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My_Space_page t1_jeajno1 wrote
Reply to comment by disneyvacafacts in TIL that the oldest film on IMDb is "Passage de Vénus", a six second series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun on December 9th, 1874. by PresLyndonBJohnson36
Really?? I thought it was magic men in a little box.
My_Space_page t1_jeajej7 wrote
Reply to TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs. by morerubberstamps
A knockout post, i see.
My_Space_page t1_jdomfje wrote
Reply to TIL: Lake Poopo completely dried up after the water level in Lake Titicaca could no longer support feeding into Poopo by Dotst
Motor boating is always fun here at Titicaca,just watch out for the floaters
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My_Space_page t1_j4q3zba wrote
'You can have the Ford model t in any color you like... as long as that color is black.' Henry Ford
My_Space_page t1_iy8xex0 wrote
Reply to TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46 by IllustriousAct28
According to a letter. Apparently, Lincoln initially had no trust in Grant to win anything. This opinion changed only after Vicksburg Campaign.
My_Space_page t1_iwmdm2n wrote
Reply to comment by RosebudWhip in TIL that William I's response to northern rebellion in England was to order the wholesale slaughter of the inhabitants of northern shires, and the burning of food, homes, crops, tools, and livestock so that survivors would freeze or starve by AnselaJonla
I have a special card that gets punched every time I say it. One more time and I get a free soda.
My_Space_page t1_jeajwci wrote
Reply to TIL that just a few days after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, actress Dorothy Gibson starred in a silent motion picture short about the disaster called "Saved from the Titanic". Gibson even wore the same clothes she wore the night of the sinking to add to the films authenticity. by PresLyndonBJohnson36
Iceberg dead ahead!!