Mildly interesting

[George K]

@jon-nyc "i love how no matter what continent you are in, you cannot escape the horror of France"

[George K]

[Copper]

Ten examples of prohibited baby names reportedly include King, Queen, Jesus Christ, III, Santa Claus, Majesty, Adolf Hitler, Messiah, the symbol @ and 1069.

I went to high school with a guy named King. He set the state scoring record in basketball, so it worked for him.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/baby-names-reportedly-banned-america-what-to-know

[jon-nyc]

[Catseye3]

This Is A Photo Of Dr. Eugene Lazowski, A Polish Doctor Who Saved 8,000 Jews By Creating A Fake Typhus Epidemic In Stalowa Wola (Nazi Occupied Poland), 1943

[Mik]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

@Catseye3

The “how” is interesting, but the “why” is the real mystery.

I think you'd get it if you walked underneath it.

It would certainly elicit a gut level response, one way or another. Much like a roller coaster.

[Catseye3]

Mildly Interesting: Copper Edition

On September 30th, 1956, During A Drunken Argument In A New York City Bar, A Man Named Thomas Fitzpatrick Claimed He Could Fly An Airplane From New Jersey To New York In Under 15 Minutes

To prove himself, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield at 3am, flew without lights or radio completely intoxicated, and landed the airplane in the street in front of the bar.

[jon-nyc]

@Catseye3

I want to party with that guy.

[mark]

It’s not a painting or a photograph. It’s a recently discovered waterfall in Peru, named Bride waterfall. See the beauty of nature!
More details/video http://bit.ly/3WS1Gg5

[George K]

"You're going to need a bigger shark cage."

[mark]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/484287686997254?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

[jon-nyc]

Several surprises here.

[Copper]

No need for a helmet.

[jon-nyc]

This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

This is very interesting to geeks and uninteresting to normal people, which I suppose nets out to “mild”

That’s very cool, thanks for posting it.

[Ivorythumper]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Several surprises here.

I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

[Copper]

@Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

Eventually they'll start selling indulgences on Amazon.

[jon-nyc]

@Ivorythumper said in Mildly interesting:

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Several surprises here.

I had breakfast with my parish priest a few months ago. He told me that in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia post Covid Mass attendance is 12% of what it was before the lockdown.

The bishops closed the churches and told everyone to not go to Mass, and 88% of the Catholic still haven't returned.

Wow. And this graph shows a 40 trend and stops well before Covid.

[jon-nyc]

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Almost as embarrassing as the Steve Ballmer clip.