BrokenEye3
BrokenEye3 t1_iu34xyn wrote
Reply to comment by Purtz48 in TIL bicycle brakes in the UK are reversed from the US and Europe by UlisKromwell
No, you apply them after you've stopped.
BrokenEye3 t1_itf7602 wrote
Reply to comment by Alas7ymedia in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
"Don't make me turn this invasion around!"
BrokenEye3 t1_itf74et wrote
Reply to comment by NehEma in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
She knows.
BrokenEye3 t1_iter4s2 wrote
Reply to TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
She's not mad. She's just... disappointed.
BrokenEye3 t1_itaneh9 wrote
Reply to comment by UYScutiPuffJr in TIL in 1989 Youppi!, Montreal Expos Mascot, became the first, and only, mascot to ever be thrown out of a Major League game. by [deleted]
Don't be ridiculous. How could a ditch possibly resemble a hitchhiking robot?
BrokenEye3 t1_it0jkwe wrote
Reply to TIL Pressure from a particularly intense cough may cause blood vessels in your anus to rupture by [deleted]
Well, I've never done that, but I've sneezed so hard I hurt my back
BrokenEye3 t1_irdogqa wrote
Reply to comment by coffeeinvenice in TIL: Beer Consumption Increases Human Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes by [deleted]
Humans are more attractive to mosquitos who drink beer
BrokenEye3 t1_iquxxlp wrote
BrokenEye3 t1_iquxgcy wrote
Reply to comment by Cold_Situation_7803 in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
Had a visibly higher budget too.
BrokenEye3 t1_iqux8yv wrote
Reply to comment by Rin_Seven in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
Apparently not, but the official etymology makes zero sense to me
BrokenEye3 t1_iqq1yby wrote
BrokenEye3 t1_iqq1vtm wrote
Reply to comment by shimi_shima in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
TIL "bastard" was once considered obscene enough to require a euphemism
BrokenEye3 t1_iu87uo2 wrote
Reply to TIL that by solving Captchas we are helping to train machine learning models. by MisterMovie50
Very soon, it will be impossible to prove you are not a robot... and just as impossible to prove that you are one.