contentbot@lemmy.caB · 12 hours agoTIL the rarest and purest Arabian horse breed is actually Egyptianplus-squarewww.horseandhound.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL the rarest and purest Arabian horse breed is actually Egyptianplus-squarewww.horseandhound.co.ukcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 12 hours agomessage-square2fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agoTIL that Captain E. Smith on the Titanic was made aware of an ice field through 7 different warnings, but did not listen.plus-squarewww.palomar.eduexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Captain E. Smith on the Titanic was made aware of an ice field through 7 different warnings, but did not listen.plus-squarewww.palomar.educontentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agomessage-square10fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 days agoTIL fingernails grow nearly 3-4 times faster than toenailsplus-squarewww.healthline.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL fingernails grow nearly 3-4 times faster than toenailsplus-squarewww.healthline.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agoTIL a particular wealthy Roman named Spurius Maelius was executed and his house razed for giving discounted food to the poorplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a particular wealthy Roman named Spurius Maelius was executed and his house razed for giving discounted food to the poorplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agoTIL 390,127 people stated they were “Jedi” in the 2001 UK census, making it the fifth largest religion in the country at the time.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 390,127 people stated they were “Jedi” in the 2001 UK census, making it the fifth largest religion in the country at the time.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 3 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 4 days agoTIL that Marajó, an island in the Amazon river delta, has an area of 49000 sq kms and is larger than countries like Switzerland and Belgium.plus-squareen.aguasamazonicas.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Marajó, an island in the Amazon river delta, has an area of 49000 sq kms and is larger than countries like Switzerland and Belgium.plus-squareen.aguasamazonicas.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 4 days agomessage-square3fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 4 days agoTIL The Office Of Safe Transportation Can Claim Your Property As Theirs, Wether You Like It Or Not (Last Paragraph Of Monitoring)plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Office Of Safe Transportation Can Claim Your Property As Theirs, Wether You Like It Or Not (Last Paragraph Of Monitoring)plus-squarewikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 4 days agomessage-square2fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 5 days agoTIL The geometric foundational work for Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1915 was laid by Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann some 60 years earlierplus-squarewww.aps.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The geometric foundational work for Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1915 was laid by Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann some 60 years earlierplus-squarewww.aps.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 5 days agoTIL about Hastings Banda, the oldest president who was still ruling Malawi at 96 years old. Under his rule, women could not wear trousers and men with beards were seized and forced to have a haircut.plus-squarewww.newworldencyclopedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Hastings Banda, the oldest president who was still ruling Malawi at 96 years old. Under his rule, women could not wear trousers and men with beards were seized and forced to have a haircut.plus-squarewww.newworldencyclopedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 6 days agoTIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibilityplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibilityplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 6 days agomessage-square17fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agoTIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agoTIL The US Army has 50 commissioned shipsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The US Army has 50 commissioned shipsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agoTIL that the tea company Twinings was founded in 1706 as a coffee shop that sold tea to stand out from the competition, and its flagship location still occupies the same premises todayplus-squaretwinings.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the tea company Twinings was founded in 1706 as a coffee shop that sold tea to stand out from the competition, and its flagship location still occupies the same premises todayplus-squaretwinings.co.ukcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 7 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 8 days agoTIL that the original LOVE sculpture is housed in a museum in Indiana and was created Robert Indiana who born in Indianaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the original LOVE sculpture is housed in a museum in Indiana and was created Robert Indiana who born in Indianaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agoTIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launchedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launchedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agomessage-square7fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agoTIL birds don't peeplus-squarewww.sciencefocus.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL birds don't peeplus-squarewww.sciencefocus.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agomessage-square9fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agoTIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 10 days agoTIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorcesplus-squarewww.essence.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorcesplus-squarewww.essence.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 10 days agomessage-square9fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 11 days agoTIL that there are ATMs where you can get out gold!plus-squarewww.silicon.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there are ATMs where you can get out gold!plus-squarewww.silicon.co.ukcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 11 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 12 days agoTIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germanyplus-squarephilip.greenspun.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germanyplus-squarephilip.greenspun.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 12 days agomessage-square1fedilink