_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up147
arrow-up147message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square8fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
deaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgdeaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
SKGUnknownTV@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL in 1971, a Soviet ship encountered a strange brown cloud near Vozrozhdeniya Island, triggering a deadly smallpox outbreak the USSR tried to cover upplus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL in 1971, a Soviet ship encountered a strange brown cloud near Vozrozhdeniya Island, triggering a deadly smallpox outbreak the USSR tried to cover upplus-squareyoutu.beSKGUnknownTV@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Jaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgJaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
teft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgteft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
china🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squarechina🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agoTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squareStrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squareLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squareJohn Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square0fedilink
tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgtomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
artifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govartifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that in 1799, a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone, whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts made ancient Egypt readable again.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink