molotovzav
molotovzav t1_j6v2r9l wrote
Reply to comment by Nullarni in An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire. by Chino_Blanco
I think it's also since their church is essentially run like a ponzee scheme mixed with a real estate racket when it comes to tithing and what the church spends money on...it's easy for them to fall victim to the same scheme, often ran by the same people. There's a lot of Mormons in the top brass of mlms too.
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Reply to TIL "A Christmas Story" was initially overlooked and only became a classic after Ted Turner purchased the rights and began airing it yearly on cable TV. by habalushy
I'm like one of the few people I know who doesn't give a shit about this movie. I've seen it multiple times over the decades I've been alive and I just don't care. Cue Xmas time and everyone talks about it so fondly and I just don't feel the same way at all lol.
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Reply to TIL that fish skin is used as wound dressing for severe burn injuries, leading to fast and very effective healing. by firesparxx
My grandma had this done and some dumb nurse at her hospital ruined it saying it was "gangrene" and acted on her own. So such a great invention, now hospitals teach all your staff what it is so someone doesn't just act alone and ruin people's progress.
molotovzav t1_j1j1td8 wrote
Reply to A chance encounter and mother's intuition: How 2 Indy women helped find missing Ohio twin by BurstTheBubbles
Reading this makes the cops sound truly useless. Without these ladies the babies would not have been found.
molotovzav t1_iy6atf1 wrote
My reaction to this: this is fucked up (I hate insects, but I'm not going out of my way to interact with them either so I'm not a super big killer). 25% is alarmingly high, but it's an insect and probably has some crucial purpose in their respective ecosystems.
molotovzav t1_iun7tk3 wrote
Reply to Century-old shipwreck being torn apart by visitors; researchers asking them to stop by InflationOk300
I hate people. I just don't understand why most of you are so dumb and greedy?
molotovzav t1_isqi2s8 wrote
Reply to comment by DankVectorz in TIL about some US Marine named Charles Brown who received the Medal of Honor in 1872, but deserted in Shanghai before he could receive it. by dragoniteftw33
We were trying to establish ourselves in Asia and jockeying for trade routes and influence in the area, we had just emerged form the civil war, where Europe was already established in some parts of Asia. Sometimes shit like this happened too, but it wasn't a larger conflict, just us trying to exert influence and people fighting us from time to time.
molotovzav t1_isqhrf4 wrote
Reply to TIL about some US Marine named Charles Brown who received the Medal of Honor in 1872, but deserted in Shanghai before he could receive it. by dragoniteftw33
At least he deserted in Shanghai, instead of being Shanghai'd (iykyk) which is how my brain tried to read it at first.
molotovzav t1_j9ko0yi wrote
Reply to comment by invol713 in TIL the worst snowstorm in the history of Los Angeles occurred in 1949 when up to two feet of snow covered the city for three days as it reached its lowest temperature ever recorded, 28 degrees Fahrenheit by SappyGilmore
They're like 305' (ft.)elevation. With that kind of elevation I would never expect it to get really cold. I'm in Vegas and we're like 2kft and our lows are about 20-30F. I always think of LA as way warmer in winter and I know I'm not even living in a cold area. It's the summer that will get you in LA, well not me, but all you snow bird types.