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TheSillyman t1_je3rmho wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
That’s actually a pretty decent town motto. It’s earnest without being kitschy.
Key_Presentation_447 t1_je3r94h wrote
Reply to 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
That had to have been the inspiration for Cameron Diaz's character in Gangs of New York.
OcotilloWells t1_je3qxk4 wrote
Reply to comment by GodCanSuckMyDick69 in TIL Joanna Lee, one of the actresses in Plan Nine From Outer Space, went on to create the after-school special format and won an Emmy for writing an episode of The Waltons. by DoubleTFan
I dunno, it is kind of in the so bad, it's still bad category to be honest. I will admit it's hard not to watch, like a train wreck.
Who_DaFuc_Asked t1_je3q9vy wrote
Reply to comment by mytrickytrick in TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse
TFW you're chilling at the honey & goat cheese fried bread stand after exfoliating in the Roman Bath steam room, and some jerkoff is reading a fable out loud right next to you.
You try to leave, but he follows you into the public toilet area. After you pour the water jug to flush the toilet, a little bit of it splashes on his parchment paper and he gets really mad, starting a fight where he cuts you with an ornamental dagger.
3 weeks later, you die of an infection from the cut after your doctor prescribed a treatment of ground-up spices and herbs that did literally nothing to help.
Karrman t1_je3q913 wrote
Reply to comment by PyrrhoTheSkeptic in TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
After 2016, most of us just gave up trying.
botaine t1_je3q51c wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
I'm searching lots of small towns on wikipedia and they all have terrible mottos. Many are funny but probably not intentionally.
WebtoonThrowaway99 t1_je3q1d3 wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod 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
Shout outs to the Greeks for recognizing the (distinctly black sub-saharan featured) Warrior Amemnon's skill and raising him to God hood post-humously. As the child of Eos/Arora, he can even technically be called the "the son of dawn" which is kinda badass all things considered.
RingGiver t1_je3pxjm 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
That should be the norm for any sort of government job.
YeahitsaBMW t1_je3pfx1 wrote
Reply to comment by sugar_addict002 in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
You understand that the definition of a conservative is someone that wants things to remain the same, where as a progressive wants change.
Tell me who is to blame again?
Aggravating_Snow2212 t1_je3pcju wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
talk about a lame motto
YeahitsaBMW t1_je3p8cn wrote
Reply to comment by loztriforce in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
They are smart enough to want to live here, is that what you mean? It isn't just an accident of birth but truly intelligent people desire to live here?
Good point.
Who_DaFuc_Asked t1_je3p7z8 wrote
Reply to comment by Crotchless_Panties in 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
California is the wealthiest state in the US. If anything y'all leech off of us lmao
WebtoonThrowaway99 t1_je3p7q2 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
"Hey Ferb I know what we are going to do today...."
whatafuckingbummer t1_je3or7b wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
Wright brothers flight doesn’t get the recognition it deserves (historically, it’s like domesticated animals or computers), and iron/steel production. I’d bet there are tons of civilizations all over the galaxy that go through a steel-production phase.
PopeHonkersXII t1_je3oink wrote
Reply to 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
They also took giant dumps in their victims homes as a joke. I mean that's what I would do so I assume they did as well.
blackadder1620 t1_je3nvnn wrote
Reply to comment by hillo538 in TIL The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear. by gonejahman
oldest found. good chance we did the same things if not a little more extra. although their cave paintings are pretty damn cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux
AnikahAngel t1_je3ntpe wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
Sounds legit... lol
thxxx1337 t1_je3ni77 wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
Shoulda changed it to We tried
PyrrhoTheSkeptic t1_je3nay6 wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
So, does that mean that they are no longer trying since 2017?
jeffyoulose t1_je3n3kv wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
Was it at least in Latin where it sounds 10x better?
Temptabimus
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ericdag t1_je3m7wj wrote
Reply to comment by Lecterr 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
They use their profits to promote hate. F them
chrispybobispy t1_je3llg6 wrote
Reply to TIL The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear. by gonejahman
This is my special Neanderthal flute it was passed down 60,000 years to me by my great great great ^500 grandfather who was a caveman.
marek196c t1_je3lhtu wrote
Reply to TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017. by Sea_Entertainment754
Fck your mom - we'll try
Turdmonkey2 t1_je3rppr wrote
Reply to comment by temporarysecretary17 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
I'll upvote that. If it's relevant, then I love little twists and turns of history or even those gotcha "a ha!" moments that totally subvert out notions of the past. I'm all about clear views of history, but sometimes it comes off as very "look at us" energy when these TIL come up.