sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injuriesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down16
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injuriesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comsun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoTIL - The Library of Congress has a collection of slave stories, records and photosplus-squarewww.loc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTIL - The Library of Congress has a collection of slave stories, records and photosplus-squarewww.loc.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down111
arrow-up1271arrow-down1external-linkTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agomessage-square30fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-25 months agoTIL There was a 1964 tsunami in Alaska, that reached 170 feet above sea levelplus-squarewww.ncei.noaa.govexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was a 1964 tsunami in Alaska, that reached 170 feet above sea levelplus-squarewww.ncei.noaa.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-25 months agomessage-square7fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoTIL- Ben Stiller performed Jesus Christ Superstar on Conan Obrienplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Ben Stiller performed Jesus Christ Superstar on Conan Obrienplus-squarewww.youtube.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTIL the smallest body in the solar system with rings is a small icy rock 160 mi (257.5 km) across. It may have a 3.73 mi (6 km) across moon.plus-squaregizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkTIL the smallest body in the solar system with rings is a small icy rock 160 mi (257.5 km) across. It may have a 3.73 mi (6 km) across moon.plus-squaregizmodo.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
Andrew :fediverse:@fosstodon.org · 5 months agoTIL that Eminem opened a restaurant in Detroit called Mom's Spaghettiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Eminem opened a restaurant in Detroit called Mom's Spaghettiplus-squareAndrew :fediverse:@fosstodon.org · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 6 months agoTIL Dane Cook holds the record for the longest set at the Laugh Factory at 7 hours and 34 minutes on January 2, 2008.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down113
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dane Cook holds the record for the longest set at the Laugh Factory at 7 hours and 34 minutes on January 2, 2008.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoTIL the reason doorbells go "ding-dong" is because of Handel's opera The Messiahplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down14
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkTIL the reason doorbells go "ding-dong" is because of Handel's opera The Messiahplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgNataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square10fedilink
loopy@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agoTIL most ancient texts were read out loud and it was strange if someone read to themselfplus-squarelithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL most ancient texts were read out loud and it was strange if someone read to themselfplus-squarelithub.comloopy@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agomessage-square17fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square0fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoTIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwardsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down18
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkTIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwardsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square21fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agoTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agomessage-square8fedilink
baseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-26 months agoTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.combaseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-26 months agomessage-square5fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months 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-square21fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11
arrow-up161arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square21fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-27 months agoTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down16
arrow-up1102arrow-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-27 months agomessage-square11fedilink
EponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-27 months 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-square1fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-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-27 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 months agoTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down17
arrow-up1116arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square20fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-27 months agoTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down110
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-27 months agomessage-square26fedilink
Manu@feddit.de · 8 months agoTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down15
arrow-up181arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square1fedilink