drygnfyre

drygnfyre t1_j2fwi2u wrote

Reply to comment by Apprehensive_Pea7911 in TIL When Picasso died, his estate contained 1,885 paintings, 1,228 sculptures, 7,089 drawings, as well as tens of thousands of prints, thousands of ceramic works and 150 sketchbooks. His youngest daughter, Paloma Picasso, is the richest heir, with $600 million by Ok_Copy5217

Given a good chunk of the world's population was still alive alongside Picasso, I don't really consider this "a long time ago," at least not in the sense I was thinking of. I think a lot of this came from taking art classes in school, we'd read about him alongside Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Raphael, so this probably made me think of him as one of the ancient greats.

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drygnfyre t1_j2d8tqy wrote

Reply to TIL When Picasso died, his estate contained 1,885 paintings, 1,228 sculptures, 7,089 drawings, as well as tens of thousands of prints, thousands of ceramic works and 150 sketchbooks. His youngest daughter, Paloma Picasso, is the richest heir, with $600 million by Ok_Copy5217

I always forget Picasso died in the 1970s. I don't know why, but I always think of him the same way I think of Raphael or Michaelangelo, some artist who lived centuries ago. I wasn't alive when he was, but my parents were.

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drygnfyre t1_j23pdr1 wrote

Reply to TIL Snow is an excellent insulator because it consists of about 90–95 percent trapped air (fresh). This is the reason why igloos are warmer inside than outside, and why some animals in colder regions build snow caves to spend the winter while hibernating. by SunCloud-777

You can sweat inside very well built igloos. I've read the insides can reach temperatures of up to 90 F, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but yet I can still sort of believe it.

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drygnfyre t1_itfmbot wrote

Reply to comment by RememberedOldBuddy in TIL in 1989 Youppi!, Montreal Expos Mascot, became the first, and only, mascot to ever be thrown out of a Major League game. by [deleted]

There has actually been talking of moving the Rays to Montreal for half the season. It won't actually happen because it's a logistical nightmare, but it demonstrates that Montreal is still a viable market and a new team using the Expos name could return.

I believe MLB owns the "Expos" trademark, even though all previous history is with the Nationals. Odds are what would happen is an expansion franchise using the old name but not the history.

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drygnfyre t1_ismxj9d wrote

Reply to TIL in 1976 , LA Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager was impailed in the throat by San Diego Padre's Bill Russell's broken bat, resulting the the MLB issuing a throat guard rule for catchers. by superfly355

A lot of safety equipment wasn't mandated in sports leagues until it was too late. Batting helmets were actually one of the last bits of required equipment in the majors. I believe as recently as the 60s, there were still some players who didn't wear them because they were grandfathered in.

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drygnfyre t1_ismflc3 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

They might have been common in Australia, but the ice itself had to come from somewhere. That's what the article is about. It's not saying refrigeration in other forms did not exist before 1851.

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