DroolingIguana t1_je5bdfe wrote on March 29, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Reply to comment by CrieDeCoeur in TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope

We didn't get a federal sales tax in Canada until 1991.

DroolingIguana t1_jdf578l wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Reply to comment by Doctor_Expendable in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote

> Where my parents live it seems like everyone has a horse.

Poland?

DroolingIguana t1_jd9w2og wrote on March 22, 2023 at 9:40 PM

Reply to comment by AngelSucked in TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor. by VengefulMight

The novel that it was based on was both Vito and Michael's origin stories, but they left the young Vito stuff out of the movie and put it in the sequel.

DroolingIguana t1_jd3k0kf wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL That from 1909-1937 the Netherlands had the time zone UTC+ 19 minutes 32.13 seconds by Commercial_Jelly_893

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTgrhEqw5A

DroolingIguana t1_jaa2ocu wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:07 PM

Reply to comment by Duckdiggitydog 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

No, that's a Mercedes brand.

DroolingIguana t1_ja1icfr wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:28 AM

Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug

Maybe they were planning on quarrying those stones for some kind of construction project, but discovered that they didn't need them after they'd already started cutting.

DroolingIguana t1_j9mxhy0 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:57 AM

Reply to comment by Additional-Top-8199 in TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava

"I always thought it was Goethe." - Abe Lincoln

DroolingIguana t1_j9mwxao wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:52 AM

Reply to comment by DividedState in TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava

"You ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you." - Albert Einstein

DroolingIguana t1_j9mvmml wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:43 AM

Reply to comment by schoolme_straying in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate

I thought he was British, despite the accent.

DroolingIguana t1_j9i3jo4 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:09 AM

Reply to comment by 128Gigabytes in Today I learned that there is enough evidence to suggest that orca are actually an occasional predator of moose, due to the fact that moose can dive up to 20' for vegetation underwater in killer whale territories. by Uranusspinssideways

> It is believed that the orcas may mistake the moose for a type of marine mammal, such as a seal or sea lion, that they would typically hunt.

Or maybe the moose once bit its sister.

DroolingIguana t1_j6ex625 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Reply to comment by Typical_Balance3892 in TIL Slow Loris’ have a venomous bite that causes necrosis (flesh rotting) by samsg1

Does she instinctively develop a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment?

DroolingIguana t1_j4i4ig0 wrote on January 15, 2023 at 9:58 PM

Reply to Til before Popeye gained superhuman strength by eating spinach, he became strong by rubbing a type of chicken called a whiffle hen. by Fitz_cuniculus

I remember when I was a kid some oatmeal company licensed Popeye and made a bunch of commercials where he got his strength from eating oatmeal. I thought that they'd officially retconned the spinach out of the Popeye mythos and felt so betrayed.

DroolingIguana t1_j2c0f9v wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Reply to comment by Starfire-Galaxy in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones

The Creature doesn't have a consistent name in the book. It's narrated by Frankenstein and he uses a different string of insults to refer to the Creature every time.

DroolingIguana t1_j2c07fg wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:09 AM

Reply to comment by Alternative_Effort in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones

For the entire book he's talking to Robert Walton.

DroolingIguana t1_j2bzs9h wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:05 AM

Reply to comment by Eoin_McLove in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones

> "At this time a slight sleep relieved me from the pain of reflection, which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful child, who came running into the recess I had chosen, with all the sportiveness of infancy. Suddenly, as I gazed on him, an idea seized me that this little creature was unprejudiced and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity. If, therefore, I could seize him and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth.

> "Urged by this impulse, I seized on the boy as he passed and drew him towards me. As soon as he beheld my form, he placed his hands before his eyes and uttered a shrill scream; I drew his hand forcibly from his face and said, ‘Child, what is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt you; listen to me.’

> "He struggled violently. ‘Let me go,’ he cried; ‘monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa.’

> "‘Boy, you will never see your father again; you must come with me.’

> "‘Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a syndic—he is M. Frankenstein—he will punish you. You dare not keep me.’

> "‘Frankenstein! you belong then to my enemy—to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.’

> "The child still struggled and loaded me with epithets which carried despair to my heart; I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet.

> "I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, ‘I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.’

Victor had his flaws (his consistent refusal to take responsibility for his actions being chief among them) but he wasn't a cold-blooded murderer. The monster was the real monster.