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brkh47 t1_ja95924 wrote
Reply to comment by No-Owl9201 in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
So Jamie Oliver is Nanga Bawarchi?
ScrunchyButts t1_ja94m9f wrote
Reply to comment by Sven_Svan in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Say what now?
StarlordMexico t1_ja94klc wrote
0ttr t1_ja94jlm wrote
Reply to comment by popsickle_in_one in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
However, it was very popular at the time, and no doubt evolution reinforced it and was used as a justification for it, hence the presence of it in a high school biology text. Many, many highly educated people supported eugenic ideas all the way up to US Supreme Court justices. It was not just racism--it was any kind of character or physical flaw.
And of course, the understanding of evolution, in an era prior to understanding gene encoding, chromosomes, and DNA, was considerably less sophisticated than it is now, again, certainly down at the level of a high school text.
You are arguing about what we know now, and what we know in hindsight, and that's fine, but that's not what they "knew" then. Your statements literally contradict the text quoted out of the book used in the case.
Clearly that was not the only reason evolution was being objected to, but it was definitely a reason, and convoluting creationism with the teaching of Christian morality is certainly a mishmash of theology, but it is clashing with a mishmash of science and pseudoscience that was in a mainstream accepted high school biology text at the time.
bolanrox t1_ja947p6 wrote
Reply to comment by wwarnout in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
And everest is only the tallest because of how high above sea level the base is
ninjabell t1_ja942jq wrote
Reply to comment by marmorset in TIL that in the period of time since the introduction of the consumer price index, the highest inflation rate observed in the U.S. was 20.49% in 1917. by ringopendragon
>Milk was $2.45 a gallon, now it's $3.75 a gallon....
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>over 50% more expensive
🤔
ty_kanye_vcool t1_ja93ujt wrote
Reply to TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Equatorial Guinea, for those of you who were curious.
bolanrox t1_ja93rro wrote
Reply to comment by Bobodahobo010101 in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Fuck Heineken
bolanrox t1_ja93pu9 wrote
Reply to comment by Sven_Svan in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
And that was considered a good way to go
bolanrox t1_ja93mjx wrote
Reply to comment by Impeachcordial in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
When krampus doesn't take it this far
Azzizzi t1_ja932hk wrote
Reply to comment by ScissorMeeTimbers in TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
Yep, I agree. The whole story is terrible. The girl's own dad was also a piece of shit.
0ttr t1_ja931el wrote
Reply to comment by Bursuc23 in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
It's mixed into Bryan's arguments at the time and in his writings. He has a moral objection that clearly alludes to eugenics.
whozitwhatzit t1_ja9318n wrote
Reply to TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
There's a fantastic brewery there in Dayton called Monkey Town Brewing Company. Always stop by there on my way to Watts Bar lake.
White_Ranger33 t1_ja93014 wrote
Reply to TIL - Modern mammals are unique among vertebrates for possessing three tiny bones in the middle ear, which are unique in that they are separated from the jaw, critical because it allows the separation of hearing and chewing, and also allows hearing of high-pitched noises. by byronhadleigh
Exactly why the aliens are taking them out of cattle.
0ttr t1_ja92vxn wrote
Reply to comment by Darkstar1988 in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
Research shows that any group of people that identifies around a common ideology becomes more insular and exclusive over time. That includes religious groups, but atheists as well. It's a human trait. Only individual curiosity and humility overcomes that--again, proven by research.
Mountain_Sweet_5703 t1_ja92qis wrote
Reply to comment by HPmoni in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
Uhh, wrongo, Tanner did anything but grow out of his racist shitty ways in that movie. Maybe in the later ones idk, but he was an unrepentant shithead as are most naughty children.
Sven_Svan t1_ja92p9d wrote
Reply to comment by moose098 in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Almost as bad as beating 8 people to death with a steel dildo while being dressed as Bugs Bunny.
jumpup t1_ja92p0d wrote
Reply to comment by AdClemson in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
what if someone takes a shovel to the top, then it could be the highest next week
Nairbfs79 t1_ja92o3q wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
It won't matter because we will probably have cracked the Earth in half well before then.
0ttr t1_ja92ed2 wrote
Reply to comment by Darkstar1988 in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
It was not *the* reason, but it was *a* reason. You can read Bryan's own writings and see it quite clearly. It's in the source notes for the podcast. His moral arguments were quite valid. And in this case, the science on eugenics was wrong.
The lesson to be learned here is: things are almost always more complicated than history makes them out to be, and not everyone was the moron and genius that they seemed to be.
TheManMulcahey t1_ja922ig wrote
Reply to comment by ifso215 in TIL about 'Quahog Day', when Doug the Quahog predicts how many days of sunshine Cape Cod will get over the summer by SteO153
mmmmm, stuffed quahogs!
ifso215 t1_ja91sma wrote
Reply to comment by TacTurtle in TIL about 'Quahog Day', when Doug the Quahog predicts how many days of sunshine Cape Cod will get over the summer by SteO153
Yep, they’re big and tough, so you won’t see them on a seafood tower anytime soon. They’re usually sold as canned chopped clams.
According-Classic658 t1_ja91jjb wrote
HobgoblinKhanate1 t1_ja913nf wrote
Reply to comment by marioquartz in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Op was talking about British people though
I don’t remember learning about the second naval battle a year later. But most of everything else he said is bullshit
Spank86 t1_ja95aik wrote
Reply to comment by marioquartz in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Probably because it's not massively relevant to the spanish. It's definitely taught in the uk and not as some sort of accident. When i was at school it was fairly bluntly explained that english landowners exported grain while the irish starved.