NinDiGu
NinDiGu t1_iudygxn wrote
Reply to comment by willie_caine in TIL strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not qualify as “berries” as defined by botanists, yet kiwis, bananas, and tomatoes do. At least blueberries are indeed berries. by Aequitas05
The only people who can only hold their breath for two minutes are people who have never practiced it.
Ask a free dive instructor about how long it takes a classroom of average students to learn to hold their breath for more than two minutes even when they max out at 10-20 seconds their first try.
We are talking about capabilities here, and dolphins do not have the deep diving abilities that whales and sea lions and elephant seals do.
They have about the same capabilities as humans.
NinDiGu t1_iuc7kyo wrote
Reply to comment by iTanooki in TIL strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not qualify as “berries” as defined by botanists, yet kiwis, bananas, and tomatoes do. At least blueberries are indeed berries. by Aequitas05
> hold their breath for crazy lengths
Not really. Humans can hold their breath as long as dolphins.
Turtles drown routinely from running out of oxygen. As do marine animals.
Living in the ocean is safer for ocean living surface breathing animals because they are thermally adapted, and a good measure of airway protection so that when they are at the surface they are not drowned by water in their throat (this is what drowns humans) but surface breathers live at the same knife edge as humans do it in the water, and can drown just as quickly if they are kept from the surface.
NinDiGu t1_iuc73r6 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not qualify as “berries” as defined by botanists, yet kiwis, bananas, and tomatoes do. At least blueberries are indeed berries. by Aequitas05
Add trees, crabs, jellyfish, and nuts to that list.
NinDiGu t1_iuc7077 wrote
Reply to comment by ovationman in TIL In China more than 40 million people live in caves by likessvenska
Because .org sites are clearly illegitimate.
NinDiGu t1_iuc6scu wrote
In China, if you are one in a million, there are 1500 people just like you.
NinDiGu t1_iuaguom wrote
Reply to comment by mnfimo in TIL Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is widely credited with introducing percussive playing on the electric bass in the 1969 song Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again). He stated that he developed bass slapping in an earlier band in order to compensate for that band's lack of a drummer. by trifletruffles
> Louis Johnson
You say Louis Johnson, I say Strawberry Letter 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0bdLdTJdKI
with Louis Johnson poppin' that bass. And what a guitar solo! That solo kills!
Amazing cover of the Shuggie Otis original.
NinDiGu t1_iuaazrs wrote
Reply to comment by outfoxingthefoxes in TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
The only problem with some Ween songs is that they end.
They only hit for me at about 1 in 5, but the ones that hit, I wish they would never end.
Buckingham Green is like that for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBDluMsYN4c
I could listen to that song for hours.
NinDiGu t1_iuaagj4 wrote
Reply to comment by outfoxingthefoxes in TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
It's never a bad time to listen to Ween.
You saw the post with the Pizza Hut ad?
NinDiGu t1_iuaa5vi wrote
Reply to comment by TieWebb in TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
He's been around since the 80's. If you do not know who he is, that's on you.
NinDiGu t1_iuaa0tx wrote
Reply to comment by wegqg in TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
> who the fuck is ween
Great name for a Ween album!
Weens spec music for a Pizza Hut ad campaign:
NinDiGu t1_iua9ohx wrote
Reply to TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
Guitars are axes, so I guess Santana's guitar is a tool.
Great name for a guitar shop: Tool Shed.
NinDiGu t1_iu8ycnb wrote
Reply to comment by bearsnchairs in TIL We are currently amidst the longest gap between EF5 tornadoes in history by Danielnrg
That may have been it. I always have a cup of salt handy when watching the show.
I enjoy the show because in general I love panel shows, and there are lots of QI episodes to watch, but man the elves get so many things wrong, and Stephen even mocks people who know things. The specific examples that irked me was when Stephen Fry doubled down on his mistakes about German to a German speaker, and when he mocked Sean Locke for the interesting fact that banana plants are mobile (referred to as walking), which at least he was corrected on during the same show.
NinDiGu t1_iu8wbss wrote
Reply to comment by jedimika in TIL We are currently amidst the longest gap between EF5 tornadoes in history by Danielnrg
> The US has more tornados than any other country, 1100-1200 per year.
Interestingly, the UK has more tornados than the US according to QI, but they are just much weaker.
As I rarely trust the fact checking on QI, as they almost always are wrong on facts about my area of expertise, I cannot imagine it to be true that GB has more tornados than the US, but they said on QI that there were more tornados in GB annually than the US.
