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herbw t1_j0y7xn6 wrote
Reply to TIL the oldest known popcorn kernals were found in New Mexico and were 5600 years old. by ReluctantVoices
Corn and the remaining highly durable cobs are known to be far, far older. And as those are maize as well, means that popcorn is likely as old as the oldest corn fossils known.
Domestication by 10K yrs. ago. Existing as a species likely 20K years or more. It's NOT all about humans, but about where Teosinta came from and how old that very likely goes back, too. Corn likely originated 10K's of years before we humans came to North Am.
herbw t1_j0y0typ wrote
Reply to comment by absolutelyshafted in TIL that the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in modern-day Belize was founded in 1200 BCE, held more than double the population of the largest current day city in Belize (of 61,461), and the one of its temples, Caana, built ~9th century CE, is still the tallest building in the country today. by embrace-monke
Toltec, Olmec, Azteca, etc., are not isolates.
herbw t1_j0y0rqq wrote
Reply to TIL that the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in modern-day Belize was founded in 1200 BCE, held more than double the population of the largest current day city in Belize (of 61,461), and the one of its temples, Caana, built ~9th century CE, is still the tallest building in the country today. by embrace-monke
We rather doubt an y can conduct a census on ancient maya to confirm such guesses, as the Maya can do today.
herbw t1_j0qqpd2 wrote
Reply to comment by angroro in TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
Most disasters ARE, in retrospect, disasters. But it often takes empirical events to prove that. Like amanita poisoning. Then the warnings are believed, and no one builds more ships with concrete decks....
Test, test, test. Confirm, confirm, confirm. That always sorts the wheat from the chaff.
herbw t1_j0mt0h0 wrote
Reply to comment by ksdkjlf in TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
Only metaphorically and in the dictionaries as neuter gender nouns. clearly haven't read a dictionary lately.
herbw t1_j0msl4b wrote
Reply to comment by Protomartyr1 in TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
Titanic was a far larger passenger ship, so course there were more losses on the Titanic.
If a buss crashes there are often way more casualties, than if a single car crashes.
These statistical facts are muy mysterioso to many.
herbw t1_j0ms9lr wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
ESL course fail for person born in US, with public school english classes.
herbw t1_j0ms0tc wrote
Reply to comment by Mysterious_Glass_692 in TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people. by Sebastianlim
same as titanic: upper rich decks survived, lower decks drowned.
once again proving that if we tell the truth on TIL, we get downvoted. That tells us more about the Reddit than the sciences.
Or as Twain stated, if you want to stay out of trouble in your lifetime,, NEVER state the whole truth in public.
AKA, just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's not true. A big logical point persons whose decisions are amygdaloid and crotch centered, usually fail in life.
No laschiari que il testa piccolo domini la testa grande....
PS: The evile bots are still busy here.
herbw t1_j03rxzx wrote
Reply to TIL that roosters don’t have a penis. They pump their sperm into females using a 'cloacal kiss' by [deleted]
That is clearly the Fowlast claim have ever heard.
herbw t1_j03fsia wrote
Reply to comment by UniqueTotalUsername in TIL Henry Gray published the first edition of 'Gray's Anatomy', which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures at the age of 31 years. At the age of 26, he obtained the Astley Cooper prize of three hundred guineas for a dissertation "On the structure and Use of Spleen." by whoiskamalsingh
we mostly used Netters in med school.
herbw t1_j03feus wrote
Reply to comment by Flaxmoore in TIL Henry Gray published the first edition of 'Gray's Anatomy', which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures at the age of 31 years. At the age of 26, he obtained the Astley Cooper prize of three hundred guineas for a dissertation "On the structure and Use of Spleen." by whoiskamalsingh
Where we studied, Gray's was rather relegated to the antique books section. Much new had been found and the language in Gray's was so opaque to modern readers, that we just ignored it, gathering dust.
Since then more accurate descriptions & modern, clearer language is being used.
Gray's is more like talking about antique books & Hx of med, than modern texts. IOW human anatomy moved on, and Gray's stagnated into oblivion.
herbw t1_j03bpxx wrote
Reply to TIL after a mine tore off the bow of the Greek destroyer Adrias, it successfully sailed 730 nautical miles from Turkey to safely reach Alexandria harbour by HeStoleMyBalloons
Perhaps the explosive mine Blew Off the bow. Mines are known to blow up.
herbw t1_izp2lxu wrote
Reply to TIL that the theme song from Mission Impossible get is it's iconic beat of "long long short short" from the Morse code of "M" and "I", which is long long short short. by pango3001
Round here, there's lots of emphasis on "long" or "short". Thank you , Father Freud. Right again.
& that's the long and the short of it.
And "The End" is in view.
herbw t1_izgti76 wrote
Reply to comment by yoniyum in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
but not clearly, not as you just wrote.
herbw t1_izegyid wrote
Reply to [TIL] Early in his career, Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, had a habit of getting into fights. He once had a shootout with a competitor, Matt Stewart. After Stewart shot and killed one of Sanders' employees, Stewart was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders' competition. by OvidPerl
Stewart eliminated himself. Murder is still illegal and the old 19th C. methods of competitions have been outlawed.
herbw t1_izdxupb wrote
Reply to comment by yoniyum in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
Mardi gras & Carnival are all part of the same celebrations in Catholic systems. No protestant churches celebrate mardi gras nor Carnival. What yer doing is saying that movement 1 of a symphony bears no relationships to the rest of the whole musical piece.
herbw t1_iz7qm55 wrote
Reply to comment by Bekiala in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
each culture in Catholicism has variations.
herbw t1_iz7qeyk wrote
Reply to comment by PuckSR in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
what page and year was that? please.
herbw t1_iz7qakg wrote
Reply to comment by PuckSR in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
Only the shots in movie, Disneyland orlando. Was all CGI, too.
herbw t1_iz7q6n3 wrote
Reply to comment by yoniyum in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
So it varies year to year, culture to culture. Am only fam with NO and in Rio. Other than those, it's peripheral to important events.
herbw t1_iz7m1f6 wrote
Reply to comment by PuckSR in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
Those, sadly are all estimates but not dates known.
Quirinius I see no dates for him either. Pontius pilatus nothing. do you have somethin less than an encyclopedic text which do NOT have the time for to go thru.
We do NOT have any dates from birth of Jeshua at all .Nor do we know Quirinius' because i refuse to go thru centuries of listings.
what is date of Quirinius, please? but far as I could tell, we have NO dates of the censuses, either, because we do NOT have maps for which places in Romans times those would be listed in. was it nazareth, or bethlehem? Those are not shown.
If you can cite specifics instead of encyclopediasl,then we can discuss it.
herbw t1_iz7l66j wrote
Reply to comment by PuckSR in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
sorry for the times of ca. bc 10 to bout AD 10 there is NO list of
quirinius, nor Pontius pilate, that I can see.
herbw t1_iz7klm3 wrote
Reply to comment by Bekiala in TIL "The Twelve Days of Christmas" STARTS on Christmas Day, and ends of January 5th (Three Kings Day). by HauntedHippie
Spanish. People do the posada, which means the walking about to homes for gifts related to X-mas. Sort of like all Hallows Ever , but for Natividad.
herbw t1_j1aomgx wrote
Reply to TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. by jamescookenotthatone
being born with super powers is no more an explanation of their origins than any other. Esp. since universal laws of physics are being widely ignored & broken.
Dr. Jas. Lett: Guide to Critical Thinking.
https://skepticalinquirer.org/1990/01/a-field-guide-to-critical-thinking/