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Captain__Spiff t1_iumbyi4 wrote
Captain__Spiff t1_iuhbwzh wrote
Reply to comment by LOL_Murica in "Two-Finger Test To Confirm Rape Patriarchal, Sexist": Indian Supreme Court by dynamicEntr0py
"When she drowns she's not a witch"
Captain__Spiff t1_iude9g4 wrote
Reply to comment by Hypertension123456 in TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05
Were originally meant as such, by Scotus himself, not in general
Captain__Spiff t1_iude1ga wrote
Reply to comment by greenvillain in TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05
Thanks for pointing that out
Captain__Spiff t1_iuc7pbu wrote
Reply to TIL that by solving Captchas we are helping to train machine learning models. by MisterMovie50
Soon the machines will make the captchas themselves, asking for our opinion on cgi imagination
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Reply to comment by jb122894 in TIL the guy who says "Here we go" and "Metronome" in the AJR song "Bang!" is Charlie Pellett, the official voice of the New York City subway who can be heard saying "stand clear of the closing doors" at every stop. by RockTheGlobe
I'm not familiar with either of those, now I learned a little.
Captain__Spiff t1_iu84vm1 wrote
Reply to comment by scurvydog-uldum in TIL that antimatter is made with antiprotons, which are the opposite of protons, with a negative charge, antineutrons with a neutral charge and positrons, which are the opposite of electrons, with a positive charge. by Doomguy2021
State-of-the-art anti-gravity generators utilize magic
Captain__Spiff t1_iu6h7fu wrote
Reply to TIL the guy who says "Here we go" and "Metronome" in the AJR song "Bang!" is Charlie Pellett, the official voice of the New York City subway who can be heard saying "stand clear of the closing doors" at every stop. by RockTheGlobe
"We like your earlier work. The way you said 'go' or 'metro'."
Captain__Spiff t1_iu2yvns wrote
Reply to Vladimir Putin calls PM Modi ‘true patriot’, lauds India’s foreign policy by PlusCardiologist1799
My mom is a true patriot. I say so because she's my mom. My uncle is also a true patriot, and my grandma is a true patriot, and my dad hates me, and my sister is a true patriot, and my neighbor is a true patriot.
Captain__Spiff t1_itug39l wrote
Reply to TIL The Ancient Romans had a goddess for fever whom they worshipped for protection against malaria by EternalFighterGirl
The goddess Febris belongs to the apotropaic (turning away) deities (Lat. Dii averrunci) wich is interesting when you look at the picture. Her legs and her torso are twisted relative to each other. Is there a relation?
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Reply to comment by IBeTrippin in TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat
Omg you're right
Captain__Spiff t1_isqheem wrote
Reply to comment by zeddsded 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
Wheeze, wheeze, wheeze (oh and you're breathing manually now)
Captain__Spiff t1_is10ymu wrote
Reply to comment by that_other_goat in Antibiotic found in potato disease thwarts fungal infections by Sariel007
I didn't even read this as sarcasm.
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Reply to comment by dj_spanmaster in TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married. by AsianInvasian93
Aristocrat in the early 19th century
Captain__Spiff t1_iquzxw4 wrote
Reply to TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married. by AsianInvasian93
>Sophie married her maternal first cousin, the future Prince of Orange (later King William III), in Stuttgart on 18 June 1839 with the idea that she would in the end succeed in dominating him.[citation needed]
>The marriage was arranged. Her father, while being a liberal progressive in other aspects, still favored dynastic marriages and wished for his daughters to marry monarchs. Prior to her marriage, King Otto of Greece and Duke William of Brunswick were possible suitors for Princess Sophie. The engagement with the first came to nothing because Princess Sophie's ambitious father had no confidence in the newly established Greek monarchy of Otto. Chance prevented a proposal by the second candidate because her father let it be known that Princess Sophie was already betrothed. Sophie herself had preferred to marry William of Brunswick, and she stated herself that her marriage to William of The Netherlands was a sacrifice she made to her father.[2]
>After the wedding, Sophie and William settled in the Paleis aan het Plein in The Hague. Sophie came to have a good relationship to her father-in-law as well as to her uncle-in-law Prince Frederick of the Netherlands.[2] King William's mother, whom he completely relied on, was totally against the marriage to a daughter of the sister she loathed and treated her daughter-in-law and niece with disdain. She and her mother-in-law Anna were never to be on good terms: Anna was also her maternal aunt, but she had never been on good terms with her sister, Sophie's mother, and she had opposed the marriage between Sophie and her son.[2]
>The marriage between Sophie and William was arranged and never a happy one. Their relationship was not improved by the birth of their children, whose upbringing was a constant cause for conflict between their parents.[2] William was constantly unfaithful.[2] Sophie did not wish to live with him and devoted herself on cultivating her own intellectual interests and the private study of various subjects.[2] A divorce was contemplated early on, but was continually postponed because it was not seen as suitable for a king and queen.
Captain__Spiff t1_ix2kmw3 wrote
Reply to comment by Cinemaphreak in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
I'm German, we have a number of raccoons in the wild and also some in zoos. I've never seen any outside myself (except for maybe, maybe a single overran specimen but my sis is stupid).
The poor fella in that zoo has orientation problems, some sort of damage to the his inner ear. He's better off in the zoo anyway and people love him.