Viperion_NZ
Viperion_NZ t1_jdxui90 wrote
Reply to comment by Murderyoga in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
Man I ain't go no tree fiddy!
Viperion_NZ t1_jdxi2lo wrote
Viperion_NZ t1_jdxgbpc wrote
Reply to comment by memeiel in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Never underestimate the stupidity of bureaucracy... we can recycle plastic bottles but not their lids here (New Zealand.....)
Viperion_NZ t1_jbhrpb2 wrote
Misread that as 47 seconds, that makes for a very different story lol
Viperion_NZ t1_j8p5dk2 wrote
Reply to TIL the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was based on an earlier 'Jewish Vacation Guide' book which outlined places that Jews were not unwelcome to stay in America in 1917. by aripy
"not unwelcome"....soooo.... welcome?
Viperion_NZ t1_j5lpeuh wrote
Reply to TIL that at its peak, GEOS (Commodore 64 productivity software resembling Windows/Office and MacOS) was the third-most-popular microcomputer operating system in the world in terms of units shipped, trailing only MS-DOS and Mac OS by Profile_Salty
Talk about a nostalgia bomb!
Also "Desk Top" icon lololol
Viperion_NZ t1_j53mer8 wrote
Reply to comment by guff1988 in Cowboys-49ers rivalry set for record-tying 9th playoff game by TexOliver93
>Prince in the purple rain
FTFY
Viperion_NZ t1_iwksiri wrote
Reply to comment by piddydb in Major League Cricket set for July 2023 launch in Dallas by NoQuestion4045
>I know I won’t have time for another sport and I know that means that most people won’t be able to keep up as well.
Newsflash: Most people are not you. Shocking, I know
Viperion_NZ t1_iwjelzs wrote
Reply to comment by brock_lee in TIL There are more flamenco schools in Japan than Spain by Dsarkela
Following that train of thought, India and China would have the most number of everything, since they have the most people (Fun fact - the US is the third most populous country on the planet; if they had one billion more people, they'd still be third). Population size isn't necessarily an indicator of how many <x> things there are.
Viperion_NZ t1_jdym7gn wrote
Reply to comment by LastLapPodcast in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
We still have big ol' steel bins with three holes for clear, brown, and green glass....but there are no dividers in the bins lolol