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Landlubber77 t1_ja41ko5 wrote

Reply to comment by trentsim in TIL in 1975 King Charles III (then a Prince) was the British monarchy's first qualified scuba Diver and first to dive under the Arctic ice. by mitchanium

I gotcha, but my comment was clearly a joke. Being a pedant is annoying under normal circumstances, doing so in response to what was very clearly a facetious jocular comment is moreso. But it's all good, it was sorta forced to begin with, tried coming up with a better one but I'm not that clever.

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KA-ME-HA-ME- t1_ja40vme 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

So what if the traitors killed more patriots? They still lost and killing more makes them worse

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NemosGhost t1_ja40o0w wrote

Reply to comment by MattJFarrell 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

Never watched or listened to either one.

Guess again. And don't tell other people to read, when you obviously are just regurgitating a dumbass opinion that fails spectacularly under any scrutinization at all.

Tell me the truth. If a gang starts building up an armed group in the front of your house are you just gonna sit there and let them do it and not call them aggressors?

I bet you can't tell the truth, because it shows how idiotic your dumbass regurgitated opinion is.

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havohej_ t1_ja40id5 wrote

Reply to comment by DoomGoober 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

I only know the Alamo for two things: 1) Ozzy pissing on it 2) PeeWee Herman traveling to Texas to recover his missing bike from the Alamo’s basement

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MrMpeg t1_ja40ejf wrote

Reply to 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

As a child this was really frightening. Walls looked like they would crush me and at the same time being super far away. Started to panic and cry. Doctor couldn't find anything, maybe because of my inability to explain the symptoms properly. When i got older i found out that i could stop it in minutes by alternatingly focus on something close and the horizon. It's definitely something gone wrong with depth perception in those moments.

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DnBenjamin t1_ja4077g wrote

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL of David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and NBC who suppressed and then stole FM radio and Television from their inventors, driving one to suicide and the other to alcoholism. by Dega704

Yeah this is why we have patents for reasonable inventions that go on to claim absurdly broad and vague things. You have to patent not only the specific actual patents invention, but also every conceivable generalization of it.

“Claims… 442. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the handle is cranked by ur mom.”

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PianoCharged OP t1_ja3zame wrote

Reply to comment by Blackbirds_Garden 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

What can I say, I’m just spreading the word from what the article said and what I found surprising/interesting. I figured the information was relatively accurate, coming from OED’s official site

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PianoCharged OP t1_ja3z08a wrote

Reply to comment by Reinventing_Wheels 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

I think the first edition took a long time to assemble. I seem to recall one of the articles I was reading last night mention that the project started in the 1890’s

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Tomcatjones t1_ja3yk9d 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

The problem with the argument is that meth/amphetamines ARE legal and regulated as prescribed. And can be abused of course

Alcohol is just regularly abused.

Both can be very safe in time, setting, and dose

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