Realistic_Truck
Realistic_Truck t1_jedl9rl wrote
Reply to comment by PlowUnited in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz
A smelly Nazi.
Realistic_Truck t1_je89rao wrote
Reply to comment by Best-Two4264 in TIL that just a few days after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, actress Dorothy Gibson starred in a silent motion picture short about the disaster called "Saved from the Titanic". Gibson even wore the same clothes she wore the night of the sinking to add to the films authenticity. by PresLyndonBJohnson36
Watch Titanic in widescreen, Jack gets on the door but it sinks, he was too heavy.
Realistic_Truck t1_j9y802k wrote
Reply to comment by Magicdesign in This old Soviet map doesn't recognize South Korea by ErmakDimon
The DMZ is there.
Realistic_Truck t1_j9nnymv wrote
Reply to TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
So that's where all the Nazi gold was hidden.
Realistic_Truck t1_j8a6y2g wrote
Screw Holocaust deniers.
Realistic_Truck t1_j6p6m0b wrote
Reply to TIL Maria Sabina was an indigenous medicine woman who introduced the western world to psilocybin. Her community's rituals were appropriated for power and fame, and she died in poverty. by kerblooee
Woke historical revisionism, the usual anti west, white people are evil rhetoric. And it does a huge disservice to native americans too.
Psylocibin has been used in Europe for thousands of years.
Realistic_Truck t1_j601k9u wrote
Reply to TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
It was about checkmating your opponent.
Realistic_Truck t1_j2fozzp wrote
Spend 100 years in every town and city.
Realistic_Truck t1_j2foesh wrote
Reply to My Favourite Headline of the Year by Billybluejeans
She felt her soul slipping away...through a crack.
Realistic_Truck t1_j298gmr wrote
Does my face look right? - cat
Realistic_Truck t1_j1q7e7r wrote
Reply to TIL that incarcerated prisoners make a contraband drink in prison called "pruno" which entails fermenting fruit, sugar cubes, bread, and water in a ziplock bag a several days. by FlashyBehind
It tastes pretty nice, it doesn't require sugar though but you can add orange juice to it.
Realistic_Truck t1_iy9megx wrote
Just drive an rc car up to them and have them chase it home.
Realistic_Truck t1_iy3yfyp wrote
Realistic_Truck t1_ixvdeud wrote
Reply to TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair
The Japanese considered anyone who surrendered to be subhuman, even their own people.
Realistic_Truck t1_ixuye0f wrote
Reply to TIL In The 1930s, Baseball rivaled Soccer In England, attracting 10,000 spectators per game. In 1938, at the inaugural Baseball World Cup, Great Britain defeated the USA 4 games to 1. The outbreak of WWII interrupted the sports ascendancy, and it never recovered its prewar popularity. by contextual_somebody
Probably because Rounders was it's parent sport.
Realistic_Truck t1_ix9klu3 wrote
Reply to comment by golem501 in TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza is not the largest pyramid in the world, Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid in the New World, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today. by Mind-Matters-Not
Watched it but his premise is wrong.
Realistic_Truck t1_iw7sbvg wrote
Reply to hmm seems legit... by Sugarmt1
The US was really using balloons but the balloons were used to spy on the Russians.
Realistic_Truck t1_iusbh1n wrote
Reply to Today I learned that dandelion roots can be used to make a coffee-like beverage. by ty775pearl
Dandelion tea is a thing in Ireland.
Realistic_Truck t1_iuera82 wrote
Swept of the factory floor with care.
Realistic_Truck t1_iuer218 wrote
Reply to comment by Meteor_VII in TIL In China more than 40 million people live in caves by likessvenska
WuhanCave01
Realistic_Truck t1_iucwh83 wrote
Reply to The new neighbors actually drove by and saw this one. I had no explanation. by josiemarcellino
10/10 would smash that jug.
Realistic_Truck t1_itmnmqq wrote
Reply to Public bathroom germs by matts41
You forgot toilet seats with no lids.
Realistic_Truck t1_jeedf27 wrote
Reply to comment by Entropy_1123 in 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
It's just typical Reddit logic, anyone who earns money is stealing.