heisdeadjim_au
heisdeadjim_au t1_j61ansl wrote
Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
This always bugged me. Why do they always manually move the slide when it is locked back on an empty magazine?
Dump the mag, replace it, hit the slide release, you're in battery.
heisdeadjim_au t1_j0aptmk wrote
Reply to comment by opiate_lifer in TIL Korea has soy sauce older than USA by SmashScrapeFlip
Well, that was an expression. I'm not particularly fond of the man, by the way. I just don't comprehend how someone with money can be so dumb.
If I had that money I'd be travelling the world experiencing things.
heisdeadjim_au t1_j0aocju wrote
Reply to comment by Pyronic_Chaos in TIL Korea has soy sauce older than USA by SmashScrapeFlip
How can someone so rich be so uneducated in the ways of the world? I mean this is a guy who could literally afford to apply caviar to his toast like us plebs apply peanut butter....
heisdeadjim_au t1_iy5uemq wrote
Reply to comment by pickles55 in TIL More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans and as a result, we know more about the surface of Mars than Earth by [deleted]
That's.... kinda my point. Doesn't that constitute a formnof mapping?
heisdeadjim_au t1_iy2uiny wrote
heisdeadjim_au t1_ixtp8dt wrote
Reply to TIL that despite it being illegal to smoke on any part of an airplane, airlines are legally required to provide ashtrays as a way to dispose of lit cigarettes. by Your-username-must-b
This is because people try to sneak a smoke and there needs to be a need to put it out.
heisdeadjim_au t1_iweh1jt wrote
Reply to comment by gener4 in TIL the last Civil War widow died in 2020. by sturnus-vulgaris
It's my understanding that this happened fairly often. Young woman marries Civil War Veterans many decades their senior.
heisdeadjim_au t1_ittme54 wrote
Reply to comment by Irish_33 in TIL part of a Teletubbies episode was actually banned in some countries for supposedly being too scary. by thedubiousstylus
I'm having an acid trip by proxy.....
heisdeadjim_au t1_jegi9sz wrote
Reply to comment by _Dnikeb in TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation. by craigdahlke
I did this yesterday. You're completely correct.
Chef wanted some Australian native bee honeycomb as an accoutriment to a dish. We got delivered the frame from the hive today.
Fascinating, and, rather tasty!