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enfiel t1_jeb92vw wrote
Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz
Oh yeah? Then why have I heard so many WWI stories where doctors recommended injured people to get more sunlight?
enfiel t1_jduwxlv wrote
Reply to comment by L_Cranston_Shadow in TIL about the Straw Hat Riot of 1922 in NYC due to taunting people who had failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began by LocalChamp
With their straw hats.
enfiel t1_jaew7t2 wrote
Reply to comment by UtetopiaSS in TIL Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII, landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy. When a lieutenant found out he was a comics artist, he made Kirby a scout who would advance into towns and draw reconnaissance maps and pictures, an extremely dangerous duty. by geekteam6
Especially when they had complete air control and could get up a reconaissance plane pretty much whenever they wanted.
enfiel t1_j9yed40 wrote
Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
And every year they sacrifice a policeman for a good harvest.
enfiel t1_j8rmipw wrote
Reply to Why didn't Japan excise Chinese characters from the Japanese language, when Japan hated China so much? by 3cana
You can't be a reactionary dictatorship that goes on and on about tradition and then get rid of something as basic as your writing system. Might as well ban the national dress, music or other important cultural things.
enfiel t1_j7oviml wrote
Reply to Best condensed history works? by SintagmaNominalMan
For the Roman Empire I recommend Chris Scarre's Chronicle of the Roman emperors.
enfiel t1_j64g2oh wrote
Reply to comment by dai_rip in The Forgotten History of Gay Entrapment: Routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate LGBTQ people by PhillipCrawfordJr
No, I'm just saying you can't compare that to nazi treatment.
enfiel t1_j60khtp wrote
Reply to comment by dai_rip in The Forgotten History of Gay Entrapment: Routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate LGBTQ people by PhillipCrawfordJr
The Brits sent him to a concentration camp?
enfiel t1_ixs84lu wrote
Reply to comment by teh_dumbest_man in Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin? by ItaloSvevo111
God I hate it when they call every genocide holocaust.
enfiel t1_iwgzlmx wrote
Reply to comment by ValdisPunk in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
Good old rarely talked about occidental tradition of human sacrifice to keep walls stable.
enfiel t1_ivkuoi4 wrote
Reply to comment by F1ackM0nk3y in When it comes to Cuba's military victory at the Bay of Pigs, does Che Guevara deserve any credit or should it be assigned exclusively to Castro's leadership? by Anglicanpolitics123
I just imagined Castro getting angry they were messing with his fishing pond :D
enfiel t1_itx6eoe wrote
Port cities would often use giant chains to close their harbors.
enfiel t1_jee1bls wrote
Reply to comment by ImJustStandingHere in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz
Or what's more likely is Coco lied to make herself look better like all those fashion poseurs do.