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themagicbong t1_jebse31 wrote

Reply to comment by TheAndorran 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

My dad did air monitoring for stuff like asbestos abatement, and we lived in New York right outside NYC when 9/11 happened. He showed up to help, also took some air samples himself. I definitely vividly recall him telling me that basically everyone who was there absolutely was exposed to ALL KINDS of shit in the air. He still has the hardhat signed by Giuliani somewhere.

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-Gnome_Man- t1_jebscy2 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]

There was controversy when Alan Moore wrote The Lost Girls - a photographic version of Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan.

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LordOfTrubbish t1_jebrznw wrote

Reply to comment by luis-can-jump 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]

Again, it would be nice to have all that without resorting to misusing copyright law. I'm sure there are other children's charities who would benefit from being able to perform a classic children's tale as well, as intended by copyright laws being limited in the first place.

That said, it would still certainly be a great tradition for those who can afford to donate, to continue to do so when they do use Peter Pan. I just don't like government misusing it's powers to fund things it should be properly looking after in the first place.

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katsu_kare_raisu t1_jebrn7f wrote

Reply to comment by OldMork 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

It's still largely true.

But what's odd is when light skinned Asians get racist on other poorer Asians for dark skin and forget that they also get as dark under the sun.

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PizzAveMaria t1_jebqza9 wrote

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

A few years ago I developed a rash called Pityriasis Rosea and the dermatologist told me there's really no treatment except to go outside and lay in the sun to help it go away faster...never thought I'd hear a dermatologist tell me to basically get a tan!

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LoR_RalphRoberts t1_jebqoae wrote

Reply to comment by inimicali 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

Anyone who unironically says 'latinx' isn't quite in sync with the real world...

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zipcloak t1_jebqmeh 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

Not at all. You can use publicly available satellite data to detect analog radar at the moment yourself, if you'd like.

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washoutr6 t1_jebq85w wrote

Reply to 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

This trope is so bad that I just can't read books regardless of genre if anyone is kidnapped. It's so tired and trite. Also who the hell gets kidnapped more than once.

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liquid32855 t1_jebpsw7 wrote

Reply to comment by nomad_556 in TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556

You'll carry whatever they tell you and sith a GD smile! Apparently it was known as a suicide mission because you likely couldn't outrun the timer because you had to br sure the weapon was secured before detonation. So you couldn't set timer for 15 mins and driver off. You basically went out with the bomb.

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inimicali t1_jebpld4 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

It's not called a tan when is the natural color of the skin, but "latins" can get a tan and is called a tan.

I think you are the one with some weird ideas.

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Gabi_Social t1_jebpbqf wrote

Reply to 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

If the song was written in the UK it would have been called “Smells Like Charlie Red” which doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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