_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down13
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square25fedilink
deaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgdeaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square17fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down14
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilink
DearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down11
arrow-up1410arrow-down1imageTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialDearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square16fedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down11
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agoTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1imageTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square138fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down15
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square4fedilink
teft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgteft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square7fedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agoTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square22fedilink
china🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down19
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squarechina🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Jaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down118
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgJaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilink
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down14
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squareStrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square19fedilink
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 days agoToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squareLadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agoTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down137
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareTIL companies can still discriminate against people born out of wedlock or if their parents divorceplus-squareJohn Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square29fedilink
tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down15
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkTIL in China, wearing a green hat is associated with being a cuckoldplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgtomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square27fedilink
artifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 days agoTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down15
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first use of the term "brain rot" was in Henry David Thoreau's Waldenplus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govartifex@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square9fedilink