Historic_Owl
Historic_Owl t1_itntynp wrote
He’s an interesting guy. I got to know him a bit shooting “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
Historic_Owl t1_iryu6xs wrote
Reply to comment by 1945BestYear in TIL of Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, who had his leg blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Waterloo. It was put in a shrine in the garden of the house where he was amputated, becoming a local tourist attraction. by 1945BestYear
Except Lord Uxbridge wasn’t talking about his career: "I have had a pretty long run. I have been a beau these forty-seven years, and it would not be fair to cut the young men out any longer."
Evidently Lord Uxbridge fucked.
Historic_Owl t1_iu8sef7 wrote
Reply to comment by jaytea86 in [OC] Total Number of Births Since 1850 by BLAZENIOSZ
How many people from 1850 are still around? This is more showing the area under a moving population curve over 172 year period. Some of the states came up late in population, some peaked early and declined, etc.