olav

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TIL Nintendo coats all of their Switch cartridges with extremely bitter denatonium benzoate to deter children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing them. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] olav@theweird.space 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@SynopsisTantilize
@FlyingSquid

Next do the 9V battery trick

TIL Chris Cocker who is now Cara Cunningham went into pronography after her viral leave britney alone video. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL Chris Cocker who is now Cara Cunningham went into pronography after her viral leave britney alone video. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] olav@theweird.space -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Wolf314159
True. It only mocks gay people

TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] olav@theweird.space 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

@MindTraveller
@Wolf314159

The movie was funny when I was 13. It wasn't funny when my kids were 13. That was over ten years ago.

TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] olav@theweird.space -2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

@Varyk ultimately they want the slave labor for the companies they contract with.

I mean even when it's not a corporate "for-profit" prison it's still for-profit by the government. Even in California

TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] olav@theweird.space -4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

@Varyk I didn't say that. AFAIK you're mostly down to having friends send you money for soap and toothpaste

TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. in c/til@lemmy.world
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. in c/til@lemmy.world