HotDogFingies@kbin.social · 7 months agoTIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousinmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14
arrow-up14imageTIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousinmedia.kbin.socialHotDogFingies@kbin.social · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agoTIL "Big-Headed Ants" have completely altered parts of the savannah ecosystem less than 20 yearsplus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-linkTIL "Big-Headed Ants" have completely altered parts of the savannah ecosystem less than 20 yearsplus-squarewww.npr.orgEmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agoTIL There aren't actually as many rats in New York City as everyone thought. But there's still a lot.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkTIL There aren't actually as many rats in New York City as everyone thought. But there's still a lot.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgEmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agoTIL "A Nightmare On Elm Street" was inspired by a real-life string of unexplained nocturnal deaths among Laotian refugees in the 1970s and 1980splus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkTIL "A Nightmare On Elm Street" was inspired by a real-life string of unexplained nocturnal deaths among Laotian refugees in the 1970s and 1980splus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comEmptyRadar@kbin.social · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · edit-210 months agoTIL Malignant Hyperthermia is a deadly reaction to general anesthesia. Most don't know they have the condition until it's too late. It's the reason anesthesiologists always ask you if anyone in the faplus-squaremedlineplus.govexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15external-linkTIL Malignant Hyperthermia is a deadly reaction to general anesthesia. Most don't know they have the condition until it's too late. It's the reason anesthesiologists always ask you if anyone in the faplus-squaremedlineplus.govminnieo@kbin.social · edit-210 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · 10 months agoTIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119imageTIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targmedia.kbin.socialminnieo@kbin.social · 10 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · 10 months agoTIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstrapsmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128imageTIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstrapsmedia.kbin.socialminnieo@kbin.social · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilink
amazonUK@kbin.social · 11 months agoGet your Cute Girlfriendplus-squaretrack.affsun.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkGet your Cute Girlfriendplus-squaretrack.affsun.comamazonUK@kbin.social · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
jooleee@kbin.social · 1 year agoParkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk?plus-squarewww.medicalnewstoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkParkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk?plus-squarewww.medicalnewstoday.comjooleee@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL ancient Egyptians didn't use Hieroglyphics as an everyday writing system. They reserved this for special functions. The Egyptians used two script-like writing systems called Hieratic and Demotic. plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up134
arrow-up134external-linkTIL ancient Egyptians didn't use Hieroglyphics as an everyday writing system. They reserved this for special functions. The Egyptians used two script-like writing systems called Hieratic and Demotic. plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomplus-squarewww.jpl.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up136
arrow-up136external-linkTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomplus-squarewww.jpl.nasa.govripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomarchive.phripcord@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 1 year agoTIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is...plus-squarepeewee.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is...plus-squarepeewee.fandom.comoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
ReallyKinda@kbin.social · edit-21 year agoTIL that over 60% of jurisdictions in the US use algorithmic pretrial assessment tools to help determine who should be jailed before their court date and who should not.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110
arrow-up110message-squareTIL that over 60% of jurisdictions in the US use algorithmic pretrial assessment tools to help determine who should be jailed before their court date and who should not.plus-squareReallyKinda@kbin.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social · 1 year agoResidents of Pakistan's Himalayan region are “making glaciers”; converting water back to ice using an ancient process. It’s guided by their elders and backed by the U.N.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-linkResidents of Pakistan's Himalayan region are “making glaciers”; converting water back to ice using an ancient process. It’s guided by their elders and backed by the U.N.www.npr.orgFarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
LollerCorleone@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL passage of merchandise over the Silk Road was a mere trickle compared with the maritime flow of goods between India and Rome during the first-millennium CEplus-squarescroll.inexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129external-linkTIL passage of merchandise over the Silk Road was a mere trickle compared with the maritime flow of goods between India and Rome during the first-millennium CEplus-squarescroll.inLollerCorleone@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL that during the filming of the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), the actor Harold Sakata who played Oddjob, badly burned his hand in the electrocution scene.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16
arrow-up16external-linkTIL that during the filming of the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), the actor Harold Sakata who played Oddjob, badly burned his hand in the electrocution scene.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orginkican@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed.plus-squarefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up151
arrow-up151external-linkTIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed.plus-squarefortune.cominkican@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL that many bugle players at military funerals are simply hitting a button to play 'Taps' as there aren't enough proficient bugle players to go around.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up123
arrow-up123external-linkTIL that many bugle players at military funerals are simply hitting a button to play 'Taps' as there aren't enough proficient bugle players to go around.plus-squareyoutu.beinkican@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink