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SteveBored t1_jedaad0 wrote

Reply to comment by temporarysecretary17 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

White man's burden was an 1800s thing. He's right, many European people prior to the 1700s probably never saw a black person in their life. People rarely traveled beyond their local villages.

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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jed8e07 wrote

Reply to comment by WholeSilent8317 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

Which doesn't really exist as he imagined it at all.

Dude it's literally Hitler, no one got into that shit as much as him and his ilk. The average European did not give it the much thought.

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imapassenger1 t1_jed7i35 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

The Hardy Boys would top that, being knocked out every book and there were LOTS of books. "With a cry, Joe sank to the ground...unconscious!"

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nullcharstring t1_jed7at3 wrote

Reply to 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

With all respect to a fellow Cold War veteran, I think Mark Bentley's memory is a little foggy. I was in Germany with the U.S. Army during the Cold War and I maintained Pershing 1a nuclear missiles. Although actual targeting data was and probably still is classified, it was well understood that it was their express purpose was to deny Red Army access to Western Europe by making the Fulda Gap and whatever else required, impassible, not backpack nukes. As for OP's post, I could find no reference to the statement "every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S. Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition". Further confusing the issue is that Bentley enlisted and as-such would not have been an officer himself. There were backpack nuclear weapons available, but they certainly were not as widespread as the article describes.

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JimBean t1_jed7amt wrote

Reply to comment by Sometimes_Stutters in 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_

Not true. The aviation industry uses it extensively in civil aviation. Most nuts and bolts on an aircraft engine are cad plated.

I used to do cad plating as part of my apprenticeship. It's ugly AF. A bath of cyanide, balls of pure cadmium and high electricity and a rotating "bath" of parts. Hated every minute. The smell, the chemicals. Everything. BEGH !

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CorgiMonsoon t1_jed6foo wrote

Reply to comment by Consistent_Ad_4828 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

4 out of 45. While there have been 46 administrations, there have been 45 men who’ve been President, as Grover Cleveland served as both the 22nd and 24th.

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