BrokenEye3
BrokenEye3 t1_j5rxbpi wrote
Reply to TIL there is another copy of the Mona Lisa in existence. It was presumably painted by a student of Leonardo da Vinci by gomi-panda
Or there was, until Miles Bron got his hands on it
BrokenEye3 t1_j5nnlx0 wrote
Reply to TIL that Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (zombie-ant fungus) has its own fungal hyperparasite sometimes referred to as the "anti zombie-fungus fungus" which limits its effect on ant colonies by Kubly
The zombie ant fungus is a major recurring motif in a very strange film I saw recently called The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Not a zombie film. Not even a horror film, though it certainly is eerie.
BrokenEye3 t1_j5ndvqv wrote
Reply to comment by atrailofdisasters in TIL that electroshock therapy devices in the 19th century “helped” with toothaches. by atrailofdisasters
Did you try it out?
BrokenEye3 t1_j5ndspi wrote
Reply to TIL that electroshock therapy devices in the 19th century “helped” with toothaches. by atrailofdisasters
Well sure. If I kick you in the nards, you won't be so bothered by your back hurting anymore, now will you?
BrokenEye3 t1_j43mo5e wrote
Reply to comment by krzysd in TIL Duck is considered a red meat by culinary standards. by BertyBert1
What's a gastrique?
BrokenEye3 t1_j3vf3p2 wrote
Reply to TIL California killifish infected with a trematode flatworm are 10 - 30 times more likely to become meals for birds than uninfected fish by mankls3
Is that a part of the worm's parasitic life-cycle, or is it just a thing that happens?
BrokenEye3 t1_j3muh11 wrote
Reply to comment by jeffinRTP in TIL that according to a Children's Sugar Consumption Survey, children eat 22.862 sugar snacks a week on average on Pennsylvania, the most of any state in the United States (Lowest: Utah, 4.830) by B0rtles
Yeah, there ought to be a unit of measurement in there somewhere, oughtn't there?
BrokenEye3 t1_j2m7qny wrote
Reply to comment by MiyagiDough in In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion
What, like a whole band, or just an organist?
BrokenEye3 t1_j2lzz5o wrote
Reply to In 1930s, Music Defense League launched a campaign against recorded sound in movie and live theaters, claiming that numerous musicians would lose their jobs if "canned music" was preferred over live recordings. by Profanion
If we were to accept that argument, wouldn't going around recording as much music as possible run exactly contrary to their stated goals?
BrokenEye3 t1_j2hiqgn wrote
Reply to TIL that Pope Stephen VI exhumed the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had died seven months prior, and subjected him to a posthumous trial in which he was de-fingered before tossing his body into the Tiber River in 897 by pooterpon
Steve Six was just jealous 'cause he didn't have a cool name like Formosus
BrokenEye3 t1_j2cew8q wrote
Reply to comment by temporarysecretary17 in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones
Really? A greedy, conniving dude who looks like this? He's only missing the hat.
BrokenEye3 t1_j2c2oec wrote
Reply to comment by queen_nefertiti33 in TIL about Ostentatio genitalium (Latin for "display of the genitals") - term that refers to artistic emphasis of the genitals of Christ in Renaissance paintings by mayoronczka
Strictly for research purposes,of course
BrokenEye3 t1_j2c2iih wrote
BrokenEye3 t1_j2c2bwb wrote
Reply to comment by Rosy2020Derek in TIL about Ostentatio genitalium (Latin for "display of the genitals") - term that refers to artistic emphasis of the genitals of Christ in Renaissance paintings by mayoronczka
Wait til you learn about the Holy Prepuce
BrokenEye3 t1_j2c0obv wrote
Reply to comment by OuttatimepartIII in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones
Is it just me, or does Ygor seem like a bit of an antisemetic caricature?
BrokenEye3 t1_j2bzknr wrote
Reply to comment by zachzsg in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones
That's because they adapted the play, not the book
BrokenEye3 t1_j28ak5q wrote
Reply to TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
Moral of the story, never wear dresses.
BrokenEye3 t1_j27r2l5 wrote
Reply to TIL of the neenish tart - a type of pastry popular only in New Zealand, Australia and ... the Falkland Islands. by ScissorNightRam
Popular in New Zealand, Australia, and the Falkland Islands, but NOT in Neen? Hmm...
BrokenEye3 t1_j27qcas wrote
Reply to comment by Who_GNU in TIL green beans, pinto beans, kidney beans and many other beans are all the same species of bean. by Zemi99
But only some go to heaven.
(Commander Marshmallow knows what she did)
BrokenEye3 t1_j23gqos wrote
Reply to comment by foul_dwimmerlaik in TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
Hans was going through some shit
BrokenEye3 t1_j22bilr wrote
Reply to comment by justpayin in TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
Later editions have her somehow transforming into an air sprite instead of dying so that she can earn a soul through good deeds (people complained)
BrokenEye3 t1_j229620 wrote
Reply to comment by justpayin in TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
Yup. The Sea Witch grusomely cuts the Little Mermaid's tail in half to give her "legs", but the Prince (there are few, if any named characters in the original) falls for someone else so she decides to murder him, but she can't go through with and commits suicide instead, and the narrator decides this would be the perfect time to remind us that dead mermaids can't go to Heaven because they're abominations and have no souls.
BrokenEye3 t1_j227w74 wrote
Reply to TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
Even the Disney version ain't exactly sunshine and rainbows.
BrokenEye3 t1_j1ybve1 wrote
Reply to comment by MichelloDSloth in 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_
And does the scale model of the scale model of Canada include a scale model of a scale model of a scale model of Canada
BrokenEye3 t1_j5v2vd2 wrote
Reply to TIL that perhaps the first story about people being taken over by fungus ala "The Last of Us" was William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in the Night". It later served as the inspiration for the Japanese horror film, "Matango". by ContinuumGuy
Ah yes, scary Japanese Gilligan's Island