bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agoTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-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-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
EponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-21 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-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-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 year agoTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agoTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Manu@feddit.de · 1 year agoTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agoTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chJordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-21 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Jordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the opera song used in recent Google Chrome ads was originally composed for the 2015 Steve Jobs biopicplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee · 1 year 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-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlVordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzHellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MooseBoys@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
newt@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comnewt@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoTIL - Laboratory experiments show that bacteria really do eat and digest plasticplus-squarewww.sciencedaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL - Laboratory experiments show that bacteria really do eat and digest plasticplus-squarewww.sciencedaily.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoTIL of "feedback" where the pork industry intentionally feeds dead disease-infected piglets and their feces to adult breeding pigsplus-squarewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of "feedback" where the pork industry intentionally feeds dead disease-infected piglets and their feces to adult breeding pigsplus-squarewww.vox.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL of Naba Baongo II, a sub-national monarch in Burkina Faso. In 2015, he played a key role in ending a military coup in the country peacefully, without any bloodshed. His kingdom is 528+ years oldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Naba Baongo II, a sub-national monarch in Burkina Faso. In 2015, he played a key role in ending a military coup in the country peacefully, without any bloodshed. His kingdom is 528+ years oldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
