Salesman89

Salesman89 t1_ixu0u17 wrote

Reply to comment by Uranus_Hz in TIL In The 1930s, Baseball rivaled Soccer In England, attracting 10,000 spectators per game. In 1938, at the inaugural Baseball World Cup, Great Britain defeated the USA 4 games to 1. The outbreak of WWII interrupted the sports ascendancy, and it never recovered its prewar popularity. by contextual_somebody

Baseball is honestly one of our purest exports... Almost all of our allies are or have at least tried it. Look at Japan and Australia, Germany is picking it up.

And then there's Cuba.... if only the Yankees had signed Fidel...

Edit: Went and googled. That Castro story is a myth. Still, Cuba's love of the game has had an interesting impact on U.S.-Cuban relations...

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Salesman89 t1_iutg4zk wrote

Reply to comment by Diligent_Nature in 30 minutes of car preheating in sub-zero conditions produces as much particulate emissions as driving 97km in a gasoline car, or 20km in a diesel car “These findings do not suggest to stop preheating cars; instead, we could reduce the emissions by using similar methods that are in place for engine” by giuliomagnifico

But, we say "subfreezing." Your meteorologist likes to say sub zero in the US because he's a cool MK character. There's really no other reason.

I don't care what your car has inside it. 2/3rds of the rock it rolls on is water. Problems will arrise if you drop below the freezing point of water, for your car, your home, your health...

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