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Greene_Mr t1_jcyewup wrote
Reply to TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1
...okay, but why can't I claim Canadian citizenship from my Canadian grandfather, anymore?
Greene_Mr OP t1_jcpruuf wrote
Reply to comment by adamcoe in TIL Dr. Henry Kissinger was the first honourary member of the Harlem Globetrotters by Greene_Mr
Neither did I, until yesterday...
Submitted by Greene_Mr t3_11u13mv in todayilearned
Greene_Mr t1_jb078pw wrote
Reply to comment by TacTurtle in TIL that the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany is the oldest public housing complex in the world, being founded all the way back to the 1510s. by TheMisterClo
Fug the Younger's face, Jakob Fugger
Greene_Mr t1_japt2h5 wrote
Reply to comment by McCoovy in TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
Don'cha just hate it when ya've got a ragged penis?
Greene_Mr t1_japf2nx wrote
Reply to comment by meat-juice in TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
Horatio Alger died destitute.
Greene_Mr t1_j9wu9em wrote
Reply to comment by sid_raj7 in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle
Wall: "Query, passer -- did I stutter?"
Greene_Mr t1_j9o0llt wrote
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
You ever hear of Rod Le Roque?
Greene_Mr t1_j9o0jya wrote
Reply to comment by res30stupid 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
Actually, Quarrel's actor dubbed himself, since he lived in Europe and was able to -- Peter Hunt, the film's editor, confirmed it (and I've heard John Kitzmiller's voice in other films; it's him). But I'm pretty sure the roadworker was dubbed by Robert Rietty.
Robert Rietty dubbed almost every male side character in Dr. No; Nikki Van Der Zyl dubbed every female side character. Barbara Jeffords voiced Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love; Michael Collins voiced Goldfinger. And, yes, Rietty voiced Celi in Thunderball; he also dubbed Tetsuro Tamba in You Only Live Twice.
Greene_Mr t1_j9nzv9i wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about Jamaican Ginger AKA "Jake" which was popular during Prohibition for its high alcohol content. Unfortunately it caused paralysis leading to a distinctive walk called the Jake Walk or the Jake Dance. by HeavyMetalOverbite
Note: Please do not insert yeast + sugar + water into douche bag. ESPECIALLY do not insert douche nozzle of said douche bag into private area.
Greene_Mr t1_j9nzaw7 wrote
Reply to comment by Van_GOOOOOUGH in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217
Kang gave him an upgrade; now, he's M.O.D.O.K.
Greene_Mr t1_j9j5gmf wrote
Reply to comment by Dehvi616 in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
And, of course, Adele H. was his daughter.
Greene_Mr t1_j9j5eoe wrote
Reply to comment by Mindheave in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
As the day he was born.
Greene_Mr t1_j6o9wv2 wrote
Reply to comment by natty-broski in TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
Or how "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em" is written as part of a prank letter for a character everyone loathes.
Greene_Mr t1_j6kyhit wrote
Reply to comment by ArmedBull in TIL about Kwihnai Tosabitʉ or "White Eagle," a Medicine Man and messiah of the Comanche Native American tribe. Uniting all of the Comanche people and several other groups, he led them to an immediate defeat and was renamed Isatai'i "Wolf's Vulva." by marmorset
Also Hamish!
Greene_Mr t1_j6kx1td wrote
Reply to comment by MagnusCaseus in TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result by MikiLove
That's not over slavery, though, is it?
Greene_Mr t1_j6kwhls wrote
Reply to comment by vthings in TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms. by vrphotosguy55
Somebody keeps putting up article links to him on the front page of Wikipedia every few months.
Greene_Mr t1_j6kwedy wrote
Reply to comment by WilliamofYellow in TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms. by vrphotosguy55
Holy shit, she called his mother a "Bawd"? :-O
Greene_Mr t1_j63niqf wrote
Reply to comment by XGirth_CrisisX in TIL Lydia Angiyou, a Canadian mother, fought off a polar bear bare handed to protect her son and other children, before a hunter shot it 4 times to bring it down by Sierra-117-
When I play my maracas, they go chi-chi-chi-boom, chi-chi-chi-boom
Greene_Mr t1_j61e432 wrote
Reply to comment by Godtiermasturbator in TIL that after scientists sequenced the genome of a tiger they found that it shares 95.6% of its DNA with the domestic cat, from which it diverged 10.8 million years ago. by countdookee
"I have an orifice, God -- can you fuck me?"
Greene_Mr t1_j612hjq wrote
Reply to comment by DemSocOrBust in TIL that after scientists sequenced the genome of a tiger they found that it shares 95.6% of its DNA with the domestic cat, from which it diverged 10.8 million years ago. by countdookee
But can you fuck a mushroom?
Greene_Mr t1_j5ymgii wrote
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Greene_Mr OP t1_j5pa59k wrote
Reply to comment by Madam_Voo in TIL about William English Walling, wealthy grandson of the 1880 Democratic vice presidential candidate who became a trade union socialist and co-founded the NAACP with W.E.B. Du Bois by Greene_Mr
W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were at loggerheads, though...
Greene_Mr t1_je8vzkj wrote
Reply to comment by Doogiesham in TIL that just a few days after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, actress Dorothy Gibson starred in a silent motion picture short about the disaster called "Saved from the Titanic". Gibson even wore the same clothes she wore the night of the sinking to add to the films authenticity. by PresLyndonBJohnson36
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