phobosmarsdeimos
phobosmarsdeimos t1_je34fa4 wrote
Reply to comment by ILoveTabascoSauce in TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse
Ancient Latin didn't have lowercase letters or word order. You have to decipher it from conjugations and context.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_jdtgztb wrote
Reply to comment by TronCurtain2 in Reservoir Dogs: A Heist Movie Without The Heist Itself by Different_Writing647
All you need to know is that everything got fucked up and no single character knows why/how. That's the movie. You could look at it like 12 Angry Men as criminals after a failed heist.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_jdt8osg wrote
Reply to TIL that seagulls not only eat other birds and animals, but are cannibals and often eat seagull chicks, even their own. by TrolleyMcTrollerson1
It doesn't count if you say, "No cannibalo!"
phobosmarsdeimos t1_ja1nrcg wrote
Reply to comment by DistortoiseLP in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
It could have been a Kienzan (destructo disc).
phobosmarsdeimos t1_j8qjirk wrote
Reply to comment by ScaryBluejay87 in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma
Slash and burn mostly...mostly.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_j12pur8 wrote
Reply to comment by Chillchinchila1 in TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek
I think you missed the point of the outcome of the island of misfit toys story.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_j0avby7 wrote
Reply to comment by i_hateeveryone in TIL: Extra organs and body parts are more common than many people realise with extra nipples and teeth among the most common. by unswsydney
Krusty the clown cosplay
phobosmarsdeimos t1_ixsp0t0 wrote
Reply to comment by ikefalcon in TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves. by WaryLouka
This sounds like a Rick & Morty episode.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_iugtgfp wrote
Reply to comment by Bes1208 in TIL Peter Weller, who played RoboCop, went on to get his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History and wrote his dissertation about Renaissance artist/philosopher Leon Battista Alberti by kamyizme
Professor Alex Murphy
phobosmarsdeimos t1_isgwyrt wrote
Reply to comment by DigNitty in TIL: Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. by vect77
It's so they can write their name in the snow.
phobosmarsdeimos t1_jeck7b4 wrote
Reply to comment by Dragonfly452 in 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
I was going to say Giles on Buffy.