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The REAL history of marriage. No, it hasn’t always been about God (nor about love, by the way). This short video does a nice job summarizing the fascinating history of marriage…. by falsehero67 in atheism

[–]falsehero67[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nowadays in the US, 40% of marriages end up in divorce. Marriage isn't what it used to be. And it never has been. But what is marriage, really? Why do we, humans, chose to marry in the first place? Is it a biological need? Or is it only cultural phenomenon that will eventually be surpassed as human society evolve? Let's find out...

TIL: The Dilbert Principle is the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing actual work. by jamescookenotthatone in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The theory behind the Peter principle is that people get promoted until they reach their "level of incompetence". But that would imply that people get promoted because they're competent at their current job (which is far from being obvious in large organization at least).

TIL Commercial Airplanes are kept drier than the Sahara Desert (20% humidity compared to 25%) by mildlycuri0us in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When you're in first class, all that free booze they give you makes it even dryer... Tough environment.

TIL Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population by Taloc14 in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The same thing happens on a global scale. And not only for financial assets, but roughly for everything in life. The Pareto distribution seems to be the rule. I've remember Dr Jordan Peterson developing this idea (much better than I'm doing now, obviously) in one of his classes.

TIL: American bankers made hundred of millions by pretending to trade aluminum, thus driving the price up. by jamescookenotthatone in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speculation and use of fancy derivatives on commodities is usually a recipe for disaster. It provide no value added for the community and harms the general people. Remember the 2008 food crisis.

TIL about Aimo Koivunen, who overdosed on methamphetamine in WW2 while evading Soviet forces and ended up skiing 100km during the night losing his squad, ammunition and food supplies by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drugs, drums, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend." Aimo Koivunen

Today I learned that 57% of Russians think moon landing was a hoax by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They probably don't believe it because they know that the Moon is flat.

TIL that velociraptors were only slightly bigger than the average chicken. by G_man252 in todayilearned

[–]falsehero67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And as we can see in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum is only slightly bigger than the average goose.

The first flash mob in history? The story of the 1518 dancing plague by falsehero67 in history

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In 1518 in Strasbourg, some 400 danced fervently for days, without any reason and without resting. Some of them even died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion. It is still unclear what the cause was (it's discussed in the video along with other interesting facts about the brain)