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HeartyBeast , in TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...
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The tapes were huge, expensive and storage was limited. The tapes tended to get reused.

MortyMcFry , in TIL tanning salons have been banned in Australia since 2016.
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Yeah skin cancer is bad. Also, why would you want your skin to look like leather when you get older

https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/e2906de3-4407-45a4-9788-c004a618df37.png

VanillaGorilla ,

Something about Mary?

MortyMcFry ,
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Have you seen my baseball?

sabreW4K3 , in TIL tanning salons have been banned in Australia since 2016.
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Using a sun bed in such an ordinarily hot country is hilarious to me, because it’s so redundant.

LordOfLocksley ,

My thinking exactly.

SomeoneElse ,

I have a vitamin D deficiency. I already take a calcium + vitamin D supplement, it’s the height of the British summer (lol) and my vitamin D levels are still too low. My doctors advice is to eat lunch outside every day. Which would be fine if it wasn’t 15C and raining! I could really do with a 30second sun bed treatment every other week.

WalrusDragonOnABike , (edited )

Similarly have seen sunbread suggestions as one way to try to treat eczema. Given a lot of eczema is caused by allergies to stuff in the air outside, just going outside can make it worse.

Edit: "sunbread suggestions" should be 'sunbed suggested". Sunbread probably won't do anything for eczema.

SomeoneElse ,

Years ago (maybe 20!) a boy I was at college with had sunbed treatments for acne. It did help but I don’t think they do that anymore. It’s roaccutane now but that has horrible side effects of its own.

sabreW4K3 ,
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Is that available under prescription?

SomeoneElse ,

I get mine on prescription but I have lupus. I’m pretty sure a relatively healthy person who has a vitamin D deficiency would be told to buy supplements. I take Fultium D3 which is prescription only. Your doctor will recommend a specific type if you need it, whether OTC or on prescription.

There was some research released just yesterday showing that basically everyone in the northern hemisphere would benefit by taking vitamin D + calcium. It massively reduces the rate of heart attacks for some reason. Do check with your doctor before taking anything that hasn’t been prescribed though.

sabreW4K3 ,
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Thank you very much, I was actually asking for my mum.

SomeoneElse ,

You’re welcome. Wishing your mum well.

sabreW4K3 ,
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Thank you kindly.

reclipse , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.
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While I am all in for recycling, this was something I didn’t want to know.

didnt_readit , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.

I’m honestly really glad to hear this. I always figured they just threw it away and it was such a massive waste.

BigPapaE , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.

the hair and stuff off

What…what other kind of stuff are we talking about 🫣

shimian ,

Little bits of shower oreos

Flaky_Fish69 ,
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you know that half-liquid stuff? that stuff.

people don't shove soap up their ass.... never happens... those little soaps aren't really large enough for it...

Hanhula ,
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You wouldn't want to do that anyway. Stuff up the arse needs a flared base, or you'll end up with a hospital visit.

BurnTheRight ,

It'll shoot clean up there.

r00ty Admin ,
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And clean the chute up there.

SpicyPeaSoup ,
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Ya never pooped a brick of soap before?

Flaky_Fish69 ,
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I mean... you're not wrong, really.

ThesePaycheckAvenging ,

Whatever it is, I bet it's not going to waste either.

whynotzoidberg ,

Here ya go. Mike Rowe has a good way of going through all of that “and stuff” convo. Dirty Jobs FTW youtu.be/_ndZ9PnqKw8

001100010010 , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.
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Thanks for triggering my germaphobia.

But then again, I’d probably be too afraid to travel.

i_suppose ,

Isn’t soap supposed to kill all that stuff? Wouldn’t germs die when in contact with it for too long?

cedarmesa , (edited )
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💀

Psaldorn ,
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Soap emperor here: can confirm. But mostly I let my soapologists deal with the details.

i_suppose ,

Well, TIL more than one thing!

Aux ,

That reply is wrong, surfactants effectively kill many varieties of microbes www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7166552/

Aux ,

Surfactants effectively kill many varieties of microbes www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7166552/

incognito_15 , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.

Honestly, as long as it’s been shown to be sanitary, I’m so for recycling. Imagine throwing out all that barely used soap? What a waste.

Kolanaki ,
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Maybe it’s just the crappy hotels I’ve used, but the soaps are always so small, I need two whole bars to take a shower. I know I’m not in the best of shape, but I ain’t that huge.

kwerks , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.

Today I learned I didn’t want to know that lol I get it’s probably sanitary and whatever but still. Thanks!

lapislazuli , (edited ) in TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...

There are similar examples from other countries as well. TV was seen as a means for making live broadcasts, so back-ups weren’t made and tapes got recorded over. Source: a course on TV history I took.

Olap , in TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...

Dad’s Army lost three episodes also. All were refilmed in 2018/2019 and very faithful - highly recommended

Saganastic , (edited ) in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.

I wouldn't be surprised if the botched execution of Mary Queen of Scots was the motivation for the guillotine: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-queen-of-scots-execution

nightauthor , in TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...
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Don’t tell any datahoarders about this, you’ll make them cry. I don’t fully ascribe myself that title, but this hurts me.

gramw , in TIL a full-grown person can eat 70 to 80 hot dogs in a 10-minute space before their body starts to shut down

This is a really important study. Very glad we have this info.

reclipse , in TIL bee suits are customarily white because by wearing white, a beekeeper can approach and open the hive without the bees becoming defensive and attacking as bees dislike dark coloured animals.
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So you are telling me that bees are racist?

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