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PoopMobile9000 t1_j3mp4w2 wrote
Reply to comment by horridtroglodyte in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
Median household income in 1947 was $3,000.
PoopMobile9000 t1_j0h7f7q wrote
Reply to comment by EpsomHorse in TIL Europe's wine owes its existence to the grafting of vines to American grape root stock that weren't vulnerable to a species of aphid that was destined to wipe the industry out. by salton
Right, just like the only Dutch beer is Heineken and the only German beer is Beck’s.
PoopMobile9000 t1_j0cmsl4 wrote
Reply to comment by jaa101 in TIL Europe's wine owes its existence to the grafting of vines to American grape root stock that weren't vulnerable to a species of aphid that was destined to wipe the industry out. by salton
Hell yeah suck it Europe. Tiny payback for smallpox but we’ll take what we can get.
PoopMobile9000 t1_j0cmqjy wrote
Reply to comment by pinniped1 in TIL Europe's wine owes its existence to the grafting of vines to American grape root stock that weren't vulnerable to a species of aphid that was destined to wipe the industry out. by salton
Naw, NorCal wines have been better than Europe for years.
PoopMobile9000 t1_iyez5ta wrote
Reply to comment by lego_office_worker in TIL in 1954, Ann Hodges was struck by a meteorite that crashed through her ceiling. A piece of it was found by a farmer who sold it & bought *a house & a car*. Ownership was disputed & she was unable to sell it, despite paying $500 to the other claimant & she ended up donating it to a museum. by Ihavepurpleshoes
To be fair a house cost $15 back then
PoopMobile9000 t1_ixwvpke wrote
Reply to comment by putaputademadre in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
It’s only the United States who’s lost the ability to construct projects rationally.
PoopMobile9000 t1_ixwpbhd wrote
Reply to comment by Basinox in TIL, that by 1860, there were nearly 4 million people enslaved in the United States. by MookieV
Don’t forget the millions of others slaves who lived and died in the preceding 200 years.
PoopMobile9000 t1_ixw6a1z wrote
Reply to comment by Geetright in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts
If it happened today it would take twelve years, six CEQA reports, and $390 million.
PoopMobile9000 t1_ixd8ch4 wrote
Reply to comment by TopAbies9056 in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056
>However, when audience members noticed that Stanford White was missing half of his face, they began to panic.
PoopMobile9000 t1_ivs16n4 wrote
Reply to comment by Nuthousemccoy in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart
Negotiations did begin under Bush, fwiw
PoopMobile9000 t1_iuat2td wrote
Reply to comment by satisfried in TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes
Trespass to chattels, not theft.
PoopMobile9000 t1_iu5u8b8 wrote
Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes
Yep. We talk about how the Internet has changed life and society, but it’s peanuts compared to the changes that occurred the prior turn of the century.
PoopMobile9000 t1_iu57ynq wrote
Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes
It’s always so wild to be reminded how many people bridged the pre-modern and modern era. 1880 and 1920 seem like entire universes apart, far more than 1980 and 2020.
Like it seems perfectly reasonable to imagine someone seeing Star Wars in the theater and also using Twitter. But the idea of riding a train to the Wild West, and later taking a commercial airline flight?
PoopMobile9000 t1_itpxpo5 wrote
Reply to comment by ShalmaneserIII in TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious. by Amateur_Validator
That’s different. The concept I mentioned is “social proof” and about individuals instinctively copying the behavior of others. Chesterton’s fence is about not disrupting rules or systems without understanding where the rules came from.
(Ie, I learned about social proof in intro psych, and Chersterton’s fence in law school.)
PoopMobile9000 t1_itoldrr wrote
Reply to comment by supercyberlurker in TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious. by Amateur_Validator
Yep. If our old hunter-gatherer ancestor is in unfamiliar territory, and sees that everyone seems to be going a long, inconvenient route that avoids a certain cave entrance, I’m probably better off avoiding it too even if it doesn’t make sense to me.
Usually the common sense, conventional wisdom is correct. But when it misfires, it’s easy for the misfire to perpetuate itself indefinitely.
PoopMobile9000 t1_jdhu8ul wrote
Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
Also because cities instituted America’s first zoning ordinances for the purpose of segregating Chinese to particular neighborhoods. Also the Chinese immigrant population was mostly male because the US made immigration rules to prevent Chinese women from arriving.