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lorens05 t1_jabpurt wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

Stranger still is we are supposed to take the supposed Jesus relics at face value. I mean, how can we really know if the rag has the actual blood of Jesus?

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wyle_e2 t1_jabprfw wrote

Reply to comment by AgentElman 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

Technically the government uses "rental equivalent" when calculating how much housing costs have gone up. During their surveys they as people how much they feel it would cost for them to rent their house. The massive spike in housing costs what never added into inflation numbers. I personally feel inflation has been understated because of this and other "adjustments" because the government has a vested interest in understating inflation.

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IronOk1931 t1_jabpltw wrote

Reply to 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

I'm still trying to figure out the "6" military services.

Army- mine Navy (Marines fall under Navy) Air Force Coast Guard

I forgot about Space Force.

So I guess 6 if you try to count the Marines as their own branch even though they fall under the dept of the navy?

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ZanyDelaney t1_jabplc3 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

There's a weird disconnect where after decades of watching TV soaps, action shows, sitcoms, and movies, you realise there is this same guy with medium sized roles in 1000s of things you've seen without really noticing him before.

I love James Hong. Though I didn't really watch the show he was in this cool Falcon Crest cliff-hanger scene. He was also in Dynasty and Dallas aside from super cools roles like in Blade Runner (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and even Chinatown (1974) fgs.

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vemenium t1_jabp2ks 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

Studios often do it as marketing, as it costs $55,000 and requires a press conference, it just about always coincides with a push for awards, a chance to have a little, “hey hasn’t this person had a great career, why not vote for them and/or their current movie?”

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SteO153 t1_jabowi4 wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

Money. They even digged catacombs and created saints or multiplied body parts. They could attract a lot of pilgrims and make money out of it.

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iTwango t1_jaboslf wrote

Reply to comment by lorens05 in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I guess you're right. But I would be equally weirded out to be in the presence of the supposed actual bloody cross of Jesus for example. I went to a church in Belgium that claimed they had a vial with a bloody rag soaked in the actual blood of Jesus. They'd take it out and do a ceremony. That weirded me out too.

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lorens05 t1_jabop80 wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I mean, Christianity's symbol is literally a torture device, so it's not much of a logical leap to venerate other torture devices that their saints died in.

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granadesnhorseshoes t1_jabop40 wrote

Reply to comment by El_Zorro09 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

having spent far too much time researching this; Malt-a-plenty. However Ray Croc sold the mix as a salesman before McDonald's... i mean krusty burger. And McDonald's... i mean krusty burger, never sold it as their milkshakes.

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iTwango t1_jabntld wrote

Reply to comment by SteO153 in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I genuinely don't understand the European Catholic obsession with displaying horrifying relics, it's so odd to me

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