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ShakaUVM t1_jcs5r95 wrote
Reply to comment by Flyingboat94 in TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables
>"I'll drink a pound or two of lead paint!" - Said the Raven nevermore
Probably went straight to its hips
ShakaUVM t1_jabxemh wrote
Reply to comment by PaulAtredis in Sakura, somewhere between Magome and Tsumago, Japan. [1076x1076] [OC] by sannis_zoo
>The road between Magome and Tsumago has to be one of my favorite places in Japan, no matter the season. Feels like it hasn't changed in 100s of years.
Agreed, it's a great hike.
It's still the same Nakasendo the samurai hiked along during the Edo period.
ShakaUVM t1_j8v4e1t wrote
Reply to comment by hobosliveinboxs in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California USA [OC] [6330x3337] by theHerbivore
>Can you normally walk down to the beach?
Nope. The trail runs to the overlook, there is no trail to the beach that's open.
> Doing a trip to this area in May.
Check road conditions! I believe the 1 has landslides right now.
ShakaUVM t1_j8qkhfa wrote
Ah neat, I was there last year. That trail was mostly closed, but you could get a nice shot of the waterfall.
ShakaUVM t1_j67h0h4 wrote
Reply to comment by ThaiJohnnyDepp in Ancient statue of Hercules emerges from Rome sewerage repairs by Rob-Study-8562
Or Alcubierre in Pompeii just smashing stuff he didn't think would sell
ShakaUVM t1_j5svhzf wrote
Great place to go backpacking
ShakaUVM t1_j540aeg wrote
Reply to comment by AspireAgain in 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
I know a person whose first name is FNU - First Name Unknown
ShakaUVM t1_j2fcn1s wrote
How did the Politburo work in the USSR?
ShakaUVM t1_iwvw5oh wrote
Reply to comment by phdoofus in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
>Nobody ever asks the workers which executives and senior managers are 'low performing'
Whenever there's budget cuts in the Navy it's never the admiral's yacht that is cut
ShakaUVM t1_jcs62ci wrote
Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables
I recited The Raven to a raven in the Big Bear Zoo. It enjoyed it. Good times.
I also visited Rhode Island last year and randomly came across the house of the chick that PoE was simping for. As I walked down the cold snow lined street past the church graveyard that was literally her backyard, a huge cloud of raven's took off from the trees there and looked quite ominous in the winter night.