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DrCashew t1_jabs5c4 wrote

Reply to comment by Dieg_1990 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 am asking you to explain it, is what I'm saying. I haven't downvoted, just that the joke whooshed for me, isn't funny or makes no sense. I suspected it was probably the first so I asked you to explain it.

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in-game_sext t1_jabrtjs 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

Dennis Hopper actually got drunk and invited a bunch of people to a speedway and sat in a chair while everyone watched and lit dynamite beneath it, it exploded and he survived. There is actually video of it. Another weirdly tangential stadium story for you.

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Livebeam t1_jabr5bm wrote

Reply to TIL Hawaii is the best place on earth to see rainbows. There are words for Earth-clinging rainbows (uakoko), standing rainbow shafts (kāhili), barely visible rainbows (punakea), and moonbows (ānuenue kau pō). The rainbow is seen as a symbol of transformation and a pathway between Earth and Heaven. by -AMARYANA-

Yeah, rainbows are commonly seen in Hawaii due to the frequent occurrence of rain showers and the presence of sunlight. Plus, Hawaii's tropical climate, with high humidity and daily rainfall, provides the necessary conditions for rainbows to form.

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BernankesBeard t1_jabpuuf 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

>Food and energy, which often rise the most, sometimes aren't figured into the inflation rate.

Headline CPI and CPI Core are two entirely different metrics. Food and energy often fall the most too. They're highly volatile and add a ton of noise to the measure. In the long run, they're effectively the same and since CPI Core is less noisy and a better predictor of future headline CPI than current headline CPI itself, policymakers generally prefer to look at it.

>The unemployment rate isn't trustworthy either. It used to estimate the unemployed, but now sometimes they exclude people who are unemployed but aren't collecting unemployment anymore.

Yeah this is just absolute bullshit. Here's the BLS:

> Classification as unemployed in no way depends upon a person's eligibility for, or receipt of, unemployment insurance benefits. There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly Current Population Survey.

> I used to buy chicken breast at $1.79 a pound, now I pay $2.99 a pound. Milk was $2.45 a gallon, now it's $3.75 a gallon. That's just two years ago, and they're both over 50% more expensive, a far cry from the 10% the government claims.

It's almost as, and bear with me here, American consumers have more than just Chicken and Milk in their consumption basket.

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