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[deleted] t1_jczzfwd wrote
NocentBystander t1_jczzb1h wrote
Reply to TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99
No one has found a larva of the titan beetle and survived you mean.
USAIsAUcountry t1_jczzat0 wrote
Reply to comment by codyt321 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
I would explore what is intended to fall under the mineral rights, yes. If I discovered I had a legitimate claim then yes, I would go to court. What I wouldn't do is go to court several times over 5 years after being shut down arguing over semantics to try squeeze myself in there.
Eponarose t1_jczyzod wrote
Reply to TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Wait! I thought "Sue" in Chicago was the most complete....or is she the biggest?
Johannes_P t1_jczxhhy wrote
Reply to TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1
Makes sense, since Canada is a monarchy.
Though even France still protects coats of arms, especially for families, since it's treated like a family name.
DavoTB t1_jczx2r9 wrote
Reply to TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link) by Sandstorm400
The Best stores shown in the link were among the most provocative commercial designs around at the time. The company had a number of stores in the mid-Atlantic area, including several in Northern Virginia where I was growing up. Most were stores built in existing spaces, with no particular special design.
I worked at one store in the late 70’s/early 80’s, and it was a somewhat smaller-sized location, but still had the unique design of a large showroom with sample items on the first (ground-floor) level and the warehouse and stock on the upper floor. Most items were “ordered” from the service desk and paid for at checkout stations. Wait-time was generally less than five to ten minutes, unless it was a particularly busy time of year.
Some sections of the store were called “self-service,” where customers could pick up an item and buy it immediately, like sporting goods, hardware, jewelry, the audio section (excluding items like large TV sets).
Upon opening some of the unique stores, the local managers would promote the new locations, sometimes making trips to visit those locations. Many of my colleagues/co-workers felt the buildings were too “radical” or “impractical.”
RandomActOfMindless t1_jczwi8s wrote
Reply to TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Apparently no adults (or rabbits) are allowed to view the display.
Kenny_log_n_s t1_jczw792 wrote
Reply to comment by kieko in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1
Is the organization an insurance company? :P
BurntToasters t1_jczu8vo wrote
Reply to comment by Belgand in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1
On the ice rink like true canadians
OnlyKilgannon t1_jczu21c wrote
Reply to comment by npeggsy in TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99
I have been to the Great Wall of China. I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt. I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here.
codyt321 t1_jcztb1m wrote
Reply to comment by USAIsAUcountry in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
You're telling me you wouldn't? If you had the rights to what was in the ground, and what they dug up out of the ground was worth millions of dollars. You would just walk away?
Electrical_Money1132 t1_jczt9p7 wrote
Reply to comment by Techrob25 in TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link) by Sandstorm400
Well, if a building tilted in front of me when I was 6, my parents would have blamed their happy hour drinks.
USAIsAUcountry t1_jczszlo wrote
Reply to comment by codyt321 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
That's why I used the quotation marks. I just couldn't find a better term for it and was too lazy to figure it out. I just meant that anyone with a sliver of power to make a claim suddenly crawling out of the woodworks to do some Avatar levels of Lawbending. Vultures would perhaps have been a better term for it.
Bruce-7891 t1_jczsvz3 wrote
Reply to comment by EnsignNogIsMyCat in TIL: On January 5, 2002, Charles J. Bishop stole a Cessna 172 light aircraft and crashed it into the side of the bank of America tower. His mother filed a lawsuit against Roche Laboratories claiming that Accutane had side effects such as depression and suicidal actions. by deadflowers1
huh? What does acne medicine have to do with pregnancy tests?
shootmovies t1_jczse1q wrote
codyt321 t1_jczs0ol wrote
Reply to comment by USAIsAUcountry in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Did we read the same thing? The other party in the suit were the former landowners who still had the mineral rights. Not a company and not the state trying to claim ownership.
Just kind of seems like a normal court case. Complicated and nuanced the more you look into it.
Keksmonster t1_jczr5xw wrote
Reply to comment by TraitorMacbeth in TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99
I have no clue but if you look at the top picture the tail is a seperate segment of the body so I assume it's not an unnatural positition that damages the crab
Sandstorm400 OP t1_jczo99n wrote
Reply to comment by Techrob25 in TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link) by Sandstorm400
That's cool. I wish I could have seen that building and some of the others. The BEST store where I lived was just a regular store.
Techrob25 t1_jcznwji wrote
Reply to TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link) by Sandstorm400
I used to go the the tilted building in towson MD back in the day. It was super trippy for 6 year old me.
USAIsAUcountry t1_jcznewo wrote
Reply to TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
I'm just happy to see that "the powers that be" didn't manage to completely fuck the landowner out of a payday, despite what appears to have been a lengthy and genuine effort at doing exactly that. The fuck's wrong with people...
wyohman t1_jczn915 wrote
Reply to TIL: "Jamaica Mistaica" is a song Jimmy Buffett wrote about the time Jamaican police shot his plane. The plane was also carrying U2's Bono when police, suspecting it was being used to smuggle drugs, began shooting. The plane (and its bullet holes) is now displayed at Buffett's Margaritaville. by theotherbogart
Jimmy used to sell weed...
Sandstorm400 OP t1_jczmebp wrote
Reply to TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link) by Sandstorm400
In case some of you are wondering, I had to repost this link because I was too vague in the title of my first post and it was removed. Sorry about that. Hopefully, this one will be better. :)
hithisishal t1_jczlxnd wrote
Reply to comment by letsnotgotoCamelot in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1
Maybe they would issue me a pity coat of arms after seeing that.
MostlyDeku t1_jczlnmq wrote
Reply to comment by A40 in TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99
Sounds an awful lot like you spawn titan beetles in through creative mode
PsychedelicHobbit t1_jczzwwy wrote
Reply to comment by lucamila5 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Did she have really short arms?