_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-211 months agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square2fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down13
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square105fedilink
lakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down15
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redboxplus-squarewww.foxbusiness.comlakeeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square10fedilink
paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square33fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down18
arrow-up1102arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedplus-squarewww.thestreet.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilink
crossmr@kbin.run · 6 days agoThere needs to be actual content rules. TIL worked best when the mods actually adhered to those content rules. Otherwise you just have people posting all kinds of nonsense. Quality is better thanplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down110
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareThere needs to be actual content rules. TIL worked best when the mods actually adhered to those content rules. Otherwise you just have people posting all kinds of nonsense. Quality is better thanplus-squarecrossmr@kbin.run · 6 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 3 days agoToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down14
arrow-up135arrow-down1imageTIL That reddits "most addicted city" is eglin air force base FLplus-squarelemmy.worldu/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square23fedilink
Chozo@fedia.io · 7 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-square114fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down111
arrow-up1124arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square114fedilink
Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square2fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star Systemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgCryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square18fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down12
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is a global, time traveling radio (sort of)plus-squareradiooooo.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square4fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How Henry Ford’s Strange Social Program Aimed to Control The Personal Lives Of Workersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square8fedilink
pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" was NOT written to wake up sleeping audience members; that was just a mythplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
arrow-up150arrow-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-27 days agomessage-square8fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisonersplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 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-square9fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down110
arrow-up140arrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square9fedilink
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color blueplus-squarewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down130
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkTIL most cultures and peoples all over the world have historically had trouble recognizing the color blueplus-squarewww.ancientoriginsunleashed.comThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square40fedilink
mine@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 13 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-square30fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down14
arrow-up1167arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square30fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkTIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animalsplus-squarewww.peepultree.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square39fedilink
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-213 days agoTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down13
arrow-up1291arrow-down1imageTIL norway has a homocide map with exact locations of murders.plus-squarelemmy.blahaj.zoneSparky@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square113fedilink