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AudibleNod t1_jee9625 wrote

Reply to comment by wanking_to_got in TIL In the West the largest meal of the day has historically been eaten at midday. It was not until Napoleon's empire there was the "abominable habit of dining as late as seven in the evening" as British travelers reported. The British adopted later dinners by 1850 from changes in work schedules. by jamescookenotthatone

Also, agrarian work was often very close to home. So larger midday meals with the family would be easier. If you worked at the factory, you were farther away from home and modern labor laws likely would have prevented a midday respite from a grueling 12 hour shift.

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AudibleNod OP t1_jebie2a wrote

Reply to comment by DanYHKim in TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod

Two centenarians can be counted among the British royal family. She comes from hearty stock.

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AudibleNod OP t1_je9tush wrote

Reply to comment by _tonsofsoul_ in TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod

The first article I read didn't mention the name of the clause. I thought it was a really weird flex to peg the end of the agreement to such a specific yet convoluted event. Turns out it was just an archaic flex.

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AudibleNod t1_je9pcdc wrote

Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01

I think the politically correct term for 'dummy corporations' is now 'real boy corporations'. Corporations are people too, you know.

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AudibleNod OP t1_je6afd9 wrote

Reply to comment by InflamedLiver in 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

I'll agree.

This is forward motion. Like with the Memphis case. Once the precedent gets set, there's going to be an expectation from the public that the police rightfully and swiftly get punished for committing crimes. And once we get convictions and serious jail time, the police unions are going to gut check their membership. Sadly, this is a slow process. There's around 18,000 police departments in the US. Each with their own little fiefdom and unique relationship with the DA's office/state.

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AudibleNod OP t1_je690kf wrote

Reply to 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers indicted after ‘appalling’ behavior caught on video, prosecutor says by AudibleNod

FOP:

The Fraternal Order of Police / Ohio Labor Council, the largest law enforcement labor organization in the state, said in a statement Thursday the 11 officers “are entitled to due process like all citizens” and encouraged “everyone to reserve judgment until facts are known.”

Also FOP:

he defended the mob of largely white Trump supporters and white supremacists who stormed the U.S. Capitol, saying they are “entitled to voice their frustration.

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I guess the question is are citizens allowed to voice their frustration against the bad police officers are are we supposed to reserve judgement?

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AudibleNod OP t1_je2c9xc wrote

Reply to comment by ParadiseValleyFiend in TIL recent research shows the demodex mite, which lives on most humans' skin, has an anus. Contradicting earlier findings. by AudibleNod

Science is pretty good at taking some random information and synthesizing it into something useful or exploring something else new.

Further in the same article they look at the demodex genome and speculate it's at an evolutionary dead-end. Who knows, maybe we can use that against dangerous bacteria or guinea worms.

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AudibleNod t1_jdwgtyx wrote

Reply to TIL that Che Guevara was passioned about rugby, and he played it during his school years. In 1951 he also launched a rugby magazine Tackle, writing the whole thing himself by SteO153

Cool.

Here's a list of the documented victims Che Guevara is known to have a direct hand in killing.

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>"At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation; it has the obligation to triumph."

>-Guy on a T-shirt, regarding the need for summary executions

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AudibleNod OP t1_jd7sawe wrote

Reply to comment by SamurottX in Ecuadorian TV presenter wounded by bomb disguised as USB stick by AudibleNod

Working in IT, I've seen the malware trick a few times.

Fortunately it's never something cool or espionage-y. It's just a script kiddie doing it for kicks. Nevertheless, never plug an unknown USB device (not just storage) into your system. And please don't do it on your work computer. All the IT guys are going to laugh at you.

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AudibleNod OP t1_jd3lhkn wrote

Reply to TIL Marilyn Monroe's likeness does not have any post-mortem protection as she was domiciled in New York at the time of her death and there are no federal publicity rights. by AudibleNod

Her estate claimed she domiciled in New York in order to save some money by not paying California estate taxes. And because of that ruling her likeness doesn't enjoy protections as many other dead celebrities do. Many of her works are still covered under copyright protections. But if you wanted, you could hologram generate a Marilyn and have her twerk next to Tupac.

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AudibleNod t1_jd33puq wrote

Reply to comment by Equivalent_Tear_456 in TIL That from 1909-1937 the Netherlands had the time zone UTC+ 19 minutes 32.13 seconds by Commercial_Jelly_893

Yes.

Sometimes towns were that were due north-south of one another, they'd have wildly different times. Shipping ports realized the importance of accurate time sooner than inland towns since sailors needed accurate time for ocean navigation. Hence why the US Naval Observatory keeps time for the US.

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AudibleNod t1_jd2nc16 wrote

Reply to TIL That from 1909-1937 the Netherlands had the time zone UTC+ 19 minutes 32.13 seconds by Commercial_Jelly_893

Before time zones but after timekeeping was common towns would set noon to the zenith of the sun from the local clocktower or church or observatory. After railroads made travel between towns quick, it became very clear that a standardized format would be needed. The US hosted an international conference and time zones were born.

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