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arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square8fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agoTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down14
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square20fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down12
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilink
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 7 days agoTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down11
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square13fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down14
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square7fedilink
I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 8 days agoTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down140
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square40fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down113
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square8fedilink
irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgirreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down15
arrow-up1181arrow-down1imageTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square14fedilink
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down18
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square20fedilink
fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1864arrow-down121
arrow-up1843arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comfpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square88fedilink
SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agoThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down11
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgSSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down17
arrow-up1556arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square93fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down11
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square39fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that an astrophistics who is Malaysian is and will be our first leading leader to Aliens.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down157
arrow-up1-50arrow-down1external-linkTIL that an astrophistics who is Malaysian is and will be our first leading leader to Aliens.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square11fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL about the Orkney vole, a population of voles found on the Orkney islands in Scotland, and believed to be a very early example of an invasive species, brought by neolithic traders from Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Orkney vole, a population of voles found on the Orkney islands in Scotland, and believed to be a very early example of an invasive species, brought by neolithic traders from Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square5fedilink
observantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down12
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caobservantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down14
arrow-up1380arrow-down1imageTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square28fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 13 days agoTIL the crowdsourced US-Mexico border wall added over $20 million in taxable land improvement to a private farm, increasing the tax burden by 75 timesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down11
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkTIL the crowdsourced US-Mexico border wall added over $20 million in taxable land improvement to a private farm, increasing the tax burden by 75 timesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org · 13 days agomessage-square29fedilink