TIL: post things you learned today.

[Hengeyokai]

TIL That a greyhound was venerated as a folk saint (though not officially canonized).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Guinefort

 

[AprilRains]

noyade (n.) Execution by drowning.

 

[Zaragoza]

Timothy McVeigh killed more people than all the deaths of Americans in the first Gulf War.

 

[Zaragoza]

And adding to said TIL:
His bombing of the Murrah Building remains the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism within United States history. If you were to disregard the difference between Spree Shooters and Domestic Terrorism in the United States, he would still remain on top for killing 168 people. While both events are two completely different park games, his success and infamy would aspire Eric Harris of the Columbine Massacre to emulate him and his success to something to aspire to and surpass by having the original set date of the massacre on being set on the fourth anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing on 4/19/1999 but would delay the attack a day later after some more ammunition he ordered weren't brought in until the next day. Also he couldn't stop mentioning McVeigh on his personal journals. As Ted Kaczynski once said: "We're allowing every Eric Harris, every troubled kid out there, to become the next Tim McVeigh."

 

[peQueño_Ardilla+5131]

Never Stay Up Chatting with your friends when you've got an appointment.

 

[soy_king]

An estimated 50% of all nitrogen found in humans was introduced through the Haber-Bosch Process, a method of converting atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates developed in the late 1800s.

 

[Teri-Teri]

There are no mosquitoes in Iceland.

 

[AprilRains]

Sam Houston, first President of the Republic of Texas, had many connections with the Cherokee. His nickname among that tribe was said to translate to "The Raven" because of his coal-black hair.

This went unchallenged for decades until a historian thought to wonder why the Cherokee would think black hair unusual. He found that some historian had decided to improve the facts.

The name actually meant "Big Drunk".

Wikipedia still has it wrong.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

From my day at the wildlife rehab center:
-Turkeys are really big up close. It's one thing to see a prepared turkey for eating at the store, it's quite another to come face to face with the actual bird. Their feathers are quite pretty though.
-Turkeys are also pretty dumb. Catching one in an enclosure is as easy as throwing a towel at it.
-Holding on to it while someone attempts to draw blood for testing is another story. Once that turkey started realizing that he didn't like the situation it took three of us to get it back in position and have the towel back on his head.

Other fun things learned on previous days are that pelicans smell really bad in close spaces, and seagull bites are unexpectedly painful.

 

[Count groudon]

Thor apparently had two pet goats named Gap Tooth and Grinder that would pull his chariot. He also routinely slaughtered and ate them both and promptly revived them when he was full.

Norse mythology is so delightfully insane.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

Drinking before bed does the exact opposite of offering you better sleep.

Drinking following a decent meal cuts the potential WASTED by ~2/3. The jew in me hates the fact I watched that documentary.

 

[JustStopDude]

The largest carrier ever sunk was the Shinaro. Meant to be the third Yamato class battleship, she was converted to a carrier. An in experienced crew and very many design flaws, she was sunk 10 days after commission by the USS Archerfish.

It was only after the War the US realized exactly what ship was sunk.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I recently learned this:

[gay]text[/gay]

[gay]text[/gay]

edit to add:

[usa]there's also this[/usa]

[usa]there's also this[/usa]

 

[Lurkette]

While the custom of burning "hell bank notes" remains legal in China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has as of 2006 banned the practice of "vulgar" burnt-offerings for the deceased, which include "luxury villas, sedan cars, mistresses, and other messy sacrificial items", as well as Viagraand simulated models of "karaoke hostesses" and "Supergirls" based on the hit TV contest Mongolian Cow Yoghurt Supergirl, according to the Ministry, in effort to eradicate "feudal" and superstitious behavior.[5]

Also, I took a child to the bathroom and, completely unprompted, learned their peeing habits. I may have to let her father know, but this is not a subject I have breached before and am unsure how to start.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

My partner had a sick love for sharknado, so today after I got done work, we watched the third one. After swing one and two, today I learned, the movies tend to hire people who have been accused of some sort of sexual conduct. And I don’t particularly mean the #metoo kind.

See:
Anthony Wiener
Jared Fogle
Matt Lauer
Et Al.

 

[Lurkette]

the electric slide is about a vibrator
confirmed by the writer

 

[AprilRains]

The chichevache was a satirical cryptid who was said to devour faithful wives, and was therefore perpetually thin and starving. Unsurprisingly, this was in Europe, land of the cuck.

 

[Teri-Teri]

The famous Nokia tune originally came from a solo guitar composition "Gran Vals" by Francisco Tárrega.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Birds pant just like dogs when they're overheated.

 

[AprilRains]

Potassium chlorate and white sugar make an acceptable substitute for smokeless powder, at least for a while.