ShortOldFatGuy
ShortOldFatGuy t1_j64v9yr wrote
Reply to comment by Stiffard 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
Actually 7.8 million, plus 30 years, we had a common ancestor, Morty, first Jewish caveman. Oy vay.
ShortOldFatGuy t1_j4v005w wrote
Reply to TIL about SubTropolis, a giant former limestone mine under Kansas City that was converted into the world’s largest underground business complex. The 1,100-acre complex is accessed through tunnels, and as of 2015, 1,600 people worked there. by corn_dog_22
They have the annual Groundhog Day underground run. I think it is a half marathon. Anyone know for sure what the length is?
ShortOldFatGuy t1_j39aa0e wrote
Reply to comment by Skythewood in 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
Amazing how external threats (those wonderful Mongols, et. al.) always manage to bring about brotherly love between fueding families. It can even inspire family projects - like a wall around the middle kingdom. As a footnote, Machevelli counseled rulers in The Prince that if they feared internal foes most - then build walls. If external foes were the greatest danger, then do not build them. (Wonder if Trump was basing his Mexican wall plan on this counsel?)
ShortOldFatGuy t1_izq85xn wrote
Reply to comment by boonies14 in TIL In 1939 chess Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf started regular simultaneous blindfold exhibitions hoping that international news coverage would reconnect him with family in Poland. He succeeded in setting the record and getting international coverage but his family had already been killed by nazis. by SigmaGrooveJamSet
Fucking Nazis to be more specific
ShortOldFatGuy t1_iqr4i8w wrote
Reply to comment by youngmindoldbody in TIL that Santorio Santorio, an Italian Professor, Physician, qnd Physiologist weighed everything he consumed and excreted over a period of 30yrs in the study of Insensible Perspiration or what we know today as metabolism. by mfairview
Preferably a Muppet movie.
ShortOldFatGuy t1_j9w453p wrote
Reply to TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
A college history professor of mine told us the most significant world aspect of the Civil War was that it was the first 'Modern War', meaning large numbers of men killed in a very short period. Many tens of thousands in hours. Comments?