TIL about De Defectibus, a set of instructions about what to do in case anything goes wrong during the Sacrement of the Eucharist, including if rats steal the bread used or if the priest dies during mass.
https://ift.tt/uWkMnbr
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 04:56AM by res30stupid
via reddit https://ift.tt/k63yE5I
https://ift.tt/uWkMnbr
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 04:56AM by res30stupid
via reddit https://ift.tt/k63yE5I
www.dailycatholic.org
DE DEFECTIBUS - POPE SAINT PIUS V's PAPAL BULL (defectib.htm)
DAILY CATHOLIC
TIL the infamous shock video "2 Girls 1 Cup" was originally sold as a DVD titled "Hungry B*tches". The "vomit" in the movie was just food the actors had chewed and spit-out without swallowing, and film's director has stated in court that the supposed excrement they consume was just ice cream.
https://ift.tt/qWIjaft
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 09:01AM by TheKingOfTheBees
via reddit https://ift.tt/jphT42s
https://ift.tt/qWIjaft
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 09:01AM by TheKingOfTheBees
via reddit https://ift.tt/jphT42s
Wikipedia
2 Girls 1 Cup
2007 Brazilian scat-fetish pornographic film
TIL About Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican Nationalist who attacked the US House of Representatives to protest the forced takeover of Puerto Rico, shooting Five US Congressmen
https://ift.tt/ZHUXQpj
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:06AM by Ask_me_4_a_story
via reddit https://ift.tt/xv6lnYG
https://ift.tt/ZHUXQpj
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:06AM by Ask_me_4_a_story
via reddit https://ift.tt/xv6lnYG
Global Voices
Not just the U.S.: Residente portrays all of America in ‘This is Not America’
With millions of views on Youtube, Puerto Rican rapper Residente makes a case for Latin America's struggle for human rights.
TIL in a cave near Nazareth, archeologists found a skeleton of a 13 year old boy with with deer horns that had been placed on his chest. The cave was dated to be around 92,000 years old.
https://ift.tt/OGRcyXD
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 09:02AM by dustofoblivion123
via reddit https://ift.tt/DEG0CKR
https://ift.tt/OGRcyXD
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 09:02AM by dustofoblivion123
via reddit https://ift.tt/DEG0CKR
journals.openedition.org
The excavation of Qafzeh
The excavation of the Qafzeh cave by René Neuville, while he was serving as the French Consul General in Jerusalem, began in earnest in 1934, after a test excavation conducted the year before revea...
TIL that when Kentucky Fried Chicken moved its headquarters to Tennessee, Colonel Sanders said "This ain't no goddam Tennessee Fried Chicken, no matter what some slick, silk-suited son-of-a-bitch says". The company moved back to Kentucky.
https://ift.tt/pzQLsRd
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 01:50PM by TMWNN
via reddit https://ift.tt/KgrkU9p
https://ift.tt/pzQLsRd
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 01:50PM by TMWNN
via reddit https://ift.tt/KgrkU9p
Wikipedia
History of KFC
Wikimedia history article
TIL the BBC initially refused to publish Richard Dimbleby's eye witness account of Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, they didn't believe it was as terrible as he described. It's estimated 70,000 people died at Belsen. The BBC only agreed to broadcast after Dimbleby threatened to resign.
https://ift.tt/T0yxKVP
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:56PM by Pukit
via reddit https://ift.tt/OBkDdea
https://ift.tt/T0yxKVP
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:56PM by Pukit
via reddit https://ift.tt/OBkDdea
BBC Archive
Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen
Richard Dimbleby describes the scenes of almost unimaginable horror that greeted him as he toured Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation.
