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jopnk t1_jd3qf0m wrote
Reply to comment by spiderborland in Cuban catcher Iván Prieto defects from Cuba team in Miami by pandas795
IIRC any Cuban is granted the ability to stay the moment they touch US soil.
jopnk t1_ja7jv77 wrote
Reply to comment by shhr311 in TIL about Vesna Vulović, the Guinness world record holder for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi) by Cannabisseur78
This is not one of those times.
jopnk t1_j6esobe wrote
Reply to comment by weevil_knieval in TIL that rapper MF DOOM never attained full US citizenship, despite living in the states for the majority of his life. Because of this, he was forced to live out the rest of his life in UK from 2010, following a “Born Like This” tour, until his death in 2020. by CEDAfwysj
FWIW he passed on 10/31/2020 and it didn't become public news until 12/31/20
jopnk t1_ixsk8i5 wrote
Reply to comment by E_Snap in TIL the first media report about the shift from lighters to the cellphone was a U2 concert in Chicago in 2005. by PlasterBaby
What a pedantic and insufferable tool you are!
jopnk t1_jdvq484 wrote
Reply to comment by Groundbreaking_War52 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
I’ll defend cinci coneys til I die. But you can fuck right off if you put that pig slop on spaghetti