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oceanduciel t1_ja9vb7g 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
Nanda Parbat is a real place oAo
Outrager t1_ja9v361 wrote
Reply to comment by ManOfLaBook in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
It does require a $50,000 fee to get one.
Landwarrior5150 t1_ja9uq4v wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL about the NOAA Corps, the eighth federal uniformed service, alongside the six Military services and Public Health Service. It has just 321 enlisted officers, and operates 15 ships and 10 aircraft. by ex-apple
Now that is an interesting idea lol
BrokenEye3 t1_ja9unj4 wrote
Reply to comment by Landwarrior5150 in TIL about the NOAA Corps, the eighth federal uniformed service, alongside the six Military services and Public Health Service. It has just 321 enlisted officers, and operates 15 ships and 10 aircraft. by ex-apple
Maybe if they let them mix and match...
Landwarrior5150 t1_ja9um5b wrote
AiladeC t1_ja9ul6i wrote
Reply to comment by Thecna2 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
I'm a Spaniard and this is the first time I ever heard about the English Armada. And the Spanish Armada story is pretty much common knowledge around here.
TheCloudFestival t1_ja9udt7 wrote
Reply to comment by Erebus172 in TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife. by theAusterityClinic
But the park in London is named after a house named after the amount of land necessary for a subsistence farming C8th peasant family to survive on so...
TreesACrowd t1_ja9u9n8 wrote
Reply to comment by Unleashtheducks 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
How so? The U.S. didn't suffer a crushing defeat in the War of 1812. It essentially ended in a draw.
Landwarrior5150 t1_ja9u72z wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL about the NOAA Corps, the eighth federal uniformed service, alongside the six Military services and Public Health Service. It has just 321 enlisted officers, and operates 15 ships and 10 aircraft. by ex-apple
*Navy and Coast Guard Uniforms
FarradayL t1_ja9u2y6 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
The US was and continues to be a toilet.
hannabarberaisawhore t1_ja9u2ag wrote
Reply to comment by benefit_of_mrkite in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01
I kind of miss 5 cent candies. The bags and tongs and other people’s germs, but getting to select each candy.
MagicMushroomFungi t1_ja9tzt9 wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife. by theAusterityClinic
Shirley Jeckle.
leviwhite9 t1_ja9tzbz wrote
Reply to comment by ScrunchyButts 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
>“I bet you say that to all the wabbits.”
madworld2713 t1_ja9tx6x wrote
Reply to comment by andoesq 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
Just wait up there until it gets taller then you’ll have the record
MagicMushroomFungi t1_ja9twr2 wrote
Reply to TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife. by theAusterityClinic
Whoever sought out and discovered this information is a world class player of hyde and seek.
OhHappyDay2day t1_ja9tvtd 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
At least it's on the interstate between Las Vegas and salt lake
Dazzling-Ducks t1_ja9tl7q wrote
Reply to comment by ivanthemute in TIL about the NOAA Corps, the eighth federal uniformed service, alongside the six Military services and Public Health Service. It has just 321 enlisted officers, and operates 15 ships and 10 aircraft. by ex-apple
Another nitpick, not once was the United States mentioned in that title, like we’re supposed to just automatically know what country they’re talking about.
cmanson t1_ja9tgw9 wrote
Reply to comment by SamtheCossack 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
Unless someone tosses your long-mummified corpse down the side of the mountain
Karnorkla t1_ja9td60 wrote
Reply to TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
He is a great actor! He is really good in comedy and is crazy funny, and can play a bad guy too. Loved him in Big Trouble in Little China. I was happy to see him on TV getting the SAG award.
SumerianProgRocker t1_ja9t4dq wrote
Reply to TIL that the first woman to serve in the United States Senate was also the last member of Congress to be a slaveowner. by addemup9001
Shocker....she was from Georgia.
BrokenEye3 t1_ja9t1ot wrote
Reply to TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife. by theAusterityClinic
Who names their daughter New Hyde?
DrKurgan t1_ja9suod wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
You have to apply and pay a fee to get one. You have to be a show business celebrity as well, but if you don't apply you're not getting one.
Arrantsky t1_ja9srp2 wrote
Reply to comment by StarlordMexico 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
Your attitude determines your attitude: pilot saying and how to get higher in life.
T8rfudgees t1_ja9veeo wrote
Reply to comment by rapiertwit in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
I was instantly like damn it’s Lo-Pan!