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VirtualMoneyLover t1_ja3bcig wrote
Reply to TIL in 1975 King Charles III (then a Prince) was the British monarchy's first qualified scuba Diver and first to dive under the Arctic ice. by mitchanium
He was also the first wanting to be a tampon.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_j21llpn wrote
Reply to comment by BruceRee33 in Polar bears dying at a rapid rate near Canada's "Polar Bear Capital" as Arctic sea ice disappears by decorama
Tell him to buy beachfront property in NC.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_j1j05wb wrote
Reply to comment by boxer_dogs_dance in What unusual combination of genre and setting would you like to see more of in books? by T_Lawliet
Found a list here:
http://www.stevensaylor.com/StevensBookshopMys.html
For example: THE BLOOD OF CAESAR by Albert A. Bell, Jr. Pliny the Younger (as sleuth) and the historian Tacitus (as his Watson) encounter murder in the emperor Domitian’s palace.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_j1ixhn0 wrote
Reply to What unusual combination of genre and setting would you like to see more of in books? by T_Lawliet
Murder mysteries before 1700s. Yes The name of the rose is one. But even earlier like Roman times.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_j0wr24r wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in FTX founder Bankman-Fried sent back to Bahamas jail in day of courtroom chaos -CNBC by wander9077
Why not both? Smart AND good looking ones.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_ixypj1m wrote
Reply to comment by No_Pen9448 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
Look at it as insurance money, in case the big actor can't make it.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_itkmwv8 wrote
Reply to comment by foxdna in The way people speak in The Count of Monte Cristo. Can someone explain? by foxdna
Some of those novels were published in newspapers as a series. Writers got paid by lines, not by the book. So they fluffed up the dialogues.
VirtualMoneyLover t1_jea66ee wrote
Reply to comment by TheMadShatterP00P in Panera to adopt palm-reading payment systems, sparking privacy fears | Biometrics by ethereal3xp
Yummee hospital food. Irrelevant to the discussion.