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AudibleNod t1_je9pcdc wrote
Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
I think the politically correct term for 'dummy corporations' is now 'real boy corporations'. Corporations are people too, you know.
processedmeat t1_je9p8xr wrote
Reply to TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]
Seems there is a 1 year gap where pan was in the public domain. Could I make a Peter pan story based on the characters in the gap and be in the clear or was the law retroactively applied?
Pentarriaza t1_je9ozgp wrote
ActualFrozenPizza t1_je9owv0 wrote
ControlTall8120 t1_je9ovw0 wrote
GooseHenry t1_je9ot74 wrote
Reply to TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
An entire galaxy created with one errant divine mammary emission
SwingyWingyShoes t1_je9oq2k wrote
Reply to comment by Briggykins in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]
dialectrical t1_je9onx8 wrote
Reply to comment by throwaway_4733 in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
Instructions unclear: I am now Timothy olymphant
DeathIsTheEnemy_ t1_je9ommm wrote
Reply to comment by SuicidalGuidedog in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]
It's not your fault they don't accept fares despite your insistence
OmegaZodiac t1_je9ok2z wrote
Reply to TIL that when former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by IAmTiborius
This is pretty common when a medical examiner is making a determination on the manner of death. The main question is if the person returned to the same quality of life afterwards or if the incident caused lifelong effects.
Most commonly if a person is severely injured in a car accident and has lingering complications. They may die 20 years later naturally in their sleep but it could be ruled "accidental" rather than "natural" and a line on cause may include "complications due to motor vehicle accident".
I had one where a guy was shot in the head in the 90s and lived with lingering headaches. That was enough that it required an autopsy to determine if it was the bullet still in his head that contributed to his death.
rickymourke82 t1_je9og98 wrote
Reply to comment by doterobcn in TIL that when former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by IAmTiborius
Not even close to the same thing. Brady was one step above a vegetable the rest of his life after being shot. It was a long, slow death and not hard to say the death was ultimately connected to his being shot. Are we really dumbed down to the point people compare being shot and suffering the rest of your life to being pushed in basketball and rolling an ankle?
Themakia OP t1_je9oefw wrote
Reply to comment by richajf in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
That was my forth time writing it as I kept getting auto moded ughhh...
moonyeti t1_je9o6jo wrote
Reply to TIL that there is an art installation in Burlington, Vermont that is called the world's tallest filing cabinet. It's name is "File Under So. Co., Waiting for". It was built in 2002 in response to years of delays building the Interstate 189 bypass into downtown Burlington by IAmDavidGurney
I remember coming across this as a kid, thinking it was just a funny art piece. I had no idea until reading this that it was in response to the slow progress on the southern connector.
shliam t1_je9o42a wrote
Reply to TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
Ohhhhh, that’s how I keep getting that…
nathanfay t1_je9nzq5 wrote
DirtyMoneyJesus t1_je9nwly wrote
Reply to TIL that 12 million "Shrek Forever After" drinking glasses (sold by McDonalds) were recalled in 2010 for containing the toxic metal Cadmium in their painted decorations by black_rose_
I miss when McDonald’s used to do cool stuff like this, now it’s just slapping a celebrities name in front of the same bland meals they’ve been pushing for a decade. Bring back the Big Mac snack wraps damn it
Gloinson t1_je9nqlw wrote
Reply to comment by fredsam25 in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
To the sperm donation bank!
Gloinson t1_je9nnao wrote
Reply to comment by gutter153 in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
Hearsay. In reality they use it to make water balloons to throw at referees.
bostwickenator t1_je9nk2n wrote
Reply to comment by AssCumBoi in TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
Even worse it sounds a bit like Bazil
Gloinson t1_je9ni1u wrote
Reply to comment by aw-un in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
Yeah, no, follow my ... train ... of thought: there are circumstances where you might need two condoms for three people. That behaviour nears asymptotic to 1 condom per partassipant.
aightshiplords t1_je9ngy9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]
> protected by the Crown
Bah Gawd it's King Charles with the steel throne!
SuicidalGuidedog t1_je9nguf wrote
Reply to comment by Briggykins in TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws. by [deleted]
Working in an office next to Great Ormond St has saved me literally thousands in cab fares.
Future_Green_7222 OP t1_je9nf4o wrote
Reply to comment by patchinthebox in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
>olympians are not single and we can assume most of them are faithful
Well I assume they brought their SO to the games
ToaRogerWaters t1_je9pguo wrote
Reply to comment by gutter153 in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
“HAWT people are having le sexy sex 🥴🤑👀” they announce the condom thing every year and it always just feels like a cheap way to try and get people thinking about the Olympics.