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Umbrage_Taken t1_j9rksmj wrote
Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
One of them is named Korova? Yes?
And droogies go there to sharpen up for a bit of the old ultraviolence?
MyOnlyEnemyIsMeSTYG t1_j9rjqxc wrote
Reply to comment by Worthlessstupid 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
Strike a pose there’s nothing to it ..vogue vogue -Madonna
HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j9rjmor wrote
Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
They also have milk bars in Poland, but theirs are more like cafeterias.
HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j9rjjku wrote
Reply to comment by josetemprano in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
Wawa is just another chain of convenience stores, like 7-11 or Circle K.
Puzzleheaded-Ant-406 t1_j9rj1s4 wrote
Reply to TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
Y'all need to chill
[deleted] t1_j9rizes wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
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momolamomo t1_j9riy4i wrote
Reply to TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses by jamjam1090
Until it bugs out and switches between zoom and static forcing you to take them out
CbVdD t1_j9rilza wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
Louder for the fucksfolks in the back
Edit: a poem?
‘whoever they were’
Decided they weren’t
I came over “hur”
Regrettably current.
>!yer goddamn right I’m a fan of schnoodle!<
OftheSorrowfulFace t1_j9ri0ec wrote
Reply to TIL of Finnish man Lauri Allan Törni (born 1919) who fought in WW2 as both a Finnish and German soldier, and in the Vietnam War as a US Special Forces soldier. He was killed in a helicopter crash in 1965. by bermuda__
That's an interesting read. It's pretty wild that there's an SS officer buried alongside American soldiers in Arlington
>His remains were located three decades later and then buried in Arlington National Cemetery; he is the only former member of the Waffen-SS known to be interred there.
Coldinvenice t1_j9rhwpb wrote
Reply to comment by zebravoyager in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
This is something that never really made sense to me but I suppose it does if you think of it as a "milk bar".
We always just referred to them as a little shop.
NearHorse t1_j9rhu1a 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
Aldersgate? Isn't that where Slough House from Slow Horses is located?
idontknowjackeither t1_j9rhqax wrote
Reply to comment by adamcoe 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
This is very interesting, I never heard of this before—thanks for sharing!
OldKingCanary t1_j9rho4x 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
There's a lot of hints that he was also inspired by the local Buddhist "missionaries" (not really but kinda cultural ones) that had been sent by King Asoka a bit over as hundred years before he lived. They were cultural ambassadors in a way.
Hot_Lavishness1499 t1_j9rhkzs wrote
Reply to comment by The_Ry_Ry 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
Proof that Londoners have never been very well versed in English 🤣
scw156 t1_j9rhkyp wrote
Reply to TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses by jamjam1090
If you get some sand in your eye you’ll see the far reaches of the galaxy
[deleted] t1_j9rgtj1 wrote
Reply to comment by RobertoSantaClara 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
Lol you sound like a conservative Christian Fascist. What’s your childhood trauma?
nachiketajoshi t1_j9rgri4 wrote
Reply to comment by miker53 in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
> A priest, a rabbi and Crocodile Dundee walk into a milk bar
The bartender says, ‘What is this, a joke from 1970s?’”
zebravoyager t1_j9rgkew wrote
Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
And New Zealand has Dairies 😊 just mish up to the dairy to get a pie bro
TheFunnyShah t1_j9rggig wrote
Reply to TIL that in Ancient Greece, when Cimon was given a sentence of 'starvation till death', his daughter, Pero, kept him alive by breastfeeding her own father by Fan387
Some history was better left unwritten
Limp_Distribution t1_j9rgfy0 wrote
Reply to TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses by jamjam1090
Bifocal contacts?
Thecna2 t1_j9rfxf8 wrote
Reply to comment by NYstate 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
I mean, we're just guessing, he could have loved being a Nazi but didnt like the annual membership fees. I suspect though that he did have a change of heart, especially once he saw what was building up.
RandomActOfMindless t1_j9rfs6m wrote
Reply to comment by RainManToothpicks in TIL certain moths have developed sound absorbing wings that make it harder for bats to hunt and eat them with their echolocation. The structure of the moth wings might someday help people soundproof places by RainManToothpicks
The problem is those wings are extremely delicate.
Pop_Tart_Eater t1_j9rkvn7 wrote
Reply to comment by Bl_lRR1T0 in TIL of Finnish man Lauri Allan Törni (born 1919) who fought in WW2 as both a Finnish and German soldier, and in the Vietnam War as a US Special Forces soldier. He was killed in a helicopter crash in 1965. by bermuda__
Shout! Lauri Törnis name!