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arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftlyMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square9linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL Filipino sailors helped to invent tequila?plus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkTIL Filipino sailors helped to invent tequila?plus-squaretheconversation.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square2linkfedilink
Whats_your_reasoningEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL about Gustatory Rhinitis, AKA the phenomenon of getting a runny nose after eating spicy foodsplus-squarepubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down13
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Gustatory Rhinitis, AKA the phenomenon of getting a runny nose after eating spicy foodsplus-squarepubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govWhats_your_reasoningEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
haloduder@thelemmy.clubEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL most cars have a black box that records information leading up to a crashplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down13
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkTIL most cars have a black box that records information leading up to a crashplus-squarewww.youtube.comhaloduder@thelemmy.clubEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square3linkfedilink
DavriellelounaEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down19
arrow-up1553arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDavriellelounaEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square140linkfedilink
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoTIL BOK Tower in Tulsa, Oklahoma is basically a half scale model of the old World Trade Centerplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down110
arrow-up1250arrow-down1imageTIL BOK Tower in Tulsa, Oklahoma is basically a half scale model of the old World Trade Centerplus-squaresh.itjust.worksjubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square38linkfedilink
Perspectivist@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL about the term "kludge"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareTIL about the term "kludge"plus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the words chocolate, cacao, avocado and chili come from the Nahuatl language (Aztec)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down11
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkTIL the words chocolate, cacao, avocado and chili come from the Nahuatl language (Aztec)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgoce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
TehBamskiEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Comcast (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (25%)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down16
arrow-up1602arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Comcast (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (25%)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTehBamskiEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
KittenBiscuits@lemmy.todayEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL not all water bottles can survive the dishwasherplus-squarelemmy.todayimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down110
arrow-up1138arrow-down1imageTIL not all water bottles can survive the dishwasherplus-squarelemmy.todayKittenBiscuits@lemmy.todayEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square42linkfedilink
EfreetSKEnglish · 4 days agoTIL Nauru is the most obese country in the world, it's estimated that 94.5% of Nauruans are overweight or obeseplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down11
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkTIL Nauru is the most obese country in the world, it's estimated that 94.5% of Nauruans are overweight or obeseplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgEfreetSKEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoTIL James Bond was Canadianplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down112
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkTIL James Bond was Canadianplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
HandMadeArtisanRobotEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about Salad Theoryplus-squaresaladtheory.github.ioexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down16
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Salad Theoryplus-squaresaladtheory.github.ioHandMadeArtisanRobotEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
58008English · 5 days agoTIL that underfloor heating was invented by Neolithic peoplesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down12
arrow-up1230arrow-down1external-linkTIL that underfloor heating was invented by Neolithic peoplesplus-squareen.wikipedia.org58008English · 5 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL the phrase "Do Not Split", meaning leftist pacificists and leftist radicals shouldn't condemn each others' tacticsplus-squarewww.teamhuman.fmexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down112
arrow-up1276arrow-down1external-linkTIL the phrase "Do Not Split", meaning leftist pacificists and leftist radicals shouldn't condemn each others' tacticsplus-squarewww.teamhuman.fmkibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square53linkfedilink
Lem Jukes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about the Cube Ruleplus-squarecuberule.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down110
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Cube Ruleplus-squarecuberule.comLem Jukes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
YuperEnglish · 5 days agoTIL in Wytheville, VA, I77 and I81 cross so that when traveling on I77N, you are also on I81S but traveling Westplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down14
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareTIL in Wytheville, VA, I77 and I81 cross so that when traveling on I77N, you are also on I81S but traveling Westplus-squareYuperEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
jet@hackertalks.comEnglish · 9 days agoBen Franklin was not a US Presidentplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down129
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareBen Franklin was not a US Presidentplus-squarejet@hackertalks.comEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
whalerossEnglish · 9 days agoTIL both the movie Dark City and the orginal manga Uzumaki were released in 1998plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareTIL both the movie Dark City and the orginal manga Uzumaki were released in 1998plus-squarewhalerossEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
_thisdot@infosec.pubEnglish · 10 days agoTIL that from 1264 to 1827, anyone who received a Master of Arts degree from Oxford had to swear that they would never forgive Henry Symeonis. By 1608, no one knew who he was or what he had doneblogs.bodleian.ox.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down16
arrow-up1388arrow-down1external-linkTIL that from 1264 to 1827, anyone who received a Master of Arts degree from Oxford had to swear that they would never forgive Henry Symeonis. By 1608, no one knew who he was or what he had doneblogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk_thisdot@infosec.pubEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square35linkfedilink