Mildly interesting
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I read Hooker's book - the one upon which the movie was basted - about 5 months ago. It's...interesting.
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I read Hooker's book - the one upon which the movie was basted - about 5 months ago. It's...interesting.
@george-k said in Mildly interesting:
I read Hooker's book - the one upon which the movie was basted - about 5 months ago. It's...interesting.
Pretty nuts, right?
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@jon-nyc actually the territory was called "Louisiana" but they went to Biloxi, which is, of course, in Mississippi.
In 1719, John Law decided to offer prisoners in Paris something they could not refuse. He offered them their freedom as long as they were willing to marry a prostitute and head off to Louisiana. Anyone who agreed to the bargain was shackled together until they boarded a ship to sail to the Gulf Coast. John Law went as far as to raid hospitals for drunks and disorderly soldiers, find prostitutes and the black sheep of society, paupers and just about anyone who wouldn’t put up a fuss, and they were then forcibly taken to the docks to be shipped off to the colony. Those who came willingly were offered land and provisions.
Most of the people who arrived in Louisiana were hungry, had little provisions, and had no shelter. The area where they landed quickly became crowded and there was no one waiting to provide them with jobs, food or a home. To that end, many of the arrivals became ill and even died before they ever got to experience the garden of Eden or do anything to build upon the wealth of John Law’s investment.
The new immigrants and the old ones were settling in the town of Biloxi (which would later be part of Mississippi but it was part of what was called Louisiana at the time and it was the part that John Law could profit from).That explains a lot about Mississippi.
But with the influx of criminals and other less than ideal immigrants, many of the well-to-do immigrants who had come in an attempt to shape the new colony found themselves unwilling to stick around. They started moving East to New Orleans to get away from the starving criminals that were invading their little town.
NIMBY!
And, it was only 3 ships.
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There was a study done that found that all mammals, from about the size of a mouse to the size of an elephant, all take about the same amount of time to go pee.
About 20 secs.
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@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
Now I want to know the distribution of how long a "number 2" takes in various mammals.
Good question. I suspect humans are at the tail end of that.
@horace said in Mildly interesting:
@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
Now I want to know the distribution of how long a "number 2" takes in various mammals.
Good question. I suspect humans are at the tail end of that.
Only because we have reading material and heated bathrooms.
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A “petroglyph” (new word to me) from 8000BC.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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