Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that after astronauts arrive in space they lose their sense of smell. As a result, they end up craving foods that have spicy, sweet and/or sour flavours.plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after astronauts arrive in space they lose their sense of smell. As a result, they end up craving foods that have spicy, sweet and/or sour flavours.plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that back in the day, marijuana was in all kinds of medicines, like stuff for headaches, pain, and even depression. It was everywhere until the 1930s, when the government decided to freak out ...plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that back in the day, marijuana was in all kinds of medicines, like stuff for headaches, pain, and even depression. It was everywhere until the 1930s, when the government decided to freak out ...plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL of Kyle Plush, a 16 year-old teen who died a slow death while being crushed by the third-row seat of a Honda Odyssey. While in that position, he managed to call 911 twice using SIRI, but emerg...plus-squarekyleplushanswerthecall.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Kyle Plush, a 16 year-old teen who died a slow death while being crushed by the third-row seat of a Honda Odyssey. While in that position, he managed to call 911 twice using SIRI, but emerg...plus-squarekyleplushanswerthecall.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that US President Herbert Hoover falsely blamed Mexican Americans for the Great Depression, and decisively lost reelection after his mass deportation efforts did not resolve the economic crisisplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that US President Herbert Hoover falsely blamed Mexican Americans for the Great Depression, and decisively lost reelection after his mass deportation efforts did not resolve the economic crisisplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL Kurt Cobain was concerned about releasing Come as You Are as the second single off the album due to its similarities with Killing Joke's 1984 song Eighties but was eventually convinced due to ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Kurt Cobain was concerned about releasing Come as You Are as the second single off the album due to its similarities with Killing Joke's 1984 song Eighties but was eventually convinced due to ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: There are highly controversial "human challenge" trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with deadly parasites, bacteria, and diseases. It was taboo for decades due to past studies ...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There are highly controversial "human challenge" trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with deadly parasites, bacteria, and diseases. It was taboo for decades due to past studies ...plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that some people have the CCR5 gene and that makes them immune to contract HIV.plus-squarewww.dtapclinic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that some people have the CCR5 gene and that makes them immune to contract HIV.plus-squarewww.dtapclinic.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: Fourteen children have suffocated to death inside cedar chests between 1977 and 2015. In 1996, The Lane Company recalled 12 million cedar chests with latches that automatically locked the lid...plus-squarewww.cpsc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Fourteen children have suffocated to death inside cedar chests between 1977 and 2015. In 1996, The Lane Company recalled 12 million cedar chests with latches that automatically locked the lid...plus-squarewww.cpsc.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: Battle of Blair Mountain: The largest labor uprising in America. A five day battle between 10,000 miners and 3,000 lawmen and strike breakersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Battle of Blair Mountain: The largest labor uprising in America. A five day battle between 10,000 miners and 3,000 lawmen and strike breakersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that 95.8% of total residential land area in California is zoned as single-family onlyplus-squarebelonging.berkeley.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 95.8% of total residential land area in California is zoned as single-family onlyplus-squarebelonging.berkeley.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that Audrey Hepburn’s parents were fascists during the 1930s and early 40s. Her mother changed her mind when, living in the German-occupied Netherlands, her brother-in-law was executed for som...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Audrey Hepburn’s parents were fascists during the 1930s and early 40s. Her mother changed her mind when, living in the German-occupied Netherlands, her brother-in-law was executed for som...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: in 2014, physicists were hired to calculate what a black hole would actually look like to the human eye for the movie Interstellarplus-squarewww.indiewire.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: in 2014, physicists were hired to calculate what a black hole would actually look like to the human eye for the movie Interstellarplus-squarewww.indiewire.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL Doctor Who was originally intended to be an educational show using time travel as a means to explore scientific ideas and famous moments in history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Doctor Who was originally intended to be an educational show using time travel as a means to explore scientific ideas and famous moments in history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that the first artificial christmas tree was made out of goose feathersplus-squarewww.logicallyfacts.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the first artificial christmas tree was made out of goose feathersplus-squarewww.logicallyfacts.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that Dr. Leopold Poetsch (or Pötsch), an Austrian history teacher and ardent supporter of Pan-Germanism, influenced Hitler's nationalistic views while teaching him at the Linz high school.plus-squarealphahistory.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Dr. Leopold Poetsch (or Pötsch), an Austrian history teacher and ardent supporter of Pan-Germanism, influenced Hitler's nationalistic views while teaching him at the Linz high school.plus-squarealphahistory.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: The Phillie Phanatic,the official mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies, was designed by the same person that designed Miss Piggy from the Muppetsplus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Phillie Phanatic,the official mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies, was designed by the same person that designed Miss Piggy from the Muppetsplus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that Henry "Hap" Arnold, who became the first US General of the Airforce in 1949, was taught to fly by the Wright brothersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Henry "Hap" Arnold, who became the first US General of the Airforce in 1949, was taught to fly by the Wright brothersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL of Kryptos, an art installation featuring 4 chunks of encrypted text. The last fragment has yet to be solved.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Kryptos, an art installation featuring 4 chunks of encrypted text. The last fragment has yet to be solved.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted f...plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted f...plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agoTIL In the summer of 1967 an extended six years of racial unrest started in Cairo IL. At its height in 1969 there were 170 nights that gunfire was reported in the town. The population of Cairo wou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the summer of 1967 an extended six years of racial unrest started in Cairo IL. At its height in 1969 there were 170 nights that gunfire was reported in the town. The population of Cairo wou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
