Flaxmoore
Flaxmoore t1_j9y91pg wrote
Reply to comment by Life_Less_Ordinary in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok
That seat was freaking premium when we would go on camp trips when I was a kid. We would just watch the world go by, and sometimes try to mess with the driver behind you.
Flaxmoore t1_j9u8xxd wrote
Reply to TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight
So 75 years later.
I can't imagine having Nazis and Allied troops meeting up in 2019- the 75th anniversary of Normandy.
Flaxmoore t1_izszkjj wrote
Reply to comment by whoiskamalsingh 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
> Last's anatomy, Snell's anatomy etc
In the US, Moore and Netter are kings. Moore is a bit better for practical anatomy (injuries and whatnot) and Netter is kind of the spiritual heir of Gray. Googling (guessing you're in the UK?) Last shows his stuff is more along the line of Netter.
My only problem with Gray is his incredibly dense verbiage which makes it hard to glean out exactly where he's trying to direct you.
For example, picking the posterior tibial artery (because that's what the book fell open to) Gray states: > The posterior tibial is an artery of large size, which extends obliquely downward from the lower border of the Popliteus muscle, along the tibial side of the leg, to the fossa between the inner ankle and the heel, where it divides beneath the origin of the Abductor Hallucis, on a level with a line drawn from the point of the internal malleolus to the centre of the convexity of the hell, into the internal and external plantar arteries.
Netter skips the verbiage and throws a picture at it.
Flaxmoore t1_iw9ejfr wrote
Reply to TIL that the Egyptian Mau is the oldest cat breed in the world, dating back at least 3000 years. by ReddVevyy
I can picture some Egyptian dude…
“Hey, what the fuck are you?”
“Mau.”
“Ok, cool. Guys, this is called a Mau- it told me its name!”
Flaxmoore t1_irnrf9d wrote
Reply to comment by Numerous_Oils in TIL about The “Victory Speed”. Beginning in May of 1942 and ending in August of 1945, a nationwide speed limit of 35 miles per hour was instated. The “Victory Speed” limit was instated in order to reduce gasoline and rubber consumption. by Phillip_Lipton
And it takes very little to change the efficiency.
I had a car bra for my 3 series- E36, the last of the boxier models- and with nothing more than smoothing out the bumper/fender transition and adding a couple small wedges to direct air a little I got a full mile per gallon highway improvement.
That's over a full summer of testing, with the same drives done over 50 times. Held up nicely- 30mpg highway without it, 31 with.
Flaxmoore t1_irne0f6 wrote
Reply to comment by Numerous_Oils in TIL about The “Victory Speed”. Beginning in May of 1942 and ending in August of 1945, a nationwide speed limit of 35 miles per hour was instated. The “Victory Speed” limit was instated in order to reduce gasoline and rubber consumption. by Phillip_Lipton
And a lot of cars in that era had terrible drag coefficients- even the fairly sleek Beetle.
Flaxmoore t1_jcmi9fw wrote
Reply to comment by MadAstrid in TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses. by theID10T
Damn right!