mordenty
mordenty t1_j4zcejt wrote
Reply to comment by SourPuss6969 in TIL the public library in Aarhus, Denmark has a 25-ft 3-ton bronze bell named 'The Gong' that rings every time a baby is born in the city. It is connected to the maternity ward in the local hospital, where mothers can press a button after giving birth to ring The Gong by ergotpoisoning
Get it on.
Bang a gong.
Get it on?
mordenty t1_iwgujl9 wrote
Reply to comment by andriodgerms in suggestions for food storage containers that will spend time in freezer/fridge by andriodgerms
IKEA make some great ones, you can get ones with bamboo lids - the only plastic part is the seal. They stack well and they're pretty cheap.
mordenty t1_je489ad wrote
Reply to TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse
When Augustine was writing his book Confessions he commented that Ambrose (Bishop of Milan in the late 4th century, later became a saint) read "his eyes scanned the page and his heart sought out the meaning, but his voice was silent and his tongue was still. Anyone could approach him freely and guests were not commonly announced, so that often, when we came to visit him, we found him reading like this in silence, for he never read aloud."