maniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.commaniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
cloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comcloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 4 months agoTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialredcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgmerc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comTehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square0fedilink
FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
ChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square0fedilink
kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comkinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases.plus-squareamp.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases.plus-squareamp.theguardian.comVaryk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Reef@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoTIL abou the Amalgam Comics, a joint publication by DC & Marvel featuring characters that were a mix of those from both universesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL abou the Amalgam Comics, a joint publication by DC & Marvel featuring characters that were a mix of those from both universesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgReef@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL North Koreans cannot go to Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL North Koreans cannot go to Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Aurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoThe ancient Romans made many attempts to fix the calendar year before landing on 12 months and leap yearsplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe ancient Romans made many attempts to fix the calendar year before landing on 12 months and leap yearsplus-squarewww.bbc.comAurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square0fedilink
fievel@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agoTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comfievel@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Comrade GitGud@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, which probably explains every issue you ever faced in a bureaucracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, which probably explains every issue you ever faced in a bureaucracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgComrade GitGud@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Chess Boxing is a real thingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Chess Boxing is a real thingplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhy you almost never see a clock at the mallplus-squarethehustle.coexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhy you almost never see a clock at the mallplus-squarethehustle.cokinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Aatube@kbin.social · 4 months agoTIL Spurious Correlations now uses AI to generate explanations, papers, and images for the best correlationsplus-squarewww.tylervigen.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Spurious Correlations now uses AI to generate explanations, papers, and images for the best correlationsplus-squarewww.tylervigen.comAatube@kbin.social · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink