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atlantis_airlines t1_je1p0zu wrote
Reply to comment by OsteP0P in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
I need to watch that. I hear it's good.
atlantis_airlines t1_jdtqqpe wrote
Reply to Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
For no reason in whatsoever I just assumed tartans to be much older.
atlantis_airlines t1_jdt95zg wrote
Reply to comment by SeaworthinessEast999 in An 'extremely dangerous tornado' strikes Georgia as 20 million Southerners are at risk of treacherous weather Sunday by xdeltax97
Torgaydoe rating is determined by gays per capita of the affected area.
atlantis_airlines t1_ja3lwjb wrote
Reply to TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
Growing up I always was envious of the kids who's parents packed them lunches containing capri sun, nutella and all the other processed sugar crap kids crave. Looking back it, it is shocking what people pass as food and I am so thankful my parents raised me on a better diet. The generation of children who had candy marketed to them as "part of a well balanced breakfast" has an obesity problem. You can tell just from the phrase alone that they were working out how to avoid culpability.
atlantis_airlines t1_j95wnsi wrote
Reply to comment by mces97 in Judge rules family of Kroger employee who took his own life can proceed with lawsuit by lovingverbosity
As soon as he claimed it to be a hoax to discredit him, he sealed the fates of millions as his followers looked to politicians for advice on pathology over pathologists.
atlantis_airlines t1_j65gjwf wrote
Reply to comment by RandoCalrissian11 in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
What's stopping us is half of our materials are not in metric.
atlantis_airlines t1_j65at1b wrote
Reply to comment by RandoCalrissian11 in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
Actually it does have value in changing. Even in my job alone we'd actually save a considerable amount of time and money using metric.
atlantis_airlines t1_j61w8sz wrote
Reply to comment by RandoCalrissian11 in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
I'd be the last person to change to metric, but I'd be lying if I said there is no reason switch. I work for a company in the USA that has gets a lot of materials from Canada and Europe. It'd also save me a few seconds every time I did some arithmetic and depending on my station, that might be a lot.
I agree there's no need to change. But there's also no need to remain. Personal inconvenience aside, i'm more in favor or changing that remaining.
atlantis_airlines t1_j2zypr1 wrote
Reply to comment by l32uigs in A family finds swastikas in the lawn as antisemitism surges by Shaul_Ishtov
Neither.
Kanye west is the canary in a coal mine. He isn't the cause of the problem, just an indicator that there is one. And Israel was created as a safe heaven for Jews after the most intense period of antisemitism the world had seen to date. Antisemitism already existed well before either.
It's something that comes and goes and is self propagating. Antisemitism exists because people fall for rumors about groups they distrust, and they distrust these groups because there are rumors about them. Read a pamphlet about the dangers of Jews issued by the Nazis and it's the same claims and rhetoric from the medieval period. and the same stuff that's being thrown around today. No matter the era, there are people who will just hate jews and they all quote from the same stupid book.
atlantis_airlines t1_j2zwuiu wrote
Reply to comment by Factsaretheonlytruth in A family finds swastikas in the lawn as antisemitism surges by Shaul_Ishtov
What is particularly telling is that arguably the safest place for Jews in the early 20th century was Germany. At that time Jews held many respectable positions with some becoming household names not just at home but abroad. This didn't mean antisemitism didn't exist, but Germany was far more accepting of Jews than other countries were....until they weren't.
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Reply to comment by Flaxmoore in TIL Henry Gray published the first edition of 'Gray's Anatomy', which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures at the age of 31 years. At the age of 26, he obtained the Astley Cooper prize of three hundred guineas for a dissertation "On the structure and Use of Spleen." by whoiskamalsingh
It's an accurate description and I get the idea but it really does demonstrate how a "picture is worth a thousand words"
atlantis_airlines t1_iu003ps wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Abe_Froman in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
I did some work in such an area and holy crap do things get weird once it drops below -40°C.
atlantis_airlines t1_itzfd4z wrote
Reply to comment by cranfeckintastic in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
That's pretty cool! I like old cemeteries.
atlantis_airlines t1_ity65xr wrote
Reply to comment by triggerhappymidget in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
I think that was it, sounds familiar.
atlantis_airlines t1_ity5eel wrote
Reply to comment by K-Zoro in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
It's one of those things that stuck with me. That and all the little headstones in old cemeteries. It's kinda weird thinking just how normal for kids to die. I knew very few people who've lost a child but back then and in some parts of the word, it's not uncommon to loose up to half them.
Really makes me appreciate living when and where I do.
atlantis_airlines t1_ity51u7 wrote
Reply to comment by Perpetually_isolated in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
It wasn't a vaccine as the kids were already sick but I can't remember from what.
atlantis_airlines t1_ity3ozv wrote
Reply to comment by thesagaconts in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219
I saw that movie when it came out but the only thing I can remember is that bit where the carpenter is making all those child sized coffins.
atlantis_airlines t1_itckczr wrote
Reply to In a study of rats, researchers discovered that, a diet of high sugar does lower the ability of the taste system to sense sweetness, a 50% reduction in the nerve’s responsiveness to the sweet sucrose (table sugar) solution by giuliomagnifico
I just stopped eating sweets for a while. Not for any particular reason but when I tried something I used to like, blaugh! It was disgustingly sweet and felt like my teeth were melting.
atlantis_airlines t1_irur64d wrote
Reply to comment by Totimon in Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research by Additional-Two-7312
Yah, agricultures does a LOT of damage.
atlantis_airlines t1_iru1kfn wrote
Reply to Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research by Additional-Two-7312
Might a lack of biodiversity amongst plants be a factor?
atlantis_airlines t1_jebvkdu wrote
Reply to comment by Jihadi_Penguin in Gods, tombs and Nazis: the Third Reich’s bad relationship with Egyptology by MeatballDom
Animal rights as well as wilderness preservation
Of course being Nazis, they even made botany racist, twisting it so that it aligned and reflect with their concept of superiority.