TIL during the 1942 blockade of Leningrad, where starvation was utilised as a siege strategy, those convicted of cannibalism were divided into two legal categories: corpse-eating and person-eating. The former were sent to prison, while the latter were shot.
https://ift.tt/Jri5Kj2
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 01:03PM by Smolesworthy
via reddit https://ift.tt/OJMPqmd
https://ift.tt/Jri5Kj2
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 01:03PM by Smolesworthy
via reddit https://ift.tt/OJMPqmd
Wikipedia
Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда; German: Leningrader Blockade) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Germany's…
TIL that Yurin Norstein has been working on his animated feature film 'The Overcoat' since 1981. With only 30 minutes of animation completed in over 42 years, it's production time is already the longest of any animated film in history.
https://ift.tt/y27rnw0
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:13PM by Lupercali
via reddit https://ift.tt/7JSoV1m
https://ift.tt/y27rnw0
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 02:13PM by Lupercali
via reddit https://ift.tt/7JSoV1m
Wikipedia
The Overcoat (animated film)
Russian unfinished animated feature film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn
TIL that in 1982 all five TV Emmy award nominees for Best Actor were from one show, Hill Street Blues
https://ift.tt/7xmDZiQ
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 04:22PM by es_price
via reddit https://ift.tt/QpfV8Y5
https://ift.tt/7xmDZiQ
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 04:22PM by es_price
via reddit https://ift.tt/QpfV8Y5
Variety
Taurean Blacque, Detective Neal Washington on ‘Hill Street Blues,’ Dies at 82
Taurean Blacque, beloved for his role of Detective Neal Washington on "Hill Street Blues," died Thursday. He was 82 years old.
TIL Lee Harvey Oswald was court martialed while in the Marines for accidentally shooting himself in the elbow with an unauthorized handgun
https://ift.tt/A1FRiWU
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 05:45PM by TimelyConcern
via reddit https://ift.tt/vZ4i7Ek
https://ift.tt/A1FRiWU
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 05:45PM by TimelyConcern
via reddit https://ift.tt/vZ4i7Ek
Wikipedia
Lee Harvey Oswald
American former marine who assassinated John F. Kennedy
TIL turning over control of the Panama Canal to Panama was a huge controversial emotional issue dividing many Americans in the 1970's
https://ift.tt/2rsXucG
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 06:30PM by SolidCucumber
via reddit https://ift.tt/6wTXb74
https://ift.tt/2rsXucG
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 06:30PM by SolidCucumber
via reddit https://ift.tt/6wTXb74
Council on Foreign Relations
TWE Remembers: The Fight over the Panama Canal Treaties
President Obama begins his Latin America trip on March 19. When he stops in Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador the official business will range from trade to energy to regional security. One issue that w…
TIL if an ant fell from a plane, it would not take damage or die.
https://ift.tt/Bxv1ZKk
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 08:04PM by BrokenWalker
via reddit https://ift.tt/JWnQfKM
https://ift.tt/Bxv1ZKk
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 08:04PM by BrokenWalker
via reddit https://ift.tt/JWnQfKM
Misfit Animals
Do Ants Take Fall Damage And What Height Can They Survive From? | Misfit Animals
No, ants do not take damage from falling.
TIL about Loganair Flight 6780, where after falling at a rate of 9500 per minute and only 7 seconds from crashing into the North Sea, a random computer glitch caused the autopilot to disengage. Allowing the pilots to regain control and save the aircraft.
https://ift.tt/O9uo40D
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 08:29PM by helpmeredditimbored
via reddit https://ift.tt/CbI1R9Z
https://ift.tt/O9uo40D
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 08:29PM by helpmeredditimbored
via reddit https://ift.tt/CbI1R9Z
Wikipedia
Loganair Flight 6780
aviation incident in 2014
TIL that the domestic animals of the Faroe Islands are a result of 1200 years of isolated breeding. As a result, many of the islands' domestic animals are found nowhere else in the world.
https://ift.tt/sbCXdQo
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 10:09PM by MimirHinnVitru
via reddit https://ift.tt/0eQ2pgl
https://ift.tt/sbCXdQo
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 10:09PM by MimirHinnVitru
via reddit https://ift.tt/0eQ2pgl
Wikipedia
Faroe Islands domestic animals
Wikimedia list article
TIL that there is a vast illegal black market for blood in India. Selling blood and paying donors in India is illegal, but across the country, a vast "red market" proliferates. People are even kept prisoner in 'Blood Farms' and harvested for their blood.
