HeavyMetalOverbite

HeavyMetalOverbite t1_jd3nwe6 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Reply to TIL Marilyn Monroe's likeness does not have any post-mortem protection as she was domiciled in New York at the time of her death and there are no federal publicity rights. by AudibleNod

No kids; who's her estate now?

HeavyMetalOverbite OP t1_j9ru8gu wrote on February 24, 2023 at 2:39 AM

Reply to comment by daveashaw in TIL about Jamaican Ginger AKA "Jake" which was popular during Prohibition for its high alcohol content. Unfortunately it caused paralysis leading to a distinctive walk called the Jake Walk or the Jake Dance. by HeavyMetalOverbite

First paragraph of the New Yorker article mentions this song:

Jake Walk Blues by the Allen Bros

HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j9rjmor wrote on February 24, 2023 at 1:21 AM

Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict

They also have milk bars in Poland, but theirs are more like cafeterias.

HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j9rjjku wrote on February 24, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Reply to comment by josetemprano in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict

Wawa is just another chain of convenience stores, like 7-11 or Circle K.

HeavyMetalOverbite OP t1_j9rad54 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 12:14 AM

Reply to comment by daveashaw in TIL about Jamaican Ginger AKA "Jake" which was popular during Prohibition for its high alcohol content. Unfortunately it caused paralysis leading to a distinctive walk called the Jake Walk or the Jake Dance. by HeavyMetalOverbite

Thanks for the pointer, it was the Sept 15 2003 issue, reading it now.

HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j392naf wrote on January 6, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Reply to TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974

See it in Ken Russell's The Devils.

HeavyMetalOverbite t1_j16k0ln wrote on December 22, 2022 at 1:02 AM

Reply to TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek

LEDs are solid-state Diodes, not bulbs. Bulbs are fragile glass things which break when dropped. LEDs are chip's embedded in plastic.