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TomBishop , 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.

Ah finally, sustainability!

Nah, probably just capitalism.

Win-win then?

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.

tinwhiskers , 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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They're also cooler to wear. Bee suits get surprisingly hot even when white. The heat in the suit on hot summer days was the worst aspect of beekeeping for me. Bees show a lot of interest in blue anything so you don't wear blue overalls as you also tend to get more accidental stings (crush injuries to bees and things like that), and once one bee stings the pheromones released makes the hive more on edge. Mostly, the odd accidental sting won't rile the hive too much if they're a good breed and/or handled often but it does kinda tend to snowball.

White is the biz.

IndisposedShakerCup , in TIL that in the 1980s, Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, underwent back surgery, and was given a blood transfusion that was not screened for HIV causing him to become ...

Wow, that sucks. Poor dude

LegalAction , in TIL the UK’s oldest joke is a crude riddle that features in the Exeter Codex and dates back to the 10th Century AD - What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked bef...

That’s surely not true for a number of reasons. The UK wasn’t a thing, and modern English wasn’t a thing. Beowulf has a fair bit of jokes in it, and that’s some 200 years earlier, in Old English, than this thing.

Hell, I’m pretty sure Plato’s Symposium starts out with a three word pun. That’s Greek and not English of course, but the idea of picking out an earliest joke is just ridiculous.

Sivar , in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...

There’s this amazing TED talk by Hans Rosling about this. Worth it to check it out! ted.com/…/hans_rosling_the_magic_washing_machine

Edit: sorry, someone posted this earlier. Lemmy not showing comments…

sab , in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...

Some consider it the greatest invention of the industrial revolution. Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberation.

...hmmm.

ribboo , in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...

I first read “the vending machine”. I was really looking forward to getting to know the rest of why it’s such an invaluable invention!

FizzlePopBerryTwist , in TIL that a TV show called “This Is Your Life” invited Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Japanese minister and atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima. The show also featured a surprise guest, Robert Lewis, copilot o...

Ah, someone else is a LPOTL listener I see.

Did you know one of the guys on BOTH planes went on to found Hell’s Angels and later became leader of the Banditos?

BigPapaE , in TIL most Americans belived Indians ate live snakes and monkey brains after watching Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom

some snakes, such as the ones depicted in “Temple of Doom,” can actually survive being eaten, exit the digestive tract of the host>

Jesus. Fucking. Christ

Smokeydope , in TIL A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag
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Lmao

SuiXi3D , in TIL that a day on earth used to be just 19 hours long
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So the earth’s spin is very slowly slowing down? Neat!

Doll_Tow_Jet-ski , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

When I was a vegetarian, Indian food was my go to. Guaranteed to be vegetarian and tasty. It would even be mostly vegan but they use ghee in almost everything, so it's a big no-no for vegans unfortunately

aeternum ,

Vegetarianism is not enough. Cows are murdered at a few hours old if they have the misfortune of being male, or unwanted "stock" if they're female. Male chicks are killed at a few hours old because they'll never produce eggs. Vegetarians preach love for animals, but they're hypocrites. dairy and eggs are so cruel.

Doll_Tow_Jet-ski ,

I agree. I was vegetarian for 3-4 years and realized that if I was doing it for the animals, I couldn't keep consuming eggs and dairy, or any other animal product for that matter. Been a vegan for more than 10 years now

aeternum ,

got a few years on me, but I'm vegan too. Probably for about 4-5 years

Doll_Tow_Jet-ski ,

Ye man I could infer that from your earlier comment :D
Just a tip: I agree with everything you say, but if our goal is to change peoples' behavior, it is detrimental to call the hypocrites (and similar adjectives). That creates cognitive dissonance, and people usually double-down on their old behavior when faced with cognitive dissonance instead of changing their behavior. What I've found works best to make people go vegan is instead of calling them out on their behavior, show them positive examples of veganism, and let them do the math.

aeternum ,

This is true. I was probably a bit rash calling them hypocrites. it just makes me so angry.

MadMenace ,

I've been told that Sri Lanka is a popular travel destination for vegans because the food is like Indian food minus the ghee.

Doll_Tow_Jet-ski ,

Nice tip! Thanks

NosyRock , in TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.

I wonder what percentage is a choice or social pressure or affordability

glorious_albus ,

Probably not that high. From experience, it’s just that you’ve been eating vegetarian food all your life, it’s really weird to eat non vegetarian. In fact, there are many of my friends who’ve turned non vegetarian due to peer pressure from their friends.

Deceptichum , in TIL scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown...
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Iceland named the new island Surtsey, after Surtr, a mythical Norse fire-giant who will probably show up in a Thor movie someday.

And only a few years later he did in Ragnarok. Good guess writer!

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