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OldMork t1_ix276t3 wrote
Reply to TIL The Glacier Express is the world’s slowest train, taking more than eight hours to travel between Zermatt and St. Moritz in Switzerland by Ok_Copy5217
My morning commute is just slightly faster sometimes.
OldMork t1_iugsh1k wrote
Reply to Movies with interesting visual concepts? by Goncholotr
Picnick at hanging rock (1975)
Aussie movie and it was filmed through a ladies sock of some sort.
OldMork t1_iugl115 wrote
Reply to University of Hong Kong makes library users register to access some politically sensitive books by Saltedline
You want to end up on a list? This is how you end up on a list...
OldMork t1_iufye3c wrote
beginning of Heat is nice where he steals the ambulance and val buys the explosives, almost no words spoken.
OldMork t1_iufxfyt wrote
Reply to TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
Never seen myself but some bars in Sweden also had this, could only serve alcohol if ordered food so they had somekind of sandwich that was not ment to be eaten, it was just passed around among beer buyers.
OldMork t1_iucloax wrote
Reply to TIL the largest free-standing flagpole in the world is located in Cairo, Egypt and stands 201.95 meters (662.57 ft) tall, more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. by big_macaroons
what is it made of? Must be incredible strong to not bend for wind when so tall, I guess reinforced fiberglass? Aluminium?
OldMork t1_iubu0dv wrote
Send Putin one symbolic euro to close the account and the rest to rebuild ukraine.
OldMork t1_iu7n1hd wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
Manhattan project did have several russian spies, but RF was not one of them.
OldMork t1_iu7mxqh wrote
Reply to comment by danathecount in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
also check out the book by James Gleick, its very long but worth reading.
OldMork t1_iu2f1zj wrote
Reply to comment by Jakkerak in Could it be more 1982? by Eyetothesky
my parents still today have that spoon and fork.
OldMork t1_iu2eo86 wrote
Reply to Engineer Karen Leadlay working on the analog computers in the space division of General Dynamics, 1964. by brolbo
Still today women makes carble harness for military low volume stuff that cant be automated.
OldMork t1_itu1qch wrote
Reply to comment by jimflaigle in TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h). by IchBinKoloss
the hose they pee in got several different use...
OldMork t1_itne232 wrote
Reply to [Homemade] Pasta with vodka sauce. by ZtephenGrackus
Looks great!
OldMork t1_itj079h wrote
Reply to comment by beetrootsandwiches in My Aussie dad relaxing with a Fosters in Singapore (1992). by kangadog
Motorola Dynatac
OldMork t1_it9o8k3 wrote
Reply to comment by feizhai in [Homemade] Svenska Köttbullar (Swedish Meatballs) with mashed potatoes, steamed broccolini, brown gravy, and cranberry sauce. by Dani-in-berlin
I guess you from SG, dont the alexandra rd ikea serve pork anymore?
OldMork t1_it9ntts wrote
Reply to comment by ThatDismalGiraffe in [Homemade] Svenska Köttbullar (Swedish Meatballs) with mashed potatoes, steamed broccolini, brown gravy, and cranberry sauce. by Dani-in-berlin
almost nothing in IKEA are actually made in Sweden, foodmarket usually got some candy and a very few food items, all the rest is from elsewhere in world.
OldMork t1_isvrccx wrote
Reply to TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom by Chris_Hackett
I still today dont have a private bathroom
OldMork t1_isqbuhl wrote
Reply to TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing. by Key-Code-4296
same as parents school commute, against the wind, uphill and fighting bears, every single day.
OldMork t1_irujodf wrote
Reply to comment by CrieDeCoeur in TIl the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer was built in Germany during world war 2 by Konrad zuse but received no press coverage because of the war by mankls3
at the time there was not many options if need a computer, wiki lists models from the 50's, wonder what they had before that?
OldMork t1_ir1ib4k wrote
Reply to TIL that the 1983 film 'Scarface' is actually a remake of a 1932 feature of the same name. Both are based on a 1929 novel. by GremlinBandit
Its a entertaining movie but I cant see why so many bad guys identifies with him, in the end everybody hates him including his wife, he is addicted to cocaine and lost touch with reality and finally gets shot.
OldMork t1_ix6f9c7 wrote
Reply to TIL singer songwriter Leonard Cohen claimed to have written approximately 150 draft verses of his most famous song "Hallelujah", a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. by big_macaroons
A good song takes times to create, I believe MJ spent six weeks on just the first few notes of Billy Jean.