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PianoCharged OP t1_ja3zame wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Reply to comment by Blackbirds_Garden in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

What can I say, I’m just spreading the word from what the article said and what I found surprising/interesting. I figured the information was relatively accurate, coming from OED’s official site

PianoCharged OP t1_ja3z08a wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:53 PM

Reply to comment by Reinventing_Wheels in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

I think the first edition took a long time to assemble. I seem to recall one of the articles I was reading last night mention that the project started in the 1890’s

PianoCharged OP t1_iu4g2t2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:05 PM

Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene. by PianoCharged

But were they? Maybe it was just the board with the scene and take written on it? (i.e., without the clapper part)

PianoCharged OP t1_iu4b6kc wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Reply to comment by MarsMonkey88 in TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene. by PianoCharged

Aren’t they super cheap on Amazon? (I think someone commented elsewhere here)

PianoCharged OP t1_iu47qvl wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Reply to comment by gekkobob in TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene. by PianoCharged

I just do what I do. I never knew this, so I looked it up, and decided to post it here. Just an interesting tidbit some people might not know. I’ve had TIL’s that had thousands and tens of thousands of upvotes, if that possibly redeems me a bit in your eyes

This is the post that made me curious

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ELI5: What are the factors that require TSA to x-ray my laptop out of my backpack, but it doesn’t need me to take my other electronics out?

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum sells dinosaur poop

PianoCharged OP t1_ja3zame wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:54 PM

PianoCharged OP t1_ja3z08a wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:53 PM

TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds

TIL cats were a common wedding gift among Vikings due to their association with the goddess of luck, Freyja. Men favored women who loved cats, believing that it increased the likelihood of a happy marriage.

TIL, when Disneyland opened in 1955, the cost of admission was $1 (which is $11 adjusted for inflation in 2022)

PianoCharged OP t1_iu4g2t2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:05 PM

PianoCharged OP t1_iu4b6kc wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:29 PM

PianoCharged OP t1_iu47qvl wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:02 PM

TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene.

TIL Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants, once thought isolated from the rest of the world for 45,000 years, have genetic markers showing mass migration from India 4,000 years ago, which also coincides with the first appearance of dingos on the island-continent

TIL artist Salvador Dali illustrated a 1969 edition of Alice in Wonderland, with only 2,700 copies printed. It included twelve illustrations and a front-cover etching signed by Dali himself. Signatures of Dali can be spotted throughout, such as the melting clock found at the Mad Tea Party.