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JuzoItami t1_jaaajrg 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
>She was also a white supremacist and Congress's last former slave owner, and spoke vigorously in favor of lynching.
I think it's safe to say to assume that this lady didn't refer to Brazil nuts as "Brazil nuts".
ColonelCrackle t1_jaaa5w0 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
You never could beat me, Egg Shen.
Godtiermasturbator t1_jaa9ytg wrote
Reply to comment by dangerbird2 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 his crazy nephew is still in charge. Remind me never to go to EG
p314159i t1_jaa9vsh wrote
Reply to comment by tplgigo 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 checked those sources to the original source and there was mention of everything except for the santa clause costumes.
anabolic_cow t1_jaa9u3e wrote
Reply to comment by Blutarg 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
Inb4 Poe's Law
Phalanx808 t1_jaa9ssc 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
In a similar time frame there will be a new Hawaiian island. Currently it's erupting under the sea and is called Lo'ihi
Evolving_Dore t1_jaa9nxj wrote
Reply to comment by hoffmanmclaunsky 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 that's starting at sea level, not at the base, which is on the sea floor.
darcynader t1_jaa9n2j wrote
Reply to TIL: The concept of steganography which is the hiding of messages in plain sight. For example, Phyllis Latour Doyle (British spy) parachuted into France to spy on Nazis before D-day. She used knitting to record messages. by Geek_Nan
Similarly, Lord Baden Powell, the founder of scouting, worked as a spy during WWII [edit: been corrected that it was the late 1800s, not WWII, and now I'll be fact checking things before posting them to Reddit 😅]. Posing as a lepidopterist , Powell would scout occupied territory with a sketchpad and the tools of his "trade". All the while sketching enemy defences into the patterns of butterfly wings.
epic_pig t1_jaa9jjb wrote
I understood some of those words
elephantviagra t1_jaa9fmc wrote
Reply to comment by T8rfudgees 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
Who? The basket case on wheels, or the 10ft tall roadblock?
AnthillOmbudsman t1_jaa9a5q wrote
Reply to comment by WiseChoices in TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps. by SecretAgentIceBat
It doesn't help that the government at the time was literally a mob of gangsters. They thought nothing of enslaving millions of their own people for free labor.
Moclordimick t1_jaa99wm wrote
Frys100thCoffee t1_jaa989k wrote
elephantviagra t1_jaa973r wrote
Reply to comment by cugamer 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
Green eyes you say?
RedYakArt t1_jaa955d wrote
Reply to comment by ReluctantSlayer 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
Aye. Thanks for replying to me, hope you have a wonderful day/night.
tplgigo t1_jaa91nl wrote
Reply to comment by p314159i 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
Look at the bottom of the Wiki page. There's a ton of sources.
theAusterityClinic OP t1_jaa8vux wrote
Reply to comment by Different-Sympathy-4 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
Did you watch Turn? They often refer to NY as York City. I wondered if the “new” came later to distinguish the two cities but I had trouble researching it.
_liomus_ t1_jaa8v2m wrote
Reply to comment by boot2skull 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
can we please leave this particular part out of the new highest mountain
[deleted] t1_jaa8rn8 wrote
Reply to comment by SoulCougher in TIL that the labels on Angostura bitters bottles are intentionally annoying. The original brothers entered a competition and due to a miscommunication, wound up with wrong size labels. A friendly judge suggested the brothers make that label their signature. The advice stuck. by dmanlian
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absolutelyshafted t1_jaa8ri4 wrote
Reply to comment by malepitt in TIL the human body consumes and produces its weight in ATP every day. by Gullible_Skeptic
Yep makes sense
Godtiermasturbator t1_jaa8qu0 wrote
Reply to comment by NicoteachEsMx in TIL that when epidemiologist Tamara Safonova and virologist Alexandra Sheboldaeva discovered Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in 1937, they were accused of spreading the virus themselves and sentenced to 18 years in Soviet labor camps. by SecretAgentIceBat
Care to elaborate?
jpiro t1_jaa8j82 wrote
Reply to comment by T8rfudgees 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
Same. Why can I remember that shit from the 80's, but I can't remember the name of the coworker I was introduced to two days ago, lol.
tossinthisshit1 t1_jaaamnx 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
> In mid-April 1979, Macías Nguema's wife travelled to North Korea for surgery, taking their three younger children, Monique, Maribel, and Paco with her.
ok, if you fucked up so much that your family has to flee to north Korea, then you really fucked up