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DearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialDearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
deaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgdeaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL 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 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Jaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
lumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orglumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
teft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
china🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squarechina🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
lumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orglumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squareLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squareJohn Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgtomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
artifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govartifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink