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its_not_you_its_ye t1_j9qsn8t wrote
Reply to comment by mkraven 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 in Nagasaki at that time.
MetaLizard t1_j9qsfjk wrote
Reply to comment by jamjam1090 in TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses by jamjam1090
I think it should be more than two in a row personally. But if you won't constantly be using it, like for reading, only having one eye's contact be zoomable would prevent an error completely fucking up your sight.
HekuNami t1_j9qsawl wrote
Reply to comment by Diz-e-Bee255 in TIL Terry Bradshaw, former NFL quarterback, suffered from post-game anxiety attacks and “frequent crying” by Mysterious_Diver_606
I’ve never heard of this. I’m a pretty fast sprinter and I have anxiety. That’s interesting..
Godtiermasturbator t1_j9qrfeh wrote
Reply to comment by jwgronk 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 old dirt couch
thefonztm t1_j9qpzs0 wrote
Reply to comment by RunDNA 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
TIL you leave the 'e' off.
NovelOne2801 t1_j9qp5yr wrote
Worthlessstupid t1_j9qogmp 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
Frank Hammer was the leader of the poses that killed Bonnie and Clyde.
HardenYoung t1_j9qoeep 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
I’m impressed her secret stayed safe this long
PM_me_the_magic t1_j9qnt7s wrote
Reply to comment by masterofshadows 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
Alright smarty pants, and what about the word "to"??
[deleted] t1_j9qnjpb wrote
whereisthespacebar t1_j9qni2s wrote
Reply to comment by velocitymonk 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
Combobulate?
ZylonBane t1_j9qmulg 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
Jamie discovered that the real seagulls are the Polaroids you make along the way.
TheCloudFestival t1_j9qmefd wrote
Reply to comment by Spirckle 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
It's just another term for Messianic Judaism. I don't really understand it either, but it's one of the ways of referring to them nonetheless.
adamcoe t1_j9qmbq5 wrote
Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in 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
Good thing that kind of stuff could never happen today, we really learned our lesson
MiffyCurtains t1_j9qld1l wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] 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
Take a rest and click more when you're feeling up to it...
call_me_jelli t1_j9ql3k6 wrote
Reply to comment by MustacheEmperor 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
Man, do you want the scuba lessons or not?
saliczar t1_j9qkh4i wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] 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
>in a time when people were gullible fools.
So always?
Spirckle t1_j9qjx2l wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival 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
> Post-Apocalyptic
It would have been pre-apocalyptic. Or just apocalyptic. People of that time thought that the apocalypse was yet to come. The closest thing they experienced to an apocalypse was the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD.
Flounder4life t1_j9qioww 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 car is now located in Stateline NV at a shitty casino on the border. It’s a tourist trap on the way to Las Vegas.
feetandballs t1_j9qimmm wrote
Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses by jamjam1090
extends collapsible telescope
MDM3331 t1_j9qh7n8 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
Why not grow your own?
mypantsrblue t1_j9qswlh wrote
Reply to comment by bolanrox 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
Actually it lives at a gas station outside Vegas. Seriously. Google it. Bonnie and Clyde death car. Believe it’s at terrible’s