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Imrustyokay t1_ixad76i wrote
Reply to TIL that in 2003, scientists "resurrected" an extinct species of Ibex, bringing back one living specimen, only for it go extinct again seven minutes later when the specimen died of a lung defect by mausoliam95
Dude just saw the world in 2003 and just went "nope".
Imrustyokay t1_iug7r4p wrote
Reply to comment by Bri-guy15 in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
Liquor laws are so weird
Imrustyokay t1_iu1zrmf wrote
Reply to TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
You know, I gotta read that book again, sometime.
Imrustyokay t1_iu1znse wrote
Reply to comment by ggill1313 in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
It's "Father I can't click the Book" but done right, actually, because it sounds like Bradbury was an old man who doesn't like these newfangled transistor radios and televisions, but in actuality, it's a book about how while new technology isn't inherently bad, it can be used to distract, censor, and shield the public from anything that the government doesn't want them to know about.
Imrustyokay t1_iy82dzf wrote
Reply to TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon
You chuckle, but this is gonna be the basis for that new phone Elon Musk keeps teasing.
So, you can laugh even harder.