wrextnight
wrextnight t1_jedjzg9 wrote
I didn't start drinking til I was 20, weed a couple of months before I turned 21. All of my smoker friends told me they started between the ages of 8-12. And I've always kinda wondered what the draw was for giving a child Marijuana? Like why do folks do that?
Of course it's pretty obvious, but dark and sad.
wrextnight t1_jdnezdf wrote
Reply to TIL that Australia's longest serving aircraft carrier never fired a shot in anger during her service, but did kill over 150 Allied soldiers in two separate accidental ramming incidents by nyckidd
>aircraft carrier never fired a shot in anger
I don't like this.
wrextnight t1_ja3n6w7 wrote
Reply to I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader
Imagine having rabies and finding yourself in a huge ass body of water. You'd probably explode from hydrophobia.
wrextnight t1_j5cqz4t wrote
wrextnight t1_j5bqlll wrote
Reply to comment by SirRedRising in TIL Germs and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear appears as one of the dancers in Prince's 1985 video for "Raspberry Beret." Dave Grohl in the book "I Want My MTV": "Pat can't dance so they sent him home (...) Prince whispers in the bodyguard's ear. Bodyguard says, 'You can stay. He likes your hair.'" by Bubbly-Incident
>The Werewolves of London guy
Oof
wrextnight t1_j5bgib4 wrote
Reply to TIL Germs and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear appears as one of the dancers in Prince's 1985 video for "Raspberry Beret." Dave Grohl in the book "I Want My MTV": "Pat can't dance so they sent him home (...) Prince whispers in the bodyguard's ear. Bodyguard says, 'You can stay. He likes your hair.'" by Bubbly-Incident
Everybody always talks about how Johnny Cash took Hurt and made it his song, nobody ever talks about how Warren Zevon made Raspberry Beret his own.
wrextnight t1_j4ghhfs wrote
Reply to comment by Jaded_Prompt_15 in Til before Popeye gained superhuman strength by eating spinach, he became strong by rubbing a type of chicken called a whiffle hen. by Fitz_cuniculus
I remember a Til from years ago that said g instead of mg. I was like dude, no it's gotta make actual sense.
wrextnight t1_j2mxlso wrote
Reply to comment by Landlubber77 in TIL that bots 🤖 drive ~40% of all internet traffic. by kkoolook
How are you this fine 02/01/23, fellow kind human being?
wrextnight t1_j2cftcx wrote
Reply to comment by LeapIntoInaction in TIL breathing into a paper bag to ease anxiety attacks is a real thing, with science to back it up, and not just something seen on TV/Movies. by OneSideDone
>Yeah, it's a real thing
OK
> but it's not backed up by science
So, it's magic?
>try to keep up
How can we keep up when thing$ change everytime someone want$ to po$t a click bait article?
wrextnight t1_j2b3asc wrote
Reply to Great show tonight. ✨Lyngenfjord, Norway by L3maitre
Wish I were there.
wrextnight t1_j2a80y3 wrote
Reply to comment by grumpy_uncle in So tempting, always by Mentalfloss1
If only there was a catchy name for something like that?
wrextnight t1_j2a7mwn wrote
Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL the first story to include space travel, aliens, and interplanetary warfare ("A True Story") was written in Ancient Greek in the second century AD, and was written as a satire of outlandish ancient stories. by foodtower
It's like when you walk into the library and there's a sign that says <-Truth and one that says Lies ->
I'm really scared that we as people are being conditioned to be unable to understand how metaphor, simile, and allusion can be used to teach important concepts.
wrextnight t1_j2a5tg6 wrote
Woman attempting to maintaining a monopoly on love, circa 360 BCE.
wrextnight t1_j1td5to wrote
Reply to Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport by Jasong222
I thought it had to do with killing Chinese folks?
wrextnight t1_j1o1w6a wrote
Let's be real. We can't stand being told what to do; if someone says we can't hippo-shit in a public restroom, that restroom is going to be violated.
wrextnight t1_iytaejo wrote
Reply to comment by 5spd4wd in TIL In verb form, the word "piss" is mentioned in the more literal versions of the Bible. by triad1996
Kjv, I gather it's a euphemism for men. Possibly a lower caste version of men. The article states there may be a comparison to dogs inherent in the phrase.
wrextnight t1_iyr0uvk wrote
Reply to TIL In verb form, the word "piss" is mentioned in the more literal versions of the Bible. by triad1996
I identify as a person who pisseth against the wall
wrextnight t1_ixx4qmp wrote
Reply to TIL about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a US government agency maintaining a reference catalogue of almost any item known; from peanut butter to New Jersey waste water samples. And everything is for sale. by samgarita
Do they know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? It's 1363, right? Right!?
wrextnight t1_ixs2k5m wrote
Reply to comment by Zarniwoopdescoop in [OC] A new/unused SEGA Mark III from 1985. The Japanese SEGA Master System.. by DivOveR
No, she definitely said, 'Okay, fine.'
wrextnight t1_ixs0emi wrote
Reply to comment by TheBasilFawlty in [OC] A new/unused SEGA Mark III from 1985. The Japanese SEGA Master System.. by DivOveR
I'd like to say it can run a crisis better than your mom, but let's be honest. Your mom's been running from crisis to crisis for 30 odd years.
wrextnight t1_isqgj20 wrote
Reply to comment by tra91c in TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face. by dioWjonathenL
You can get the same effect with half-way competent cannon.
wrextnight t1_jedknr3 wrote
Reply to TIL Hou Jing, a general during the China's North-South period, seized control of the government of the Liang dynasty by rebelling. After that, in an act of vanity, he gave himself the title of "General of the Universe, Past, Present, and Future, Commander of all Forces in the Six Directions". by zhuquanzhong
Could Hua Xiong be an alternate transliteration? I need to fix this into my Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 2 headcannon.