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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 2 days agoTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down11
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down14
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square11fedilink
I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 3 days 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down140
arrow-up1131arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square40fedilink
fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down121
arrow-up1850arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comfpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square88fedilink
irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgirreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down15
arrow-up1180arrow-down1imageTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down111
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days 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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down18
arrow-up1187arrow-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-24 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down17
arrow-up1557arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square93fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down11
arrow-up1289arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square46fedilink
SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 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-up192arrow-down11
arrow-up191arrow-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-25 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 8 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-up1217arrow-down11
arrow-up1216arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square29fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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 · 8 days agomessage-square5fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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 · 7 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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-down156
arrow-up1-49arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square10fedilink
observantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
arrow-up190arrow-down1imageTIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within Antarcticaplus-squarelemmy.caobservantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down14
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageTIL a silly Looney Tunes joke is factual.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square28fedilink
lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL: FEMA has a Hurricane Rumor Response siteplus-squarewww.fema.govexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkTIL: FEMA has a Hurricane Rumor Response siteplus-squarewww.fema.govlettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down17
arrow-up1209arrow-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-29 days agomessage-square31fedilink