Jellybeanism@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 4 months agoTIL being transparent about Santa can trigger a police responseplus-squarewww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL being transparent about Santa can trigger a police responseplus-squarewww.msn.comJellybeanism@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
s08nlql9@lemm.eeEnglish · 10 months agoTIL how actors fake drug sniffing plus-squaregeektyrant.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL how actors fake drug sniffing plus-squaregeektyrant.coms08nlql9@lemm.eeEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL an estimated 750,000 sprinkles and butter sandwiches are eaten each day in the Netherlands for breakfastplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkTIL an estimated 750,000 sprinkles and butter sandwiches are eaten each day in the Netherlands for breakfastplus-squarewww.bbc.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the first reference to the Grinch was not in How The Grinch Stole Christmas but in the 1953 book Scrambled Eggs Superplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first reference to the Grinch was not in How The Grinch Stole Christmas but in the 1953 book Scrambled Eggs Superplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL when the Allies liberated Nazi Belgium, they discovered a large amount of thorium sent to Germany was not being used for weapons but rather radioactive toothpasteplus-squaremuseumofradium.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkTIL when the Allies liberated Nazi Belgium, they discovered a large amount of thorium sent to Germany was not being used for weapons but rather radioactive toothpasteplus-squaremuseumofradium.co.ukUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-22 years agoTIL the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I also included a clause establishing concert pitch as A = 435 Hzplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I also included a clause establishing concert pitch as A = 435 Hzplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square14linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL camels and llamas can interbreed to create hybrids called camasplus-squaretaylorllamas.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL camels and llamas can interbreed to create hybrids called camasplus-squaretaylorllamas.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that after hunting a serial killer whose DNA was found at 40 crime scenes across Germany and Austria for 16 years, police discovered the DNA belonged to a woman working at the swab factoryplus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after hunting a serial killer whose DNA was found at 40 crime scenes across Germany and Austria for 16 years, police discovered the DNA belonged to a woman working at the swab factoryplus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies by up to 15 cm (6 in) depending on the temperatureplus-squareengineering.purdue.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkTIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies by up to 15 cm (6 in) depending on the temperatureplus-squareengineering.purdue.eduUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
DeadNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that there is a species of Lizard that can literally walk on water (due to surface tension) and are known as Jesus Lizard.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down13
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is a species of Lizard that can literally walk on water (due to surface tension) and are known as Jesus Lizard.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgDeadNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
library_napper@monyet.ccEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Einstein compared Israel to Nazis in 1948 (NYT)plus-squaremonyet.ccimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down127
arrow-up143arrow-down1imageTIL Einstein compared Israel to Nazis in 1948 (NYT)plus-squaremonyet.cclibrary_napper@monyet.ccEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square19linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL ceiling fans generally have a setting you're supposed to switch to make them blow down in the summer and up in the winterplus-squaretwitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down14
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkTIL ceiling fans generally have a setting you're supposed to switch to make them blow down in the summer and up in the winterplus-squaretwitter.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square15linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)plus-squarevccinews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)plus-squarevccinews.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL Michael Hart started Project Gutenberg by manually typing in the texts of 313 books on his ownplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkTIL Michael Hart started Project Gutenberg by manually typing in the texts of 313 books on his ownplus-squarewww.theguardian.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languagesplus-squarewww.constituteproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languagesplus-squarewww.constituteproject.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL third-degree burns are not the worst; the scale goes up to sixth-degree burnsplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkTIL third-degree burns are not the worst; the scale goes up to sixth-degree burnsplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL that IQ test scores globally rose significantly from their introduction until the mid-1990s, after which they likely have started to declineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL that IQ test scores globally rose significantly from their introduction until the mid-1990s, after which they likely have started to declineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-23 years agoTIL skinned frog legs were the common scientific instrument used to detect electricity throughout the 18th and 19th centuriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkTIL skinned frog legs were the common scientific instrument used to detect electricity throughout the 18th and 19th centuriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-23 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down13
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square11linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
