_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-21 year agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down12
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irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down13
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgirreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down134
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down119
arrow-up1793arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comfpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down15
arrow-up1159arrow-down1imageTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square14fedilink
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down18
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square18fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down17
arrow-up1546arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square85fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down11
arrow-up1285arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square45fedilink
SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgSSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about the Orkney vole, a population of voles found on the Orkney islands in Scotland, and believed to be a very early example of an invasive species, brought by neolithic traders from Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down10
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Orkney vole, a population of voles found on the Orkney islands in Scotland, and believed to be a very early example of an invasive species, brought by neolithic traders from Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 6 days agoTIL the crowdsourced US-Mexico border wall added over $20 million in taxable land improvement to a private farm, increasing the tax burden by 75 timesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down11
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkTIL the crowdsourced US-Mexico border wall added over $20 million in taxable land improvement to a private farm, increasing the tax burden by 75 timesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org · 6 days agomessage-square29fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down14
arrow-up1379arrow-down1imageTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL about erdstall , more than 600 tunnel found across Europe of unknown origin but are believed to date from the Middle Agesplus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down17
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkTIL about erdstall , more than 600 tunnel found across Europe of unknown origin but are believed to date from the Middle Agesplus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square30fedilink
observantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down12
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caobservantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Maimas2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down111
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaimas2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square24fedilink
lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL: FEMA has a Hurricane Rumor Response siteplus-squarewww.fema.govexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL: FEMA has a Hurricane Rumor Response siteplus-squarewww.fema.govlettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL about the Shiva hypothesis, a hypothesis that periodic mass extinctions are caused by the solar system crossing the galactic planeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down110
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Shiva hypothesis, a hypothesis that periodic mass extinctions are caused by the solar system crossing the galactic planeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that an astrophistics who is Malaysian is and will be our first leading leader to Aliens.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down155
arrow-up1-48arrow-down1external-linkTIL that an astrophistics who is Malaysian is and will be our first leading leader to Aliens.plus-squarewww.cbsnews.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square10fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agoTIL that we have tiny calcium crystals in our ears that, if dislodged, cause terrible vertigo.plus-squarewww.hopkinsmedicine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down13
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkTIL that we have tiny calcium crystals in our ears that, if dislodged, cause terrible vertigo.plus-squarewww.hopkinsmedicine.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square23fedilink