Mildly interesting

[jon-nyc]

That time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

[Catseye3]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

hat time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

Holeee Cow.

[Horace]

What way did their politics lean, within the context of America?

[George K]

Etymology fun fact: The arteries in the neck are called "carotids," from the Greek word "karotides", relating to the word "katotikos" (to stupefy) and "karos" (deep sleep).

The ancient Greeks used it/knew that compression of the carotid arteries would produce unconsciousness.

[George K]

No idea if this is true or not, but if so...cool!

The Canadian Passport under UV light reveals its secret watermark.

[Mik]

That's very cool.

[Axtremus]

Wonder if there are cool features that would be revealed on currency bills under UV light, too.

[Aqua Letifer]

Just give it a second. You'll get it.

[mark]

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Monopoly game pieces?

[Aqua Letifer]

@mark said in Mildly interesting:

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Monopoly game pieces?

[jon-nyc]

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, to which we owe the failed experiment of prohibition, still exists. It claimed 5k members in 2012, down from 350k a century earlier.

On the website it tells you how you join. You print out the temperance pledge, and mail it to Evanston IL along with $20.

https://www.wctu.org/

[George K]

@jon-nyc Evanston, baby!

It was a source of never-ending mockery when I went to college there.

[Catseye3]

Feels like the Flat Earthers. Or Area 51.

[Catseye3]

I have learned that Madeleine Albright wrote a book with a mildly interesting title: Hell And Other Destinations.

[jon-nyc]

[Catseye3]

From the preface of the book Information Wars by Richard Stengel: "In 2010, Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, said we create as much information every two days -- about five exabytes -- as all the information created from the dawn of civilization until 2003."

[TOTUS]

My secret.

[Aqua Letifer]

Asking the hard questions.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scott-morrison-mcdonalds

[Horace]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

Asking the hard questions.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scott-morrison-mcdonalds

DID THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA SHIT HIS PANTS IN A MCDONALD’S?

The answer to the following question implies a great deal about one's own psychology: Would you prefer to live in a world in which the answer to the above question is yes, or no?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Mildly interesting:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

Asking the hard questions.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scott-morrison-mcdonalds

DID THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA SHIT HIS PANTS IN A MCDONALD’S?

The answer to the following question implies a great deal about one's own psychology: Would you prefer to live in a world in which the answer to the above question is yes, or no?

There's a plaque.