anthonybsd t1_j9x3mre wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

The whole premise has likely nothing to do with UK and has more to do with island isolation. Read this this

TLDR: what’s currently known as a British accent is really a London accent that spread in the mid to late 19th century and American accent is closer to the original.

[deleted] t1_j9x3lnm wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Reply to TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

[deleted]

Ras1372 t1_j9x3kug wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Reply to TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

Just watched the clown scene and practically shit my pants.

Ras1372 t1_j9x3jcw wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

"Bustin' makes me feel good!"

bros402 t1_j9x3j2f wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Reply to comment by myfuntimes in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

sounds like they have a family wreath instead of a tree

faxanaduu t1_j9x3ifb wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Reply to TIL That Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is not only south of London, Paris, and Berlin, but also south of Milan, Italy. by scorr204

Im in northern Vermont. Milan is north of me. Mind blown.

SheeEttin t1_j9x3dbe wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:34 AM

Reply to comment by pete1901 in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973

How do you define "modern"?

LipTrev t1_j9x39yl wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:33 AM

Reply to comment by daisy0723 in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973

Humans have as much hair as any other great ape.

>humans are not really hairless at all. Per square centimetre, human skin has as many hair follicles as that of other great apes. The difference is not in the number, but in the fineness of the hair that grows from those follicles.

scorr204 OP t1_j9x3776 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:32 AM

Reply to comment by DankVectorz in TIL That Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is not only south of London, Paris, and Berlin, but also south of Milan, Italy. by scorr204

Mainly just for snowfall, they don't make it colder.

bijhan t1_j9x36o0 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:32 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

Ghostjob

UrbanPrimative t1_j9x31wt wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:31 AM

Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

Waterhouse has forgotten all of their names. He always immediately forgets the names. Even if he remembered them, he would not know their significance, as he does not actually have the organization chart of the Foreign Ministry (which runs Intelligence) and the Military laid out in front of him. They keep saying "woe to hice!" but just as he actually begins to feel sorry for this Hice fellow, whoever he is, he figures out that this is how they pronounce "Waterhouse." Other than that, the one remark that actually penetrates his brain is when one of the Other Guys says something about the Prime Minister that implies considerable familiarity. And he’s not even the Main Guy. The Main Guy is much older and more distinguished. So it seems to Waterhouse (though he has completely stopped listening to what all of these people are saying to him) that a good half of the people in the room have recently had conversations with Winston Churchill.

Then, suddenly, certain words come into the conversation. Waterhouse was not paying attention, but he is pretty sure that within the last ten seconds, the word Ultra was uttered. He blinks and sits up straighter.

The Main Guy looks bemused. The Other Guys look startled.

"Was something said, a few minutes ago, about the availability of coffee?" Waterhouse says.

"Miss Stanhope, coffee for Captain Woe To Hice," says the Main Guy into an electrical intercom. It is one of only half a dozen office intercoms in the British Empire. However, it is cast in a solid ingot from a hundred pounds of iron and fed by 420-volt cables as thick as Waterhouse’s index finger. "And if you would be so good as to bring tea."

-Cyptonomicon, Neil Stephenson

scorr204 OP t1_j9x2xxg wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Reply to comment by Akiasakias in TIL That Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is not only south of London, Paris, and Berlin, but also south of Milan, Italy. by scorr204

Germans have a history of making bad engineering decisions.

Brusion t1_j9x2x8h wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Reply to TIL That Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is not only south of London, Paris, and Berlin, but also south of Milan, Italy. by scorr204

That southernmost point in Ontario Canada, is further south that the northern border of California.

Teknicsrx7 t1_j9x2m7j wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:27 AM

Reply to TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973

I find myself randomly wondering what was the first type of clothing ever made. Was it shoes, hat, pants (leg covering) or shirt (top covering)? I lean towards shoes, but a hat would be so easy so it could be that, but then covering your sensitive areas is obviously key, I wish we know the answer one day somehow.