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chop1125 t1_ja378z9 wrote
Reply to TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
He also had a transcript rejected because the plural of dwarf was dwarfs, and not dwarves, according to the oxford English dictionary. He told the editor that he wrote the oxford English dictionary, and to quit correcting him.
chop1125 t1_j9pi5f6 wrote
Reply to Research suggests that school-based physical activity intervention, by way of increasing physical exercise classes to daily during school, is successful in reducing childhood obesity. Scientists found that obesity was reversed after 3 years. by Wagamaga
Before "No Child Left Behind," a lot of schools in the US had daily PE classes for kids in K-8. In a lot of schools, these classes are no longer daily classes. They are considered specials and they happen every other day. The same thing happened to music and art classes.
chop1125 t1_ivwdmr3 wrote
Reply to comment by Mundane-Ad-6874 in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart
Will Rogers actually coin the phrase trickle down economics.
chop1125 t1_ivw9wg9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart
I can tell you that the people of Moore Oklahoma disagree with you.
chop1125 t1_ivukzd1 wrote
Reply to comment by Mundane-Ad-6874 in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart
Yes it was
chop1125 t1_ivu3l66 wrote
Reply to comment by Mundane-Ad-6874 in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart
The fastest measured wind speed (using Doppler) was 302 mph on May 3rd, 1999 in Moore Oklahoma.
chop1125 t1_itmwaxo wrote
Reply to comment by GhostCubeGroucho in After my retirement from the company I worked at for 45 years, I looked forward to some relaxation time, but my wife had other ideas... by SourBeefHoop
I know it because I watched Hocus Pocus recently with my kids.
chop1125 t1_jeb65av wrote
Reply to I would spend so much money on a new Star Wars podracing game. by TheTyGoss
Give me KOTOR 3