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will0593 t1_ja652jm wrote
Reply to comment by signal_lost 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'm not talking about Austin OR Houston- I'm talking about the vision for Texas.
PeachSnappleOhYeah t1_ja6504o wrote
Reply to comment by AnyFeed907 in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
meth, maybe. but not weed.
ghotiaroma t1_ja64z7q wrote
Reply to comment by iamsce 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
I could do it, and by that I mean set something in motion that would lead to the other parties demise after my own.
ghilliesniper522 t1_ja64uxh wrote
ghotiaroma t1_ja64taz wrote
Reply to comment by Va-Va-Vooom 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
Chronologically correct, and that's the best kind of correct. Ignore the "technically correct" people. They stole the idea.
[deleted] t1_ja64ibx wrote
Reply to comment by Jeramus 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
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AnyFeed907 t1_ja64gm4 wrote
Reply to comment by Cannabisseur78 in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
Nobody cares you smoke weed, bro.
Klaus_Von_Richter t1_ja64e5q wrote
Reply to comment by Montagnagrasso 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
What are you talking about?
Santa Anna suspended the Mexican constitution and became a dictator. This lead to multiple revolutions. The Texas revolution was the only successful one.
Smith6612 t1_ja63p9p wrote
Reply to comment by TheGreatCornolio682 in TIL On long-haul flights, flight attendants have hidden sleeping areas above the passenger compartment. by real_zexy_specialist
Most likely employer rules about who can be in the crew bunk.
Roughneck16 OP t1_ja63hx3 wrote
Reply to comment by walkingtalkingdread in TIL from 1851 to 1856, Utah's territorial capital was the town of Fillmore in Millard County. The town and county were so named to flatter then-President Millard Fillmore. by Roughneck16
There’s a town called that in Michigan.
Athildur t1_ja637hm wrote
Reply to comment by bend1310 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
If I've learned anything during my time on the internet, it's that there's always a relevant XKCD. Bless you.
Roughneck16 OP t1_ja636iq wrote
Reply to comment by JungleSumTimes in TIL from 1851 to 1856, Utah's territorial capital was the town of Fillmore in Millard County. The town and county were so named to flatter then-President Millard Fillmore. by Roughneck16
It was founded by Anson Call, the noted 19th century Latter-day Saint colonist. He later served as a counselor to William R. Smith, the first stake president in Davis County.
My wife is William’s great-great-granddaughter.
inaseaofidiots t1_ja635jg wrote
Reply to comment by iamsce 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
Huzzah, a man of quality
[deleted] t1_ja6351j wrote
signal_lost t1_ja62ydr wrote
Reply to comment by will0593 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
Care to explain why the first Texas revolution flag was the 1824 flag demanding a return to the constitution?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1824_Flag.svg
Santa Ana ignored the 1824 constitution (actually repealed it!) and turned Mexico into a military dictatorship.
Austin may have been pro slavery, but Houston wasn’t.
JungleSumTimes t1_ja62uhm wrote
Reply to TIL from 1851 to 1856, Utah's territorial capital was the town of Fillmore in Millard County. The town and county were so named to flatter then-President Millard Fillmore. by Roughneck16
My great grandparents, R. Erven (Leo) and Stella Huntsman Day, hailed from Fillmore. I believe descendants of the original town founders.
eatmyclit420 t1_ja62t0q wrote
signal_lost t1_ja62keh wrote
Reply to comment by quaffi0 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
It bought 13 days for the rest of the Army to go north and burn supplies behind them. Santa Ana divided his army as he went north and was having supply chain challenges. Probably true a retreat was a better idea but they were trying to control moral. Sam Houston was forced to fight or he was going to be removed as commander, and the scrape was at risk of becoming a poorly managed shambolic retreat to Louisiana.
FLEXXMAN33 t1_ja61xx7 wrote
Reply to comment by Prudent_Reindeer9627 in TIL On long-haul flights, flight attendants have hidden sleeping areas above the passenger compartment. by real_zexy_specialist
I thought it was a piano bar.
walkingtalkingdread t1_ja61v7n wrote
Reply to comment by CooSoo in TIL from 1851 to 1856, Utah's territorial capital was the town of Fillmore in Millard County. The town and county were so named to flatter then-President Millard Fillmore. by Roughneck16
there are so many old man names we should bring back. Personally, I want to meet more Gaylords.
amaninseattle t1_ja61t56 wrote
Reply to comment by LuangPrabangisinLaos 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
The point being the landmass that is now Arabia was nowhere near where it is now so it is not as if a glacier dropped the rock where it now is—it was not an Arabian glacier per se—it was a glacier on the landmass that eventually became Arabia
sadrice t1_ja61sjy wrote
Reply to comment by Doctor_Expendable in TIL there is a machine for cancer diagnosis from your poop noises, called Synthetic Human Acoustic Reproduction Testing, or SHART by chockychockster
Or making a good acronym into a technology.
“So, for our next project, I want to make SHART.”
“What does it do?”
“Uh, something with weird poop noises. Maybe cancer? Cancer research always gets funding…”
Six months later
“Holy shit! It worked!”
Ludwigofthepotatoppl t1_ja61qy3 wrote
Reply to comment by semi-nerd61 in TIL there is a machine for cancer diagnosis from your poop noises, called Synthetic Human Acoustic Reproduction Testing, or SHART by chockychockster
That acronym already exists, First Amendment Repression Tort took first place in the naming contest.
But instead they use SLAPP, which took runner-up.
Doctor_Expendable t1_ja61f7a wrote
Reply to TIL there is a machine for cancer diagnosis from your poop noises, called Synthetic Human Acoustic Reproduction Testing, or SHART by chockychockster
I swear half of the work on technology like this is just making the name into a good acronym.
ghotiaroma t1_ja6551o wrote
Reply to comment by lavamantis 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
Well I think it's more we see the evil and think "I want to do that". We don't dislike evil, we just like to be holding the whip.