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atlantis_airlines t1_ja3lwjb 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
Growing up I always was envious of the kids who's parents packed them lunches containing capri sun, nutella and all the other processed sugar crap kids crave. Looking back it, it is shocking what people pass as food and I am so thankful my parents raised me on a better diet. The generation of children who had candy marketed to them as "part of a well balanced breakfast" has an obesity problem. You can tell just from the phrase alone that they were working out how to avoid culpability.
Autumn1881 t1_ja3lo4j wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed
Asians being good at math for example. Some argue its bad because it puts them under pressure to actually excell at math.
Septopuss7 t1_ja3lk0w wrote
Reply to comment by Jaded_Prompt_15 in TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity. by Deechon
Holy. Fucking. Shit. I've sang that line about a million times and never put 2 and 2 together.
FinanceRabbit t1_ja3l9n1 wrote
Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself 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
What the fuck are you talking about? 0 relevance at all. I didnt call you any names or ever try to ban words. Are you high?
pf30146788e t1_ja3l7hj 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
People seem to forget his day job was as a philologist.
penguinpolitician t1_ja3kzzl 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
The Koreans will still do it - call you a foreigner even in your own country.
GoGaslightYerself t1_ja3kyod wrote
Reply to comment by FinanceRabbit 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
...or is it, "Words are used for debate, and I can't debate worth a fuck, so I'm gonna try to ban words, demonize free expression (like advertising) and call people names"?
MattJFarrell t1_ja3krm1 wrote
Reply to comment by NemosGhost 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
Try reading some actual history instead of just watching Tucker Carlson and listening to Alex Jones.
real_zexy_specialist OP t1_ja3kaq1 wrote
Reply to comment by notimeleft4you in TIL On long-haul flights, flight attendants have hidden sleeping areas above the passenger compartment. by real_zexy_specialist
What a great explanation! Thank you!
The_Capybara_Man t1_ja3jlf5 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed
Latinos love Speedy Gonzales
cemilanceata t1_ja3jbcg 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
Why? I thought mass made mass attract.
10Bens t1_ja3ja8x wrote
Reply to comment by Admetus 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
Safety rules are written in blood.
Happypappy007 t1_ja3j7tx wrote
Reply to comment by getbeaverootnabooteh in TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success. by VengefulMight
DeGaulle was infamously proned to hissy fits.
Most historians give Truman high marks for his foreign policy. In the main, I do too. His Vietnam policy- if you can call it that - was a major blunder.
SirMcCheese t1_ja3j27y wrote
Reply to comment by Cwallace98 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
Very clear people are not aware Texas broke away from Mexico at least partially to keep slaver legal. There were other issues they had with Mexico's government, but a very clear effect of the Texans winning was slavery continuing in the area until the U.S. civil war ended.
VeGr-FXVG t1_ja3ixzy wrote
Reply to comment by user2542 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
'Sebastian, why do you seem so morose?'
'Because of "Rizz", Jeffrey! From which vestibule of hades did this monstrosity materialise? Mother was right, I should've been a lapidiarist.'
'I thought you never took a shining took that?'
'Get out, Jeffrey'.
FinanceRabbit t1_ja3ixp4 wrote
Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself 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 didn't read into the subject at all, here's my dogshit take"
annheim3 t1_ja3isyi wrote
Reply to comment by PhillipBrandon 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
Yes.
The Battle of Gonzales centered on American colonists in that town who were refusing to give back a cannon (the one on the flag) back to Mexican soldiers that they had received in 1831 to fend off Natives in the area. They wanted it now to defend themselves from Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna's increasingly aggressive actions against the colonists.
squankmuffin t1_ja3ipxc wrote
Reply to comment by Erulastiel in TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity. by Deechon
Me too. Can't drive because of it.
LynxJesus t1_ja3ils5 wrote
Reply to TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed
Because people have low standards, this sub always has terrible post titles.
PhillipBrandon t1_ja3iiik wrote
Reply to comment by Motor-Appointment859 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
DJ Screw, Houston!
Dawnawaken92 t1_ja3ihql wrote
Reply to comment by Detriumph 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
THE ALAMO MUTHA FUCKA!!!!!
Dawnawaken92 t1_ja3igg2 wrote
Reply to comment by Motor-Appointment859 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
No you!
Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_ja3ifo9 wrote
Reply to comment by Septopuss7 in TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity. by Deechon
> when I had a terrible fever.
Yep.
Pink Floyd even has a couple lines about it in one of their songs.
Combo of a fever dream and too much cough suppressants causes you to have a distorted sense of body size and locations.
So your hands can feel a mile away and "just like two balloons".
PhillipBrandon t1_ja3ichw wrote
Reply to comment by annheim3 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
That's Gonzales.
dethskwirl t1_ja3m3gh wrote
Reply to comment by Pogue_Mahone_ 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
that's funny. so then their name for the whale is also just their word for "strange or odd", as in "that animal is so weird, let's just call it weird"