WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoThe United States was founded as a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down16
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkThe United States was founded as a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgWoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square7fedilink
cm0002@lemmy.world · 5 days agoTIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down16
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Donner Party who were a group of pioneers including women and children who had to resort to cannibalism after an early snowfall cut off their destination, just one mountain pass over.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square25fedilink
OtterAEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that 'asdf' is a proposed replacement data format for astronomical images and other scientific dataplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 'asdf' is a proposed replacement data format for astronomical images and other scientific dataplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgOtterAEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square15fedilink
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 25 days agoTIL that turtles get excited and flap around when they’re about to get foodplus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkTIL that turtles get excited and flap around when they’re about to get foodplus-squareyoutu.bePhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat · 25 days agomessage-square1fedilink
OtterAEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about 'This Man', a conceptual art project and hoax that was popular around 2008 - 2010, which ultimately turned out to be guerilla marketingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down14
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkTIL about 'This Man', a conceptual art project and hoax that was popular around 2008 - 2010, which ultimately turned out to be guerilla marketingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgOtterAEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilink
Camelbeard@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTIL the timer on our induction stove only beeps and does not turn off the stoveplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down118
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareTIL the timer on our induction stove only beeps and does not turn off the stoveplus-squareCamelbeard@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square32fedilink
Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agoTIL North Korea still has so-called bourgeoisies, ones worse than can be found today in the USplus-squarewww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down113
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTIL North Korea still has so-called bourgeoisies, ones worse than can be found today in the USplus-squarewww.msn.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
realitista@lemm.ee · 2 months agoTIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye's chicken and passing it off as their own.plus-squareabc7.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down110
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkTIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye's chicken and passing it off as their own.plus-squareabc7.comrealitista@lemm.ee · 2 months agomessage-square106fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL the pictures in ancient Mesoamerican codex's are a multilingual languagewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pictures in ancient Mesoamerican codex's are a multilingual languagewww.youtube.comDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL there are custom themes for Lemmyplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageTIL there are custom themes for Lemmyplus-squarelemmy.worldRade0nfighter@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
OtterAEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL about False cognates, pairs of words [with] similar sounds and meaning, but different etymologies; "For example, the English word dog and the Mbabaram word dog"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTIL about False cognates, pairs of words [with] similar sounds and meaning, but different etymologies; "For example, the English word dog and the Mbabaram word dog"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgOtterAEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square18fedilink
andrewta@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTIL UK study shows teflon can cause decreased heart rate and depressionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down112
arrow-up1294arrow-down1imageTIL UK study shows teflon can cause decreased heart rate and depressionlemmy.worldandrewta@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square31fedilink
FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months agoBillionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime.plus-squarewww.oxfam.orgexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down19
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkBillionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime.plus-squarewww.oxfam.orgFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months agomessage-square62fedilink
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months agoTIL about "SnotBots": drones that are flown through whale spouts to collect biological samplesplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "SnotBots": drones that are flown through whale spouts to collect biological samplesplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Troy · 5 months agoTIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTroy · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilink
OtterAEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that 'chumbox' refers to the grid of thumbnail advertisements with "low quality clickbait links and articles"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down14
arrow-up1289arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 'chumbox' refers to the grid of thumbnail advertisements with "low quality clickbait links and articles"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgOtterAEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilink
FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone · edit-25 months agoTIL mass fatality causing "humam stampedes" and "hysterical masses" are myths which shift responsibility from organisers for fatal crowd incidents which "invariably" result from poor organisationplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down120
arrow-up1325arrow-down1message-squareTIL mass fatality causing "humam stampedes" and "hysterical masses" are myths which shift responsibility from organisers for fatal crowd incidents which "invariably" result from poor organisationplus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone · edit-25 months agomessage-square30fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agoTIL- If you hover over the post arrows, it gives you a percentage of how many downvotes the post has receviedplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareTIL- If you hover over the post arrows, it gives you a percentage of how many downvotes the post has receviedplus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agomessage-square7fedilink
MisterD · edit-27 months agoNSFL: TIL about "Four D meat"plus-squareduckduckgo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down16
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkNSFL: TIL about "Four D meat"plus-squareduckduckgo.comMisterD · edit-27 months agomessage-square0fedilink
OtterAEnglish · 7 months agoTIL how offside actually works in soccer (football)plus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkTIL how offside actually works in soccer (football)plus-squarewww.nytimes.comOtterAEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilink
