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Johannes_P t1_j1s28vc wrote
Reply to comment by firebat45 in TIL Sigmund Freud made the decision to flee Austria after his daughter Anna was interrogated by the Gestapo for nearly 12 hours. He was able to buy safe passage out of Austria just in time with 31,000 Reich marks in 1938 by Ok_Copy5217
There was an entire conference where no one accepted to take Jewish refugees on 1938.
Johannes_P t1_j1s23u9 wrote
Reply to comment by usrevenge in TIL Sigmund Freud made the decision to flee Austria after his daughter Anna was interrogated by the Gestapo for nearly 12 hours. He was able to buy safe passage out of Austria just in time with 31,000 Reich marks in 1938 by Ok_Copy5217
Freud had plenty supporters ready to crowdfund his escape.
Johannes_P t1_iy5tlei wrote
Reply to TIL that Gresham College, an institution of higher learning in London, does not enroll students or award degrees, and instead hosts over 140 free public lectures every year. Since 2001, all lectures have been made available online. by Kurma-the-Turtle
France has the same, with the Collège de France where scholars give lectures on their specialities, on subjects ranging from literature, classics, biology, physics and maths.
Johannes_P t1_ixwwdyv wrote
Reply to TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company. by ltdanhasnolegs
OTH, ensuring competent and experimented leadership is very useful, especially when the constitution was written, when Singapore was still Third World.
OTOH, these criteres might entrehcn an oligarchy, with the President/Prime Minister choosing only people like him as minister and major companies being linked to the government.
Basically, it might end like when Venice closed (Serrata) its Great Council to new members.
Johannes_P OP t1_ixsrtb8 wrote
Reply to Israeli coalition deal gives far right's Itamar Ben-Gvir control over the police, including in the West Bank by Johannes_P
This guy tasked with policing, and especially the West Bank, is going to end as well as policemen giving a junkie the keys to the evidence room where are stored seized drugs, or giving to a compulsive gambler a credit card.
Johannes_P t1_ixs5c0p wrote
Reply to comment by Nekommando in Viktor Orban ‘Greater Hungary’ scarf angers Romania and Ukraine by apple_kicks
> I was wondering how they got IN in the first place
The government was more decent before Orban was elected.
Johannes_P t1_ixs59u0 wrote
Reply to comment by Sigmarsson137 in Viktor Orban ‘Greater Hungary’ scarf angers Romania and Ukraine by apple_kicks
Along most of Central Europe.
Johannes_P t1_ixf7yx6 wrote
Reply to comment by lightninhopkins in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056
Add to this enabled by a doting mother.
Johannes_P t1_ixf7vs4 wrote
Reply to comment by lilcheezzyy in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056
STD and having the certainty of filiation.
Johannes_P t1_ixf7qza wrote
Reply to comment by DepthExternal6034 in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056
And Harry Thaw, the killer, wasn't any better.
Both scumbags protected by their wealth.
Johannes_P t1_iwmxxhy wrote
Reply to comment by Justme100001 in TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted. by jamescookenotthatone
For coroners in Russia, Iran, China, Sicily and North Korea, it's certainly a suicide.
Johannes_P t1_iwmxs0n wrote
Reply to comment by minkju in TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted. by jamescookenotthatone
Even Putin having people thrown from windows is more credible.
Johannes_P t1_iuhowcl wrote
Reply to Thousands of demonstrators defied an official ban to march on Saturday against the deployment of new water storage infrastructure for agricultural irrigation in western France. Clashes erupted with 61 officers injured, 22 seriously, but no information on protesters by DoremusJessup
Given the future draughts, we will need more water infrastructures to prevent food production collapse. I mean, even Mesopotamians had irrigation.
Johannes_P t1_itior5e wrote
Reply to TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus
Does it means these dogs are able to reason about the best path?
Johannes_P t1_iszjjk6 wrote
Reply to TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus
See how Genie never was exposed to spoken speech until being 13, leading her to not being able to speak properly.
Johannes_P t1_iszje62 wrote
Reply to comment by RandomChurn in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus
Genie comes to mind, having been isolated since very young up to her 13.
Johannes_P t1_isutw0b wrote
Reply to comment by innergamedude in TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable. by licking-windows
> Also, we shouldn't really build tall skyscrapers if reasoning on environmental or economic factors.
OTOH, denser urban areas might mean less use of land surface.
Johannes_P t1_isqam5k wrote
Reply to comment by mechwatchnerd in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
Was it Air Liquide?
Johannes_P t1_isgyssj wrote
Reply to TIL that Napoleon once gave an ornately decorated tiara (a crown) to the pope with 3345 precious jewels inlaid into it. This was actually intended to be an insult, as the tiara weighed 18 pounds and was too small to fit on a human head. by Specific_Success_875
Funnier fact: the decade before, during the Wars of the Coalition, he invaded the Papal States and asked them a so high ransom they had to remove the gems of the previous papal tiaras.
Johannes_P t1_irkqe23 wrote
Reply to TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
It was part of an experiment called the Revolutionary Calendar, with months named from their season and days from agricultural products such as cotton and wheat.
Johannes_P t1_irkbv9l wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ
It's a multiple of 2 and 3, and this's enough for me.
Johannes_P t1_j20vqar wrote
Reply to Ukrainian court passes first sentences under war crimes law against former Crimean security officials by sviterochec
Let's hope they will not be the least iteration.