PresLyndonBJohnson36 OP t1_jebfcdm wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:05 PM

Reply to comment by disneyvacafacts in TIL that the oldest film on IMDb is "Passage de Vénus", a six second series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun on December 9th, 1874. by PresLyndonBJohnson36

Yeah, that is true lol. I was more referring to the fact that making of this film involved taking individual pictures with a normal camera.

[deleted] OP t1_jebf96j wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:04 PM

Reply to comment by processedmeat 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]

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bongozap t1_jebf90e wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:04 PM

Reply to comment by 707Guy 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

I read that in Sean Connery’s voice.

SeiCalros t1_jebexyk wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Reply to comment by TrumpterOFyvie in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

>the reverence for lily white skin back in those days had nothing to do with white supremacy

i dont think white supremacists of the era would have agreed with that tbh

jackmon t1_jebeigq wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Reply to comment by temporarysecretary17 in 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've been (only somewhat jokingly) saying this for years. The last few times I went to Disney, I felt like a damned sardine. It wasn't fun. They need to build identical parks adjacent to each other. If your ticket number is odd you go to WDW1. If it's even you go to WDW2. Of course, Disney is making insane profits without having to do this, so there's not real impetus for it unless people stop going due to said sardine-ity killing the fun.

SeiCalros t1_jebee8h wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Reply to comment by saliczar in TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs. by morerubberstamps

i think thats just the concussions talking

BrokenEye3 t1_jebedfz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:59 PM

Reply to comment by rockrnger in TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life by archfapper

Woke with a thought and away he ran

zipcodelove t1_jebe9gz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Reply to comment by substantial-freud in TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song. by WonderfulWanderer777

Wasn’t he dating Tobi Vail? She was only 2 years younger than him

Purple-Eggplant-3838 t1_jebe5yf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Reply to TIL that there's a breed of a domestic chicken tall up to 1.2 metres by ravennesejaguar

You've heard of long pork, now try tall chicken!

goodguydick t1_jebe4gj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Reply to comment by TrumpterOFyvie in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

You can be racist to a group without being exposed to them

KGhaleon t1_jebe2dv wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Reply to comment by ThrownAwayFrom1986 in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Yes, comparing modern day ethics to older eras where racism wasn't even a conscious factor is stupid.

RetroMetroShow t1_jebdzaw wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Reply to TIL about lava crickets, crickets that make their home in cooled lava and drink seafoam to survive by _Ping_-

Sounds like a winter weekend in Atlantic City

setintall3 t1_jebdtce wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Reply to comment by supercyberlurker in TIL india is the biggest exporter of hairs in the world. India's hair exports account for 80% of the global market by pinkcheems

The practice of giving hair at the temple predates American racism forcing minorities to import hair from India to look ‘acceptable’

KGhaleon t1_jebdrtd wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

That hasn't changed, there are parts of Asian where pale skin is idolized.

Dinodigger67 t1_jebdldl wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:54 PM

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

this is illegal in florida

Sarmelion t1_jebdjqp wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:53 PM

Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Horrible Fact: Coco Chanel was also a Nazi collaborator

Epyr t1_jebdc9s wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:52 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium

That's also not true. The Dutch arose as an independent nation in the 1600s and share a lot of history with the low Germans. Even today groups like the Frisians have arguably more in common with Germans such as the Hanoverians than the Hanoverians have with Bavarians. They were different than other Germans but not significantly moreso than other difference within what we now call the German people.

A quick look at wikipedia also shows they came from all over Germany and parts of the Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch

TrumpterOFyvie t1_jebd73n wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:51 PM

Reply to comment by ThrownAwayFrom1986 in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Oh stop it. You're talking about a time when the vast majority of people in the UK hadn't even seen a black person. There was no racial element whatsover, it was 100% class.