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PARANOIAH t1_ja38ifr wrote
Reply to comment by Beliadin in TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed
It was on the NES too. I can still hear the music and the "heart in water" sound.
Mediocre_Truth_6115 t1_ja37xft 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
I don't know why people are downvoting you.
What you're saying isn't objectively untrue.
Alcohol is horrible for you, and so are most other drugs, but alcohol is horrible for you no doubt.
Mediocre_Truth_6115 t1_ja37my4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] 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
You're right.
There's probably some other GABAergic drugs that could have that same effect that aren't as common though.
CalmLikeBomb t1_ja37k3z wrote
Reply to 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
Holy fuck!
The [bonnet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_(car)) lid scythed through the air, "decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine."
jnp01 t1_ja37isb wrote
annheim3 t1_ja37igf wrote
Reply to comment by Dawnawaken92 in 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
Come and take it.
Card_Zero t1_ja37i7w wrote
Reply to comment by p-d-ball 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
Nuh-uh, -ology is (from lógos) words, reckoning, and narrative. No aspect of loving any of it.
Ocarina3219 t1_ja37af5 wrote
Reply to comment by TFOLLT in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
I don’t know if you understand what “100%” and “provable” mean in a scientific conversation.
chop1125 t1_ja378z9 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
He also had a transcript rejected because the plural of dwarf was dwarfs, and not dwarves, according to the oxford English dictionary. He told the editor that he wrote the oxford English dictionary, and to quit correcting him.
Motor-Appointment859 t1_ja374j6 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
Screw houston
Mediocre_Truth_6115 t1_ja36rdj wrote
Reply to Today I Learned that the moon distances itself from the Earth by about 3,78 cm(1.49 inches) every year. by LucasOIntoxicado
42524 years for it to move a mile.
I'm only slightly faster.
Bikrdude t1_ja36npd wrote
Reply to comment by TFOLLT in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
Nothing about it is any evidence for this. So what is provable about food magically falling from the sky in the area where Israelites camped - for forty years?
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bioshockd t1_ja36chz wrote
Reply to comment by Invictae 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
Good old Wand-Elf
Card_Zero t1_ja369xt wrote
Reply to comment by Wurm42 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
For a certain value of sane.
VengefulMight OP t1_ja364qj wrote
Reply to comment by dontheconqueror in TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success. by VengefulMight
Brits and their French allies. The Frogs only lost once Britain left.
MEMENARDO_DANK_VINCI t1_ja3636e wrote
Reply to comment by Admetus 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
It was the ONLY LOGICAL thing for him to have done really
dontheconqueror t1_ja35z38 wrote
Pogue_Mahone_ t1_ja35w78 wrote
Reply to comment by MonsterRider80 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
Those damn foreigners that already lived here!
Anacalagon t1_ja35vmu wrote
Reply to comment by MonsterRider80 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 the English word for Germany means kin... oops looked it up on Wikipedia and they say that's probably Bullsh**.
Invictae t1_ja35sx3 wrote
Reply to comment by Hambredd 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
Even Gandalf was a name he copied from the poetic edda
KingRaffles t1_ja339r3 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
Baldrick : I'm quite pleased with "dog." Blackadder : Yes, and your definition of "dog" is? Baldrick : "Not a cat."
obroz t1_ja38ms0 wrote
Reply to comment by Granolapitcher in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378
How do we go from birthday cakes to feces?