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neoplastic_pleonasm t1_je5yu5n wrote
Reply to comment by nomnomnomnomRABIES in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
Nah, it's been publicly known for a long while. I think it's mentioned in the book Skunkworks. The Operations Room also has a good video series about the Desert Storm air war that I think mentions it: https://youtu.be/zxRgfBXn6Mg
Edit: around t=13:30
YeahitsaBMW t1_je5ynne wrote
Reply to comment by _jimbo- in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
Is anywhere a great place for everyone? That is not an adult expectation you have there…
marmorset t1_je5ynce wrote
Reply to comment by hoarder59 in TIL that children born earlier in the academic year have a higher chance of participating in upper echelons of sports or academia. This is known as the Relative Age Effect. by ThatFaultyGamer
I don't know that it's helping, horses are very rarely hired to be professors.
midnightspecial99 t1_je5yg5d wrote
Reply to comment by OccludedFug in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
What is the source of water for the Amazon? What is feeding it at that rate?
bboyneko OP t1_je5y0sb wrote
Reply to comment by Fleegle1834 in TIL Speed Racer was based off the 1964 Elvis film "Viva Las Vegas". Tatsuo Yoshida, creator of Mach GoGoGo, stated that this movie was his primary inspiration. by bboyneko
I was watching "Viva Las Vegas" on a plane trip recently and when I watched the end race, including Elvis' girlfriend getting in a helicopter to follow the race, and the crazy wrecks and car explosions, as well as the design of the cars and Elvis' helmet and goggles, I was like "Wait a second, this is literally speed racer." Then I did some research and saw that this was a huge inspiration for Speed Racer, as was the gadgets in James Bond's cars of films of that time period.
mickey831610 t1_je5xxr7 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
Anyone who describes themselves as a legislator I assume is an incredible douche
KNHaw t1_je5xoee wrote
Reply to comment by nomnomnomnomRABIES in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
No worries. Not classified at all. Gen Schwartzkopf gave one of his famous news conferences about it. "You know how the Iraqi government claimed they shot down a hundred planes yesterday? Well, let me explain why they think that..."
bluemooncalhoun t1_je5xi19 wrote
Reply to comment by jagnew78 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
Pygmy cultures made complex music with a simple one-note flute, as demonstrated by Sir Francis Bebey: https://youtu.be/c6T6suvnhco
e30Devil t1_je5x6f9 wrote
I wanna eat it.
[deleted] t1_je5x53a wrote
Reply to comment by cheesefondue in TIL that there's a breed of a domestic chicken tall up to 1.2 metres by ravennesejaguar
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P33J t1_je5x3cs 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
That’s the most metal flute in history
WanderingCamper t1_je5wpaw wrote
Reply to comment by Meior in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
It was one of the most closely guarded Allied technologies during the war. Similar in importance to radar, cracking enigma, and the Manhattan project.
[deleted] t1_je5wlua wrote
Reply to comment by JetScootr in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
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neoplastic_pleonasm t1_je5vzrg wrote
Reply to comment by JetScootr in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
When I was a little kid, my grandfather, an air force mechanic, gave me a weird little model airplane for Christmas. It was black and pointy and had no cockpit. It wasn't until many years later I learned it was a real plane, a Lockheed D-21 hypersonic supersonic drone, and he'd worked on the project. It absolutely blew my mind that we had hypersonic supersonic drones in the late 60s.
awhq t1_je5vlmy wrote
A 4 foot tall chicken would be terrifying.
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dysfunctionalpress t1_je5uykt wrote
buntopolis t1_je5uspf wrote
Reply to comment by JetScootr in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone
Shit my grandfather served on the USS Essex as a PBY Radioman, and I had no clue that drones were ever a thing. Never mentioned them, ever. Very cool to learn!
liarandahorsethief t1_je5ug4m 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
I bet Lizzo could play that thing.
Fleegle1834 t1_je5tpgo wrote
Reply to TIL Speed Racer was based off the 1964 Elvis film "Viva Las Vegas". Tatsuo Yoshida, creator of Mach GoGoGo, stated that this movie was his primary inspiration. by bboyneko
Makes a lot of sense when you look back on Speed’s look and car.
tubulerz1 t1_je5t8rp wrote
olioster t1_je5sojg wrote
Reply to comment by KypDurron 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
"kinda"
krectus t1_je5s6ki wrote
Reply to TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
Oh god let’s hope they don’t hold an Olympics on the Amazon river anytime soon.
dysfunctionalpress t1_je5s60i wrote
Reply to TIL Speed Racer was based off the 1964 Elvis film "Viva Las Vegas". Tatsuo Yoshida, creator of Mach GoGoGo, stated that this movie was his primary inspiration. by bboyneko
i remember running home from school to catch speed racer, in the days before vcrs were a thing.
YeahitsaBMW t1_je5yypw wrote
Reply to comment by sugar_addict002 in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
No. It is quite clearly the liberal agenda pushed by the extreme left wing of the democrat party. What is a woman? If can’t answer that without being a biologist, you might be part of the problem.