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xX609s-hartXx t1_j9cx5vn wrote
Reply to TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
Also the most conservative mainstream politician got them a massive credit. The Stasi must have had some really good dirt on him.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j6lj63h wrote
Reply to comment by Lelabear in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
Hand writing analyses is also about as scientific as astrology.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j6lhqnz wrote
Reply to comment by Lelabear in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264
That doesn't mean much. Some companies hire hand writing analysers who will tell them what kind of person you are based on one page of hand written text.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j54ybcn wrote
Reply to TIL that George "Washington" Carver never formally used Washington as a middle name. He originally chose the middle initial W at random to ensure accurate mail delivery. Someone once asked if the "W" stood for Washington and Carver said "Why not?" He signed his name as George or George W. Carver. by AspireAgain
George W. has gotten kinda tainted so if he really didn't care that much he'd probably be fine with it.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j2ag6et wrote
Reply to comment by a-horse-has-no-name in TIL In the 1980s, an obscene image was snuck into one of the ice cubes in a Coca-Cola ad in South Australia. The company recalled and destroyed all of the posters, and the artist responsible for the image was fired and sued. by 54_actual
I can just see them sitting in the office, laughing their ass off at the hidden dick, then abruptly stopping to fire that guy.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j25ngui wrote
Reply to TIL, Before 1915, French Soldiers didn't have the right to be buried individually by PeperoniMaestro
They didn't abandon mass graves after that law either...
xX609s-hartXx t1_j1be1yh wrote
Reply to TIL about a Baboon called Coporal Jackie - he was a mascot of the South Afrifcan Army during WW1 and went to war with his owner. He was shot in the shoulder, had his right leg blown off and eventually died in a home fire. by Jinkzuk
That's what you get for fraternising with humans!
xX609s-hartXx t1_ixvfdp9 wrote
Reply to TIL Following World War One Canada sent 799 body parts extracted from soldiers back to Canada to be part of a museum. The museum was never built, instead the organs became teaching aids at McGill University before being destroyed around 1960. by jamescookenotthatone
In France they built this for random body parts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douaumont_Ossuary
xX609s-hartXx t1_ix36xo4 wrote
Reply to comment by Captain__Spiff in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
I have heard stories about them lifting our typical roof tiles to dig into the insulation.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iunohlk wrote
Reply to comment by amborg in TIL that Koreans have had heated floor technology since at least 1,000 B.C.E. by Nice-Violinist-6395
Most shows show people wearing shoes indoors though.
xX609s-hartXx t1_it9qnd6 wrote
Reply to TIL Vichy Pastilles were a digestive aid turned confectionery invented in 1825. The Vichy Regime of WW2 used the sweets as propaganda and did not ration them, unlike other foodstuffs. The name of the sweets is known to make some French citizens uneasy. by jamescookenotthatone
That cosmetics line doesn't care about its name either.
xX609s-hartXx t1_ispi8cj wrote
Reply to TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsgN_LPWBc
xX609s-hartXx t1_isehwcg wrote
Reply to comment by ChevExpressMan in TIL: During the US Civil War, a father issued a writ of habeus corpus to get his underaged Son out of the US Army, when the writ was delivered to the camp, the provost had both the lawyer who had delivered the writ, and the Judge who had issued the writ arrested and imprisoned. by hoosyourdaddyo
Hadn't they also done that during the war of 1812?
xX609s-hartXx t1_ir9q9t1 wrote
Reply to comment by MisterMarcus in TIL: Regina Hall (Brenda from the "Scary Movie" franchise) wanted and tried to become a Catholic Nun in 2010, but was rejected by the order. by euromonic
Those institutions really tend to keep a medieval mindset.
xX609s-hartXx t1_ir9pkdr wrote
Reply to TIL about Operation Bernhard. During WWII, Germany attempted to bring about the collapse of the British economy by forging ≈£130 million in British bank notes. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, and are very difficult to differentiate from legitimate notes. by rkadeYT
To be fair: Look at the original notes. They were an absolute joke when it comes to security and pretty much only relied on backchecking with the serial numbers.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqrfhc0 wrote
Reply to comment by Cold_Situation_7803 in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
Wasn't that a movie made up of patched together TV clips?
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqr5pdu wrote
Reply to comment by wegqg in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
I don't know those other guys but did they have a guy who got so fat he exploded in full detail?
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqr5ita wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenEye3 in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
I remember Orwell saying it was the worst word you could call a British man during the 30s/40s.
xX609s-hartXx t1_j9esaua wrote
Reply to comment by QuietGanache in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Strauss