ElfMage83
ElfMage83 t1_je95sko wrote
Reply to comment by YeahitsaBMW in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
My point is that nothing about regular American politics is “extreme left”. If only.
ElfMage83 t1_je7vnlq wrote
Reply to comment by YeahitsaBMW in TIL the United States is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners by Heliochem
>the extreme left wing of the democrat party
The Democratic Party is in the center at best. If that's “the extreme left wing” then you're off the charts to the right.
ElfMage83 t1_jd7b5qg wrote
Reply to TIL China and India have been the population centers of the world for at least 6,000 years by aaleom
This is not surprising when you remember that just those two countries together have over two billion people at this point.
ElfMage83 t1_ja81fv7 wrote
Reply to TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
Well, yes. This is taught early in schools.
ElfMage83 t1_ja7g81y wrote
Reply to comment by laserdicks in 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
Encrypted messages are still messages.
ElfMage83 t1_ja78wyy wrote
Reply to comment by laserdicks in 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
The whole point is to leave no record.
ElfMage83 t1_ja69zp7 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
CIA does this too. Agents might lace their shoes in different ways to send messages.
ElfMage83 t1_j9yrcn7 wrote
Reply to TIL an indigenous empire called the Purépechas (Tarascan Empire) denied an alliance request from their rivals, the Aztecs, when Hernan Cortez first arrived in present-day Mexico City. by freeeYou
>Tarascan Empire
I read this first as "Trashcan Empire".
ElfMage83 t1_j9yosfs wrote
Reply to TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy by elephantsgraveyard
Well, yes. This is common knowledge.
ElfMage83 t1_j92o6fz wrote
Reply to TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
€200 is nothing, unless you meant €200,000.
ElfMage83 t1_j7bh5fo wrote
Well, yes. Now.
ElfMage83 t1_j73nm25 wrote
Reply to TIL the UK experiences more tornados per year than any other country in the world relative to its land area. by blr126
Does that include Northern Ireland or is it just the island of Britain?
ElfMage83 t1_j6dyxsf wrote
Reply to comment by chemicalrefugee in TIL coins in the UK almost always switch the way the monarch is facing with each monarch with King Charles III facing left. by AudibleNod
Apparently not always, which is the point.
ElfMage83 t1_j6b7iha wrote
Reply to TIL that air is a fluid by andreasdagen
Well, yes. Air is a fluid because it flows. That's literally the definition.
ElfMage83 t1_j69jjhn wrote
Reply to TIL until the early 1970s, funeral homes in the US doubled as ambulance services. If you were hurt or sick, you’d probably be transported to the hospital in a hearse. by LazeLinez
This explains much about the Ghostbusters.
ElfMage83 t1_j699udh wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1930 astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto and in 2007 his ashes were aboard the first spacecraft sent to explore it. by Emu_Enough
I'm old enough to remember that mission.
ElfMage83 t1_j65jj4c wrote
Reply to TIL Jared Leto is the front man for American Rock Band "Thirty Seconds to Mars" with hits such as "The Kill" and "From Yesterday". by HamsterKarlie
Well, yes. Did you think he's just an actor?
ElfMage83 t1_j52rjv9 wrote
Reply to comment by Trick_Designer2369 in TIL researchers found that the global average temperature from 19,000 to 23,000 years ago was about 46 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) colder than the global average temperature of the 20th century, per a University of Michigan statement. by Embarrassed-Mouse-49
Pretty much.
ElfMage83 t1_j52qogz wrote
Reply to comment by Trick_Designer2369 in TIL researchers found that the global average temperature from 19,000 to 23,000 years ago was about 46 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) colder than the global average temperature of the 20th century, per a University of Michigan statement. by Embarrassed-Mouse-49
It might be “only 11 degrees”, but that's across the whole planet. Water can hold an absurd amount of heat.
ElfMage83 t1_j4zoq0s wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Olympics ended for 1500 years before being revived in the 19th century by imfreerightnow
You can't pause an event that hadn't happened yet, and I doubt either side would care enough in the middle of a war.
ElfMage83 t1_j4zoln1 wrote
Reply to TIL The Olympics ended for 1500 years before being revived in the 19th century by imfreerightnow
I knew this already, and I watched Jeopardy last night.
ElfMage83 t1_j4gywyj wrote
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
His ancestor Hercules gained strength from smelling garlic until he discovered spinach.
ElfMage83 t1_j36s0no wrote
Reply to TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974
TIL that the Catherine wheel has another name.
ElfMage83 t1_jea1np0 wrote
Reply to comment by SAlolzorz in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
Right?