jamescookenotthatone

jamescookenotthatone t1_j6d8m7w wrote on January 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Reply to TIL the first traffic signal, erected in London in 1868, was powered by gas. A gas leak caused it to explode a month later. by itsjonzo

I think the explosion counts as red.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_j59o3dm wrote on January 21, 2023 at 11:53 AM

Reply to TIL At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, an angry mob burned down an arena and rioted following the last minute cancelation of a bullfight. Manuel Cervera Prieto was later murdered over lack of payment by fellow bullfighter Carleton Bass. by jamescookenotthatone

>Carleton Bass, born 1876 in Ireland, was a notorious bullfighter who billed himself in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the "first North American bullfighter."[1] In reality, he was an Irish immigrant who never became an American citizen, and his anemic bullfighting skill led to him being booed from bullfighting rings in Mexico.[2]

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

jamescookenotthatone t1_j0p3vyr wrote on December 18, 2022 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by r1ch999999 in TIL That in 1774 James Cook charted Sandy Island off the coast of New Caledonia. Despite its' inclusion in official maps and charts for over two centuries in 2012 an Australian survey vessel proved the island had never actually existed and may have been a 'pumice raft' floating in the area. by GentPc

Yeah but Cook was an explorer, he wasn't looking to make map money on the backend.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iz4ebto wrote on December 6, 2022 at 11:47 AM

Reply to TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film's director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as "putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage" by jamescookenotthatone

>"What we tend to forget today is that in the 1940s a large percentage of the population could not believe that the Nazi death camps were real," said Bret Wood.[11]: 100:50 Welles had seen the footage in early May 1945[11]: 102:03 in San Francisco,[16]: 56 as a correspondent and discussion moderator at the United Nations Conference on International Organization.[8]: 304 [17] Welles wrote of the Holocaust footage in his syndicated column for the New York Post (May 7, 1945).[16]: 56–57

>>No, you must not miss the newsreels. They make a point this week no man can miss: The war has strewn the world with corpses, none of them very nice to look at. The thought of death is never pretty but the newsreels testify to the fact of quite another sort of death, quite another level of decay. This is a putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage. For some years now we have been calling it Fascism. The stench is unendurable.[16]: 56–57 [18]

Also the film is in the public domain so of you want to watch it here you go, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQszOyQTxi4 or https://archive.org/details/TheStranger720p

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iy7to4z wrote on November 29, 2022 at 11:48 AM

Reply to TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone

>After having collected enough poems for a book, Service "sent the poems to his father, who had emigrated to Toronto, and asked him to find a printing house so they could make it into a booklet. He enclosed a cheque to cover the costs and intended to give these booklets away to his friends in Whitehorse" for Christmas. His father took the manuscript to William Briggs in Toronto, whose employees loved the book. "The foreman and printers recited the ballads while they worked. A salesman read the proofs out loud as they came off the typesetting machines."[10] An "enterprising salesman sold 1700 copies in advance orders from galley proofs."[11] The publisher "sent Robert's cheque back to him and offered a ten percent royalty contract for the book."[10]

Also of interest

>Service was 40 when World War I broke out; he attempted to enlist, but was turned down "due to varicose veins."[3] He briefly covered the war for the Toronto Star (from December 11, 1915, through January 29, 1916), but "was arrested and nearly executed in an outbreak of spy hysteria in Dunkirk." He then "worked as a stretcher bearer and ambulance driver with the Ambulance Corps of the American Red Cross, until his health broke." Convalescing in Paris, he wrote a new book of mainly war poetry, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, in 1916. The book was dedicated to the memory of Service's "brother, Lieutenant Albert Service, Canadian Infantry, Killed in Action, France, August 1916."[18] Robert Service received three medals for his war service: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.[19]

>With the end of the war, Service "settled down to being a rich man in Paris.... During the day he would promenade in the best suits, with a monocle. At night he went out in old clothes with the company of his doorman, a retired policeman, to visit the lowest dives of the city".[18] During his time in Paris he was reputedly the wealthiest author living in the city, yet was known to dress as a working man and walk the streets, blending in and observing everything around him. Those experiences would be used in his next book of poetry, Ballads of a Bohemian (1921): "The poems are given in the persona of an American poet in Paris who serves as an ambulance driver and an infantryman in the war. The verses are separated by diary entries over a period of four years."[18]

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_ixq1abh wrote on November 25, 2022 at 12:06 PM

Reply to TIL Following World War One Canada sent 799 body parts extracted from soldiers back to Canada to be part of a museum. The museum was never built, instead the organs became teaching aids at McGill University before being destroyed around 1960. by jamescookenotthatone

It came up on The Agenda with Steve Paikin,

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvZGVjNDkwNjgtMWM1NC00NzJhLWI5MmYtYWJjZDAwMmNlNGY0Lzk5MmI5NTVlLTcyNWMtNDQ3Zi1hOGI0LWFjNGQwMGQ3NDg0Yi83MjVmYmFmYi0zMDE4LTQ5YTEtOWNjOS1hYzRkMDBkNzQ4NTkvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/MzAzMDYyNGQtNTU5NC00MmI4LWJkYzEtYWY0OTAxNWViYTA3?ep=14

