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slow_work_day t1_ja87u6q wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
thats julia kopeckne not this lady.
slow_work_day t1_iu05s6r wrote
Reply to TIL that Hachiko, the dog famous for waiting for his owner for years after the owner's death, was stuffed and put into a museum by Yurekuu
i have a photo of myself at hachiko's statue in tokyo it's one of my faves.
slow_work_day t1_itzkq7d wrote
Reply to comment by amazingsandwiches in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
yeah if i had to pick a museum to really spend the day in i would pass on the nh one. i remember seeing balto and it was kinda depressing how he was just stuffed and hanging out. i guess that's how that stuff works though.
slow_work_day t1_isbisqs wrote
Reply to TIL the Madvillainy album by MF DOOM and Madlib was made with just a $13,000 budget and a contract that was written and signed on a paper plate. by GoodSamaritan_
money folder four tet remix is a masterpiece.
slow_work_day t1_irs33iz wrote
Reply to comment by Friggin_Grease in TIL of Joseph Trombino, a security guard who survived the 1981 Brink’s robbery in Nyack, NY. He continued working for the company for the next 20 years, was nearly killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and was ultimately killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. by schmo_hawk
>Eaton Center shooting
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>other way around but still spooky
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>Jessica Ghawi, an American tourist who had left the food court minutes prior to the shooting, was killed seven weeks later in a mass shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado.
slow_work_day t1_irre0kv wrote
Reply to comment by sjfraley1975 in TIL that one of the top convenience stores in Japan was founded in Ohio, and that there are now only 2 locations open in the United States by 0wnzl1f3
yeah the chip dip is the first thing i think of when i hear lawsons
slow_work_day t1_ja89xpk wrote
Reply to comment by DrunkenlySober in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
yeah no i know, i always read about all of them at the same time too, ladies be falling all over lol :0