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mikess484 t1_j9ot8lx wrote
Reply to TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
That thing still ran!?!? It had a million bullet holes.
Southern_Blue t1_j9ot4os wrote
Reply to TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
They took that car on tour. I know a woman who was a kid in the seventies whose parents thought taking her to see it was a good idea.
bolanrox t1_j9osr2j wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
the car with the bullet holes is still on tour / in a museum on display.
FreekFrealy t1_j9osdy8 wrote
Reply to comment by Adiwik 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
How do you think we know about it if she wasn't found?
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ninjasaiyan777 t1_j9orjfi 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
My father's generation was putting lead in gasoline.
My generation didn't have smartphones to record our stupid shit for most of our youths.
My son's generation is on TikTok or vine acting like kids do.
But yeah, Gen z is totally the worst.
TheWingus t1_j9ora8n wrote
Reply to comment by SynbiosVyse in TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history by shakeyjake
I'm just a sweet transvestite
Roundingthere t1_j9oqxtk wrote
Reply to 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
Married 19 days before the final picture. I only looked at the first year and the last.
BlackWidow1414 t1_j9oqkf4 wrote
OtisTetraxReigns t1_j9oqhnf wrote
Reply to comment by Adiwik 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
Just as well no one ever found out.
Edit: lol. Don’t think. Just downvote.
[deleted] t1_j9oq7k6 wrote
Landlubber77 t1_j9oq4hk wrote
Reply to TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
> still covered with blood and human tissue
The werewolves in Shreveport must've loved that.
jervoise t1_j9opzis wrote
Reply to comment by Adiwik 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
She was found, and wasn’t burned
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Show-Me-Your-Moves t1_j9oprrt wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 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
Just incredibly sad the way it slowly transitions from happy shots of daily life into chemotherapy at the end
Son_of-Spam t1_j9oplom wrote
Reply to TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history by shakeyjake
First time I watched RHPS an older gentleman asked if I didn’t mind he sit next to me. Next thing he gets up and screams “START THE FUCKING SHOW” and threw almost all of his loaf of bread at the screen. What an amazing experience.
AudibleNod t1_j9ope5e wrote
Reply to TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
The law enforcement officers who participated in the ambush divvyed up Bonnie & Clyde's weapons as trophies. Like old fashioned privateers. So it's no stretch to think that they could also keep the car.
Apprehensive-Bee-474 t1_j9oo9cm wrote
fonkordie t1_j9oo4kg wrote
Reply to comment by CrazyCrunchMan 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
A lot of missing days - seems like his every day thing may be exaggerated.
sooprvylyn t1_j9onr1u wrote
Reply to comment by Little-Variation8268 in TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history by shakeyjake
The movie doesnt suck. Its a bit campy, but its far from suck.
thefruitsofzellman t1_j9onecp wrote
Reply to TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
That’s why he was a former nazi.
Zornocology t1_j9oteiv 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
Always Sunny vibes