HRPuffnGiger t1_jdzpz2r wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Reply to comment by WorldsGreatestPoop 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

Wingardium Lêsøtõ

vegemitey t1_jdzpu3d wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:34 AM

Reply to comment by DumbbellDiva92 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

Here in the UK it's 16 weeks between donations for women, and 12 for men.

Djinjja-Ninja t1_jdzpr9g wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:33 AM

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

When they switched from the old style detaching can ring pulls back in the late 80s, to the current captive ones, we used to still remove them as well until we got used to them.

Djinjja-Ninja t1_jdzpn84 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:32 AM

Reply to comment by pauliewotsit in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

Except the bottles are already here in the UK.

We may not copy their legislation to force manufacturers to do it, but companies like Coca-Cola will just adopt it over here anyway.

2legittoquit t1_jdzpir9 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:31 AM

Reply to comment by Kingsolomanhere 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

If gangsters in the Chicago rap scene also were fighting for control of gold mines.

1000sloths t1_jdzp7ud wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

So this is why my day is ruined

Djinjja-Ninja t1_jdzp6vt wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Reply to comment by Timid_Robot in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

This article is from Feb 2021. They're pretty widespread now.

alaninsitges t1_jdzozak wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:25 AM

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

Me too! I was thinking they had really let their quality control go. It wasn't until I noticed it on a milk carton that I realized something was up.

HacksawJimDuggen t1_jdzotov wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:23 AM

Reply to comment by Javerage 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

i dont know darkestdungeon (referenced below) but this sounded very Lovecraftian to me.

Djinjja-Ninja t1_jdzomqb wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:21 AM

Reply to comment by cabalavatar in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

It used to be the same here in the UK. Recycling advice was to always sperate the cap from the bottle, as while the caps are made from a recyclable plastic, often they don't have the facility to recycle it.

And as its made from a different plastic to the bottle if you leave it attached then it makes the bottle much more difficult to process.

You'd hope that this is no longer a problem...

MonkeysOnMyBottom t1_jdzny39 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:14 AM

Reply to comment by VoiceNoFace 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

r/angryupvote

Abbatoir0 t1_jdzntg2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:12 AM

Reply to 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

Who is that guy, her Vampire husband?

Abbatoir0 t1_jdznogb wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:11 AM

Reply to comment by Van_GOOOOOUGH 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

Lillan Gooworth

Papichuloft t1_jdzneow wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:08 AM

Reply to TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates by Lupercali

Back in 1997, I was in the US Army and one of the NCO's there told me to avoid Lemon Poppyseed muffins or anything with poppyseeds because I'd piss hot for the urinalysis tests as if I were on opiates or heroin.

JustinianusI t1_jdznejd wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:08 AM

Reply to comment by cabalavatar in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

Do you have to remove the ring bit holding the cap on initially? Surely that's the same plastic?

offalreek t1_jdznd3f wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:07 AM

Reply to comment by Javerage 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

unexpected r/darkestdungeon

platypusstime t1_jdzn8h0 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:06 AM

Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel

I can see why they forced that on smaller bottles that you take outside but to also force it on the bigger bottles (1 liter and more) is just extremely annoying.