DevoutandHeretical
DevoutandHeretical t1_j6o0nba wrote
Reply to comment by Canazza in TIL about cargo cults, where indigenous people of small tropical islands would perform elaborate rituals to mimic air traffic control and marching patterns after witnessing airplanes drop supplies on airforce bases during world war II. by sciencedit
When he died apparently the diety-ship transferred to Charles
DevoutandHeretical t1_ixsfgu8 wrote
Reply to comment by dewittless in TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves. by WaryLouka
Basically an inverse of the Ents and Entwives :(
DevoutandHeretical t1_jeaii68 wrote
Reply to comment by Foxhound199 in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
What I remember hearing was that when he built Disneyland everyone and their mother knew it was happening and bought up a ton of the space around the park and crowded it up, so he didn’t want to repeat that with Disneyworld so that they could expand as they desired.