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Emergency_Mine_4455 t1_ix2dq18 wrote
Reply to TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio
Wow. I’d go nuts. Or learn Morse. Or both.
Emergency_Mine_4455 t1_jdoviqj wrote
Reply to comment by Librosaurus in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
In some cultures men are not taught how to cook, and I believe that some subsets of traditional Chinese culture may have been that way. These men wouldn’t have known how to make their traditional dishes, so the restaurants would have given them that taste of home.