Downtown-Regret-505

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_jcm1hq8 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 8:25 PM

Reply to TIL Dr. Henry Kissinger was the first honourary member of the Harlem Globetrotters by Greene_Mr

Murderer

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_j9clp5g wrote on February 20, 2023 at 10:58 PM

Reply to comment by Downtown-Regret-505 in TIL: The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam and One of Muhammad's (PBUH) companions was known as Abu Hurairah (literally: "Father of the Kitten" PBUH) for his attachment to cats. by ElectroFlannelGore

It is Masallah.

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_j98n8tr wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam and One of Muhammad's (PBUH) companions was known as Abu Hurairah (literally: "Father of the Kitten" PBUH) for his attachment to cats. by ElectroFlannelGore

That's awesome

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_j1sxfk7 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 3:31 AM

Reply to Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport by Jasong222

Being good with your fists comes in handy when squaring off against fellow bargain hunters though.

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_ixvde06 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Reply to TIL that in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote and published a 50,000 word novel, 'Gadsby' which does not contain the letter 'e' . A warehouse containing most copies of the book burned down. by Lupercali

Mr. Burns was going to fire Lenny unless he could convince him to keep his job without using the letter "E"

I am convinced the writers were referencing this book...some 30 years later I finally get the reference.

(Lenny did come out with a great sentence - "I'm a good work guy" - but Burns fired him anyway.)

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_iwww2v1 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 11:32 PM

Reply to comment by GirthIgnorer in TIL John Batman was the founder of the town that became Melbourne, Australia. And originally he called it "Batmania". There's even a street named after him: Batman Ave. by idiocrites

🤣

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_iu9echt wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:08 PM

Reply to comment by Cool_Cartographer_39 in TIL that Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is a credited songwriter for "Smelly Cat" from the show Friends. by DragonTonguePunch

Well, it's obviously not your favorite pet.

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_itofzll wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:18 AM

Reply to comment by zelcuh in 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

Likewise

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_itmqkgy wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:57 PM

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

Met him years and years and years ago while working at Staples as a student. Very friendly and soft spoken guy with mits like a stack of bananas. He was looking for a specific type of pen, damn thing looked like a tooth pick in his hand.

Downtown-Regret-505 t1_ism2qo1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:14 AM

Reply to TIL that Swiss Balloonist, Auguste Piccard, was the inspiration for both Professor Calculus, in the Tintin comics, and that Gene Roddenberry named Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek after him. by es_price

A man literally of dizzying highs and unimaginable lows.