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Brilliant_Jewel1924 t1_ja2fn4u wrote
Reply to comment by IranticBehaviour in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
They were so expensive the so we only got them as a treat. Now, they’re on sale all the time so we keep them around for my daughter when she wants something besides water, which is rare.
IranticBehaviour t1_ja2feid wrote
Reply to comment by Brilliant_Jewel1924 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Lol, true. I'm an older gen xer, Capri Sun was absolutely one of my favourite drinks in the early-mid 70s. I'm not sure any other brand was available in those pouches. Never sad to find one of those in your lunch.
FatJimmyWillis t1_ja2f5af wrote
Reply to TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
It's too bad they never unveiled Joe Capri, a pouch-drink sipping camel, as their mascot.
EfficientAlgaeGreen t1_ja2f09t wrote
Reply to comment by imapassenger1 in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
But do they beat Bagginswood?
Cwallace98 t1_ja2eu3k wrote
Reply to TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
Yay, the Texans got to keep their slaves.
myusernamehere1 t1_ja2dtps wrote
Reply to comment by Djidji5739291 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
I am being downvoted because the "war on drugs" has been largely successful in the demonization and propaganda surrounding illicit drugs
pulsarcolosal t1_ja2dqvx wrote
Reply to TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Elise Ecklund would like to see this.
Youpunyhumans t1_ja2dorx wrote
Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in Today I Learned that the moon distances itself from the Earth by about 3,78 cm(1.49 inches) every year. by LucasOIntoxicado
They use a laser reflector that was placed on the Moon during the Apollo missions. They measure how long it takes the laser to bounce back, and from there they can determine exactly how far away it is.
Ragnar_Lothbruk t1_ja2d0g6 wrote
Reply to comment by Poopy_McTurdFace in TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
>The Wikipedia page for chain-shot has a brief mention that the use of chain on land against infantry angered the attackers, but isn't specific on exactly why or how.
Angering the attackers is an amusing choice of words.
dishonourableaccount t1_ja2bynt wrote
Reply to comment by TimTimmington in TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever. by triviafrenzy
Yeah there wasn’t a single viewing area- besides the grandstand where the disaster took place spectators lined up all along the course. The course included some local roads that were blocked off for the race.
Organizers reasoned that if the race was called off, everyone would leave at once, and no one would be able to use the roads to get medical care in and out.
Djidji5739291 t1_ja2byep wrote
Reply to comment by myusernamehere1 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Yeah tobacco and alcohol rank high for the most dangerous drugs just because of how addictive they are and how many people they kill. A lot of people would rank alcohol and tobacco #1 and #2. Alcohol being banned while meth was legal, and alcohol now being advertised to kids while meth is banned but seriously easy to get, it shows that you need to go far beyond prohibiting substances if you actually want to do something about addictions.
Not sure why you‘re being downvoted, I welcome you pointing out that substances killing countless people are still being advertised as harmless and great and I‘m not sure if people are aware that alcohol is killing as many people as it is.
Greasy-Choirboy t1_ja2bm9l wrote
Reply to comment by AtlasShrunked in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Great tastin' fun when you punch open one!
ReluctantSlayer t1_ja2bhe2 wrote
Brilliant_Jewel1924 t1_ja2bh82 wrote
Reply to comment by 99-bottlesofbeer in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Gen Xers drank it, too, but we’re used to being left out.
Regulai t1_ja2anhf wrote
Reply to TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
And yet today Texan's favour men who run away and abandon them at the first sign of trouble.
Texas the coward state!
MashedHair t1_ja2aiit wrote
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Reply to TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
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[deleted] t1_ja29np8 wrote
Reply to TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
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imapassenger1 t1_ja2976y wrote
Reply to comment by Nixon4Prez in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
Interesting to look at a map of Iceland and some of the place names look like they belong in his books. Tolkien was a big fan of Old Norse and Icelandic.
scootscooterson t1_ja28shc wrote
Reply to comment by hello_hellno 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
For sure! Nobody wants their friend to take responsibility for a situation where they did everything they could. It’s somehow right and wrong at the same time in a way I think you understand.
Eroe777 t1_ja28mho wrote
Reply to comment by BayouMoose in TIL that the 1980 miles of Alaska’s Yukon River is only crossed by 4 bridges. By comparison, the slightly longer Mississippi River is has more than 132 bridges. by triviafrenzy
Even in the larger cities I didn't see many. St Louis, Memphis and New Orleans didn't seem to have any more combined than what I counted in Minneapolis alone.
TurkeySandwich007 t1_ja28ju7 wrote
Reply to comment by AmBawsDeepInYerMaw in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
The “like” accounts for the days where I have 6+ and the occasional day where I’ve run out
Eroe777 t1_ja28im9 wrote
Reply to comment by somethingisaskew in TIL that the 1980 miles of Alaska’s Yukon River is only crossed by 4 bridges. By comparison, the slightly longer Mississippi River is has more than 132 bridges. by triviafrenzy
Not necessarily.
The Mississippi is very long, but there aren't very many built up areas along it's length. There are only four big metropolitan areas- Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Saint Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans- and the latter three combined don't have more than what I counted in Minneapolis alone. I'm not bored enough to count the whole length, but it wouldn't surprise me if half of those 132 bridges have at least one end in Minnesota. (I did count 32 just in the Twin Cities metropolitan area)
gc3 t1_ja27yoy wrote
Reply to comment by Djidji5739291 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Amphetamines were given to German soldiers during WW2 by the bucketful
spaceturtle8008 t1_ja2fnre wrote
Reply to comment by Chucks_u_Farley in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
Etumos in ancient Greek means "truth", and etymology was looking for the true meaning of words. A little underwhelming now that I've looked it up I can't lie.