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arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about this picture of horseshoe curve taken at midnight with 6500 flashbulbsplus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about this picture of horseshoe curve taken at midnight with 6500 flashbulbsplus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgJohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Alan Moore, the author of V for Vendetta, has a negative view of the revolutionary cultures/movements he helped inspireplus-squarewww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Alan Moore, the author of V for Vendetta, has a negative view of the revolutionary cultures/movements he helped inspireplus-squarewww.reddit.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle graduated from medical school in 1881, he drew a cartoon self portrait with his diploma and inscribed it, "licensed to kill."plus-squarelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle graduated from medical school in 1881, he drew a cartoon self portrait with his diploma and inscribed it, "licensed to kill."plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about Jackrabbit Drivesplus-squarewww.outdoorlife.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Jackrabbit Drivesplus-squarewww.outdoorlife.comTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
WeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoTIL The Koch Brother have run meetings twice a year since 2003. The gatherings were characterized by great secrecy (participants were routinely urged to destroy all paperwork of the gatherings).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Koch Brother have run meetings twice a year since 2003. The gatherings were characterized by great secrecy (participants were routinely urged to destroy all paperwork of the gatherings).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgWeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
catch22@programming.devEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL: Why good furniture is so hard to find these daysplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Why good furniture is so hard to find these daysplus-squarewww.youtube.comcatch22@programming.devEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square0fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL that US Ex-Nazi Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun wrote a scifi book where the Martian government is ruled by a single leader called "The Elon"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that US Ex-Nazi Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun wrote a scifi book where the Martian government is ruled by a single leader called "The Elon"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL the owner of the Segway company died driving his Segway off a cliff less than a year after he bought the company.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the owner of the Segway company died driving his Segway off a cliff less than a year after he bought the company.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that someone wrote a whole book when the only way they could communicate was by blinking their left eyelid.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that someone wrote a whole book when the only way they could communicate was by blinking their left eyelid.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that tracing phone calls by keeping the phone line open is a totally outdated tropeplus-squarewww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that tracing phone calls by keeping the phone line open is a totally outdated tropeplus-squarewww.howtogeek.comSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 months agoTIL that the previous Speaker of the House in Georgia corruptly used his position to delay court cases for which he was a lawyer for yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the previous Speaker of the House in Georgia corruptly used his position to delay court cases for which he was a lawyer for yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
daggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL the granddaughter of the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini made a Japanese city pop album in 1982plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the granddaughter of the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini made a Japanese city pop album in 1982plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdaggermoon@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that in 2003, a US court ruled that the X-Men are not humanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2003, a US court ruled that the X-Men are not humanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgRobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
dr_scientist@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL: That from 1866 to 1984, Paris had a pneumatic tube postal service!plus-squarewww.messynessychic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: That from 1866 to 1984, Paris had a pneumatic tube postal service!plus-squarewww.messynessychic.comdr_scientist@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agoTIL about "Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome", a condition occurring in babies that is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circular skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and neckplus-squarewww.contemporarypediatrics.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome", a condition occurring in babies that is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circular skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and neckplus-squarewww.contemporarypediatrics.comrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Pink Floyd quotes the Doctor Who theme at the 3:02 mark of the song One of These Days.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Pink Floyd quotes the Doctor Who theme at the 3:02 mark of the song One of These Days.plus-squarewww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL that Jerry Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati 1977-1978plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jerry Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati 1977-1978plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgsomeguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
LeftistLawyer@lemmy.todayEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Ancient Greeks Relied on Hallucinogenic Oracles Just Like We doplus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ancient Greeks Relied on Hallucinogenic Oracles Just Like We doplus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comLeftistLawyer@lemmy.todayEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL a "Bachelor's Degree in Knitwear Design" is a thing.plus-squarewww.linkedin.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a "Bachelor's Degree in Knitwear Design" is a thing.plus-squarewww.linkedin.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink