MarkRevan

MarkRevan t1_j25brbo wrote

Reply to TIL that the narrative that Coca-Cola designed the modern Santa Claus as part of an advertising campaign is not true, because Coca-Cola did start using Santa in advertising in 1933. But Santa had been portrayed almost exclusively in red from the early 19th century by giuliomagnifico

In Eastern Europe Saint Nick is often portrayed with heavy furs, which are brown. Or in very thick winter clothing. If he is portrayed in colors, blue is usually his color of choice. Because blue is associated with winter and frost.
Coca-Cola didn't invent the modern Saint Nick, but they did a hell of a job to popularize a version of him that matched their color scheme. You don't see Saint Nick associated with Heineken for example. Or Mountain Dew.

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MarkRevan t1_iug6br1 wrote

Reply to comment by Infinite-Storage-638 in TIL university of bologna in Italy is the world's oldest continuous operating university, founded in 1088. It was the first university in Europe and was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars by mankls3

There were "universities" in acient Egypt and acient Persia. But we don't really know what was going on there. We know people went there to be schooled. Scribes. Priests. Medics. Astronomers. Philosophers. But we don't actually know how. There were math schools in Babylon where a teacher taught a class of kids how to do basic equations on clay tablets. So organized schooling institutions were a thing for a very long time. Also the naming convention is all over the place. The Hekademia of Plato became the Academy. Aristotle' Lykeion became the high school.

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