"TIL The mongols had a superstition that said that spilling royal blood would lead to great disaster. So instead they had other creative ways of executing such people. Including sewing up your orifices, drown you in molten metal or have horses trample you."
"TIL that a modern highway now runs through the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held back a massive Persian army for three days. A statue of the Spartan leader, Leonidas, stands just a few feet from the road."
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Ike 2 year s ago
TIL it is highely irritating to read in every subtitle "TIL", please leave it out! Thnak you. 
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Penny 2 year s ago
#4 There was almost no TV in 1939. What there was was still more experimental than anything else. ...Betty White actually had her first TV role in 1945, in a short called 'Time To Kill'. She was an uncredited extra. Her first credited role was in 1949, but her credit still was only 'Phone Girl', which is the first step up from 'Extra'. However, her next role was the starring role in 'Life With Elizabeth', which ran for 40 episodes over 4 years from '52 to '55. She also appeared as herself in a one-off Eddie Albert show in '52.
Interesting side note: 'Time To Kill' was also the first TV role for DeForest Kelley, who later played Dr. McCoy on the original (and best) Star Wars.
Re: words of Hindi and Urdu origin (between nos. 28 & 29): many, if not all, of those words come directly from Farsi, spoken in Persia. The word 'Hindi' itself is Farsi, as is the word 'India'.
Interesting side note: 'Time To Kill' was also the first TV role for DeForest Kelley, who later played Dr. McCoy on the original (and best) Star Wars.
Re: words of Hindi and Urdu origin (between nos. 28 & 29): many, if not all, of those words come directly from Farsi, spoken in Persia. The word 'Hindi' itself is Farsi, as is the word 'India'.
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Sarilla 2 year s ago
Penny,
Star Trek, not Star Wars
Star Trek, not Star Wars
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Charity 2 year s ago
Sarilla,
Penny did a faux pas.
Penny did a faux pas.
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Hob 2 year s ago
#17 Nice, another fact for my Omegle-stream 
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Vinnie 2 year s ago
#27 Indiana Jones and the Temple Doom and Gremlins were both the impetus for PG-13.
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Lola 2 year s ago
#17 They can't read proficiently but I'm sure they know all about 'white privilege', reparations, how evil the US is, and how wonderful Marxism/socialism/communism is.
Fun fact: is was forbidden to teach slaves how to read...
Fun fact: is was forbidden to teach slaves how to read...
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Eppa 2 year s ago
Lola, Sad but true. Spot on.
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Charity 2 year s ago
Lola,
'Socialism' IS quite wonderful, I had a heart bypass operation and it cost me nothing, and I got paid by the government while I was recuperating. I don't think we here in New Zealand actually ARE socialists, but we sure get to enjoy some of the benefits ... imagine having to buy insurance for medical expenses !!!
'Socialism' IS quite wonderful, I had a heart bypass operation and it cost me nothing, and I got paid by the government while I was recuperating. I don't think we here in New Zealand actually ARE socialists, but we sure get to enjoy some of the benefits ... imagine having to buy insurance for medical expenses !!!
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Eppa 2 year s ago
Charity,Socialized medicine in a free capitalist country like New Zealand and Socialism as a system of centralized economic planning and control like in Venezuela are not the same thing where everything is deplorable, including public health. You might think your medical care is free but it’s being payed out of your taxes and govt debt. The cost of medical care in the US is also the reason why the US is the single greatest source of medical innovation of which you and the rest of the world benefits from.
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Izzy 2 year s ago
#28 They didn't drug them unconscious. They sedated them to a level where they could still function and follow basic commands but where more calm.
Interesting side note: 'Time To Kill' was also the first TV role for DeForest Kelley, who later played Dr. McCoy on the original (and best) Star Wars.
Re: words of Hindi and Urdu origin (between nos. 28 & 29): many, if not all, of those words come directly from Farsi, spoken in Persia. The word 'Hindi' itself is Farsi, as is the word 'India'.
Star Trek, not Star Wars
Penny did a faux pas.
Fun fact: is was forbidden to teach slaves how to read...
'Socialism' IS quite wonderful, I had a heart bypass operation and it cost me nothing, and I got paid by the government while I was recuperating. I don't think we here in New Zealand actually ARE socialists, but we sure get to enjoy some of the benefits ... imagine having to buy insurance for medical expenses !!!