TIL

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

TIL it was never really realistic nor a true ask for George Washington to become king of the US

[dodint]

The NHL tradition of three stars were first awarded in the 1936–37 season as a means for Imperial Oil to advertise its “Three Star” brand of gasoline.

[Shyster]

TIL that the baryton exists:

[faftorial]

The NHL tradition of three stars were first awarded in the 1936–37 season as a means for Imperial Oil to advertise its “Three Star” brand of gasoline.

That's a fun fact.

[Gaucho]

[René] Auberjonois was born June 1, 1940, in New York City. His father, Swiss-born Fernand Auberjonois, was a Cold War-era foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer. Auberjonois' mother, Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat, was a great-great-granddaughter of Joachim Murat (one of Napoleon's marshals and King of Naples during the First French Empire), and his wife—Napoleon's youngest sister—Caroline Bonaparte.

[dodint]

Loved him on Boston Legal.

[blackjack68]

He was such a great foil in Benson.

[Kane]

[shafnutz05]

Went down a rabbit hole tonight learning about "cargo cults". The John Frum cult (which survives to this day) is wild. He is not a real person.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frum

The religion centering on John Frum arose no later than the late 1930s, when Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides; in 1949, however, there was a claim that the movement had started in the 1910s.[2] The movement was influenced by existing religious practice in the Sulphur Bay area of Tanna, particularly the worship of Keraperamun, a god associated with Mount Tukosmera.[6]

In one analysis of the cult, the figure was first known as John Broom, who was believed by followers to one day return from a distant land to sweep away the White colonials and return riches to the islands.[7] In some versions of the story, a native man named Manehivi, using the alias "John Frum", began appearing among the native people of Tanna dressed in a Western-style coat, assuring the people he would bring them houses, clothes, food, and transport.

European colonial authorities sought to suppress the movement, at one point arresting a Tannese man calling himself John Frum, humiliating him publicly, imprisoning and ultimately exiling him along with other leaders of the cult to another island in the archipelago.

Despite this effort, the movement gained popularity in the early 1940s after 50,000 American troops were stationed in New Hebrides during World War II, bringing with them an enormous amount of supplies (or "cargo"). During the war, approximately 10,000 Ni-Vanuatu men served in the Vanuatu Labor Corps, a labor battalion of the United States Armed Forces. They provided logistical support to the Allied war effort during the Guadalcanal Campaign. The mass participation of Ni-Vanuatu men in the Labor Corps had a significant effect on the John Frum movement, giving it the characteristics of a cargo cult.

After the war and the departure of the Americans, followers of John Frum built symbolic landing strips to encourage American airplanes to land and bring them "cargo".

[CBear3]

Actually Thursday I learned, but landed at the Savannah/Myrtle Airport and the whole place was decked out in St Pat's day stuff. Turns out Savannah has a 200 year old parade that's the second largest in the country. Thursday-Sunday they had all sorts of stuff going on downtown. Never would have guessed really.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Yeah, it's a huge deal down here. (And I hope you landed in Hilton Head/Savannah airport, not MYR which is 3+ hours drive away lol)

In my youth, we would go down to Savannah and drink for days as it usually was around spring break. Good times. Supposedly.

[CBear3]

You're correct, I couldn't remember which SC town I wasn't visiting shared it
Did have just enough time to drive over to Tybee and take a 40 minute beach walk before hopping on the flight back home, so that was nice.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

There was a TV adaptation of Ferris Bueller's Day Off that stared Jennifer Anniston as Ferris's sister

[dodint]

Hats Off did a short doc about it:

Interesting that Parker Lewis Can't Lose was also a Ferris inspired show.

[nocera]

There are a surprising number of movies that became successful tv shows. MASH, Buffy, FNL, Fargo, Indiana Jones, Karate Kid. Of course for every MASH you have a Ferris Bueller, Clerks (with Jim Breuer), Uncle Buck, and Dirty Dancing.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

that YouTube channel is pretty interesting

that was a disappointing watch. I kind of want to watch Sledge Hammer now though

[dodint]

Jim Breuer, there's a name I haven't heard in a long while.

[shafnutz05]

Xuxa Meneghel, best known for her eponymous kids show in the early 90s, was married to Pele in the early 80s and Ayrton Senna in the late 80s. That was kind of a mind blower.

[faftorial]

Jim Breuer, there's a name I haven't heard in a long while.

I think he's MAGA now.

[dodint]

Xuxa Meneghel, best known for her eponymous kids show in the early 90s, was married to Pele in the early 80s and Ayrton Senna in the late 80s. That was kind of a kind blower.

4th grade me didn't know how to process the feelings I had watching her jump around on that show.

[shafnutz05]

Xuxa Meneghel, best known for her eponymous kids show in the early 90s, was married to Pele in the early 80s and Ayrton Senna in the late 80s. That was kind of a kind blower.

4th grade me didn't know how to process the feelings I had watching her jump around on that show.

Seared into my memory

[Shyster]

[faftorial]

That is interesting. I bought a pomelo once and it was bitter.

[Gaucho]

Japan is farther north, south, east and west than Korea

[count2infinity]

I was trying to figure out West... I thought maybe they had an island past the international dateline or something, but Yonaguni is damn near touching Taiwan. Neat.