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TIL: Today I Learned
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Dave
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You know I just checked my Twitch to make sure I wasn't streaming.
When an earthquake happens in alaska, it can change the water table of wells in Florida (5,000 miles away) by over an inch:
This event:
Overview of phenomenon:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-096-03/
This event:
Overview of phenomenon:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-096-03/
So my favorite apple, the honeycrisp, has been around since the early 90's and I've only really become aware of it in the last few years.
Turns out there are a number of popular apples that are protected by patents, trademarks, and agreements and operate in groups similar to the diamond industry (click on the title to read the article if you don't want to listen):
So while I can get a honeycrisp (the seller takes care of the fees to minnesota university) there are apples varieties you can't buy or sell without joining a group and paying them for the privilege.
The Evercrisp, an improved child of the honeycrisp, has a per-tree purchase fee of $1, a per tree, per year fee ($0.00 - $0.30 per tree per year depending on age), and you have to be a member of the organization, which is currently $100 a year.
Turns out there are a number of popular apples that are protected by patents, trademarks, and agreements and operate in groups similar to the diamond industry (click on the title to read the article if you don't want to listen):
So while I can get a honeycrisp (the seller takes care of the fees to minnesota university) there are apples varieties you can't buy or sell without joining a group and paying them for the privilege.
The Evercrisp, an improved child of the honeycrisp, has a per-tree purchase fee of $1, a per tree, per year fee ($0.00 - $0.30 per tree per year depending on age), and you have to be a member of the organization, which is currently $100 a year.
TIL Fred Clause had a budget of 100 million dollars....really? They had THAT much faith in this film? Just saying, Elf had only 33 million dollars, allowing it to make BANK.
My favorite is a trademarked apple called Envy. They are so good, but we don't always have them here.
TIL Dabney Coleman a.k.a. Principal Prickly is still alive, so that's fun!
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The first time I saw John C. McGinley, I thought, "Jeez, what a Dabney Coleman rip-off."
Dabney Coleman was in Cloak and Dagger which was one of my childhood favs. I haven't seen it in at least 20 years. I wonder how it holds up.
John C McGinley is great too.
John C McGinley is great too.
I heard about it when it was discovered. Then I found an article about it yesterday.
Baader-Meinhoff all over again.
fade
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ou-garfield-is-not-meant-to-be-funny-6199556/
Summary: The title may be a little misleading and baiting, but the article reveals that Davis basic went into Garfield with the full intent to market the crap out of him and make a cash grab. Successfully. He was designed by Davis to pull together the most money-making aspects of the industry. Also lots of comments from easy to please people being offended that the author called Garfield unfunny.
Summary: The title may be a little misleading and baiting, but the article reveals that Davis basic went into Garfield with the full intent to market the crap out of him and make a cash grab. Successfully. He was designed by Davis to pull together the most money-making aspects of the industry. Also lots of comments from easy to please people being offended that the author called Garfield unfunny.
Don’t forget 9 to 5.
For the longest time I saw Dabney Coleman as, “we want Gene Hackman, but funnier.” Still do.
—Patrick
Then he succeeded! Good for him if that was his goal, dude made a fortune. (Referring to Garfield - I should have quoted the post)
Isn't that how Scientology started too? Someone heard that creating a religion was a great way to get rich and that there was no tax?
Isn't that how Scientology started too? Someone heard that creating a religion was a great way to get rich and that there was no tax?
TIL Doug Jones' first Hollywood acting job was as the Mac Tonight guy.
Oh, how far he's come.
--Patrick
Damn, when I googled the name, it came up with the senator. That made him much more interesting.
Today I learned that there are still people who give their children the name Adolf. Adolf "Adi" Hütter was recently appointed manager of Eintracht Frankfurt, a football club in Germany.
Oh, and he's Austrian too.
Oh, and he's Austrian too.
In some ways Austrian are the "better" Germans...
Now you also get to learn about the Lone Star tick, which can make you deathly allergic to the consumption of red meat.
—Patrick
Yeah, I might have that. I break out in shudders whenever I see someone eat steak well done.
Reading about the alpha-gal allergy is what brought me to the pork-cat one. I live in prime tick real estate and own cats, so both were of interest.
Because Coca Cola sold Tab as their diet drink for those 18 years.
You don’t remember the Snapple commercials where they were all “Let the big guys duke it out, we’re just happy being #3?”
—Patrick
Who was gonna be
This is exactly what I thought of when the diet soda discussion started.
figmentPez
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Benedict Cumberbatch Credited With Saving a Cyclist From Attackers
Dude saw a delivery person getting robbed, stopped his Uber ride and got out to help.
“Then it all got a bit surreal,” [the Uber driver] said. “Here was Sherlock Holmes fighting off four attackers just round the corner from Baker Street.”
Dude saw a delivery person getting robbed, stopped his Uber ride and got out to help.
“Then it all got a bit surreal,” [the Uber driver] said. “Here was Sherlock Holmes fighting off four attackers just round the corner from Baker Street.”
figmentPez
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Fixed.