What did you learn today TIL

[_priapism]

How to open an ampule and give an intramuscular injection.

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned car companies are as scummy as ever. My sister got a scratch and win from Mitsubishi today, because we helped buy her and her wifey an outlander sport.

She stood there and scratched it off, with her eyes closed, and said "gee, I sure hope I win that brand new seventy inch HDTV" and wouldn't ya know it, she sure did win it!  But not even their 2 year old daughter bought it. "Look sweety, momma won a new TV!" The kid didn't buy it for a second. Even she knew.

While they don't say it, you know that when you go to claim your great prize they start up with the sales tactics and tell you it's yours if you just trade in your current vehicle. 

Nah, we spent enough money on that fucking thing. Keep your fake prize ya jerk offs.

[MissBarbara]

President John Tyler was born in 1790, when George Washington was in his first term.

He became president when William Henry Harrison died in office in 1841. His wife died the following year, and a year after that he married Julia Gardiner, who was 30 years his junior.

In 1853, while Frankin Pierce was president, their son Lyon was born.

Lyon took a page from his father's book, and remarried when he was 73 to a much younger woman.

In 1924, when Calvin Coolidge was president, their son Lyon Jr. was born.

Lyon Jr. is still alive today.

As a result, John Tyler, his son Lyon, and his grandson Lyon Jr. were alive during the administrations of every single U.S. president.

[psiberzerker]

Irving Finkel (Curator, The British Museum) teaching Cuneiform writing.

[_priapism]

President John Tyler was born in 1790, when George Washington was in his first term.

He became president when William Henry Harrison died in office in 1841. His wife died the following year, and a year after that he married Julia Gardiner, who was 30 years his junior.

In 1853, while Frankin Pierce was president, their son Lyon was born.

Lyon took a page from his father's book, and remarried when he was 73 to a much younger woman.

In 1924, when Calvin Coolidge was president, their son Lyon Jr. was born.

Lyon Jr. is still alive today.

As a result, John Tyler, his son Lyon, and his grandson Lyon Jr. were alive during the administrations of every single U.S. president.

That is absolutely fucking amazing, but underscores again how truly young our nation is.

[ObiDongKenobi]

Irving Finkel (Curator, The British Museum) teaching Cuneiform writing.

[psiberzerker]

[msslave]

The movie "Psycho" was the first U.S. film to include the sound of a toilet flushing.

[Jed_]

The movie "Psycho" was the first U.S. film to include the sound of a toilet flushing.

I guess that predates Archie Bunker and All in the Family.

[psiberzerker]

I guess that predates Archie Bunker and All in the Family.

The Movie?

[msslave]

Oh yes...mid 1960s.  Married couples on TV still slept in twin beds.  Where did they think all those kids came from...the stork?!?

[Jed_]

I guess that predates Archie Bunker and All in the Family.

The Movie?

The sound of a toilet flushing was a frequent comedic sound bite on the TV show.

[Jed_]

The character Archie was a bigot.

[staci]

woo.

[psiberzerker]

The sound of a toilet flushing was a frequent comedic sound bite on the TV show.

I know, and while I was at it, I looked it up.  Psycho came out in 1960, and "All in the Family" in 1971.

Regardless, even if Archie Bunker was first, it still wouldn't have been the first FILM.

[Jed_]

The sound of a toilet flushing was a frequent comedic sound bite on the TV show.

I know, and while I was at it, I looked it up.  Psycho came out in 1960, and "All in the Family" in 1971.

Regardless, even if Archie Bunker was first, it still wouldn't have been the first FILM.

Try and focus here Psi, other than I’m in a silly mood today, the connection here is an early incidence of the sound of a toilet flushing in visual media.  I’m not disputing movie vs. TV, nor the timeline.

[psiberzerker]

Apparently, there was a study of men, who refuse to recycle, because it might make them look "Gay."

How do you guys even come up with shit likeat?  We're all going to die now, not because of nuclear weapons, nor world wars, but because recycling is "Gay."  I'd honestly rather be nuked to reassure the insecurities of men.  That's the lamest thing I have ever fucking heard.

[Jed_]

Apparently, there was a study of men, who refuse to recycle, because it might make them look "Gay."

Any guy afraid something is going to make him gay, already is gay.

Then again, I don’t wear pink because it really isn’t my color.

[psiberzerker]

I don’t wear pink because it really isn’t my color.

Me neither, my complexion doesn't get along with it.  So, I wear orange, or leopard print.

[staci]

leopard print??