BrokenEye3
BrokenEye3 t1_j1wv0b2 wrote
Reply to TIL that one of the few positive health effects of smoking is a drastic reduction of a person's risk of thyroid cancer. According to a Korean study of the health records of over 10M people, smokers have a 36% lower risk of thyroid cancer. Smoking and heavy drinking reduces one's risk even more. by EncyclopediaJake
I didn't know cancers had a "there can only be one"-type arrangement
BrokenEye3 t1_j1p469n wrote
Reply to comment by myusernamehere1 in TIL that incarcerated prisoners make a contraband drink in prison called "pruno" which entails fermenting fruit, sugar cubes, bread, and water in a ziplock bag a several days. by FlashyBehind
Does it? It doesn't make me feel any better the rest of the time.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1p2usj wrote
Reply to TIL that incarcerated prisoners make a contraband drink in prison called "pruno" which entails fermenting fruit, sugar cubes, bread, and water in a ziplock bag a several days. by FlashyBehind
I can't say I've ever been drunk enough to understand what it was about alcohol that made it worth all that trouble.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1lcugo wrote
So that's why the valley is hidden...
BrokenEye3 t1_j1cuylt wrote
Reply to TIL judge of the peace Roy Bean chose jurors from his best bar customers and jurors were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. by Warm-Translator6171
That must've made getting out of jury duty a cinch
BrokenEye3 t1_j1cfups wrote
Reply to comment by Enlightened-Beaver in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
"Hi!"
BrokenEye3 t1_j1c0bsu wrote
Reply to comment by Katy-Moon in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
Cheerio, old sport
BrokenEye3 t1_j1bqki4 wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
Since when does Odin wear red?
BrokenEye3 t1_j1bdnfw wrote
Reply to comment by chadslc in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
It has everything to do with what you said. Coca-Cola's version of Santa is not and cannot be the predominant version of Santa because they don't have their own version of Santa and never had.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1bchwu wrote
Reply to comment by chadslc in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
Not really. His personal appearance was already completely described by Clark Clement Moore in A Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823, a little over 60 years before the Coca-Cola company was even founded, and the Santa Suit had already been developed to to the appoint of having its iconic present day appearance in 1862, 40 years prior to Haddon Sundblom's 1931 Coca Cola campaign. The Coca-Cola company have even gone on record saying they were only copying the look of Thomas Nast's Santa illustrations for Harper's. Only the art itself is original.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1bb1hj wrote
Reply to comment by chadslc in TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas". by thewickerstan
That's a myth. Harper's magazine was publishing annual cover illustrations of the modern version of Santa decades before anyone at Coca-Cola thought to base a campaign around him. All Coke did was throw additional weight behind the trend.
BrokenEye3 t1_j0w188f wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL there was an actual war on Christmas during the English Civil War by ElReydelosLocos
At very least we ought to repel Christmas's invasion and occupation of Thanksgiving and sabre-rattling against Halloween
TIL about Henry Cotton, an asylum director who believed that all insanity was caused by sepsis in other parts poisoning the brain, leading to widespread amputation of his patients' colons, teeth, reproductive organs, and even stomachs in order to "cure" them, with as many as 45% dying as a result
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by BrokenEye3 t3_ziaa3e in todayilearned
BrokenEye3 t1_iz3ovgt wrote
Reply to comment by Traditional-Meat-549 in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
I'm someone, aren't I?
BrokenEye3 t1_iz3jppy wrote
Reply to comment by critfist in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
I don't think they got holidays off back then. Certainly not 4-5 straight months of holidays off.
BrokenEye3 t1_iz314np wrote
Reply to comment by yoniyum in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
That sounds exhausting.
BrokenEye3 t1_iz30oxh wrote
Reply to TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
>January 5th (Three Kings Day)
Also known as the 12th Night. You know, like from Shakespeare.
BrokenEye3 t1_iyy9ndp wrote
Reply to comment by ninpho2246 in TIL: Samuel Byck tried to assassinate President Nixon by hijacking a plane and crashing it into the White House. Byck drove to BWI, shot a police officer, stormed a Delta aircraft and shot the two pilots. Police stopped Byck before the plane ever moved, but Nixon was in the White House at the time. by theotherbogart
This was the time before 9/11
BrokenEye3 t1_iybkv7i wrote
Reply to comment by genraq in TIL Aluminium Christmas trees dropped in popularity after being negatively portrayed in A Charlie Brown Christmas by castironcake
We had one of those when I was a kid 'cause I had some sort of allergy that I don't havw anymore
BrokenEye3 t1_iybkit0 wrote
BrokenEye3 t1_iy7rl2v wrote
Reply to comment by drak0bsidian in TIL that the Scotichronicon chronicles a Scottish history starting with its founding by Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh by yuje
Different Gog and Magog, though that is the source of the names. Sometimes called Gogmagog and Corineus instead.
BrokenEye3 t1_iy7r9vc wrote
Reply to TIL that the Scotichronicon chronicles a Scottish history starting with its founding by Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh by yuje
A fictional Egyptian pharaoh with a very Scottish and not at all Egyptian sounding name, but still.
BrokenEye3 t1_iy2t00u wrote
Reply to comment by T_Noctambulist in TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
They said they set firevto the rails, not burn them.
BrokenEye3 t1_iy2snah wrote
Reply to TIL after her death, Mercy Brown's heart and liver were burned and the ashes mixed into a tonic that was given to her sick brother to drink. Her father believed that she was a vampire and that the tonic would cure the brother of tuberculosis. It didn't; he died two months later. by NightVisible3767
Well yeah, that's not how vampires work.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1xc2wj wrote
Reply to TIL about Jean-Louis Brenninkmeijer, an English billionaire who immigrated to Canada and is funding the creation of a miniature model of the whole country by _Kinel_
But does his scale model of Canada include a scale model of the scale model of Canada?