_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square0fedilink
✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL sailing ships commonly moved around without wind by warpingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL sailing ships commonly moved around without wind by warpingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.org✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
lakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comlakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic worldview of accepting the simple, imperfect, and transient things in the world. Similar to kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with golden paste), it's abouplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic worldview of accepting the simple, imperfect, and transient things in the world. Similar to kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with golden paste), it's abouplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpaddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 8 months agoToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that in Melbourne, a 1 : 1 000 000 000 scale model of the solar system includes a mini-Proxima-Centauri that is one-time-around-the-entire-world away at this scale.plus-squarestkildamelbourne.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that in Melbourne, a 1 : 1 000 000 000 scale model of the solar system includes a mini-Proxima-Centauri that is one-time-around-the-entire-world away at this scale.plus-squarestkildamelbourne.com.auCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agoTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11imageTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldu/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgCryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Chozo@fedia.io · 8 months agoTIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgChozo@fedia.io · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · edit-28 months agoTIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a mythplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a mythplus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square0fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agoTIL The candlefish is so rich in oils that when supplied with a wick it can be burned like a candle"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL The candlefish is so rich in oils that when supplied with a wick it can be burned like a candle"plus-squareNataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color blueplus-squarewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color blueplus-squarewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
mine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgmine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
[object Object]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-28 months agoTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11imageTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zone[object Object]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square0fedilink