Outrageous-Suspect66 t1_j0p9076 wrote on December 18, 2022 at 11:33 AM

Reply to TIL that Drew Barrymore's family heritage (The Barrymores) had been acting since the 1800's. by hypnotoad--

Did Drew have any children?

Outrageous-Suspect66 t1_ixu74tv wrote on November 26, 2022 at 11:26 AM

Reply to TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves. by WaryLouka

They are ugly, so it makes sense.

Outrageous-Suspect66 t1_ixu1rj5 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 10:06 AM

Reply to comment by tokynambu in 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

I don't know what you're saying. Japan was treated, and seen better in the West, as compared Germany. Japan's current growing problem is with eastern countries. Those same countries have dark history they are trying to cover up.

Outrageous-Suspect66 t1_iqyjkb2 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 1:05 AM

Reply to comment by MechTheDane in TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog

I had an old professor who said, everyone knew it was true, we didn't know how.