HPmoni
HPmoni t1_jadzel3 wrote
Reply to comment by izzy-springbolt in TIL of Zazous, French youths in World War Two who dressed in "big or garish clothing", listened to Jazz and got into conflict with fascists by OliverOdysseus
Yeah, they're not helping their liberalism by being thugs.
HPmoni t1_jadyykg wrote
Reply to comment by jfjacobc in TIL that the first woman to serve in the United States Senate was also the last member of Congress to be a slaveowner. by addemup9001
Yeah, everyone was pretty racist back then. A lot of Democrats supported slavery.
HPmoni t1_jadxx9t wrote
Reply to comment by LewisEFurr in TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers. by skylightyourlife
Christians, Catholics. America wasn't founded by atheists or scientologists.
HPmoni t1_jadxpuv wrote
Reply to comment by Darrone in TIL Thomas Jefferson regularly attended many different churches and declared "I am of a sect by myself" unlike many of the other devoted founding fathers. by skylightyourlife
Yeah, he was a dick.
There was no abortion back then. There were a lot of biracial people on the plantation. The hypocrisy and slavery were the worst things.
HPmoni t1_jadwj8t wrote
Was it Japan and full of used panties?
HPmoni t1_jadwdt8 wrote
Reply to TIL the legendary story about a janitor who came up with Flamin' Hot Cheetos was a lie. by Station_Emotional
This is a Romy and Michelle High School Reunion event
No one knows who invented it, so we go along with someone who says they invented it.
HPmoni t1_jadw4t2 wrote
Reply to comment by xiaxian1 in TIL the legendary story about a janitor who came up with Flamin' Hot Cheetos was a lie. by Station_Emotional
The movie will probably be cancelled.
HPmoni t1_jadw0vh wrote
Reply to comment by PacifistWarlord in TIL the legendary story about a janitor who came up with Flamin' Hot Cheetos was a lie. by Station_Emotional
He became an executive at the company. There were Mexican snacks that predate them.
HPmoni t1_ja90mx4 wrote
Reply to comment by Schellhammer in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
Marijuana is pretty bad.
But do drugs... Get hit by a truck. Makes sense.
HPmoni t1_ja90ch0 wrote
Reply to comment by Mountain_Sweet_5703 in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
Cancel him!
But the movie showed a racist growing as a person. We've lost that in our society.
HPmoni t1_ja8zyyp wrote
Reply to comment by The_Presitator in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
The violence in Jaws is now pretty corny.
HPmoni t1_ja8ykkx wrote
Reply to TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly. by ExpertPreference8481
Free beef tonight!
HPmoni t1_ja8x9jl wrote
Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Those ads were everywhere. They sold the lifestyle.
HPmoni t1_ja8x2kp wrote
Reply to comment by EddieRando21 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Heroin was legal until recently. Heroin sells itself, mister.
HPmoni t1_ja8ve4x wrote
Reply to comment by fib16 in TIL of David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and NBC who suppressed and then stole FM radio and Television from their inventors, driving one to suicide and the other to alcoholism. by Dega704
Pretty sure they had an iffy case. There was MySpace.
HPmoni t1_ja8tjls wrote
Reply to comment by kimthealan101 in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
A lot of people supported eugenics, including black intellectuals.
HPmoni t1_j9zz6yx wrote
Thanks, Obama...er, Biden!
HPmoni t1_j9uo6bh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about Janet Parker, the last person to die of smallpox in 1978. She worked above one of the last labs in its last months of permission to study the virus. The day Janet's viral strain was confirmed, Henry Bedson, the doctor in charge of the lab, took his own life. by w0mpum
Your hiking but he did the honorable thing. Kind of went overboard.
HPmoni t1_j9q1fw4 wrote
Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
It was a political party. Things changed.
HPmoni t1_j9pzlw4 wrote
HPmoni t1_j9pyr15 wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle
People refused to look at Obama's birth certificate in 2008.
People have their ideas about something and they refuse to change them.
HPmoni t1_j9py29p wrote
Reply to comment by Kurotan in TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
Same with lynchings.
People like to commentate being at historical events.
HPmoni t1_j9px1vz wrote
HPmoni t1_j9g593o wrote
Reply to TIL that at its peak, AOL / America Online was responsible for 50% of CDs manufactured worldwide by eskihomer
CDs were shiny discs with information on them.
HPmoni t1_jae3hv5 wrote
Reply to Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate by CactusBoyScout
Several females have won best director in the Oscars 90 year history.
If women don't get 51% of the trophies, they will complain.
Award shows aren't about equality. That's the point!