The_Thunder_Child
The_Thunder_Child t1_jb96l7c wrote
Reply to comment by Mitthrawnuruo in TIL the largest moon in our solar system, Ganymede, is larger than the planet of Mercury by Jugales
You're thinking of Mimas.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j61c0l6 wrote
Reply to comment by Business-Emu-6923 in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
I'm brining him in closer Merlin.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j61b51x wrote
Reply to comment by krattalak in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
Pretty brave of you to assume I even make it to the front. Normally get bounced by some dickwad flying CAP over the airbase I spawned at.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j61avnq wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
Most of them think dog fighting is flying in almost straight lines while jinking slightly from side to side. There's rarely any turn fighting, booming and zooming, thach weave.........
The_Thunder_Child t1_j3l1nbp wrote
Reply to comment by Due-Reading6335 in TIL Pluto hasn't completed an orbit around the sun since its discovery. Pluto's orbit takes about 248 years, and Pluto was discovered in 1930. by irbinator
It's not confirmed.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j1u7e59 wrote
Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL the New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon, once called a snap election while extremely drunk. His party lost 10 seats. by EucalyptusBrain
It was the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke who held the record for drinking a yard glass of beer the fastest. He achieved this decades before being PM though.
The_Thunder_Child t1_j1esvge wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney
The agreement to end the fighting was signed many hours earlier. This was to give time for the commanders at the front to be notified.
The_Thunder_Child t1_iy13kjn wrote
Reply to comment by StephenHunterUK in TIL that the British SAS was originally a fake regiment used to deceive Axis intelligence and was made real in 1941 by David Stirling who wanted a rogue regiment. Their first successful mission was stealing euipment (including a piano) from a New Zealand base by Never-asked-for-this
Lee lied about pretty much everything. He was an RAF liaison officer.
The_Thunder_Child t1_ixxnfg8 wrote
Reply to TIL that the British SAS was originally a fake regiment used to deceive Axis intelligence and was made real in 1941 by David Stirling who wanted a rogue regiment. Their first successful mission was stealing euipment (including a piano) from a New Zealand base by Never-asked-for-this
And no, Christopher Lee was not a member.
The_Thunder_Child t1_ixxnd5h wrote
Reply to TIL that lizards' regenerated tails are not as perfect as the original? However, their similar-looking (but not part of the family) salamanders can!! by bringmeturtles
I don't know, did you learn it?
The_Thunder_Child t1_iu99iaf wrote
Reply to comment by vferrero14 in TIL We are currently amidst the longest gap between EF5 tornadoes in history by Danielnrg
Yeah and so climate change will do way more damage than a small reduction in tornadoes will compensate for.
The_Thunder_Child t1_iu95i86 wrote
Reply to comment by vferrero14 in TIL We are currently amidst the longest gap between EF5 tornadoes in history by Danielnrg
Well, it's still bad. Tornadoes don't kill that many people but climate change will.
The_Thunder_Child t1_iss63a9 wrote
Reply to comment by willie_caine in TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face. by dioWjonathenL
That doesn't change the genes of the cat that is born.
The_Thunder_Child t1_iss1z64 wrote
Reply to comment by someMeatballs in TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face. by dioWjonathenL
Yes..... But I said cat as in singular.
The_Thunder_Child t1_isqqd5y wrote
Reply to TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face. by dioWjonathenL
They don't alter the cat's genetics. That's rather fixed.
The_Thunder_Child t1_ismqv4k wrote
Reply to comment by Dwarf-Lord_Pangolin in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
You mean that place that had only just been discovered and was a frozen abyss and killed almost everyone who went there?
The_Thunder_Child t1_isgtozr wrote
Reply to comment by 54B3R_ in TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. by vect77
And instantly thinks he's infested with parasites.
The_Thunder_Child t1_jceti9c wrote
Reply to TIL that only Nintendo's founder knows what their name means. by johnmyster
Since he died in 1940 I doubt he knows much of anything.