contentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agoTIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force songplus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force songplus-squareyoutu.becontentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
memfree@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL about the 1968 Olympic 'Black Power Salute' and the white guy in that photoplus-squarebeehaw.orgimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageTIL about the 1968 Olympic 'Black Power Salute' and the white guy in that photoplus-squarebeehaw.orgmemfree@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Otter@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metalplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metalplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comOtter@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agoTIL The Nazi commander that put down the Warsaw Uprising went on to remain unpunished for his crimes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Nazi commander that put down the Warsaw Uprising went on to remain unpunished for his crimes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agoTIL Cassandra Durham disappeared in 1987 leaving mysterious notes and phone calls to her family stating “she was in trouble”. 37 years later, her family is looking to find her.plus-squarewww.insideedition.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cassandra Durham disappeared in 1987 leaving mysterious notes and phone calls to her family stating “she was in trouble”. 37 years later, her family is looking to find her.plus-squarewww.insideedition.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agoTIL about the Boötes Void - a sphere in the universe that contains only 60 galaxies in a cylinder through the middle, when typically there would be around 2,000.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Boötes Void - a sphere in the universe that contains only 60 galaxies in a cylinder through the middle, when typically there would be around 2,000.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL captures of YTMND are in the United States' Library of Congressplus-squarewww.loc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL captures of YTMND are in the United States' Library of Congressplus-squarewww.loc.govcan@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agoTIL because he Monty Hall Problem is often worded ambiguous, leaving some loopholes, it is better do not switch doors when you play the game with the actual real Monty Hall.plus-squarewww2.math.upenn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL because he Monty Hall Problem is often worded ambiguous, leaving some loopholes, it is better do not switch doors when you play the game with the actual real Monty Hall.plus-squarewww2.math.upenn.educontentbot@lemmy.caB · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · edit-21 month agoTIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recyclingplus-squarewww.aluminum.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recyclingplus-squarewww.aluminum.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL During the London Olympics, the Military placed anti-aircraft missiles on the tops of apartment buildingsplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL During the London Olympics, the Military placed anti-aircraft missiles on the tops of apartment buildingsplus-squarewww.theguardian.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL that there are officially ranked types of fun to be had. Type 3 being the fun that was supposed to be good and then went bad.plus-squarewww.rei.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there are officially ranked types of fun to be had. Type 3 being the fun that was supposed to be good and then went bad.plus-squarewww.rei.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL about Pschitt!, a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Pschitt!, a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL i learned that some sharks that have no visible gums launch their teeth out when they are about to biteplus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL i learned that some sharks that have no visible gums launch their teeth out when they are about to biteplus-squareyoutu.becontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
variants@possumpat.ioEnglish · 2 months agoTIL LEGO buys back bricks with giftcardsplus-squarelegobricktakeback.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL LEGO buys back bricks with giftcardsplus-squarelegobricktakeback.comvariants@possumpat.ioEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL an experiment on seed germination at Michigan State University has been running ever since 1879, and plans to run until the year 2100.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL an experiment on seed germination at Michigan State University has been running ever since 1879, and plans to run until the year 2100.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL that Tiger Wood's real name is Eldrick Tont Woods.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Tiger Wood's real name is Eldrick Tont Woods.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL in 2006 LEGO partnered in a cross-promotion with Duracell Batteries, in which a small Bionicle was included in a pack of AA Batteries.plus-squarebrickset.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2006 LEGO partnered in a cross-promotion with Duracell Batteries, in which a small Bionicle was included in a pack of AA Batteries.plus-squarebrickset.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Varyk@sh.itjust.works · edit-22 months agoTIL there are fidget guns for childrenplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL there are fidget guns for childrenplus-squaresh.itjust.worksVaryk@sh.itjust.works · edit-22 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL that Judd Nelson, the actor who played John Bender in The Breakfast Club, almost got fired from the production for staying in character and harassing co-star Molly Ringwald off-cameraplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Judd Nelson, the actor who played John Bender in The Breakfast Club, almost got fired from the production for staying in character and harassing co-star Molly Ringwald off-cameraplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agoTIL Guy Fieri fed 5,000 fire evacuees a day during the 2017 Santa Rosa wildfires.plus-squarewww.today.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Guy Fieri fed 5,000 fire evacuees a day during the 2017 Santa Rosa wildfires.plus-squarewww.today.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink