic is the only surviving White Star Line Ship; it has been restored to its original livery (ship’s paint scheme) and serves as a museum. by theAusterityClinic
I toured this boat as well as the Titanic museum in Belfast last year, it's well worth your time!
colouredinthelines t1_j9khs6r wrote
Reply to TIL the tradition of naming American tanks after generals was actually started by the British during WW2. by edwardrha
One of their first was named for General Mark V, Fifth of his name.
invol713 t1_j9kgsh6 wrote
Reply to TIL the worst snowstorm in the history of Los Angeles occurred in 1949 when up to two feet of snow covered the city for three days as it reached its lowest temperature ever recorded, 28 degrees Fahrenheit by SappyGilmore
28? Casuals! It’s less than that outside, and it’s just a random-ass Wednesday.
passporttohell t1_j9kgdni wrote
Reply to comment by lionofash in TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions. by argh-ok
On what continent do tigers and lions exist side by side? Just asking the important question here. . .
Uranusspinssideways OP t1_j9keqmp wrote
Frexulfe t1_j9kdl98 wrote
Reply to comment by keetojm in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Douglas Adams would get locked up in a Hotel room by his Publisher.
Somebody (maybe Douglas himself, can't remember) wrote a mock-up on how the telephone conversation with the publisher was, pov publisher:
"Hi Douglas, you know deadline is in tow weeks, how is progress?"
"What does "doing my best" means?"
"Douglas, how many pages have you written?"
"Great, I will send a courier immediately to pick that ONE PAGE"
TheLimeyCanuck t1_j9kdcz7 wrote
Reply to comment by GrumpyDumps in TIL - That avocado seeds are so large because they depended on extinct megafauna to eat and disperse them. by byronhadleigh
Firstly, humans didn't need to cultivate them initially to save the species, they only had to consume them while foraging and move the seeds around. Secondly, even if it took humans a long interval before they positively affected avocado procreation they could still have limped along as an endangered species for centuries without fully dying out.
seamustheseagull t1_j9kda8q wrote
Reply to comment by craZbeautifuldisastr in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
When ADHD first started being diagnosed, there was certainly a lot of noise in the US about overmedication of it, and how virtually any child who was underachieving in school was being prescribed ritalin. Even some parents chasing down doctors to demand access to it in order to calm down their child.
Whether this was a thing, I don't know. I was young and I live in a different country :D
It may simply have been that there was such a sharp increase in ADD/ADHD diagnoses that there was a typical moral panic/media freakout about it.
"Neurodivergent" and "Neurotypical" are the current ways we use to describe these conditions, and I think that helps people understand the nature of it better. With these words it's clear you're not saying that someone's brain is broken, or that they have a transient illness. They have a fundamental difference in wiring which has always existed, always will exist, and causes them to perceive the world in a different way to most others.
BrokenEye3 t1_j9kcrp4 wrote
Reply to comment by kweenllama in TIL about Saint Josaphat (aka Būdhasaf), a legendary Christian saint whose life is based on Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. His life story tells of how Josaphat, a son of an Indian kind that persecuted the Christian Church in his kingdom, converted to Christianity. by kweenllama
It's a poor translation of a poor translation of a poor translation, etc. Several centuries of scribes going "Hmm... that doesn't seem right. Oh, I think I knew what they meant!" Haven't you ever played telephone?
I've read this article before, and I read it again just now. If you've got a second article that supports your claims, I'd be very interested in seeing it.
Frexulfe t1_j9kcmdc wrote
Reply to comment by Dehvi616 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Literally a f***ing legend
Pudding_Hero t1_j9kcj07 wrote
Reply to comment by 1CEninja in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
It’s such bullshit
fox_on_the_roof t1_j9kcbrg wrote
Reply to comment by whynot246810 in TIL: Since 1199, two counties in England will annually hold a competition event called "Atherstone Ball Game", in which participants from each towns fighting over a giant football for 2hrs. The only two rules are 1. It has to be held at the certain street and 2. No killing. by poclee
not really, they just have fun.
IBeTrippin t1_j9kc7ry wrote
Reply to TIL that at its peak, AOL / America Online was responsible for 50% of CDs manufactured worldwide by eskihomer
The tins they sometimes came in were pretty cool.
KypDurron t1_j9kbj12 wrote
Reply to TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
"He did nothing but write for six months and only finished one book?"
-- Brandon Sanderson, probably
DoctorWTF t1_j9k9z70 wrote
TheFirstUranium t1_j9k8oq0 wrote
Reply to comment by craZbeautifuldisastr in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
I don't know how old you are or anything, but when I was a kid, everyone did have it. In elementary school, only 4 of the boys in our class were unmedicated for an attention problem.
If you're diagnosing almost all of your population with a mental disorder, you need to reevaluate your diagnostic criteria.
DistortoiseLP t1_j9k7ck8 wrote
Reply to comment by fartingbeagle in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
Swinging by the drug store
jwgriffiths t1_j9knu6v wrote
Reply to TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava
So, he never said that? Or was he not the first to say that? Different things.