HotDogFingies@kbin.social · 2 years agoTIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousinmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14
arrow-up14imageTIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousinmedia.kbin.socialHotDogFingies@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 2 years agoTIL "Big-Headed Ants" have completely altered parts of the savannah ecosystem less than 20 yearsplus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-linkTIL "Big-Headed Ants" have completely altered parts of the savannah ecosystem less than 20 yearsplus-squarewww.npr.orgEmptyRadar@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
EmptyRadar@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square2linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square14linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minnieo@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square2linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
amazonUK@kbin.social · 2 years agoGet your Cute Girlfriendplus-squaretrack.affsun.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkGet your Cute Girlfriendplus-squaretrack.affsun.comamazonUK@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.worksBanned · 2 years agoTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkTIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridgesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.worksBanned · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
jooleee@kbin.social · 2 years agoParkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk?plus-squarewww.medicalnewstoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-linkParkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk?plus-squarewww.medicalnewstoday.comjooleee@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square4linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square4linkfedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square17linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
ripcord@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 2 years agoTIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is...plus-squarepeewee.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is...plus-squarepeewee.fandom.comoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
ReallyKinda@kbin.social · edit-22 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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-22 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
LollerCorleone@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square4linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square4linkfedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square2linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
inkican@kbin.social · 2 years 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-square9linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square9linkfedilink
