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OvidPerl OP t1_jdlr8y1 wrote

Reply to comment by _who_is_they_ in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl

I explain that here. The suits are filled with water as a coolant. It was a leak in that system.

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OvidPerl OP t1_jdlqfj1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl

It's not the water from space. Space suits are enormously complicated. They're basically human-shaped space ships.

Have you ever noticed that they're always white? This is to reflect the heat. However, they can't reflect all of the heat, so they have cooling systems using water to flow constantly through the suit, keeping the astronaut alive. It was a leak in this system that flooded the helmet.

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I_love_pillows t1_jdliex3 wrote

Reply to comment by Gagarin1961 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

We hereby dedicate the post to the unnamed Chinese soldiers who died fighting in the Taiping Rebellion.

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Gagarin1961 t1_jdle1r6 wrote

Reply to comment by I_love_pillows 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

Imagine dying in a giant war led by a guy you think is the younger brother of Jesus Christ and nobody even talks about it in the future.

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10YearsANoob t1_jdlagiq wrote

Reply to comment by moal09 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

Yeah we just tend to ignore the smug fucks that look down on us until they make a stink on social media. Which is surprisingly frequent.

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moal09 t1_jdlab5k wrote

Reply to comment by 10YearsANoob 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

Yeah, the filipinos I'm talking about are specifically filipino-americans.

I even personally had a filipino friend who I referred to as "asian" once, and he immediately corrected me and said he wasn't asian.

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10YearsANoob t1_jdl9tcr wrote

Reply to comment by moal09 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

I've noticed this is purely an American phenomenon. Might be because of the insane amount of racism the asians got back then so they branded themselves as pacific islander and it just stuck through the generations and because immigrant populations rarely mix in with the general populace when there's too many of them, new immigrants just adopt the new label too.

Also calling it Philippine Islands (PI) is a purely American phenomenon too. It's PH not PI.

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10YearsANoob t1_jdl9lvk wrote

Reply to comment by pantsareoffrightnow 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

Because it's not a common viewpoint from the Philippines or immigrant Filipinos from not America. This is purely an American phenomenon. Same with still calling it Philippine Islands (PI). It's PH.

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Deathbyhours t1_jdl88xx wrote

Reply to comment by hells_cowbells in TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one. by jdward01

Oh, they absolutely changed it. It’s indistinguishable from any generic root beer now. I assume part of the difference is that original Barq’s used cane sugar (that’s an assumption, too, but given where it was made I imagine that cane sugar was the cheap sweetener,) whereas the first change Coca Cooa would have made on Day 1 was to substitute high fructose corn syrup in what had just become a nation-wide product.

I can’t even drink Coke anymore, it’s just harsh and nasty, or I couldn’t until I discovered that you can buy Mexican Coca-Cola in glass bottles by the case at Home Depot. They still make it with cane sugar in Mexico, and it is a different kind of soda entirely.

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Joggingmusic t1_jdl5xbt wrote

Reply to comment by RockItGuyDC in TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one. by jdward01

Dude holy shit yes. I remember when barqs first seemed to show up in New England area…and in assuming that might be when Coca Cola grabbed them. Probably early-mid 90s maybe? Totally remember the tattoos and the caffeine. Made it seem a little edgy as a tween.

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Joggingmusic t1_jdl5oyv wrote

Reply to comment by FatWombat99 in TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one. by jdward01

Yea it’s weird - some of the natural fancy root beers like Maine root or IBC are really good. But frankly I find I really like barqs. Like…the modern one which TIL is owned by Coca Cola. I don’t think I’m old enough or grew up in the right area to know the old recipe. There’s just a certain crispness to it that Makes mug or A&W seem slightly flat to me.

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