Tutorbin76
Tutorbin76 t1_jdzloag wrote
Reply to comment by Jemmerl in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
Yeah but the accordion thing is funnier
Tutorbin76 t1_jdt2drm wrote
Reply to TIL Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the single largest expansion of protected lands in history which more than doubled the size of the National Parks System by Guardax
Good move.
But isn't he a bit old and retired to be signing such things? Or was it more of a symbolic gesture?
Tutorbin76 t1_jdqexgr wrote
Reply to comment by Beheska in TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke. by MorsOmnibusCommunis
That's actually a fascinating/terrifying quirk of human physiology - unless there's CO2 present then so long as you're breathing you have no idea you're suffocating. You just start to feel a bit sleepy and uncoordinated, then doze off and never wake up.
Tutorbin76 t1_jdqbglo wrote
Reply to comment by Dr_Hexagon in TIL That the Hallway (as an architectural feature) was first recorded in 1597 by SalMinellaOnYouTube
Good catch. Care to correct the Wikipedia page?
Tutorbin76 t1_j9de2bp wrote
Reply to I want to see the Andromeda Galaxy with my naked eye. I can't, I have a method of finding it using Cassiopeia and a field to walk out on to get away from the lights. by vnevner
Well firstly you need to be in the northern hemisphere.
Here down under we get the large and small Magellanic clouds and they're impressive in their own right, but not quite on the same scale as Andromeda.
Tutorbin76 t1_j5mjedc wrote
Reply to comment by TheCrimsonSteel in Magnetic solution removes toxic "forever chemicals" from water in seconds by chrisdh79
Which, quite frankly, is where they all should have gone in the first place if they can't be reused or recycled.
Incredible that so much of this stuff just gets dumped into the ocean somehow.
Tutorbin76 t1_ixt5sh4 wrote
Reply to comment by sticklebat in Hubble Telescope Observes Surreal Galactic Collision | The merging galaxies, heavily distorted by gravity, have formed an unusual celestial ring. by chrisdh79
But surely it would seriously screw up our horoscopes.
"Gemini are morphing into a bus and Scorpio's tail is descending into Capricorns left foot. Bad luck will find you today"
Could you imagine the chaos?
/s
Tutorbin76 t1_ixh24w4 wrote
Reply to TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
Just as well Americans don't use that awful French metric system.
Viva la Avoirdupois!
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Tutorbin76 t1_ixacin9 wrote
Reply to LPT: To heat yourself during the winter, have a hot water bottle on your legs while sitting down doing your work, it will conduct through the rest of your body and will heat you almost the same as a heater would do at a small fraction of the cost. Energy prices are far too much, be safe this winter by LightConquersDark_
Truth.
That's also why heated seats are a godsend for winter drivers.
Tutorbin76 t1_iwkr9sx wrote
Reply to TIL In the 19th and 20th century, there were dozens of documented cases of people's teeth exploding in their mouths. Primitive metal fillings were suspected to be the cause. by haddock420
Hur hUr probAbly liThium iOn bAtterY fiLlingS.
Tutorbin76 t1_jdzmbn6 wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Recycled where, exactly? Because if they ship it to the Philippines those lying bastards just toss it into the ocean.