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_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jd49xu4 wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
I don’t know how to keep telling you that it is.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jd23igg wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
You clearly don’t know what “appointed for life” means.
Life appointees can still retire or be deposed. It's not a prison sentence.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jd01iqy wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
So? There’s no term limit and they can’t get voted out.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jcw7deg wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
It is for life.
One has retired in the last 600 years, but he was still appointed for life.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jctp2yp wrote
Reply to TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
This is to be expected. The position is elected and for life. It will naturally accumulate time when there is no current holder.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jctowxv wrote
Reply to comment by all_the_gravy in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
How did the author know if it was scrubbed from history?
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jc69psz wrote
Reply to comment by GlorkyClark in Athletics great Dick Fosbury dies aged 76 by d0mth0ma5
I clearly thought this all happened much earlier than it did.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jc63bm1 wrote
Reply to comment by BullSitting in Athletics great Dick Fosbury dies aged 76 by d0mth0ma5
No no, sixty one quarter inches.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jc63941 wrote
Reply to comment by allanwritesao in Athletics great Dick Fosbury dies aged 76 by d0mth0ma5
I assumed he'd been dead for ~80 years.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jaa9v90 wrote
Reply to comment by Ah_Salmon_Skin_Roll in Stephen Fry to Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for ITV in U.K. by TheCrazedGeek
Nope.
The whole “write the answer as a question” thing seems entirely pointless and non-sensible. The host isn’t giving the answers to questions, they’re giving clues to answers. Nobody starts an answer to “Who is X?” with “This actor…”
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_ja79622 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How is radioactive dating used to determine historical greenhouse gas levels and temperatures? by pog_irl
This is not true. Radiocarbon dating works on anything that exchanges carbon with the atmosphere, which includes air bubbles trapped in ice cores. You can approximate the year when the exchange stopped.
Other kinds of radioactive dating work on different materials, often rock.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_j615iod wrote
Reply to comment by Mitthrawnuruo in HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct
AR doesn’t cause motion sickness. There’s no way it could.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_j4vaik9 wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] The alien diplomats from The Federation are confused why no one was expecting them. "We gave all our details, historical events and a brief explanation of our technology to a Mr. Gene Roddenberry. Did he not tell anyone?" by halosos
Lots of people seem to have been watching Galaxy Quest recently.
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Reply to comment by towcar in TIL The largest diamond ever found was the Cullinan Diamond, which was discovered in South Africa in 1905. It weighed 3,106.75 carats (over 1.2 pounds) and was cut into nine separate stones, including the Great Star of Africa, which is the largest clear-cut diamond in the world at 530.2 carats. by mic3ttaa
So they look nice and can be used for things.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The darkest color in the world doesn't have a name, it has the ability to absorb 99.995% of light and has been used to cover a diamond worth 2 million dollars for an "artistic project" by mic3ttaa
Not according to this article.
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Reply to comment by majorpickle01 in has the speed of light always been constant? by 2bornnot2b
There’s nothing we’ve found that says it has to have the value that it does, or that it can’t change at all, so it’s not completely out there to investigate the maths of if it did change over time and whether that predicts anything measurable.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_j25hcgu wrote
Reply to comment by MasterFubar in Did you know, there are no canaries in the Canary Islands? by MaygarRodub
You would be correct.
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Reply to comment by arbivark in TIL that there is a brand of potato chips developed for prison commissaries that was so popular on the inside that it became available to the mass market. by a_side_of_toast
Thanks Beef Baby.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_j1w1kot wrote
Reply to comment by mmmmmmBacon12345 in ELI5: How is that Pantone colors don't have direct RGB counterparts? by ExternalUserError
Desktop printers and cheap bulk presses are CMYK, but a lot of industrial printing is spot-colour. If you’re printing advertising materials or signage or something, you load it with the exact colour inks you want in each area.
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Reply to comment by Chickentrap in TIL about Saturnalia - a Roman Holiday held between 17 - 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere. by TurboBennett
Augustus wasn't called Augustus until after Julius Caesar was dead.
The Roman calendar had twelve months for the entire Republican period. According to legend, Romulus invented a 10-month one that was used for a bit, but he may have never existed in the first place. It was probably an early Roman King who replaced it.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Dice from monopoly that doesn’t have markings by ChemicalFrosty7700
That just makes the game take forever.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_j1nrdip wrote
Reply to TIL about Saturnalia - a Roman Holiday held between 17 - 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere. by TurboBennett
It wasn’t a fixed period. Saturnalia was the inter-calendar period, and the priests were supposed to measure the solstice and work out when to start the next year so the farming seasons lined up properly.
Because of a general failure to do this properly, for a number of reasons, Julius Caesar reformed it with a 365-day year and leap year every four.
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Reply to comment by Uptons_BJs in I just read Animal Farm and I loved it. But I got some questions. by Prize_Effort_4478
Those specific events are taught in schools (often with this book), whereas the subject of most topical jokes are not.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_izzgo9w wrote
Looks like one of the SCP-093 creatures.
_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jdntflx wrote
Reply to comment by Bonaduce80 in TIL: Lake Poopo completely dried up after the water level in Lake Titicaca could no longer support feeding into Poopo by Dotst
It sound like “boob” and “shit” in English too.