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Edge_of_the_Wall t1_j9xpv6c wrote
Reply to comment by doomgiver98 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
As u/terribleidea27 mentioned, the reason for this wide range is the fact that you can’t see in DNA how old it is, you need to combine all different kinds of data and make educated guesses. You can’t just say there’s x mutations so there’s y times x years divergence between these two lines.
AlleKeskitason t1_j9xpv57 wrote
Reply to TIL Pedestrianism was a 19th-century form of competitive walking, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed. by I-Skeleton
Racewalking is gruesome, from what I've heard. If you are lucky, you "just" throw up and probably shit yourself.
Timeformayo t1_j9xpf8p wrote
Reply to comment by briel44 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
Concavitate?
[deleted] t1_j9xp4qa wrote
Reply to comment by OsamaBinFuckin 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
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tyty657 t1_j9xp246 wrote
Reply to comment by Roadkill997 in TIL about Janet Parker, the last person to die of smallpox in 1978. She worked above one of the last labs in its last months of permission to study the virus. The day Janet's viral strain was confirmed, Henry Bedson, the doctor in charge of the lab, took his own life. by w0mpum
No she probably got it but it requires booster shots too.
BrooksideNL t1_j9xozmd wrote
Reply to comment by vonvoltage 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
I grew up in that area, and the old folks still have the dialect. The new generation, not so much. TV shows from the mainland and America are to blame.
LotusBlooms t1_j9xofyl wrote
Reply to comment by motorhead84 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
I feel like this would be relevant to Dave Chappelle’s interests!
Alchemae t1_j9xoe7n wrote
AidenStoat t1_j9xnzg8 wrote
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
The alternative was R, there was nothing in between PG and R at the time
lu5ty t1_j9xnuxd wrote
Reply to TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment by alexwasashrimp
Almost all works like this are simply jobs programs. There are those who say that NASA and their counterparts are nothing more than jobs programs for intelligent people whom would otherwise be dangerous left with nothing to do.
TheDetectiveConan t1_j9xnsfx wrote
Reply to comment by PoopIsAlwaysSunny in TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment by alexwasashrimp
Paying people to perform work as an excuse to pay them without them feeling like failures is the exact opposite of hording wealth.
PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j9xmyfw wrote
Reply to comment by eairy in TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment by alexwasashrimp
What I’m reading is that the wealthy hoarded wealth and exploited workers and created vanity projects during lean times to prevent outright revolt
ReadingRainbowRocket t1_j9xmxjr wrote
a_common_spring t1_j9xm4je wrote
Reply to comment by Trala_la_la in TIL about Janet Parker, the last person to die of smallpox in 1978. She worked above one of the last labs in its last months of permission to study the virus. The day Janet's viral strain was confirmed, Henry Bedson, the doctor in charge of the lab, took his own life. by w0mpum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bedson
Wikipedia lists a biography of Bedson as a source that he was not guilty. Apparently he was found not guilty after his death by a court. No one knows what really happened.
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VentureQuotes t1_j9xm04s wrote
Reply to comment by TheMightyTywin 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
Conservatives would grow more hair because they live to vice signal. Lice signaling is vice signaling
IncorporateThings t1_j9xlwv9 wrote
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
A dark day, all those years ago... smh.
LunarPayload t1_j9xlr31 wrote
Reply to comment by GreenStrong 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
This island accent is not regional
doyer t1_j9xlmd5 wrote
Reply to comment by Evan_Fishsticks 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
The ones that affect humans are human specific. Some may end up having some trait that allows them to survive on other animals or vice versa but I wouldn't know about that.
YoloRandom t1_j9xlj12 wrote
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
I thought it was to the West of those cities. Dumb me
musicmatze t1_j9xlhjg wrote
Reply to comment by praxmusic 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
> Canada is mostly beautiful empty space.
Ftfy
_corleone_x t1_j9xlak8 wrote
Reply to comment by INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS 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
TIL that's what Ice Age means
MarioInOntario t1_j9xpxry wrote
Reply to comment by TheDetectiveConan in TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment by alexwasashrimp
Yea and lets not forget this was during the 1800s. If you were an average working class person in Britain, the alternatives were literally dying of starvation or indentured servitude.