TIL: Today I Learned... (5 Viewers)

[Booker]

That there's a cave sealed off for so long, it developed a unique ecosystem.

The Movile Cave Was Sealed Off For More Than 5 Million Years And The Creatures Inside Of It Create Food In A Completely Unique Way

Most of them have no eyes or pigment.

twistedsifter.com

 

[Tapxe]

Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants

Rural populations still have lots of the gut bacteria that break down cellulose.

arstechnica.com

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

TIL that in America in 2024, we still use the cotton gin…. We are still ginning cotton…. And yet, even though in school i was never taught how to balance a checkbook (which come to think of it, we DONT still use those)- i can still recall that the inventor of the cotton gin was……






……. Say it with me b/c yall all know it:








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ELI WHITNEY

 

[Nisey55]

I know who Eli is AND still use a checkbook!
Good post.

 

[Merl]

TIL that in America in 2024, we still use the cotton gin…. We are still ginning cotton…. And yet, even though in school i was never taught how to balance a checkbook (which come to think of it, we DONT still use those)- i can still recall that the inventor of the cotton gin was……






……. Say it with me b/c yall all know it:








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ELI WHITNEY

Eli Whitney. Nobody has come up with something better because there is likely nothing better.

 

[Merl]

I know who Eli is AND still use a checkbook!
Good post.

I don't use a check book anymore (I haven't wrote a check since I bought my last vehicle 5 years ago. But I learned in the late 70's how to balance one in a high school math class..

 

[zatsnzapps]

TIL that in America in 2024, we still use the cotton gin…. We are still ginning cotton…. And yet, even though in school i was never taught how to balance a checkbook (which come to think of it, we DONT still use those)- i can still recall that the inventor of the cotton gin was……






……. Say it with me b/c yall all know it:








.

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ELI WHITNEY

Somebody watched this week's Real Time with Bill Maher.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Somebody watched this week's Real Time with Bill Maher.

Guilty .

 

[Tapxe]

Merge with "things that make you feel old" thread?

 

[Eeyore]

 

[baarbogast]

 

[Consigliere]

Lawmakers Hear Support For Intelligent Design In Public Schools - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Teachers may be able to teach intelligent design in public schools if a Senate education bill becomes law.

wvpublic.org

Coincidence? Causation?

 

[Tapxe]

Lawmakers Hear Support For Intelligent Design In Public Schools - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Teachers may be able to teach intelligent design in public schools if a Senate education bill becomes law.

wvpublic.org

Coincidence? Causation?

Why not add satanism as a permissible topic? We don't make it mandatory, but it's ok to teach it in schools.

This is a transparent end around on separation of church and state imo. No one is stopping them from teaching that outside of the school system. If you prove it a better hypothesis then we can add to school curriculums. That's how I understand the process worked for a long time. I see no need to change it for your personal beliefs.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Why not add satanism as a permissible topic? We don't make it mandatory, but it's ok to teach it in schools.

This is a transparent end around on separation of church and state imo. No one is stopping them from teaching that outside of the school system. If you prove it a better hypothesis then we can add to school curriculums. That's how I understand the process worked for a long time. I see no need to change it for your personal beliefs.

Each class would have to be bible study because you can’t prove it scientifically with evidence. So, actual church in school.

 

[faceman]

We all came to this forum due to our passion for football and the Saints in particular. TIL something about
what was probably the most famous play in NFL history. It was the immaculate reception by Franco Harris
on Dec 24,1972. This particular shot was filmed by Steelers photographer Les Banos. This miracle play literally
saved his life. Banos was also employed by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team and he was a good friend
of Roberto Clemente. Banos was scheduled to be on the plane with Clemente on Dec. 31st. that was sending
relief supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. That flight crashed and there were no survivors. Since the
Steelers won they had a game on Dec. 31st against the Dolphins. Banos had to work and could not make
the flight with Clemente. Banos went on to live another 39 years.




I never heard of him before a friend of mine posted it on his FB Timeline. Banos was a remarkable man.
He worked as a double agent for NATO during WW2 and gained the trust of some high ranking Nazi
officials. Banos was able to forge documents which saved some Jews from death in the gas chambers.
Here is a good article I found detailing his life.

A Death in the Family: Former Steeler Photographer Les Banos dies at 88

A noted sports photographer passed away this week. What many people didn't know was that he was also a great humanitarian who risked his life to save countless others.

www.behindthesteelcurtain.com