NinDiGu t1_iu8vkzy wrote
Reply to TIL Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is widely credited with introducing percussive playing on the electric bass in the 1969 song Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again). He stated that he developed bass slapping in an earlier band in order to compensate for that band's lack of a drummer. by trifletruffles
Davie504 thanks him.
NinDiGu t1_iu880yv wrote
NinDiGu t1_iu86ltx wrote
Reply to TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes
Death at around 50 is pretty typical for males. Every time I think about that, I think about Nobunaga singing that song in Kurosawa’s Kagemusha when Nobunaga finds out about the imposter daimyo.
Death at around 50 is a full life well lived for a male.
Found the clip on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39sbKqSKXlc
Sasuga Shingen!
With his boy lover slaves staring adoringly at him.
NinDiGu t1_itm6o5f wrote
Reply to comment by beaverteeth92 in TIL that the famous author Thomas Pynchon has avoided publicity during his fifty-year career to the point that almost all known photos of him are from the 1950s. However, he voiced himself in two episodes of The Simpsons, where his dialogue consisted entirely of puns on the titles of his books. by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
NinDiGu t1_itkjq3d wrote
Reply to TIL that the famous author Thomas Pynchon has avoided publicity during his fifty-year career to the point that almost all known photos of him are from the 1950s. However, he voiced himself in two episodes of The Simpsons, where his dialogue consisted entirely of puns on the titles of his books. by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
There's a sci-fi author who has never been photographed, and brags about it on his website.
NinDiGu t1_itfld6t wrote
Reply to comment by terratrema in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
I think you are correct.
NinDiGu t1_itfl5l1 wrote
Reply to comment by terratrema in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
They were not deployed overseas until very late in the war seems to be the reason for the low casualty numbers overall.
NinDiGu t1_itfk92x wrote
Reply to comment by terratrema in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
Following links like this is way easier on the PC, and since I am on the PC right now!
I suck at digging up and posting info like the above from my phone.
NinDiGu t1_itfjuau wrote
Reply to comment by terratrema in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
The Wikipedia article cites for the statement:
>All 320 of the men on duty at the pier died instantly, and 390 civilians and military personnel were injured, many seriously. Among the dead were all five Coast Guard personnel posted aboard the fire barge.[36] African-American casualties totaled 202 dead and 233 injured, which accounted for 15% of all African-American casualties during World War II.[37] Naval personnel worked quickly to contain the fires and to prevent other explosions. Injuries were treated, those seriously injured were hospitalized, and uninjured servicemen were evacuated to nearby stations.[38]
So citation 37 is the way to read more:
> U.S. Army, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. History. "A Chronology of African American Military Service. From WWI through WWII. Part II". Archived on May 28, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
The linked page is
Here's a fun quote from that article:
>1942 Black newspapers that ran articles strongly criticizing segregation and discrimination in the armed forces had trouble obtaining newsprint until they softened their stance. The U.S. Justice Department also threatened to charge 20 editors with sedition.
On topic:
>1944 By this time, the War Department’s critical need for troops overseas helped to ease opposition to the dispatch of black servicemen to the European or Pacific theaters. The number of African Americans serving in-theater jumped from 97,725 in 1941 to 504,000 in 1943. However, 425,000 black troops remained in the United States. The military claimed that allied foreign nations objected to the presence of black troops, but it was usually American commanders overseas who opposed their assignment.
Italics mine
>Ultimately, though, this incident did result in changes affecting racial relations in the Navy, because ammunition loading ceased to be a "blacks only" assignment. The Navy also adopted safer procedures for loading ammunition.
NinDiGu t1_it7j76b wrote
Reply to comment by TWiesengrund in TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom by Chris_Hackett
> Edo-Tokyo-Museum
That is a stunning building, and a stunning museum.
NinDiGu t1_iswvl1f wrote
Reply to TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom by Chris_Hackett
Until the late 1950's the majority of fertilizer in Japan was untreated human waste.
Old style Japanese houses had a room, for pooping, that was over a pit that was emptied weekly and used as fertilizer. An indoor outhouse so to speak.
There are still many houses that use this system, usually in more rural areas.
So these are private and indoor, but not in the way most Westerners think of private and indoor.
NinDiGu t1_iuet6d0 wrote
Reply to comment by willie_caine in TIL strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not qualify as “berries” as defined by botanists, yet kiwis, bananas, and tomatoes do. At least blueberries are indeed berries. by Aequitas05
You are. I am talking about the capabilities of the species
Dolphins are in motion they entire lives even when they are asleep.
For most of human existence until we started exploiting fossil fuel to become WALL-E human tubs of lard, we exercised at least 8 hours a day.