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Evening_Ad_1099 t1_jdifjr6 wrote

Reply to comment by whynonamesopen in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

That was such a fun and insightful documentary. It gave me a deep appreciation for the immigrant experience.

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mnstorm t1_jdieq9k wrote

Reply to comment by whynonamesopen in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

Your comment reminded me of this lovely and informative video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NMrqGHr5zE

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Kagomefog t1_jdic05c wrote

Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

Cecilia Chiang introduced non-Cantonese Chinese food to the US. She was a rich lady from Shanghai, grew up in a 52-room mansion and had many servants. She looked down on the poor Cantonese people in San Francisco and thought their food was slop. Basically major cultural and class differences.

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weaponized_oatmeal t1_jdibwx2 wrote

Reply to comment by Flemtality in TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7

I lived near a reservoir at the time. I think it was within days of 9/11 there were signs put up that you weren’t allowed within 100 yards of the dams. They were earthen dams, probably 200’ thick at the base. I don’t think an Oklahoma City sized bomb would put a dent in the things and the water level was so low that they weren’t even holding back water anyway.

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whynonamesopen t1_jdi7523 wrote

Reply to comment by ranyakumoschalkboard in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

In a similar vein the documentary In Search of General Tso explores the history of Chinese immigration patterns to America.

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CaliBigWill t1_jdi6ng1 wrote

Reply to comment by Pinglaggette in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote

Scientists are questioning whether wild horses populations in the Americas went extinct and some Native Americans will tell you they didnt. Native Americans did not buy and breed.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/04/27/native-horses-indigenous-history

There was no mass release of horses at the end of the Civil War. Horses died by the millions in that war and at the end they needed to obtain more horses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Remount_Service

The US Cavalry still existed (and does exist) and still had to function (American Indian Wars)

The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish.

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GreenStrong t1_jdi5oen wrote

Reply to TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7

BBC executive meeting:

"Do we know the hijacker's motives?"

"The news says it was radical Islam."

"Are we sure it wasn't that fucking song?"

"They say it was Bin Laden"

"Are we 100% certain it wasn't the song? Have you not contemplated flying a plane into a building when the song came on the radio?"

"Pull it."

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allegate t1_jdi4p7k wrote

Reply to TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7

My son was huge into bob the builder and I downloaded the album as soon as I found out about it so he could listen to it; I secretly enjoyed the mambo no. 5 song as well.

He was born in 05 so I didn't know about the 9/11 aspect of the release.

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ranyakumoschalkboard t1_jdi3hhc wrote

Reply to TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

There's an awesome short story by Ken Liu (wonderful Chinese-American author, you might know him for having translated The Three Body Problem) which is about the introduction of Chinese food to America during the gold rush. It's called "All The Flavors", a story from his anthology "The Paper Menagerie".

The whole anthology is excellent, but All The Flavors is one of my favorite stories in it.

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