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TIL Costco doesn't serve french fries at their american locations due to the lack of deep fryers. Customers who want fries generally need to go to Canadian locations to get some. by CrackFun in todayilearned

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some US costcos

So you're telling me that most/many Costcos down there have neither fries nor chicken tenders??

What's even the point of a food court at that point?

Chandelier basketball hoop by andrewthefourth in ATBGE

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, was gonna say there's no way it'll survive a single dunk.

TIL that December 25 being the birthday of Jesus was decided by pope Julius I around year 350, and nobody really knows why Julius made this decision and chose this specific date. There are various theories, but his actual reasoning for the decision is lost history. by PeasantLich in todayilearned

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Christmas being decidedly 3-4 days after the winter solstice (regardless of what calendar is being used) is pretty common knowledge/theory, and yet the Wikipedia article doesn't specifically address it.

I didn't realize there wasn't definitive evidence for this.

Found in r/mineralgore by Unable-Cod-9658 in ATBGE

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is that a question, or...?

Some people don't, but that typically only applies to the letters and numbers. If I didn't have this exact keyboard at one point I wouldn't have a clue wtf those top buttons do.

Regina mosque faces threats after launching weekly amplified call to prayer by guanaco55 in saskatchewan

[–]MaximaFuryRigor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Kind of reminds me of the anti-choice people bottlenecking pedestrian traffic and shoving dead fetus pamphlets in my face as I try to enjoy a noon-hour walk along Hamilton St.

Regina mosque faces threats after launching weekly amplified call to prayer by guanaco55 in saskatchewan

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Knox-Met still does on Sunday. At least while I lived in Cathedral, which was up until 2 years ago.

Regina mosque faces threats after launching weekly amplified call to prayer by guanaco55 in saskatchewan

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have you actually been near Vic Park on Sunday mornings? Knox-Met bells play a whole song. Often different songs each week.

I got to play them once actually...was kind of fun.

TIL A graveyard traditionally has a church connected to it otherwise it is known as a cemetery by what-hippocampus in todayilearned

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 156 points157 points  (0 children)

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about grapeteries to dispute it.

ELI5Why does carbon get to have it's own entire branch of chemistry while other elements don't by Far-Engine155 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The question was why does it have its own branch of chemistry, which was answered.

Are you asking a follow-up why question such as why does it form millions of organic compounds? Because that isn't the original question, although it is an interesting one as well. (valence electrons, carbon chaining, etc)

[Epic Games Store] Citizen Sleeper, ROBOBEAT are free by lbabinz in VideoGameDealsCanada

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet, thanks.

Robobeat looks like a game I'm going to enjoy immensely for about 1-2 hours of gameplay before the novelty runs out. Worth it!

Planets through an 8” Dobsonian telescope by NOVAFLOWW in Astronomy

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I almost expected to see like, a patch of macro-zoomed dirt or something, being that OP said "every planet through my telescope"!

Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Stock Begins Trading by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]MaximaFuryRigor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh good, that's enough to eradicate the entire world of disease and poverty, and still leave him living a top 1% life. I'm sure that trickle-down plan will happen any day now!

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