trai_dep
trai_dep t1_jdq2pde wrote
Reply to TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217
I (gently) threw my puppy into a mound of pillows for years.
Still no Krypto.
trai_dep t1_jeci4da wrote
Reply to TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
Somewhat related, How Disney won the latest battle in Florida governor DeSantis’ culture war.
One of my favorite quotes:
>The agreement limiting the board’s powers is effective for perpetuity or — should that be successfully challenged in court — at least “until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, King of England living as of the date of this Declaration.”
Happy reading!