dalenacio
dalenacio t1_j6724o6 wrote
Reply to comment by binger5 in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH
Man you must not get invited to very many parties.
dalenacio t1_j53c7ju wrote
Reply to comment by MultiStratz in Jury Awards Flo Rida $82 Million in Lawsuit Against Celsius by Clem_Doore
Well there was that one song that made every national radio about teaching a girl how to suck his dick. Sorry, I mean how to whistle.
dalenacio t1_j4kag0f wrote
Reply to TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns. by CapnFancyPants
ITT: people repeating incorrect pop-history.
Copernicus was a well-regarded astronomer in his time, a minor clergy member (a canon), published his book with Church permission and dedicated it to the Pope.
Galileo is a bit more complex: he was originally left to do whatever he bloody well liked with his theories, until he started trying to perform his own theology, which the Church wasn't cool with. The Pope interceded on his behalf, told him to just stick to the science, and in response Galileo wrote him into his book as "Simplicio", literally calling him a dumbass in public. Something he actually did for several other of his powerful political allies.
So basically, act like an arrogant dickwad with zero political common sense in the cutthroat world of 17th century Italian politics, and you might just get placed under house arrest for the rest of your life.
dalenacio t1_iu5gmos wrote
Reply to comment by red_dragon in Iran also barred from Nobel ceremony, after Russia, Belarus by 29PiecesOfSilver
Logic hasn't been know to apply to Russia for some time now.
dalenacio t1_itel5ww wrote
Reply to comment by Zealousideal_Role189 in TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity. by OneLastConquest
The only acceptable response is for David Mitchell to captain David Mitchell's team on Would I Lie To You, all the while nobody acknowledges that it's David Mitchell and not David Mitchell.
dalenacio t1_itekvwa wrote
Reply to comment by platitood in TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity. by OneLastConquest
Ah, the old Reddit Churcharoo!
dalenacio t1_jbg7l97 wrote
Reply to comment by DukeMaximum in TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. by DukeMaximum
Lack of options, when they not so long ago demolished an entire ghost town of empty buildings.
Things are funky in the Middle Empire.