Submitted by optiongeek t3_124jjeg in Showerthoughts
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optiongeek t1_j4yjb5q wrote
Reply to comment by spiked_macaroon in TIL the public library in Aarhus, Denmark has a 25-ft 3-ton bronze bell named 'The Gong' that rings every time a baby is born in the city. It is connected to the maternity ward in the local hospital, where mothers can press a button after giving birth to ring The Gong by ergotpoisoning
Well done
optiongeek t1_j4yj5if wrote
Reply to TIL the public library in Aarhus, Denmark has a 25-ft 3-ton bronze bell named 'The Gong' that rings every time a baby is born in the city. It is connected to the maternity ward in the local hospital, where mothers can press a button after giving birth to ring The Gong by ergotpoisoning
I love this. Every town should have this. I would be so happy every time I heard the gong. How do we make this happen?
And not just a gong. A magnificent rolling peal of huge bells.
optiongeek t1_iy3srka wrote
optiongeek t1_iy3hbq1 wrote
Reply to comment by NolanSyKinsley in TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
For a fucked up city, Chicago knows how to get stuff done despite all the corruption.
optiongeek t1_j6msfnn wrote
Reply to TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
I think is called irony.