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[deleted] t1_jedtmrq 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
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usrevenge t1_jedtmfa wrote
Reply to comment by GammaGoose85 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
We have that now.
We went from worst president in history to boring Biden.
It is so nice to have boring again.
tsaimaitreya t1_jedt1vn wrote
Reply to comment by Hattix in 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
Americans are really into downplaying slavery to make their version more significant...
gk99 t1_jedsfzv wrote
Reply to comment by wickethewok 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
> Maybe in the middle of the country in like Texas or something
Please no, let's get a park somewhere cooler this time around. All the theme parks are in some hot, sweaty location.
VitaSackvilleBaggins t1_jeds8zr 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
"When Cobain found out what Teen Spirit was, he was highly upset and very possibly humiliated, but as he didn't live very long, and was always in a bad mood anyway, naming a song after a well-liked deodorant probably didn't hurt his career."
WTF
Captain__Spiff t1_jeds8hv wrote
Reply to comment by DavoTB in TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd
Here's one with black children right at the beginning
YeahOkayGood t1_jeds3ya wrote
Reply to comment by stay_fr0sty in TIL id Software’s first attempt at a first-person shooter game - before Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, or even Catacomb 3-D - was Hovertank 3D, a vehicular combat FPS released for MS-DOS in 1991. by astrodomekid
This post brought to you courtesy of LinkedIn.
tsaimaitreya t1_jedrtkd wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 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 because you don't have an ozone layer, and most of your population are the wrong phenotype for that climate anyway
A moderate sun exposition is absolutely necessary
Glad-Engineering-180 t1_jedrp2g 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
lol i remember reading it as a kid thinking “it can’t be that easy to knock someone out now can it”
Beowulf_98 t1_jedrh4a 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
In Bollywood movies, they put lighter skinned actors in front and darker skins one in the back, it's pretty disgusting once you notice it.
Source: Wife is South Asian
Beowulf_98 t1_jedrbkn wrote
Reply to comment by dr-dog69 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
Yet again, everything shit in the world has to be compared to America
knowmansland t1_jedravg 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
Thank you Coco
HeliusDragon t1_jedr34s wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd
Romans kept their wine in lead pots, when any of the alcohol oxidised into acetic acid, it would react with the lead forming lead acetate, which would make the wine less sour and more sweet due to vinegar forming sweetener
Falconstorm1 t1_jedr03l wrote
Reply to comment by Cant_think_of_shz 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
The idea that Persephone fell in love with Hades is actually pretty modern and really recent. Most Greek tellings put absolutely no epmpehsis on how Persephone felt because it wasn't important. Back then all marriages were basically a buiness agreement between the father of the bride and the groom and Women had no say at all in who they married.
The only version I know of that actually does put details on how persephone felt was Homer and that telling actually says that Persephone had no interest in Hades at all and that Hades forced her to eat the pomagranate so she could never fully leave the underworld.
Persephone and Hades are actually really minor figures in the myth and it's most just modern revisions that put more focus on it. Classical Greek myths put more focus on Demeter herself going on a quest to find her daughter
mbmbmb01 t1_jedqxvk wrote
Thanks for doing the complicated arithmetic for us!
afrogirl44 t1_jedqvn7 wrote
Reply to comment by dromni 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
That’s not the most interesting thing that happened to a president. One of them got stuck in the bathtub because he was so fat and they somehow got him out and had to buy a bigger tub and replace the tub he got stuck in.
[deleted] t1_jedq7jg wrote
afrogirl44 t1_jedq17p 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
I’d be rolling in the money then because I can make nurses concerned with how noticeably pale I always am.
foodybu4 t1_jedpyrf wrote
Reply to comment by nayhem_jr in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
I am all Olympic athletes in this blessed day
foodybu4 t1_jedpwyn 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
Speak for yourself
bbroygbvgwwgvbgyorbb t1_jedp5a6 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
That’s why the original recipe for Milky Ways had bread milk. Maybe that was Coke, can’t remember.
wh4tth3huh t1_jedp04l wrote
Reply to comment by MrBrutok in TIL the Japanese government launched Sake Viva, a contest to encourage young people to drink more and so boost tax revenues. by penguinopusredux
2045: Japanese officials indicted for handing out faulty condoms to drunk party going college students
Snizl t1_jedooqw wrote
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
You are making an argument that discriminating based on ethnicity instead of race isnt racism than proceed to say that races dont exist, while also ignoring the fact that literally all of europe has hated jews pretty much since they existed until the end of ww2, and anti semitism was very fashionable during that era anywhere in europe...
What exactly is your point even?
MissO56 t1_jedompa wrote
Reply to comment by 808ocd 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
yup.... and it IS shit! people should enjoy and be proud of whatever hue their skin (or anyone else's) is! 👍👏❤️
Beau_Buffett t1_jedtonb 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
I heard she wrote it on a door.