pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
baseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-22 years agoTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.combaseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-22 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-22 years agoTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-22 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
EponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agoTIL about The Day of the Locust, a 1939 book and 1975 movie that have a main character named "Homer Simpson"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about The Day of the Locust, a 1939 book and 1975 movie that have a main character named "Homer Simpson"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgEponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 years agoTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squareWistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Manu@feddit.de · 2 years agoTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comManu@feddit.de · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 2 years agoTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chJordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die.plus-squarewww.roger-pearse.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die.plus-squarewww.roger-pearse.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
Jordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL the opera song used in recent Google Chrome ads was originally composed for the 2015 Steve Jobs biopicplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down13
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkTIL the opera song used in recent Google Chrome ads was originally composed for the 2015 Steve Jobs biopicplus-squarewww.youtube.comJordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3linkfedilink
Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee · 2 years agoTIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down16
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down12
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square15linkfedilink
Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down110
arrow-up1111arrow-down1imageTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlVordimous@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square15linkfedilink
Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down111
arrow-up1278arrow-down1imageTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzHellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
MooseBoys@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down117
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square16linkfedilink
newt@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comnewt@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoTIL - Laboratory experiments show that bacteria really do eat and digest plasticplus-squarewww.sciencedaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkTIL - Laboratory experiments show that bacteria really do eat and digest plasticplus-squarewww.sciencedaily.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square14linkfedilink
