Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 days agoTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down14
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agoTIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscoveredplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down10
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkTIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscoveredplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli3@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 11 days agoTIL about Göran Kropp who rode his bike from Sweden to Mount Everest, climbed it solo, and rode back (He returned a few years later to help clean up)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Göran Kropp who rode his bike from Sweden to Mount Everest, climbed it solo, and rode back (He returned a few years later to help clean up)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 13 days agoTIL that if you translate the Septuagint (around 247 BC) straight from Greek, it mentions Jesus. The English version changes the name.plus-squarewww.ellopos.netexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down14
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTIL that if you translate the Septuagint (around 247 BC) straight from Greek, it mentions Jesus. The English version changes the name.plus-squarewww.ellopos.netpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 13 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 13 days agoTIL Saudi Arabia once accidentally printed textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charterplus-squarequokk.auimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down10
arrow-up1169arrow-down1imageTIL Saudi Arabia once accidentally printed textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charterplus-squarequokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
cm0002@lemmings.world · 16 days agoToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comcm0002@lemmings.world · 16 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 21 days agoTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down11
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 26 days agoTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down110
arrow-up1408arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square85linkfedilink
Jerry on PieFed@feddit.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penaltyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down14
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareTIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penaltyplus-squareJerry on PieFed@feddit.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
kingofras@lemmy.world · 1 month ago22 months laterplus-squaresfo3.digitaloceanspaces.comvideomessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down19
arrow-up10arrow-down1video22 months laterplus-squaresfo3.digitaloceanspaces.comkingofras@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square4linkfedilink
cm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down14
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgcm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL I want to go to South Korea and ride a Sky Capsuleplus-squareawaytothecity.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkTIL I want to go to South Korea and ride a Sky Capsuleplus-squareawaytothecity.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilink
cm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africaplus-squareyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkTIL A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africaplus-squareyoutube.comcm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square2linkfedilink
cm0002@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square6linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: The Bisbee Deportation, the illegal kidnapping and deportation of ~1,300 striking miner, their supporters, and citizen bystanders who were loaded onto trains and sent to New Mexicoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Bisbee Deportation, the illegal kidnapping and deportation of ~1,300 striking miner, their supporters, and citizen bystanders who were loaded onto trains and sent to New Mexicoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square1linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agoTIL The Addams Family was originally a cartoon that ran for decades until the author, Charles Addams, died. Also, he was friends with Ray Bradbury.plus-squarei.pinimg.comimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down12
arrow-up1353arrow-down1imageTIL The Addams Family was originally a cartoon that ran for decades until the author, Charles Addams, died. Also, he was friends with Ray Bradbury.plus-squarei.pinimg.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agomessage-square23linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL San Marino has a democracy that selects two heads of state every six months, from opposing political parties that serve concurrently, and with equal powersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkTIL San Marino has a democracy that selects two heads of state every six months, from opposing political parties that serve concurrently, and with equal powersplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square10linkfedilink
cm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agoStainless steel can self-heal a bitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkStainless steel can self-heal a bitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
cm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agoTIL of the Battle of Athens (1946)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Battle of Athens (1946)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoTIL about the most polluant rocket fuel: Nuclear salt-water rocket - Wikipediaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the most polluant rocket fuel: Nuclear salt-water rocket - Wikipediaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
