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NoIce1551 t1_jd56obu wrote
Reply to comment by snazzynewshoes in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
yes, good point
CulturedClub t1_jd56mzf wrote
Reply to comment by Morlaix in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
What's the origin of that name?
Partly_Dave t1_jd56147 wrote
Reply to comment by valkyrjuk in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
My first job was at a sawmill. They had an area for air drying timber that was previously a dump for sawdust and bark, and it was capped with a metre of fill.
One of my tasks was to take the temperature of the ground around a crack in the fill that had been smoking for ten or so years.
There was no way to put out the fire, but the concern was if it broke through, all the semi-dried timber stacked on top would go up in flames. Plus, the site backed onto the forest, so a fire would be disastrous.
HotPocket_Consumed t1_jd55sjl wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
First thing you learn in Karate for liquidating an aggressor. You chop this nerve the battle is over with lethal result.
sharksnut t1_jd55pb5 wrote
Reply to TIL That from 1909-1937 the Netherlands had the time zone UTC+ 19 minutes 32.13 seconds by Commercial_Jelly_893
Then they changed it and promptly got their asses invaded.
mdude7221 t1_jd554t2 wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
How is it possible that you have 2 million comment karma?
RUFukd2 t1_jd54mvw wrote
Reply to TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Sounds super efficient, do you think this coal thing has legs? I'm sure there are no drawbacks.
Morlaix t1_jd54i34 wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
In Dutch we call it the telephone bone
worldofoysters t1_jd53std wrote
Reply to TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
Fun fact: Zangara tried to assassinate FDR because he had toothache and thought it might help (the guy was madder than a box of frogs)
KuhLealKhaos t1_jd532d1 wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
That doesn't explain why it causes me to act like an unhinged goober when I hit it wrong
[deleted] t1_jd52y78 wrote
Reply to comment by ledow in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
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marmorset t1_jd525y1 wrote
Reply to TIL Marilyn Monroe's likeness does not have any post-mortem protection as she was domiciled in New York at the time of her death and there are no federal publicity rights. by AudibleNod
And if you lick the Marilyn Monroe stamp they'll make you an honorary Kennedy.
TTT_2k3 t1_jd514tl wrote
Reply to comment by EmphasisFinal in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
I find it humerus.
jloflin t1_jd511b5 wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
It’s at the end of the humerus
Ensabanur81 t1_jd50sxx wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
They can also become entrapped in the tunnel, causing that hit nerve feeling to never stop until it's fixed. If you type all day, stretch your arms/elbows! I had to have a special half-cast made in the ER to keep my arm stuck straight out for a week while I lived off prednisone and dilaudid until it settled down.
snazzynewshoes t1_jd50rej wrote
Reply to comment by NoIce1551 in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
The Inca were relatively late to the party. There were many civilizations in the Andes before them. A Prehistory of South America by Moore is a good over-view, if you are into that kinda stuff.
notneverman t1_jd50qgm wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
TIL someone thought the funny bone was an actual bone.
EmphasisFinal t1_jd4zvfm wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
And nothing about hitting it is funny.
cledus1911 t1_jd4yins wrote
Reply to comment by Jamber_Jamber in TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row." by AdmiralAkbar1
I’m not, until relatively recently if you got a death sentence you got taken out and hanged, or taken out back for the firing squad. It wasn’t a months or years long process like it is now
Evan-Gogh t1_jd4xm61 wrote
Reply to TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Why don't they put it out with a kame hame ha blast?
Sensitive-Hold-8196 t1_jd4wylm wrote
Reply to TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties by Fantastic-Berry-737
Yeah, I don't really understand any of these fancy words, but could you just let me know if I need to wear safety goggles when I'm using my curling iron？
jackfaire t1_jd4v1nh wrote
Reply to comment by rsclient in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
The reverse is true. Selective breeding is "Hoping" the genes you want to become dominant do. GMO is knowing which ones will.
Selective breeding is to a saw removing a limb as GMOs are to a surgical scalpel removing gangrene. The latter technique allows you to be much more specific and to have more of an idea of what's going on.
that_other_goat t1_jd4ulnd wrote
Reply to comment by rsclient in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy
You've made a false assumption.
All protestant nations were once Catholic the religion didn't change until the protestant reformation. The reformation caused many different schism in the church to form but the basics are pretty much the same and a lot of legal and cultural conditions come from that. The cultural practice I was referencing came from the catholic church itself not the religion it represented and they stuck around. It is still there even in modern secular Europeans societies.
Again you need to go to the root to find the issues. It was bad law and an a bit of Catholicism that planted a ticking timebomb.
ray_giraffe t1_jd4u13d wrote
Reply to comment by philfix in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Probably slow convection through the soil
TuSolidx t1_jd57ggg wrote
Reply to TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
I'll add one more wHy DoNt ThEy JuSt PuT iT oUt to this thread and then my shitty idea that wouldn't work/is impossible followed by waxing poetic about how passionate I am about climate change and then finally put a bow on the whole thing by making an incredibly forced Australia upside down joke.