Lilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTIL maps from the UK overrule claims of the existence of any aggressor the Palestinians profess to be fighting (and if we couldn't trust the British to make a correct map, who could you trust?)plus-squarewww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL maps from the UK overrule claims of the existence of any aggressor the Palestinians profess to be fighting (and if we couldn't trust the British to make a correct map, who could you trust?)plus-squarewww.msn.comLilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Karl Marx would be what we'd call pro-ICE if he survived to this dayplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Karl Marx would be what we'd call pro-ICE if he survived to this dayplus-squaremedium.comLilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Hillary Clinton is pro-Israelplus-squarewww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Hillary Clinton is pro-Israelplus-squarewww.msn.comLilyunad@lemmings.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilink
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 Superen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the first reference to the Grinch was not in How The Grinch Stole Christmas but in the 1953 book Scrambled Eggs Superen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilink
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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agoTIL camels and llamas can interbreed to create hybrids called camasplus-squaretaylorllamas.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-up11
arrow-up11external-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 temperatureengineering.purdue.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies by up to 15 cm (6 in) depending on the temperatureengineering.purdue.eduUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
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-up11
arrow-up11external-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
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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 · 3 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)plus-squarevccinews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)plus-squarevccinews.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agoTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languageswww.constituteproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languageswww.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 burnswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL third-degree burns are not the worst; the scale goes up to sixth-degree burnswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
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-up11
arrow-up11external-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-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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-square0linkfedilink
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-up11
arrow-up11external-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
