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Skyhawk412 t1_jdqxvox wrote
Reply to TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
Disco Demolition Night, 1979
disneyvacafacts t1_jdqxm0h wrote
So did I when this exact this was posted 2 days ago. Thanks Mr Bot!
oodelay t1_jdqx8g9 wrote
Reply to comment by trai_dep in TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
I would love to see a story by chatgpt on how throwing (gently) puppies into a pillow can generate bitcoins.
guimontag t1_jdqwkin wrote
Seaweed as well!
Vorpishly t1_jdqw80y wrote
Reply to comment by jar1967 in TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
We had 10 cent beer night at our local AA stadium, but it was limited to 6 per. Crazy, but still was happening late 90s early 2000.
buck45osu t1_jdqv4jp wrote
Reply to comment by esgrove2 in TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
But seriously howd you do it?
Saitama "I just told you"
Fluffy_WAR_Bunny t1_jdqusqa wrote
Reply to TIL That the Hallway (as an architectural feature) was first recorded in 1597 by SalMinellaOnYouTube
Vitruvius wrote a lot about colonnades and arcades. Which are sort of like hallways. He wrote about porticoes and also "fauces", which are short hallways.
"Fauces" comes from the word for the upper throat.
So this isn't true.
Thin-Rip-3686 t1_jdqup8u wrote
Reply to comment by mikerbyrne73 in TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause. by iKickdaBass
There’s only about a 3% difference in payload mass between the two.
Although it’s also been theorized that the lion’s share of the difference is because female embryos spontaneously die at a higher rate, there’s also the theory that eggs and sperm communicate with chemical messengers and eggs may prefer one sperm to another.
This set of preferences as well as the distribution of X vs. Y sperm also correlates to both parents’ stress and methylation levels- an easy life so far means creating males is better because if successful they’ll make more babies of their own, whereas a hard life so far means creating females is better because their success is a safer bet, even if they can’t make as many babies.
That logic may be backwards, or even reversed between sperm and egg.
jigglyjellly t1_jdquam4 wrote
Reply to TIL that Australia's longest serving aircraft carrier never fired a shot in anger during her service, but did kill over 150 Allied soldiers in two separate accidental ramming incidents by nyckidd
Couldn’t be a ore Australian story.
Dakens2021 t1_jdqttgj wrote
Dakens2021 t1_jdqt3th wrote
Reply to TIL the Domino's logo has 3 dots to represent the original 3 locations in Michigan. by eelikay
So it wasn't an homage to Dr. Seuss' book 1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish?
hestermoffet t1_jdqstzz wrote
Reply to TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause. by iKickdaBass
Extra males are for being just a little homo with the bros
shitismydestiny t1_jdqstfe wrote
There is an interesting article on MSG scare: https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/2019/02/06/the-strange-case-of-dr-ho-man-kwok/
Pherllerp t1_jdqs0u7 wrote
Reply to comment by WalterS0bchack in TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
Yeah the whole anti-disco thing was mostly just an anti-black, anti-urban, and anti-gay reaction.
Disco never went a way though.
Svejkovat t1_jdqryhg wrote
Reply to TIL the Domino's logo has 3 dots to represent the original 3 locations in Michigan. by eelikay
To any fellow uofm grads that never heard this one,
the story goes...
Some time around 1959 Dominick DeVarti owned a few Dominick's pizzarias in Ypsilanti. He sold one of them to Tom Monaghan for 600 bucks. Dominick purchased (before, after, concurrently?) the site next to the law school in Ann Arbor and christened it as usual. He meanwhile forbade Monaghan from maintaining the name for his spot over the highway in Ypsi. It wasn't a franchise. I wonder how many times he'd later wished it was? One of Monaghan's delivery guys suggested Dominos instead. Close enough to connect with Dominick's already loyal customers. It stuck. And the rest is....
I've always wanted to believe that Dominick held no regrets. That he owned and operated a beloved, genuine, no bullshit, business that provided a slice of family away from home for many generations of students and faculty over the years. That could not ever have been said of Dominos, never mind it's billions.
Dominick's was a significant part of the props and scenery of my early 90's Ann Arbor days.
"Claudia! Let's get some Peronis!"
OldMork t1_jdqqg73 wrote
Reply to TIL that the Eiffel Tower was due to be dismantled, in 1910, but survived as it could (and still is) used as a giant radio antenna to transmit and receive radio broadcasts. by greyhound_dreams
wonder if the apartment still there
The_Flurr t1_jdqqenn wrote
Reply to comment by Dubanx 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
Sweat regulates temperature, it doesn't actively cool the body to lower than the temperature of the sweat. Your skin and sweat equalise in temperature until the sweat evaporates or is wicked away.
It's the same in all liquid cooling, the substance being cooled cannot be cooled beneath the temperature of the coolant.
Assuke the water in the space suit would be relatively consistent throughout its volume. The drop in pressure from being exposed to hard vacuum drastically decreases the amount of energy it needs to boil. So for each water molecule, some of its thermal energy will essentially be used to change state. It won't suck energy out of neighbouring particles to do so unless they are significantly hotter.
If the water were in a sealed chamber you might observe what you described, because the now cooler vapour would be contained with any remnants of liquid water. In open space however, the vapor would disperse too quickly for the vapor to take any meaningful amount of heat away.
I say this ironically while writing a report on the nitrogen cooled cryostat I made for a uni project.
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Reply to comment by muggydad in TIL the Domino's logo has 3 dots to represent the original 3 locations in Michigan. by eelikay
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gsoClarke t1_jdqpd52 wrote
Reply to comment by jar1967 in TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
Sounds like Bat Day at Yankee Stadium.
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Reply to comment by WalterS0bchack in TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
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Ineed24hrsupervision t1_jdqp66v wrote
Reply to comment by WalterS0bchack in TIL in 1979, in between a double-header, the White Sox exploded a crate filled with disco records to stands of over 50k disco haters. Thousands flocked to the field afterward, which became so destroyed that they forfeit the 2nd game to the Tigers - the last time in AL history. by JackMacWindowsLinux
Came here to say this.
The hate also had aspects of homophobia.
A40 t1_jdqxz8n wrote
Reply to comment by Craw__ in TIL US & UK shoe sizes is based on the size of a Barleycorn! by VeryPoliteRaccoon
None of that imperialist shit..