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ThePantser , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia
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George Bush Center for Intelligence, that’s funny

Plopp ,

It’s next door to the Trump Center for Humility.

Aurenkin ,

Up the road from the Biden youth centre

RealFknNito ,
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Adjacent to the Raegan center for racial tolerance.

MojoMcJojo ,

Beside the Kennedy School of Driver’s Education

Igloojoe ,

John Quincy Adams Native American Museum.

model_tar_gz ,

The Bill Clinton Marijuana Museum.

BackOnMyBS ,
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The Andrew Jackson Museum for the Appreciation of Native American Culture

squiblet ,
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It’s named after the elder George Bush, GHWB.

Cheradenine ,

Yes it is. If it was named after dubya it would be funnier. Still the worst levels of the old testament, but funny, in an ironic, we are all doomed way.

Mr_Blott ,
towerful ,

Damn, thats a callback

HootinNHollerin ,

Who was CIA Director before VP, President

squiblet ,
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Yeah. Only for one year though. I had previously thought his CIA involvement was more extensive.

Aussiemandeus ,
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When i was 14 i won a scholarship for school and was able to travel to Canberra and do some random crap.

Ontop of that we were able to put on a play for some high up generals and MP’s.

I put in one joke that was basically “we have received intelligence from he USA… then someone intergects America has intelligence?”

Had the crowed in stitches.

GBU_28 ,

It’s fun to think you’re political opposites are dumb. But in reality the dude did exactly what he and his squad wanted, changing the course of history for decades to come. Yes rove and Cheney did lots but ultimately they all played their role and achieved (terrible) greatness

Nurgle ,

Right, this is named after George H Bush.

teft , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
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Chocolate bloom can be repaired by melting the chocolate down, stirring it, then pouring it into a mould and allowing it to cool, bringing the sugar or fat back into the solution.

Yeah, ain’t nobody got time for that. It’ll melt while i eat it anyways.

lvxferre ,
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It’s mostly a concern if you’re going to sell or gift them. I did this for some time, considering to do it again this Easter - it’s laborious but a nice way to get some quick cash.

GustavoFring ,

Wait, what are you selling?

unreachable ,
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yes

Usually_Lurker ,
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I’ll take 3, please.

lvxferre ,
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Chocolate Easter eggs.

Or at least I’m planning to sell some when Easter kicks in.

Duranie ,

There’s always the “aw fuck it, roll it in cocoa powder” approach lol.

lvxferre ,
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I… may or may not have done this with bonbons in the past, and then sold the failures as “gourmet chocolate”. It doesn’t work for chocolate eggs because people want them glossy.

Then the ones that I’m planning for my family will get some drawings in white chocolate, so if those get some bloom I’m leaving them as is.

Pat_Riot ,
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I read that as bonobos at first and was very confused. I need to finish my coffee.

Empricorn ,

Choc-rings.

FiskFisk33 ,

chocking

StopSpazzing ,
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Choking on chocking chocrings

nilloc ,

So you sell last years (or older???) chocolate eggs somewhere?

lvxferre ,
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No, I usually make them a week or so before Easter. However if you screw the tempering up it blooms just like if you stored it for years, and given my humid city it’s really easy to screw it up with condensation water due to the double boiler. (You don’t want to heat the chocolate directly. Seriously. Burnt chocolate is as awful as non-burnt chocolate is delicious.)

Mycatiskai , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

This how I used to get free chocolate bars. When it was hot out the vending machine at my work would warm the chocolate bars causing them to bloom, Effem and complain about my Mars bars and they would send me a coupon for for each chocolate bars. I would do it every month to a different address.

LemmyKnowsBest ,

How’d you get a new mailing address every month?

Mycatiskai ,

I just used the work address and different unit number but it always came to the same place.this was 24 years ago so the didn’t have Google maps to check.

SocialMediaRefugee , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

I’ve been able to “repair” bloomed chocolate by melting it and mixing it back together

yemmly , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
Emerald OP ,

Thanks

livus , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".
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@Emerald yeah people think it's gone off but it totally hasn't.

Kolanaki ,
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It does affect the taste a bit though, and it’s not really good. Like stale bread. Edible; but not particularly pleasant.

anubis119 , to til in TIL that the white stuff that sometimes appears on chocolate is called "chocolate bloom".

Alright, well let’s get this out onto a tray; nice, mkay…

Stopher ,
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Nice hiss!

Beardedsausag3 , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia
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The 4th is the colonels secret recipe and a list of the 13 different herbs and spices.

Steveanonymous ,
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Ooooo 2 extra herbs and or spices!?!?!

ZapBeebz_ ,

Not even the Colonel knows what those two bonus herbs and spices are.

I’m betting whimsy and wonder

thesporkeffect ,

The secret ingredient is Wuv

flicker ,

Surely you mean “love.”

thesporkeffect ,

Who’s been screwing with this thing!!?

glitch1985 ,

I belive one of them is shame.

SupraMario ,

Chicken

Grease

Salt.

JustZ ,
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It’s not secret anymore. The Colonel’s great grand nephew or something posted the recipe online.

technohacker ,
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3ntranced , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

The creator said at some point that there is a typo that makes the 4th unsolvable or something.

wahming ,

Source? There are typos in all 4 puzzles, but they’re intentional and clues to a further riddle.

arymandias , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

Does it say what he was doing in Dallas November the 22nd 1963?

Nobody , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

I’ve solved the fourth one. It says, “We killed JFK. There, I said it.”

PhlubbaDubba , to til in TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia

It looks like they already have two plaintext samples, would they be able to try Vignere keys that result in both plain texts simultaneously? Every other panel was solved with Vignere

nitefox , to til in TIL almost all vanilla plants are pollinated by hand.

You could make an anime about that

Sabata11792 ,
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The Time I got Reincarnated as a Professional Plant Wanker in Another World.

Hazmatastic ,

It would be a damn isekai

EvergreenGuru , to til in TIL almost all vanilla plants are pollinated by hand.

That’s only outside their native range. In Mexico, where they’re from, they’re pollinated by the Melipona bee. Mexico is currently 3rd place in vanilla production at 6.5%, so you’re not wrong to say the majority of vanilla plants are pollinated by hand, but they do have a natural pollinator. In theory, you could introduce the Melipona bee to areas where Vanilla has been imported to cut down the labor time/costs.

CraigeryTheKid ,

Thinks makes me wonder if they could make a “closed system” outside the natural range - like a giant greenhouse that includes the plant AND the bee.

Which would then turn into a movie-worthy story about the bees getting out and somehow causing the zombie apocalypse.

OR - it would just be BioDome with Pauly Shore. But with bees.

swab148 ,
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Ya like jazz?

gears ,

You should edit the wikipedia entry and include this!

EvergreenGuru , (edited )

I just looked at the Wikipedia page and I think it’s fine. They’ve cited some sources which detail the debate about which pollinators actually pollinate the plant. Compared to someone who’s got a degree studying plants, I know basically nothing. I’m just repeating what I’ve heard. If they’ve got a list of pollinators and are trying to narrow down the right one, then they’re closer to the truth than I am.

usualsuspect191 , to til in TIL almost all vanilla plants are pollinated by hand.

Man, the word “vanilla” has become so ubiquitous with “plain, unaltered, default” that I was really confused at first.

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