If it is a gas oven, that's a pretty common safety feature....that my oven has an auto shutoff when the door is open. I was baking cookies and one of the pans was blocking the door from shutting completely. The only way I caught it was because the light wouldn't shut off. The pan was about 1/2" too long (some kickout at the back of the stove, probably the wiring for the range and controls). The oven never got above 225F, and that was why.
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Yeah, the Sylvia Plath feature. But mine is electric. Lots of fires started by people trying to heat their homes with electric stoves I guess.
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This probably belongs in the no stupid questions thread, but I don't get how people killed themselves with ovens...? Like, it's not the heat part, right? Is it like when you hook the muffler up to the car window and leave it running in the garage kinda thing...?
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The gas piped into homes used to be much more toxic. I think it's pretty much impossible to do these days.
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I hadn't paid attention to the reason before, but AuthorTony is 100% correct. Gas today is a mix of methane and ethane that we drill for and pipe from wells to homes. Gas decades ago used to be made by heating up coal to make "coal gas", which resulted in a mix of methane, hydrogen, and (most important for the suicidally inclined) about 10% carbon monoxide, which is more than enough to be fatal if inhaled.
Because carbon monoxide actually burns pretty well, I recall reading once that way back in the day there were a few places where carbon monoxide itself was actually piped into homes for use in gas lighting. It didn't last long because people realized it was a really bad idea to pipe a gas into the house that would silently kill everyone if a pipe started to leak.
Because carbon monoxide actually burns pretty well, I recall reading once that way back in the day there were a few places where carbon monoxide itself was actually piped into homes for use in gas lighting. It didn't last long because people realized it was a really bad idea to pipe a gas into the house that would silently kill everyone if a pipe started to leak.
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TIL the woman that inspired Gordon Lightfoot’s hit “Sundown” was the same woman that injected Belushi causing his death.
https://deadline.com/2020/08/cathy-smit ... AOAB6UDFMw
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This one is kind of wild
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American neurosurgeon. He was exonerated in 1966, having been convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard. The case was controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage.
Best part:In 1966, in Sheppard v. Maxwell, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the "carnival atmosphere" surrounding Sheppard's first trial had made due process impossible; after ten years in prison, he was acquitted at a second trial.
Sheppard's friend and soon-to-be father-in-law, professional wrestler George Strickland, introduced him to wrestling and trained him for it. He debuted in August 1969 at the age of 45 as "Killer" Sam Sheppard, wrestling Wild Bill Scholl.
Sheppard wrestled over 40 matches before his death in April 1970, including a number of tag team bouts with Strickland as his partner. His notoriety made him a strong draw.
During his wrestling career, Dr. Sheppard used his anatomical knowledge to develop a new submission hold, that he called the "Mandibular Nerve Pinch". The maneuver would go on to be renamed the "Mandible Claw", and be utilized and popularized by professional wrestler Mankind in 1996.
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The Fugitive used this story line of a Dr killing his wife.This one is kind of wild
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American neurosurgeon. He was exonerated in 1966, having been convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard. The case was controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage.Best part:In 1966, in Sheppard v. Maxwell, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the "carnival atmosphere" surrounding Sheppard's first trial had made due process impossible; after ten years in prison, he was acquitted at a second trial.
Sheppard's friend and soon-to-be father-in-law, professional wrestler George Strickland, introduced him to wrestling and trained him for it. He debuted in August 1969 at the age of 45 as "Killer" Sam Sheppard, wrestling Wild Bill Scholl.
Sheppard wrestled over 40 matches before his death in April 1970, including a number of tag team bouts with Strickland as his partner. His notoriety made him a strong draw.
During his wrestling career, Dr. Sheppard used his anatomical knowledge to develop a new submission hold, that he called the "Mandibular Nerve Pinch". The maneuver would go on to be renamed the "Mandible Claw", and be utilized and popularized by professional wrestler Mankind in 1996.
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“Escalator” is a generic trademark, similar to Band-aid (when referring to any adhesive bandage). The name was created by Charles Seeburger, who worked with Otis Elevator Company and eventually sold the rights to Otis
In the 1950s Otis lost the trademark on “escalator” because, according to the patent office, they advertised their product in a way that made the term escalator seem like a generic product rather than a trademark (“the best in escalator technology”)
In the 1950s Otis lost the trademark on “escalator” because, according to the patent office, they advertised their product in a way that made the term escalator seem like a generic product rather than a trademark (“the best in escalator technology”)
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Otis are the bosses of elevators.“Escalator” is a generic trademark, similar to Band-aid (when referring to any adhesive bandage). The name was created by Charles Seeburger, who worked with Otis Elevator Company and eventually sold the rights to Otis
In the 1950s Otis lost the trademark on “escalator” because, according to the patent office, they advertised their product in a way that made the term escalator seem like a generic product rather than a trademark (“the best in escalator technology”)
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Everytime I step inside an Otis elevator, I think of the bar scene in Animal House when Pinto says "Otis, my man".
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To Weenie's Otis post: Trademark 101, the ACID Test
Adjective (you can't verb a trademark, and nouns can be too generic)
Consistent (in usage)
Identifier (source of goods/services)
Distinctive (see 'adjective' above; nonsense words - XEROX, Verizon, etc)
Adjective (you can't verb a trademark, and nouns can be too generic)
Consistent (in usage)
Identifier (source of goods/services)
Distinctive (see 'adjective' above; nonsense words - XEROX, Verizon, etc)
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Evidence that a) there’s a god and b) she’s female is that she had the good sense not to give men 21” tongues.
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Evidence that a) there’s a god and b) she’s female is that she had the good sense not to give men 21” tongues.
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elephant shrews are more closely related to elephants than shrews
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woah, thought this was interesting. Non fatal strangulation is strongly correlated with gun homicide later in domestic violence situations: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/BTB ... nDV-04.pdf
crazy how it’s strangulation in particular
crazy how it’s strangulation in particular
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Emma Stone is not a natural redhead
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the US has 193 bases in Japan and South Korea
of course I knew we had military bases there but that’s a **** ton
of course I knew we had military bases there but that’s a **** ton
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Accident is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 338 at the 2020 United States census.[3] Accident has been noted for its unusual place name.[4] A person from Accident is called an "Accidental".
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