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mavrick_the_old t1_jef3oju wrote
Reply to TIL In the West the largest meal of the day has historically been eaten at midday. It was not until Napoleon's empire there was the "abominable habit of dining as late as seven in the evening" as British travelers reported. The British adopted later dinners by 1850 from changes in work schedules. by jamescookenotthatone
all my meals are the same size
so this just sounds odd to me
one plate of food per meal. do yall just ... keep eating even if you're full / not hungry?
CJ105 t1_jef3fdm wrote
Reply to comment by WhatsATrouserSnake 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]
My mum was a sick kid who spent a lot of time there. When she was 4 or 5 she decided to be a nurse because they were heroes to her. She's still a nurse now.
Solidsnakeerection t1_jef3dpu wrote
Reply to comment by proggR 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
Ninja Turtles can also be blamed. There is and episode of the show where they stop Shredder from putting a force field around the twin towers
dark_hypernova t1_jef36ba wrote
Reply to comment by morerubberstamps 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
Tintin is build differently.
420falilv t1_jef34lb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] 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
Funny how Dublin was supposedly the largest slave trading port in the world, when it wouldn't exist until 200 years after this treaty.
Chattel slavery was outlawed in Ireland until the arrival of the Vikings who established Dublin and used it as a slave port. The vast majority of people being sold by the Vikings were Irish.
"Ireland" wasn't prone to doing anything at that time, individual Tuath may have been, or the aforementioned Vikings.
Drafo7 t1_jef2onm wrote
Reply to comment by GhettoChemist in TIL A newborn baby is 75% water at birth. A slightly higher water content than bananas, but slightly less than potatoes. by Imbiberr
You mean the bananas right?
You mean the bananas... right?
A40 t1_jef2f05 wrote
Reply to TIL an amateur archaeologist discovered European cave paintings used a proto-writing system meant to convey the gestation period of the various animals they painted by using dots to indicate the lunar cycle. by AudibleNod
Thanks for that, Chet. And our next item features other wild speculations...
Hattix t1_jef2dz3 wrote
Reply to comment by tsaimaitreya 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
I'm British.
jackmon t1_jef245w wrote
Reply to comment by smallz86 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
Last time we went on some random Thursday in mid Feb I think. I grew up close enough to go fairly often back in the 80s and there were crowds. But nothing like it is now. It was literally triggering claustrophobia at times for me. And I don't even mean waiting in lines. That was expectedly horrible. I mean just trying to walk around the park. Like, there was barely any free pedestrian space.
-Tartantyco- t1_jef20a8 wrote
Reply to comment by Lopsided-Ad-6696 in TIL In the West the largest meal of the day has historically been eaten at midday. It was not until Napoleon's empire there was the "abominable habit of dining as late as seven in the evening" as British travelers reported. The British adopted later dinners by 1850 from changes in work schedules. by jamescookenotthatone
What about elevensies?
[deleted] t1_jef1pvz wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective 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
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lily_noodlez OP t1_jef1ifw wrote
Reply to comment by srv50 in TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock” by lily_noodlez
I’m sorry! I was trying to keep the title short
[deleted] t1_jef1grj wrote
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
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gemstonegene t1_jef1gml wrote
Reply to TIL A newborn baby is 75% water at birth. A slightly higher water content than bananas, but slightly less than potatoes. by Imbiberr
Is that less or more water than an adult?
Dawnawaken92 t1_jef1b49 wrote
Reply to comment by Ibalegend 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 wasn't saying yes or no. And you basically just affirmed my statement. I was saying there are multiple versions across the entire hellenistic period. And not one version is the true or original that we can absolutely say for a fact is the first.
lily_noodlez OP t1_jef186e wrote
Reply to comment by LeapIntoInaction in TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock” by lily_noodlez
I was trying to make the title short. Sorry!
Imbiberr OP t1_jef133n wrote
Reply to comment by infirus in TIL A newborn baby is 75% water at birth. A slightly higher water content than bananas, but slightly less than potatoes. by Imbiberr
LoL 😅
infirus t1_jef0t79 wrote
Reply to TIL A newborn baby is 75% water at birth. A slightly higher water content than bananas, but slightly less than potatoes. by Imbiberr
drought remedy I guess 🗿
Jenna_84 t1_jef0qpf wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL A newborn baby is 75% water at birth. A slightly higher water content than bananas, but slightly less than potatoes. by Imbiberr
Partial comment stolen from u/cholotariat
ferriswheel9ndam9 t1_jef0hx7 wrote
Reply to comment by Dandibear in TIL Hou Jing, a general during the China's North-South period, seized control of the government of the Liang dynasty by rebelling. After that, in an act of vanity, he gave himself the title of "General of the Universe, Past, Present, and Future, Commander of all Forces in the Six Directions". by zhuquanzhong
Future problems AND past problems. In all 6 directions of the world too.
This motherfucker caused Brexit!
r1ch999999 t1_jeezq75 wrote
Reply to TIL that New Orleans chicory coffee mix started during the American Civil War when Union naval blockades cut off the port of New Orleans bringing coffee shipments to a halt. New Orleanians looking for their coffee fix began mixing chicory with coffee to stretch out the supply. by GeoJono
If you really, really, want to poop mix your coffee with chicory.
RingGiver t1_jeezohr wrote
Reply to comment by themagicbong 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
How did he manage to make it disappear? They're pretty strict about keeping track of those.
Dawnawaken92 t1_jeezlpt wrote
Reply to comment by leakyfaucet3 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
Look for it on Gamivo or cdkeys.com first. They are legit just make sure ur buying the steam version. If you get the wrong one. Do not open it and look at the code. Just leave it there and email them.
Ladbrox t1_jef3q6n wrote
Reply to comment by mycoiron492 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
Kick-ass that you did.