RedSonGamble
RedSonGamble t1_itrmrff wrote
Reply to TIL part of a Teletubbies episode was actually banned in some countries for supposedly being too scary. by thedubiousstylus
I would have thought it was for being too sexy
RedSonGamble t1_itp4uzb wrote
Reply to comment by supercyberlurker in TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious. by Amateur_Validator
Where were you when I was a kid and my mom asked me that?!
RedSonGamble t1_itnoqu3 wrote
Reply to TIL One of the only pieces of Hitler's dream reconstruction of Berlin as Germania is an enormous concrete cylinder in the Tiergarten neighborhood. It's called the Schwerbelastungskörper which translates as "heavy load-bearing body." It was to test the load-bearing capability of the ground. by muttmutt2112
Mmm I love me a heavy load bearing body
RedSonGamble t1_itnlpkw wrote
Reply to TIL that the mascot of the city of Hidalgo, TX is a 10-foot high, 24-foot-long killer bee statue. It was erected in 1992 to commemorate Hidalgo as the first American city to be invaded by an aggressive strain of African bees that resulted in public panic. The bees were initially released in Brazil. by KimCureAll
RedSonGamble t1_itmssn2 wrote
Reply to TIL that retired pro boxer George Chuvalo was never knocked down in his 93 bout professional career. Which included fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. by MightGuy420x
This is attributed to him being in a barely conscious state all the time
RedSonGamble t1_it014kg wrote
Reply to TIL about Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star. Her career began in silent movies era and continued to her death. One of the first to adopt the flapper style of the 20s, she was voted “world’s best dressed woman” in 1934. She will be featured in the American Women quarter series. by ActuallyCausal
In 1935, Wong was dealt the most severe disappointment of her career, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the leading role of the Chinese character O-Lan in the film version of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth. MGM instead cast Luise Rainer to play the leading role in yellowface. One biographer believes that the choice was due to the Hays Code anti-miscegenation rules requiring the wife of a white actor, Paul Muni (ironically playing a Chinese character in yellowface) to be played by a white actress.[6] But the 1930-1934 Hays Code of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America insisted only that "miscegenation (sex relationship between the white and black races) was forbidden" and said nothing about Asian/white intermarriages.[7] Other biographers have not corroborated this theory, including historian Shirley Jennifer Lim's Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern.[8] MGM screen-tested Wong for the supporting role of Lotus, the seductress, but it is ambiguous whether she refused the role on principle or was rejected.[9]
Different times
RedSonGamble t1_isqj5cb 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
The opposite as when I ride my bike
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Reply to TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
Oh great so not only is the MRI gunna rip the loose change I ate out of my stomach and give me cancer but now it’s an explosion waiting to happen?! With my tax dollars?!
RedSonGamble t1_isq8itl wrote
Reply to comment by WahooSS238 in TIL Liquid Helium is the perfect element to keep the superconductive magnets in MRI machines cold by Alternative-Leg1095
It’s weird to think of mining helium
RedSonGamble t1_isioq5p wrote
Reply to TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. by vect77
Imagine how dizzy they must get!
RedSonGamble t1_isioi89 wrote
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Reply to TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897. by garamond89
Yeah. Now they’re over run with ghouls
RedSonGamble t1_iry2ktx wrote
Reply to comment by briefnuts in TIL according to the Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages by Sistermateriial
Ehhhh I know a lot of people that don’t like tickling
RedSonGamble t1_irv5ww2 wrote
Reply to comment by Smart_Ass_Dave in TIL according to the Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages by Sistermateriial
Imagine if aliens showed up. Like eventually the subject of tickling would come up. How would you even describe why people tickle each other?
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RedSonGamble t1_irsn0n9 wrote
Reply to TIL that not all spiders that spin webs make them sticky. One of many strategies includes spinning a fine silky lattice that entangles their prey instead. by Orisno
I thought they just spun webs to save pigs or something
RedSonGamble t1_irm3v6u wrote
Reply to TIL that in 300 B.C. turkeys were viewed by the Maya as vessels of the gods and honored accordingly also were originally domesticated to play a part in religious rites. by cristianmonroy
I’ll keep that in mind next time I have to dump my bike to avoid running into them
RedSonGamble t1_iujeid7 wrote
Reply to TIL: In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival. by markphahn
It was a shame they did it with a loaded plane