Away-Bee-616 t1_jecquk6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:36 AM

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

I'm a Christian and a patriot (patriot = nationalist for my purposes) but I do not like the idea of theocracy nor do I like modern examples of theocracy (Middle East countries including Israel, the Vatican, North Korea...) I know that separation of church and state is more of an unspoken rule in the USA but it's a good rule. Please tell me if I'm misunderstanding you but are you advocating for a christian theocracy? If so I'm not buying.

alien_ghost t1_jecqrvj wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:35 AM

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

I thought it Atum created it when he...

SpreadingRumors t1_jecqrts wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Reply to TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd

The sweetness of lead is also partly why the Romans refused to / delayed the transition from lead lining the Aqueducts, baths, pipework, etc.

LittleBitOdd t1_jecq4n0 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 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

To the Pan-American exhibition in Buffalooooo

Kelimnac t1_jecq1j1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:30 AM

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

Wikipedia picked the perfect example for drawing a user’s attention to tanlines

myrddin4242 t1_jecq0fa wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Reply to comment by DadsRGR8 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

Duck fever!!!!

tplgigo t1_jecpzok wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:29 AM

Reply to TIL The oldest person alive is 116 and was born in 1907 by PineappleBetter8444

I'll beat that by at least 5 years.

Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jecprgp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:28 AM

Reply to comment by wallabee_kingpin_ 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

... I know?

Different ethnic groups aren't really different "races" either though.

[deleted] t1_jecpqjd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Reply to 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

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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jecpmhg wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Reply to comment by A_SNAPPIN_Turla 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

Little more than just the though

Paczilla2 t1_jecpkrc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:26 AM

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

COCO CHANEL IS A NAZI

trudenter t1_jecpj8n wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:26 AM

Reply to comment by DylanToback8 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

I read they just broke up at that point, when the teen spirit thing was written on the wall.

NetDork t1_jecpfim wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:25 AM

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 also heard that since the land they bought was swampy they let construction companies dump excavated dirt there to fill in.

[deleted] t1_jecp8c2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:24 AM

Reply to TIL of Cáin Adomnáin, dubbed "Europe's first human rights treaty". Created in the year 697, was a set of laws - which kings across Ireland and parts of Scotland mutually agreed to follow - that guaranteed the safety of non-combatants in warfare. by Madbrad200

It was absolutely needed at that point. Ireland was prone to kidnapping people from Wales & Scotland and selling them into slavery. Dublin was the largest slave trading port in the world at this point.

bgrad t1_jecp7b8 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:23 AM

Reply to comment by Buzumab 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

Kramer vs Kramer is the best child actor performance for me

[deleted] t1_jecp3tb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:23 AM

Reply to TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on "Boy Meets World," has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today. by arrogant_ambassador

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pohl t1_jecoubz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:21 AM

Reply to comment by im4ruckus in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium

They gotta zoom that map out a bit so you can see the end of the belt in W Michigan.

wallabee_kingpin_ t1_jecot0o wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Reply to comment by Daniel_The_Thinker 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

That's true in Japan and Korea, but it's not true everywhere. In India and some other South(east) Asian countries, there's more than one ethnicity, and some of them different in their typical skin color. I don't know why people from the US think dark-skinned places only have a single ethnicity.