_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 21 hours agoTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down13
arrow-up1282arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down19
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square48fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down13
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
Derrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down15
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksDerrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.com✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down11
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comLemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square10fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinctplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down12
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinctplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18fedilink
ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL RFK Jr. is married to Cheryl Hines who plays Larry David's wife in Curb Your Enthusiasm lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111
arrow-up1120arrow-down1imageTIL RFK Jr. is married to Cheryl Hines who plays Larry David's wife in Curb Your Enthusiasm lemmy.worldivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square47fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-24 days agoTIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized ironplus-squarewww.wordorigins.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down14
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized ironplus-squarewww.wordorigins.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square17fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square25fedilink
Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL what snow leopards sound like. I didn't know what I expected, but that wasn't it.plus-squareimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL what snow leopards sound like. I didn't know what I expected, but that wasn't it.plus-squareimgur.comWolf Link 🐺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12fedilink
oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 3 days agoTIL part of the left supported eugenics during most of the 20th centuryplus-squarewww.cambridge.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down17
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1external-linkTIL part of the left supported eugenics during most of the 20th centuryplus-squarewww.cambridge.orgoce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL of the tradition of people bawling their eyes out in the "Room of Tears" when they become the Pope because of the weight of having that roleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the tradition of people bawling their eyes out in the "Room of Tears" when they become the Pope because of the weight of having that roleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square4fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square7fedilink
crozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about Waiting Mortuariesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Waiting Mortuariesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lumberjacked@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL Social Security in the US is the nickname of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareTIL Social Security in the US is the nickname of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programplus-squareLumberjacked@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square0fedilink
confuser@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 days agoTIL humans make up a pretty small portion of the total animals of earthplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL humans make up a pretty small portion of the total animals of earthplus-squareconfuser@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that loose wire connections on breakers can create arcs, heats up the wires or the breaker internally and cause an electric fireplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that loose wire connections on breakers can create arcs, heats up the wires or the breaker internally and cause an electric fireplus-squareRelativeArea1@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 days agoTIL you can get a DUI in a wheelchair (not confirmed)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL you can get a DUI in a wheelchair (not confirmed)plus-squaredullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square3fedilink