https://ift.tt/7gzseIL
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 07:03PM by BatmansLongjohns
via reddit https://ift.tt/kpXAsBj
https://ift.tt/7gzseIL
Submitted July 28, 2022 at 07:03PM by BatmansLongjohns
via reddit https://ift.tt/kpXAsBj
BBC News
Blood for sale: India's illegal 'red market'
Selling blood and paying donors is against the law in India, but despite this there is a vast illegal market exacerbated due to chronic supply shortages.
TIL in 2009 an American tourist was almost left behind by his transcontinental Australian train. He clung to the outside for two hours and 124 miles in only a t-shirt and jeans while the temperature dropped below freezing.
https://ift.tt/xN043Cz
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 12:38AM by kwykwy
via reddit https://ift.tt/BIgv7nt
https://ift.tt/xN043Cz
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 12:38AM by kwykwy
via reddit https://ift.tt/BIgv7nt
the Guardian
American tourist defies death on train across Australian desert
Chad Vance huddles on external stairwell in temperatures below freezing for more than two hours
TIL about Spiro Mounds, a pre-European North American city where so much well preserved treasure was found it was called "an American King Tut's Tomb" It was bought by a mining company for $100, looted, mined, and blown up by dynamite.
https://ift.tt/wgLOGoy
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 01:28AM by vivaenmiriana
via reddit https://ift.tt/TudoFwY
https://ift.tt/wgLOGoy
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 01:28AM by vivaenmiriana
via reddit https://ift.tt/TudoFwY
Wikipedia
Spiro Mounds
archaeological site in Oklahoma, United States of America
TIL that Czech president Vaclav Havel appointed Frank Zappa as Special Ambassador to the West in 1990.
https://ift.tt/QYLmPaV
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 12:56AM by LeastCoolUser
via reddit https://ift.tt/X7WhaC6
https://ift.tt/QYLmPaV
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 12:56AM by LeastCoolUser
via reddit https://ift.tt/X7WhaC6
Legacy.com
Frank Zappa: Revolutionary
Frank Zappa was a prolific composer and musician. When he died 20 years ago, the New York Times called him “rock’s most committed iconoclast.” Frank Zappa was a prolific composer…
TIL the average Mexican is genetically 50% indigenous with evidence of native ancestry being significantly higher on the X chromosome.
https://ift.tt/7gpoxX0
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:01AM by untipoquenojuega
via reddit https://ift.tt/RJ3Z7q4
https://ift.tt/7gpoxX0
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:01AM by untipoquenojuega
via reddit https://ift.tt/RJ3Z7q4
TIL that the woman who sings the iconic "Give it to me baby!" from The Offspring song "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) went on to voice Asajj Ventress from Star Wars: The Clone Wars
https://ift.tt/HyXG5c6
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:51AM by hospitalcottonswab
via reddit https://ift.tt/4lcKk05
https://ift.tt/HyXG5c6
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:51AM by hospitalcottonswab
via reddit https://ift.tt/4lcKk05
Wikipedia
Nika Futterman
voice actress
TIL the National Weather Service’s definition of “normal” is the average from 1991-2020, despite the fact that each decade since the 1960s has been hotter than the last.
https://ift.tt/wFlkd6I
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:37AM by sluefootstu
via reddit https://ift.tt/gXIAEzt
https://ift.tt/wFlkd6I
Submitted July 29, 2022 at 03:37AM by sluefootstu
via reddit https://ift.tt/gXIAEzt
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
U.S. Climate Normals
The U.S. Climate Normals are a large suite of data products that provide information about typical climate conditions for thousands of locations across the United States. Normals act both as a ruler to compare today’s weather and tomorrow’s forecast, and…