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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.

teft , 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...
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Anyone who has ever washed clothes by hand understands this. That shit is difficult af.

athos77 ,

I remember watching some BBC documentary and they said that whenever a household for enough money that they started to buy appliances, the first one they bought was almost always a clothes washer.

smashboy ,

And to think, back in those days people also often had 5-10 children. Imagine the amount of laundry 💀

Ghost33313 ,
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Been there. A freshening up wash isn't bad, but if you have a stain, forget it you will be cursing.

cornbread , 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...

If only they’d invent a “put laundry away” machine.

FlyingSquid , 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...
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Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberation

Makes sense. My wife makes me do all the laundry.

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

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

That scene scared the ever loving shit out of me when I was a kid

Ghostalmedia OP , in TIL most Americans belived Indians ate live snakes and monkey brains after watching Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
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Fans of the movie might argue that it functions solely as comedic relief in an otherwise dramatic action movie; however, a 2001 study conducted through University of Texas proves otherwise: A large majority of American audiences believed it to be either a fully accurate representation of Indian cuisine, or an exaggeration of it, when it’s actually neither — everything about the scene is fictional.

aksdb ,

everything about the scene is fictional.

TIL they never ate. /s

TeamAssimilation , in TIL most Americans belived Indians ate live snakes and monkey brains after watching Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
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I hope they didn’t believe Indian villagers could subsist a full week with a portion of rice.

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

TIL Indians don’t eat snakes and monkey brains

Ghostalmedia OP ,
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The article didn’t say anything about th delicious scarabs.

Sens , 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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Fake butter flavour (Diacetyl) is harmful when breathed. Popcorn lung is no joke.

qisope ,
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i’ve been eating 8 bags a day for the last 12 years in my living room. it’s developed popcorn ceiling, should I sue?

SgtThunderC_nt , 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

Let’s not even talk about the workers though…

“In 2004, a jury awarded 32-year-old Eric Peoples, a worker at the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in Jasper, Mo., $20 million for lung damage he sustained during the manufacturing process of buttered popcorn. At the time, 29 other workers had cases pending.”

JollyTheRancher , 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

I had a popcorn kernel stuck in my throat for a week before an ENT doctor got it out (Saliva wont dissolve popcorn kernels ever apparently). She told me she knew a surgeon who believed popcorn was the worst food a person could eat because of what it does to the intestines. I asked the ENT doctor what food she thought was the worst - “Popcorn, definitely”.

I know 7 million is a lot, but, I’ve got a feeling it still wasn’t worth it.

cosima_takeyama ,

Not to mention it’s around 800 mostly empty calories a day (at least based on the calories in the popcorn I eat). For me, that’s half the calories I need in a day to stay in deficit.

2dollarsim ,

Goddammit why did you have to say that. Now I can’t just gobble everyone’s movie popcorn.

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