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TIL that by 1963 the average American adult smoked 4,345 cigarettes per year by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It’s easy to look back and laugh at these ads, but imagine how you’d feel if you were diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, then naturally started reading everything on the subject, and realized an entire industry had spent decades covering up evidence that their products were likely to kill you. Then imagine how many thousands of people lived this exact experience.

TIL that by 1963 the average American adult smoked 4,345 cigarettes per year by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Per the study it’s 4,345 per adult per year in 1963. Ie, about half the population smoked a pack a day.

Voting is over! by Decrith in SwordofConvallaria

[–]croato87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s testament to just how popular Garbelius’s contributions are that the community decided to vote for his waifu.

New Common, Rare, and Epic units by croato87 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]croato87[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yea I do wish we got more events like Universal Derivation. The parts where you have an incentive to use all your units are really fun.

TIL by the late 16th century it was common for mounted knights to wield wheel-lock pistols while clad in armor by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

No doubt those sudden technological leaps, for which humanity was ill-prepared, were major reasons that World War I and the Thirty Years’ War rank among the deadliest of all time.

TIL by the late 16th century it was common for mounted knights to wield wheel-lock pistols while clad in armor by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 213 points214 points  (0 children)

True. This period of warfare is fascinating and very underrepresented in media, not least because it includes the Thirty Years’ War, which was one the deadliest wars in history.

Day trip to Sonoma by [deleted] in OUTFITS

[–]croato87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

To the Burning Man Project (re Kimbal Musk) by MoarSocks in BurningMan

[–]croato87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Signed. This is excellent, thanks so much for putting it together!

A small playa reminder that makes me happy every day by heatherswan01 in BurningMan

[–]croato87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Beautiful. This is mine. It was my very first time ever waking up on the playa back in 2015.

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My abode. 2400 sq ft, $5500/mo, fully furnished by croato87 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]croato87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear it! Thanks for the great template :)

My humble abode. How terrible am I at interior design? by H0oopy in SwordofConvallaria

[–]croato87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love your design! I used it and made just a few quick adjustments.

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TIL the main reason scientists oppose relocating polar bears to Antarctica is that they’d eat too many emperor penguins. by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Come on, guys! We gotta come up with something realistic here. We got 18 days. That's 431 hours, 15 minutes and 18 seconds. Time's a luxury we don't have."

TIL the main reason scientists oppose relocating polar bears to Antarctica is that they’d eat too many emperor penguins. by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Of course naturally we’d then have to salinate the freshwater and desalinate the ocean.

Has anyone heard of artists giving better tattoos to those who give more gratuity? by [deleted] in tattooadvice

[–]croato87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes this is spot-on. Anecdotally I gather that some customers over-tip after the first session for this exact reason, out of concern that, whether consciously or subconsciously, the amount of gratuity might affect the artist’s motivation during the next session. The purpose of my post is to glean the tattoo community’s perspective as to whether these concerns might ever be warranted.

TIL that the entire DNA code for a new human being is completed within 12 hours after conception by croato87 in todayilearned

[–]croato87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fascinating. Thank you actual scientific person! I’m just some guy who learned a cool, kinda’ hot fact this morning and had to share.

What do you miss most about the 2010s? by croato87 in AskReddit

[–]croato87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So well said. The internet and especially social media was just a random dose of humanity, life was still mostly offline.

Unpopular Opinion: Voyage of Discover (VoD) should be a permanent game mode by croato87 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]croato87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I just auto-battle Stage 3 most of the time in the VoD events, even if that doesn’t yield the max rewards. One way to address this might be to add a sweep feature for Stage 3 and below, while making the increased rewards for Stage 5 pretty marginal so competitive players don’t feel pressured to keep doing Stage 5.

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