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vonvoltage t1_jaz5hi2 wrote
Reply to Burnt Ranch Gorge and New River Gorge: Trinity River, CA. [OC], [4982 x 6228] by Mean-Channel-5954
Where in Canada is Trinity River?
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Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
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Is he related to Daniel Day Lewis?
vonvoltage t1_jabo4kf wrote
Reply to comment by jpiro in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
Alzheimers mostly leaves old memories in tact.
vonvoltage t1_ja9xlfo wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
Nanga Parbat is one of the mountains you should absolutely only attempt if you're a serious mountain climber. It's so much more difficult than everest.
People often say Everest is for the tourists, K2 is for the climbers, but that could also be applied to Nanga Parbat and some of the other 8 thousanders.
vonvoltage t1_j9wmyhc wrote
Reply to The Last Of Us stunt horse by bill_loney538
They named it after a bulk carrier (one of the largest ships in the world at the time) that sank off the coast of Japan in a typhoon. It was carrying almost 100 thousand tons of iron ore from the mine I worked at for 10 years.
Or maybe just a place in England.
Don't mind me.
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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
I would suggest to anyone who's interested to check out the Cape Shore on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada.
Similar idea but it's changing now. When I went there for summer holidays in the 80s and 90s the dialect sounded so old fashioned Irish. They even have had historians out there who say how similar the accent is to the areas around Wexford and Waterford Ireland from long ago.
vonvoltage t1_j947678 wrote
Jays are corvids so they are pretty damn intelligent. And watching them fly through the thick alders behind my house is like watching fighter jets from 200 years in the future, its insane how they can maneuver in and out of small spaces at such high speed.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
I don't. But I played a little growing up in Canada. The thing is these sports are massive all over the world. Like mammoth massive. Our little North American niche sports are tiny in comparison. Like a soccer pitch next to Mars.
vonvoltage t1_j7mr74q wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
No problem friend. Was just making a joke with you anyway, so thanks for being a good sport.
Cricket and rugby are also generally played on what's called a pitch. All 3 are huge international sports even if less so in North America. Although rugby is pretty popular here.
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Reply to comment by ThisSubHasNoMods in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
Ah thanks, that's nice of you. No just had a life in the world and know about a few things, even those outside of my own interests.
vonvoltage t1_j7morak wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika
I think most people who haven't been in a basement playing video games chained to a radiator their whole lives would know what a soccer pitch is.
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Reply to Vitamin D supplements linked to reduced risk of suicide, study of veterans finds by thebelsnickle1991
They've been telling us in the north that suicide rates are higher when our days are really short in winter. I can see there being truth to what's being said in this post.
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Reply to comment by thesaltwatersolution in Amy Winehouse winning her first Grammy in 2008 by Rainsdrop
I didn't start to feel really normal until about a month without alcohol and two months before I felt like my endorphins and gaba receptors among all the other things in my brain were getting used to it.
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Reply to comment by Laumser in TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra
You've got about 5-10 minutes max in the north Atlantic until you're too numb to move.
Source: This is where I grew up and we were told this constantly by rescue workers coming to our schools and making announcements on the evening news etc...
There wasn't going to be any swarming going on.
vonvoltage t1_j11kvja wrote
I've been to one in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A long time ago, but I guess its still there.
vonvoltage t1_izbro6r wrote
The Queen of the Skies.
One the neatest things about the 747 is how fast it is because it has it's wings swept back so much.
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Reply to Guy gets mattress into garbage truck only using the claw. This guy's enthusiasm is off the charts by chaseoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftsg--DQCzs
This guy's alright as well. The Dirt Ninja.
vonvoltage t1_iz56mu7 wrote
Reply to TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
I find it wild that people don't know this.
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Reply to LPT: To heat yourself during the winter, have a hot water bottle on your legs while sitting down doing your work, it will conduct through the rest of your body and will heat you almost the same as a heater would do at a small fraction of the cost. Energy prices are far too much, be safe this winter by LightConquersDark_
My parents who were the age of most grandparents when I was growing up, grew up in small fishing towns in Newfoundland many many moons ago. They told me how you would heat up a brick (yes the fire safe kind) wrap it up and lay it in the end of the bed when you were sleeping. It would keep the bed warm during the night even if the fire in the stove happened to burn out during the night.
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Reply to Today I learned that dandelion roots can be used to make a coffee-like beverage. by ty775pearl
I've always heard it called tea, same idea I guess.
Dandelions are very high in chlorophyll if you eat them but they don't taste great.
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Reply to This supermarket in Hong Kong has a mini Ikea in the back by BaguetteOfDoom
There's always another shop in the back in Hong Kong.