2 Comments TIL there’s a 7-story rock in a desert near Joshua Tree in California that 1) is maybe the largest freestanding boulder in the world, 2) once had a 24ft by 36ft apartment dug underneath it, and 3) hosted 20 years of Flying Saucer Conventions starting in the 1950s by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 11:53 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIl Wozniak has credited watching Star Trek and attending Star Trek conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for his starting Apple Inc. by whatilearned July 22, 2022, 12:25 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments “I wanna be going to anime conventions weekly” by CopyPastaArchive January 19, 2022, 12:38 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
13 Comments TIL that when Michael Keaton was originally announced as Batman, 50,000 fans mailed letters to Warner Bros in protest and ripped up publicity materials at comic conventions by whatilearned October 31, 2021, 10:56 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL “New Villages” of Malaysia created by the British to counter Communist guerillas. Roughly 10% of the population of Malaysia, mostly ethnic Chinese are forcibly relocated. The forced evictions involved the destruction of existing settlements which are prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 1:38 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that when news of Spock’s death in Star Trek II leaked to fans Paramount wrote fake scripts for Star Trek III to ID the leaker, finding that Gene Roddenberry spread scripts he didn’t like at fan conventions to incite fans to protest stories he didn’t like. by whatilearned September 23, 2021, 6:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
I don’t go to nostalgia conventions anymore. by cringeyjokesman August 28, 2021, 1:16 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
16 Comments TIL Isaac Asimov, famous for his writings on science fiction and popular science, was known to various women as the “the man with a hundred hands” because of his flagrant tendency to often fondle and kiss women at conventions and in other social settings without regard for their consent. by whatilearned June 17, 2021, 5:39 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
U.S. Gun Injuries Dip During NRA Conventions Researchers found that between 2007 and 2015, U.S. firearm injuries declined by 20 percent during NRA conventions, compared to the weeks before and after the meeting. by DailyHealthNews June 16, 2021, 10:16 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Numbered musical notation is popular in China, making conventions to encode and decode music more accessible than in the West, as more Chinese can sight read it than standard notation. Indexing with numbers makes it possible to search music by melody, but it has never become popular in the West by whatilearned May 7, 2021, 5:17 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL of The Eye of Argon, a fantasy novella written by a 16 year old in 1970, which became popular and beloved as the “worst fantasy novel ever.” It found fame at conventions, through live readings and party games. In a 1984 interview, the author said that he was hurt by this, and never wrote again. by whatilearned April 9, 2021, 2:36 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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