electronp t1_je4l11m wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:31 AM

Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

They probably did.

electronp t1_je31kal wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:17 AM

Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

Ok, thanks.

You are correct about Appert (bottled food). The Wright brothers did not invent the airplane.

electronp t1_je2oq3k wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Reply to comment by Derekd88 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

pastrami

electronp t1_je2ol0v wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:40 PM

Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

Canned food was not developed for the military, nor was the airplane, nor was the microwave oven (though the magnetron tube was invented for military radar).

electronp t1_j9ofd8e wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:55 PM

Reply to comment by BillTowne in TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava

Seneca

electronp t1_j9ofbd7 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:54 PM

Reply to TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. by jeremyjava

Cicero, actually.

electronp t1_j7npxki wrote on February 8, 2023 at 2:50 AM

Reply to comment by vanelle01 in TIL that physically acting out your dreams (loss of REM sleep paralysis) is >80% accurate at predicting future brain maladies including Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia, and ALS by SimilarLee

That's good. Terror is no picnic.

electronp t1_j7iq26o wrote on February 7, 2023 at 2:03 AM

Reply to comment by vanelle01 in TIL that physically acting out your dreams (loss of REM sleep paralysis) is >80% accurate at predicting future brain maladies including Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia, and ALS by SimilarLee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis