ZhouDa t1_iu8vygo wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:50 PM

Reply to comment by Soyoulikedonutseh in TIL that antimatter is made with antiprotons, which are the opposite of protons, with a negative charge, antineutrons with a neutral charge and positrons, which are the opposite of electrons, with a positive charge. by Doomguy2021

No, it's very real and they can even make small amounts of antimatter and store it if they contain it in a magnetic field since contact with matter turns it all into energy. Whenever they hit a couple particles with a super-collider some of it will be antimatter. The only mystery is why the universe turned out to be made of matter which suggests matter might be more stable or created more often somehow.

Edit: Also a theory means something different to scientists and the way people use it in everyday speech would really mean a hypothesis.

ZhouDa t1_itu0l61 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:57 AM

Reply to comment by scurvydog-uldum in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

Well that seems unnecessarily brutal. Even the Mongol Horde left the trees.

ZhouDa t1_itr1sz1 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM

Reply to comment by Dylhole09 in TIL The fiddle part in "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is taken from a Vassar Clements song called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by purplechinacat

So you are saying it was not the greatest playing in the world but only a tribute?

ZhouDa t1_isrz4od wrote on October 18, 2022 at 7:28 AM

Reply to TIL after another band backed out, Malcolm McLaren suggested Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees play the 100 Club Punk Special. At the time, the band consisted only of Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin, so they had to borrow two musicians, one of which was Sid Vicious (who played drums). by man_itsahot_one

Severin', severin' or speak so slightly

Severin' down on your bended knee

Taste the whip, in love not given lightly

Severin' taste the whip

Severin' taste the whip, now plead for me

ZhouDa t1_irs8jhc wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Reply to comment by PM_ME_A_PLANE_TICKET in TIL according to the Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages by Sistermateriial

Not sure, but I doubt their basis for classifying them as languages is different than anywhere else in the world. For example Spanish and Portuguese I hear has a good degree of intelligibility yet are classified as separate languages, same with Russian and Ukrainian.