_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agoPartner Communitiesplus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down15
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square9fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levelsplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkTIL: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levelsplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square28fedilink
KuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"plus-squareshare.googleexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"plus-squareshare.googleKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoTIL over 40 000 people have used the social security number 078 05 1120 in the United States.plus-squarewww.ssa.govexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down12
arrow-up1252arrow-down1external-linkTIL over 40 000 people have used the social security number 078 05 1120 in the United States.plus-squarewww.ssa.govQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square34fedilink
「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that incest is legal in many countries. For example: Brazil, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Mainland China (but incest is illegal in Hong Kong SAR).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down13
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTIL that incest is legal in many countries. For example: Brazil, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Mainland China (but incest is illegal in Hong Kong SAR).plus-squareen.wikipedia.org「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square60fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoTIL there was a double barrelled cannon.plus-squarewww.historynet.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkTIL there was a double barrelled cannon.plus-squarewww.historynet.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square8fedilink
bawo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL the CEO of Reddit has been given a $193 million compensation packagefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down123
arrow-up1643arrow-down1external-linkTIL the CEO of Reddit has been given a $193 million compensation packagefortune.combawo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square127fedilink
BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 daysplus-squarebsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1936arrow-down18
arrow-up1928arrow-down1external-linkTIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 daysplus-squarebsky.appBoycottTwitter@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square59fedilink
Az_1@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that the longest possible train journey goes from Lagos, Portugal to Singaporeplus-squarebigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down16
arrow-up1367arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the longest possible train journey goes from Lagos, Portugal to Singaporeplus-squarebigthink.comAz_1@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square32fedilink
AfterNova@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL 6 in 7 people are plagued by feelings of insecurityplus-squarewww.undp.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkTIL 6 in 7 people are plagued by feelings of insecurityplus-squarewww.undp.orgAfterNova@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilink
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that J. M. Barrie gave the copyright for Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in Londonplus-squareimginn.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkTIL that J. M. Barrie gave the copyright for Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in Londonplus-squareimginn.comHotsauceHurricane@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square5fedilink
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL there is a shark that bites perfect circles because it has only one tooth (kind of)plus-squaregizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a shark that bites perfect circles because it has only one tooth (kind of)plus-squaregizmodo.comCombatWombatEsq@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoTIL there's a housekeeping olympics.plus-squarewww.issa.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down11
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a housekeeping olympics.plus-squarewww.issa.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Ice@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Sir Nicholas Winton helped rescue 669 Czhechoslovak children from the holocaustplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Sir Nicholas Winton helped rescue 669 Czhechoslovak children from the holocaustplus-squareIce@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square4fedilink
scytale@piefed.zipEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about “Second Screen Viewing” and that Netflix pushes writers to make scripts and dialogues simpler to keep viewers who are on their phones engagedplus-squarewww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down15
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “Second Screen Viewing” and that Netflix pushes writers to make scripts and dialogues simpler to keep viewers who are on their phones engagedplus-squarewww.pcmag.comscytale@piefed.zipEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square120fedilink
noumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL Jan. 7 marks Christmas for many Orthodox Christians; about 12% of Christians worldwide identify as Orthodoxassets.pewresearch.orgimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1imageTIL Jan. 7 marks Christmas for many Orthodox Christians; about 12% of Christians worldwide identify as Orthodoxassets.pewresearch.orgnoumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square3fedilink
onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that archive.today can archive .onion URLsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareTIL that archive.today can archive .onion URLsplus-squareonehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
lens0021@programming.devEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL encoding and decoding come from Claude Shannon’s work, and "Claude Code" is named after himplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL encoding and decoding come from Claude Shannon’s work, and "Claude Code" is named after himplus-squareen.wikipedia.orglens0021@programming.devEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square2fedilink
noumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the city of Amsterdam is actually built on millions of wooden piles instead of solid groundmessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down10
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareTIL the city of Amsterdam is actually built on millions of wooden piles instead of solid groundnoumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square12fedilink
noumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL how a grand piano worksplus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1imageTIL how a grand piano worksplus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgnoumenon@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilink