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schmyle85 t1_je6vn7h wrote
Reply to comment by rpmerf in TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates by Lupercali
She was going to meet the bushmen. And the bushwomen!
Quadstriker t1_je6vdu6 wrote
hoarder59 t1_je6uozp wrote
Reply to comment by marmorset 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
Yup, but races are for 2yr olds, 3yr olds etc based on year born, not month.
Jiktten t1_je6tewi wrote
Reply to comment by Lurker_IV 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
>More human than human us back then
What makes you say that? IIRC there is no reason to suppose that early homo sapiens were any less mentally or linguistically sophisticated than we are now.
Sentience-psn t1_je6syyv wrote
Reply to comment by CletusDSpuckler 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
Also German likes to cram words together. Doppelkupplungsgetriebe: a double clutch gear box.
Psych_Crisis t1_je6sfjj wrote
Reply to comment by kelldricked in 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
Actually, I suspect you're correct on this. I think I was just being a little flip. Arlington National Cemetery is for members of the military who've earned some kind of status. I'm not sure if that factors into the matter. On the other hand, I live in an area where there are graves that are hundreds of years old.
Definitely a part of our culture that I'm not deeply familiar with.
sugar_addict002 t1_je6rdnv wrote
Reply to comment by YeahitsaBMW in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
you are nuts
turn off Fox before they convince you that slavery is natural and normal an the America way
srentiln t1_je6rbcv wrote
Reply to comment by acebandaged 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
Because those were the terms agreed to when it was passed, and voters were not given an opportunity to comment on changes to those terms. If this was a business contract, such a violation would render it void.
[deleted] t1_je6ra0h wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL there's a field of thousands of prehistoric stone jars in Laos by 500owls
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Protean_sapien t1_je6pw3x 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
Now many of them are paid unworked, how the turn tables.
dochoiday t1_je6pv95 wrote
Reply to comment by reddit_user13 in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
Olympic swimming pools are measured in metric…
Vladi_Sanovavich t1_je6prvd wrote
Reply to comment by lod001 in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
That's 224,000,000,000,000 microliters/second! Absolutely incredible
Stellar_Duck t1_je6poqj wrote
Reply to comment by somebodyelse22 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
Yea, it's a common misconception they were radical left wing people.
lod001 t1_je6opsa wrote
Reply to comment by kozmonyet in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
I wish they gave us the number of swimming pools per hour so I could divide and count to it!
hooptyboots18 t1_je6o9zc wrote
That is a big cock.
lod001 t1_je6o8op wrote
Reply to comment by DOGEweiner in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
That's 224,000,000,000 milliliters/second! Absolutely incredible
[deleted] t1_je6ny3y wrote
Reply to comment by midnightspecial99 in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
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snacktonomy t1_je6nmzv wrote
Reply to TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
Humanity: "For now! But we're working on it"
acebandaged t1_je6nd19 wrote
Reply to comment by srentiln 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
Why? They followed proper legislative processes, and voters haven't made it an issue.
hucareshokiesrul t1_je6n7rz wrote
Reply to 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
Why have drones so recently become such a big thing? An RC helicopter doesn’t seem like a particularly new technology.
[deleted] t1_je6mylm wrote
Reply to comment by KNHaw 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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CJFelony t1_je6mt6c wrote
I'm going to need a bigger sweet and sour sauce cup.
eastindyguy t1_je6m6ea wrote
Reply to 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
I believe the National Museum of the USAF has a replica of one of these drones in the hangar dedicated to the early years of flight. Anyone interested in aviation or just likes looking at a bunch of cool aircraft really should visit the museum.
talley89 t1_je6khzm wrote
“Tall” should be the last word in the sentence.
That was painful to read.
sedolopi t1_je6vx5m wrote
Reply to comment by dochoiday in TIL: The outflow from Amazon River could fill 83 Olympic sized swimming pools per second. by the_ballmer_peak
1 Kilo Olympic swimming pools is 1000 Olympic swimming pools.