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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oe3yc wrote

Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

Some very rough math puts a single shot of Polaroid film in the mid 1980s at $2.5 ($14 for a twin pack of 20 shots total; $14 adjusted to tosay is ~$50, 50/20=2.5), adjusted for inflation. $2.5 a day (in today’s dollars) doesn’t seem extravagant, but yeah, any daily cost over 20 years is going to add up.

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BleydXVI t1_j9ode4j wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

TIL that there is a user on reddit called Zeppo_Ennui. This fact has no moral or practical value, nor does it give me insight about the universe, but I definitely learned it.

I don't know if you're gatekeeping the concept of learning or just being picky about what is posted on this subreddit.

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j9oawdo wrote

Reply to comment by Visionbuilder in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

I'm guessing most redditors' parents weren't even born yet in 1979. Expecting them to know what happened in the '70s is like expecting them to know what happened in pre-sumerian Egypt.

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jamescookenotthatone OP t1_j9o8d36 wrote

Reply to TIL The Marvel No-Prize is a empty envelope that Marvel awarded fans for "meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom". Typically it was won by submitting an explanation for an error in a comic, but rules varied from author to author. The prize was inspired by George R. R. Martin. by jamescookenotthatone

I learned about this oddity from the Talking Simpsons Podcast, https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90YWxraW5nc2ltcHNvbnMubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M/episode/MjRjOTNkZDUtYTliZC00OTg3LWI4ZjItZDk5YWZmMzNkM2E3?ep=14

Some Marvel employees were pretty stringent about what deserved a No-Prize, but not Macchio,

>Ralph Macchio (Daredevil): "The No-Prize is an honored Marvel tradition. Of course I give them away—for just about any old stupid thing. I have a million of them."[13]

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You_Bore_Me_ t1_j9o7hmz wrote

Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 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

Buddha never existed. Buddhists can't even agree on what century he supposedly existed. There's more evidence for the historicity of figures like King Arthur or Moses, and both of those men are regarded as mythological.

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Von_Cheesebiscuit t1_j9o78e0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about Jamaican Ginger AKA "Jake" which was popular during Prohibition for its high alcohol content. Unfortunately it caused paralysis leading to a distinctive walk called the Jake Walk or the Jake Dance. by HeavyMetalOverbite

You say that like illegal alcohol operations weren't in full swing during prohibition. Sure, shitty stuff like this went on too, but there were plenty of folks making alcohol too.

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Salmol1na t1_j9o2nkq wrote

Reply to comment by snazzynewshoes in TIL about Jamaican Ginger AKA "Jake" which was popular during Prohibition for its high alcohol content. Unfortunately it caused paralysis leading to a distinctive walk called the Jake Walk or the Jake Dance. by HeavyMetalOverbite

Gregory Jacobs is the last surviving grandson of Jake Leg-ridden William Jacobs. The Junior Jacobs account of his grandfather’s long-term consumption of Ginger Jake was stated in 1984’s January edition of Rolling Stone magazine went like this: “First I limp to the side like my leg was broken Shaking and twitching kinda like I was smoking Crazy wack funky People say 'ya look like M.C. Hammer on crack, Humpty' That's all right cause my body's in motion It's supposed to look like a fit or a convulsion Anyone can play this game This is my dance, y'all, Humpty Hump's my name No two people will do it the same Ya got it down when ya appear to be in pain Humping, funking, jumping Jig around, shaking ya rump And when a doo-doo chump punk points a finger like a stump Tell him step off, I'm doing the Hump”

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Regulai t1_j9o25iz wrote

Reply to TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer) by FizzlePopBerryTwist

Ieyasu is fascinating as he repeatedly failed in his ambitions only to ultimately become ruler mainly due to every other significant figure in Japan dying before him.

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herbw t1_j9o1h1p wrote

Reply to comment by ktka in TIL - English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted. by wendalltwolf

He was wise in the ways of events in existence worked and knew this.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162120.Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds

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