Youtube link, https://youtu.be/xpU0_JVpCqQ

jamescookenotthatone t1_ix44m6i wrote on November 20, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Reply to TIL Starburst pupils are commonly found in individuals with Williams syndrome. a genetic disorder which gives an elfin appearance, sensitivity to sound, and growth and mental delays. by Micow11

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/31/59/1c/31591c33cf0a35a64c8961df6ec28c48--deep-set-eyes-medical-photography.jpg

https://journals.healio.com/cms/asset/182e2482-8e67-4434-9e1a-0be035876b5f/10.3928_01913913-20140423-01-fig3.jpg

Uh... I have central heterochromia, so my mind jumped to me having a syndrome. But it turns out this is unlikely, for anyone else with central heterochromia, don't be alarmed,

>Central heterochromia may be a rare condition, but it’s typically benign. In most cases, it doesn’t affect vision or cause any health complications. However, when central heterochromia occurs later in life, it may be a sign of an underlying condition. In this instance, seek medical attention for a possible diagnosis and treatment options.

https://www.healthline.com/health/central-heterochromia#outlook

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iwu82wr wrote on November 18, 2022 at 11:41 AM

Reply to TIL The first house in Cleveland to have electricity got its power from the first automatic electric turbine. The turbine was built in 1888 for the home of Charles F. Brush and provide continuous power for 20 years. by jamescookenotthatone

Direct link to turbine image for ease of use,

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Wind_turbine_1888_Charles_Brush.jpg

jamescookenotthatone

jamescookenotthatone t1_j6d8m7w wrote on January 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM

TIL Monty Python reunited for Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) because they suddenly owed £800,000 pounds to Mark Forstater over Spamalot royalties. The ten shows were their first live ensemble performances in 34 years.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_j59o3dm wrote on January 21, 2023 at 11:53 AM

TIL At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, an angry mob burned down an arena and rioted following the last minute cancelation of a bullfight. Manuel Cervera Prieto was later murdered over lack of payment by fellow bullfighter Carleton Bass.

TIL After hurricane Katrina Brad Pitt set up the Make It Right Foundation to build homes for those effected. The project had famous architects but the homes were not designed or constructed for a New Orleans environment. By 2022 only 6 of the 109 houses were deemed to be in "reasonably good shape."

TIL New York City had a rat population of approximately 2,000,000 rats in 2014, but this number has likely decreased due to 2021 Tropical Storm Ida causing mass drownings.

TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks.

TIL Public nativity scenes are often the victim of baby Jesus theft. Some churches have had to chain their baby Jesus down to deter theft while others have added GPS tracking to their baby Jesus.

TIL Catnip effects big cats aswell (cougars, leopards, lions, etc.) but 1 in 3 cats are unaffected by catnip and it is a hereditary behavior.

TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum.

TIL The first man to report a rogue wave was Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1826, d'Urville was then publicly ridiculed because such a wave was believed impossible. A rogue wave was not measured until 1995 and the lack of earlier reporting is likely due to few wooden ships surving the encounter.

jamescookenotthatone t1_j0p3vyr wrote on December 18, 2022 at 10:23 AM

TIL The 2011 prequel to The Thing (1982) primarily featured practical effects with digital effects planned to enhance them. In post-production the practical effects were almost entirely covered up by digital effects.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iz4ebto wrote on December 6, 2022 at 11:47 AM

TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film's director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as "putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage"

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iy7to4z wrote on November 29, 2022 at 11:48 AM

TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_ixq1abh wrote on November 25, 2022 at 12:06 PM

TIL Following World War One Canada sent 799 body parts extracted from soldiers back to Canada to be part of a museum. The museum was never built, instead the organs became teaching aids at McGill University before being destroyed around 1960.

TIL Dalhousie University was established in 1818 but due to constant budget issues didn't hold the first class until 1838. Classes were then sporadic and no degrees were given out until the first graduating class in 1866.

TIL The Halifax Resolves was the first official action by the American Colonies calling for independence. On April 12, 1776, North Carolina allowed their delegates to vote for independence, however action only came when Virginia adopted the Lee Resolution calling for independence.

jamescookenotthatone t1_ix44m6i wrote on November 20, 2022 at 4:44 PM

TIL Chiquita is the successor to the United Fruit Company. The company has been fined for sponsoring paramilitary groups atleast as late as 2004.

TIL Very little of Franz Kafka's works were published during his lifetime and he burned 90% of his work. Works like The Trial and The Castle were saved when the executioner of Kafka's will ignored Kafka's request to have his remaining works destroyed.

jamescookenotthatone OP t1_iwu82wr wrote on November 18, 2022 at 11:41 AM