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Van_GOOOOOUGH t1_jdxiy2o wrote
Reply to comment by JBatjj in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
I guess it's a good thing her name wasn't Shitworth
Bonneville865 t1_jdxixkv wrote
Reply to comment by DavoTB in TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra". by El-Hairy
Interesting.
I've seen him twice on his current tour, and he's just going by "Colin Hay."
Van_GOOOOOUGH t1_jdxirnr wrote
KyivComrade t1_jdxik6w wrote
Reply to comment by JimuelShinemakerIII in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla
Yeah, it's all pretty useless and deep down he knows it. He could be praying towards nothing or not at all and it'd not make a difference in the world (this one or the next). Just goes to show how deep the brainwashing of a strict religion goes...
Sincerely a person who found his own faith, one that doesn't give dead people the right to control my life forever and make it worse in every way.
dvdmaven t1_jdxij2m wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
I stopped around three gallons because of low iron. I just have trouble assimilating it.
dvdmaven t1_jdxibdw wrote
Reply to comment by greatgildersleeve in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
There's no upper age limit, just be in good health and over 110 lbs.
Berdinderindas t1_jdxi8x5 wrote
Reply to TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla
I find it really funny how you didn't capitalize "muslims" because now being a muslim sounds like a profession.
Viperion_NZ t1_jdxi2lo wrote
cabalavatar t1_jdxhsll wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Weird how where I am in Canada, the recycling depots won't even take your bottles if they have caps on them. I have to throw the caps away. FML.
wotmate t1_jdxhr8b wrote
Reply to comment by pohatu771 in TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra". by El-Hairy
That's the point though, it's not theirs, they just own it because of Disney's copyright system.
Beethoven would be losing his shit if he knew that school children were mangling his music with recorders, but he's long dead. Copyright, like patents, exist so that the original creator can make money from their creations, not so that some troll can sue people long after the creator is dead.
venity_ t1_jdxhm6h 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
So king Henry VIII beheading all those women who wouldn't give him a son is because of his own fault?
dickWithoutACause t1_jdxhl64 wrote
Reply to comment by Alpha433 in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla
Which is exactly what they did with the horrible sequel.
Turkeyoak t1_jdxh96t wrote
Reply to comment by myhihi1 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
Pickled peppers are brined, so there you are.
spaghoni t1_jdxh6nn wrote
Reply to comment by Veritas3333 in TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. by bearjew64
I'm surprised they didn't just buy a politician and have the regulations changed.
IterationFourteen t1_jdxh2ow wrote
Reply to comment by RamboDanza in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
You take that back you son-of-a-bitch, the accordion music is amazing! Fight me!
memeiel OP t1_jdxgw36 wrote
Reply to comment by rubmypineapple in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
I ripped it off the first two times too haha
memeiel OP t1_jdxgtjv wrote
Reply to comment by Viperion_NZ in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Yeah I definitely have some doubt…you never know
rubmypineapple t1_jdxgpkb wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Thought this was a manufacturing fault at first and ripped it off
memeiel OP t1_jdxgoh0 wrote
Reply to comment by garret126 in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Hahaha, probably still with the metal ones
Marcusuk1 t1_jdxglwm wrote
Reply to comment by superkoning in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Too soon....too soon
Mausel_Pausel t1_jdxglah wrote
Reply to TIL the SL-1 was the only reactor accident in U.S. history which resulted in immediate fatalities, killing 3 military operators in 1961, pinning one of them to the ceiling. by rigorousthinker
I toured the Idaho National Lab site many years ago. The remains of the sl1 reactor are buried not far from highway 20. There are several nuclear sites out there in a big expanse of fairly pristine desert, I saw a few of them. They don’t let civilians tour the Test Area North, or at least they didn’t back then.
garret126 t1_jdxgk31 wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
How will I get rich in the post apocalypse now?
ZenPokerFL t1_jdxj104 wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
I donate every 8 weeks and my iron levels are usually marginal, around 13.2-13.5 (lowest allowed is 13.0). I’ve started taking a daily iron supplement a few days before my donation date and have a steak for dinner the night before.
Interestingly, when I initially began donating my iron levels were 14+ and have trended down since then. It looks to have stabilized in the low 13s.