snow_michael t1_jd48kvh wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:48 PM

Reply to comment by nra4ever4321 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5

This is reddit

Never safe to assume sarcasm when innocent ignorance is a possibility

snow_michael t1_jd0szyq wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Reply to comment by nra4ever4321 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5

Because that's where they lived pre-extinction

snow_michael t1_jd0psq1 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:02 AM

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone

Popes in the past have been removed from office
Technically the position the College of Cardinals vote someone to hold is Bishop of Rome
If you can't understand the conflict between 'appointed for life' and 'is able to retire' I don't know what to say to you

snow_michael t1_jd00wfc wrote on March 20, 2023 at 9:09 PM

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone

Doesn’t mention that anywhere in the Papal Oath

snow_michael t1_jcw2cff wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:18 AM

Reply to TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone

Shittily written title

snow_michael t1_jcw28sl wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:18 AM

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone

It is not for life

Given you have to be 13+ to hold a reddit account, in your lifetime one Catholic Pope has retired, and another might do so soon

snow_michael t1_jch3lk1 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Reply to TIL Switzerland has no official capital city by OlinKirkland

No head of state, either

snow_michael t1_j8kng7k wrote on February 15, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Reply to TIL The Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah is almost 4000 feet deep (that's 3X as tall as the Empire State Building). It's the largest man-made excavation and the deepest open-pit mine in the world. It's also visible to the naked eye from space. by lqwertyd

Given the Great Salt Lake isn't visible from space, I find it hard to believe something much smaller could be

snow_michael t1_j8hege3 wrote on February 14, 2023 at 9:15 AM

Reply to TIL: The wires helping hold up antenna and poles are not "guide wires" by actually "guy-wires" by HanSolo71

Like guy ropes for tents & marquees

snow_michael t1_j6lbtec wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:18 AM

Reply to comment by jwktiger in TIL Bats account for 20% of all mammal species worldwide. by karelkarelkarels

I have no idea

snow_michael t1_j6ihhet wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Reply to TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson

Which is why initially it had a hard 'g'

snow_michael t1_j6ihb4q wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:59 PM

Reply to TIL Bats account for 20% of all mammal species worldwide. by karelkarelkarels

That's gone down

Used to be 22%

https://www.half-earthproject.org/newly-discovered-bat-species-named-for-e-o-wilson

snow_michael t1_j6ers7w wrote on January 29, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Reply to TIL coins in the UK almost always switch the way the monarch is facing with each monarch with King Charles III facing left. by AudibleNod

Almost always?

No

Always (Since Charlie II, anyway)

Just because Eddie the Nazi never had coins in circulation doesn't mean it wasn't followed

snow_michael t1_j610yr6 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 11:11 PM

Reply to comment by RegorHK in TIL that after scientists sequenced the genome of a tiger they found that it shares 95.6% of its DNA with the domestic cat, from which it diverged 10.8 million years ago. by countdookee

> They will care for you if ~~they like you personally~~ killing you is more effort than waiting to be fed

snow_michael t1_j4wm77q wrote on January 18, 2023 at 7:42 PM

Reply to comment by whambulance_man in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns

?

snow_michael t1_j4slktg wrote on January 17, 2023 at 11:39 PM

Reply to comment by axarce in TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns

UK

snow_michael t1_j4situg wrote on January 17, 2023 at 11:21 PM

Reply to TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus. by kevlarbuns

My Latin teacher told us this, and arranged for the school film club to show it, despite it being an 18 certificate

This was the same teacher who taught us how to make petrol bombs and ersatz gas masks, and encouraged us to obtain copies of The Anarchist's Cookbook and Steal This Book