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Reply to comment by uofwi92 in TIL that Chick-fil-A started in 1961, after founder S. Truett Cathy found a fryer that cooked chicken as quickly as a fast food burger. Chick-fil-A licensed the sandwich to 50 restaurants, including Waffle House, until 1967, when the first standalone Chick-fil-A was opened. by jdward01
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Gorash t1_je30ifl wrote
Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
1clovett t1_je2zwif wrote
Reply to TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
I was thinking this had to be a long time ago. Happened during the Civil War.
papa1775 t1_je2zw8p wrote
Reply to TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
All of them or just those in the Meterology Office?
lamekatz t1_je2z568 wrote
Reply to comment by Garr_Incorporated in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Hey hey people!
ReallyNeedNewShoes t1_je2xwb0 wrote
Reply to comment by sadorna1 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
but Hercules wasn't a real person?
Da_Brootalz t1_je2xtr4 wrote
Reply to TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
Nowadays they'd just give themselves a raise and take a vacation
SofaKing-Loud t1_je2wtb4 wrote
Reply to TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates by Lupercali
I learned this is high school from a good girl failing for opiates. Her face when they said that was wild. They came in to the group of us who took them and looked at her and say she failed for it and that was the reason. Her parents did an investigation as to why she would of failed for it and that’s what the came to find out. Poppy seed salad dressing.
adankgoon t1_je2vm92 wrote
Reply to comment by mully_and_sculder in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
There’s no church (thus no clergy) centralized in China. The only thing close enough was maybe Buddhism in some eras but historically I don’t believe those were interested in turning heroes into ‘Gods’. The concept of a ‘God’ in Chinese folklore is also more similar to Greek/Roman mythology where they’re in charge of some aspect of daily life. There are also unkind divinities/gods worshipped in different local cultures.
Individual_Back_5344 t1_je2uxnc wrote
Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
A good trope for any RPG worldbuilding brainstorm, I dare saying.
ShurlurkHolmes t1_je2utjv wrote
Reply to comment by CaravelClerihew in TIL about the Forty Elephants or Forty Thieves, an all women crime syndicate in London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that specialized in shoplifting and pretending to be maids and robbing the wealthy families who hired them. by Professor_Hillbilly
Jenny was a Bluget, a girl pickpocket and a turtledove. A turtledove picks out a fine house, disguises herself as a housemaid and robs you blind. It takes a lot of sand to be a turtledove.
[deleted] t1_je2ts6k wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Chick-fil-A started in 1961, after founder S. Truett Cathy found a fryer that cooked chicken as quickly as a fast food burger. Chick-fil-A licensed the sandwich to 50 restaurants, including Waffle House, until 1967, when the first standalone Chick-fil-A was opened. by jdward01
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Skywrath1 t1_je2thzf wrote
Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Path of Exile.
[deleted] t1_je2t7cj wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Chick-fil-A started in 1961, after founder S. Truett Cathy found a fryer that cooked chicken as quickly as a fast food burger. Chick-fil-A licensed the sandwich to 50 restaurants, including Waffle House, until 1967, when the first standalone Chick-fil-A was opened. by jdward01
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MattyKatty t1_je2t5wr wrote
Reply to comment by Doxbox49 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
Russia is 10% Muslim, so I doubt that's true.
mully_and_sculder t1_je2t22p wrote
Reply to comment by Dr_Emmett_Brown_4 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
So the Roman Catholic priest taught you all about the Chinese gods? Cool.
Your explanation sounds almost perfectly Roman Catholic and you're even arguing with the Chinese people who are telling you otherwise.
Marcultist t1_je2srup wrote
Reply to comment by xopranaut in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
Have you really never been part of a conversation that naturally flowed into other topics? You brought up per cap, and that other person got excited for it and brought up something also per cap related. Conversations deviate from the original topic, it's okay.
nowhereman136 t1_je2scg8 wrote
Reply to comment by electronp in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
As soon as the Wright brothers proved that motor powered flight was possible they got funding out the wazoo from the military to further develop the technology.
Canned foods were developed by Nicolas Appert in France after the French government offered a cash reward for who can develop a method to store food for the army
The microwave was discovered by accident but the technology was further developed, as you yourself said, by the military.
mully_and_sculder t1_je2s7le wrote
Reply to comment by venomweilder in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Pretty much I'd say. Several presidents and founding fathers seem to meet this description. Even in his time Washington was seen as the unimpeachable spiritual father of the nation.
mully_and_sculder t1_je2rv6l wrote
Reply to comment by FrostyTheSasquatch in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
So what's the difference with the terminology?
beetrootsandwiches t1_je2rpxh wrote
Reply to comment by bouchert 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
I remember people started Facebook groups and pages in support of him at the time as the copyright thing seemed so petty and the publishers wanted so much. They all faced ruin. The whole story is really fucked to be honest all cos greed.
humanregularbeing t1_je2rcun wrote
Reply to comment by thatsquidguy 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
Thx. These are strange times.
wisstinks4 t1_je2r1v8 wrote
Reply to TIL that Chick-fil-A started in 1961, after founder S. Truett Cathy found a fryer that cooked chicken as quickly as a fast food burger. Chick-fil-A licensed the sandwich to 50 restaurants, including Waffle House, until 1967, when the first standalone Chick-fil-A was opened. by jdward01
8 yrs to figure that out? That seems like a long time. Yes?
Weysting t1_je2r0xi wrote
Reply to comment by Animeninja2020 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
need that pic of the astronaut meme
“wait they’re all sons of zeus ?”
points gun
“always have been”
[deleted] t1_je30x5a wrote
Reply to comment by Pay08 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
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