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AxiousDeMorte t1_j9ol15r wrote

Reply to comment by You_Bore_Me_ in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle

Don't do that. We were all dumb kids, look no further then America's Funniest Home Videos. I could argue the same for a good helping of adults too, just saying, but it's not a generational thing.

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adsfew t1_j9ol13t wrote

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL The Marvel No-Prize is a empty envelope that Marvel awarded fans for "meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom". Typically it was won by submitting an explanation for an error in a comic, but rules varied from author to author. The prize was inspired by George R. R. Martin. by jamescookenotthatone

It was never given it out with contempt. I always interpreted the name as tongue-in-cheek because they weren't sending out an actual prize, so it was the No-Prize.

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mkraven t1_j9okjgk wrote

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer) by FizzlePopBerryTwist

Portuguese Catholics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempura

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Regulai t1_j9okd3l wrote

Reply to comment by radio_allah in TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 and for many centuries it was believed to be from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born. (Maybe Cancer) by FizzlePopBerryTwist

... The fact that luck exists in history doesnt make it some ubiquitous equal factor... You're basicslly going some luck always exists so luck is irrelevant in ecalutating events.... Which is pure nonsese of a statement to make.

Ieyasu's did just have some luck. He only had luck. Out of all the notable figures (who weren't total idiots) of the era he was the least exceptional, least talented winning in the end because his competion died of old age and not through any real ability on his part. That is notable in terms of luck.

Ishida actually makes for a great contrast because he was a nobody with every disadvantage who only had status at all because of his ability, but it wasnt enough to overcome his extreme disadvantage.

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diverareyouok t1_j9ojybi wrote

Reply to comment by drums_addict in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

Did you hear about Clarkesworld magazine having to disable submissions because they got overrun with ChatGPT-created stories? I wonder if we could “force” it to read the original books and come up with a 3rd that follows the storyline which has been proposed over the years…

Might be an interesting community project.

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Landlubber77 t1_j9ojuhs wrote

Reply to TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle

"You are loved forever, without condition."

"Thank you heavenly mother."

"There is a healing light inside of your heart, let it shine always."

"I will heavenly mother."

"The Pope wears a butt plug under that robe."

"He does heavenly mother fucker what?!"

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RunDNA t1_j9ojbi0 wrote

Reply to TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle

More info from the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900:

> CROFTS or CROFT, ELIZABETH (fl. 1554), was the chief actor in an eccentric imposture, contrived early in 1554, on the part of the protestants to excite an open demonstration in London against the projected marriage of Queen Mary with Philip of Spain.

> The girl, who was only about eighteen years old, appears to have concealed herself within a wide crevice in the thick wall of a house in Aldersgate Street. The wall faced the street, and by means of a whistle or trumpet her voice assumed so strange a sound as to arrest the attention of all passers-by. Large crowds constantly assembled, and confederates scattered among the people interpreted her words as divinely inspired denunciations of King Philip, Queen Mary, and the Roman catholic religion.

> The device deceived the Londoners for many months, and the mysterious voice was variously named "the white bird," "the byrde that spoke in the wall," and "the spirit in the wall."

> Before July 1554 the imposture was discovered; Elizabeth was sent to Newgate and afterwards to a prison in Bread Street, and there confessed the truth. She said that one Drake, Sir Anthony Knyvett's servant, had given her the whistle, and that her confederates included a player, a weaver of Redcross Street, and a clergyman...

> On Sunday 15 July she was set upon a scaffold by St. Paul's Cross while John Wymunsly, archdeacon of Middlesex, read her confession. "After her confession read she kneeled downe and asked God forgivenes and the Queen's Maiestie, desyringe the people to praye for her and to beware of heresies. The sermon done she went to prison agayne in Bred Street. … And after Dr. Scorye resorted to her divers tymes to examin her; and after this she was released" (Wriiothesley, Chronicle, ii. 118).

> On 18 July one of her accomplices stood in the pillory "with a paper and a scripter on his hed." No other proceedings appear to have been taken, although seven persons were said to have taken part in the foolish business.

> The imposture resembles that contrived with more effect twenty-two years earlier by Elizabeth Barton [q. v.], the maid of Kent.

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NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9oivfa wrote

Reply to TIL The Marvel No-Prize is a empty envelope that Marvel awarded fans for "meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom". Typically it was won by submitting an explanation for an error in a comic, but rules varied from author to author. The prize was inspired by George R. R. Martin. by jamescookenotthatone

"No-Prize" seems like a strange name for an award. Is this an ironic award they send to subtly insult people who nitpick the details in their comics?

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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oiu6o wrote

Reply to comment by NativeMasshole in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

Indeed. A lot of people spend more on coffee every day. 15 grand looks like a lot, but as mentioned, it’s over a span of almost two decades.

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