_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-211 months agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
lakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comlakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 5 days agoToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldu/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgCryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Chozo@fedia.io · 9 days 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · edit-210 days agoTIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a mythplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a mythplus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square0fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 days 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-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 · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color bluewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color bluewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
mine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 15 days 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-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-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 · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-216 days agoTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zoneSparky@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoTIL the very first animated feature film was "Creation" by Pinto Colvig, made in 1916. It has been lost and only a few frames remain, but Colvig went on to be the voice of Goofy and the original Bozo.plus-squareblueprintdigital.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the very first animated feature film was "Creation" by Pinto Colvig, made in 1916. It has been lost and only a few frames remain, but Colvig went on to be the voice of Goofy and the original Bozo.plus-squareblueprintdigital.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square0fedilink