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fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down111
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comfpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-up1281arrow-down11
arrow-up1280arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square46fedilink
SjmarfEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down17
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSjmarfEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square96fedilink
SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 hours 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-up175arrow-down11
arrow-up174arrow-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-217 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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 · 4 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 5 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 · 5 days agomessage-square29fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkTIL about a 8 Centuries-Old Mystery Sword Inscriptionplus-squareabcnews.go.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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 · 4 days agomessage-square28fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 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-up1217arrow-down17
arrow-up1210arrow-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-25 days agomessage-square31fedilink
observantTrapezium@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 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 · 4 days agomessage-square20fedilink
Maimas2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down112
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaimas2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square25fedilink
lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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 · 5 days agomessage-square3fedilink
SjmarfEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that we have tiny calcium crystals in our ears that, if dislodged, cause terrible vertigo.plus-squarewww.hopkinsmedicine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down13
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkTIL that we have tiny calcium crystals in our ears that, if dislodged, cause terrible vertigo.plus-squarewww.hopkinsmedicine.orgSjmarfEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square28fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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 · 6 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-down154
arrow-up1-47arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square10fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-210 days agoTIL that you technically aren't allowed to enter Valley Metro public transit if you just peed your pantsplus-squarewww.valleymetro.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down18
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkTIL that you technically aren't allowed to enter Valley Metro public transit if you just peed your pantsplus-squarewww.valleymetro.orgdullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square32fedilink
takeheart@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL about Titivillus a medieval demon that would feed on misspellings, mispronounced syllables and mumbled words. He was considered a natural enemy and tempter of scribes.plus-squareblog.lostartpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down14
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Titivillus a medieval demon that would feed on misspellings, mispronounced syllables and mumbled words. He was considered a natural enemy and tempter of scribes.plus-squareblog.lostartpress.comtakeheart@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square31fedilink
I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish · 13 days ago[TIL] Florida had a smaller official population than West Virginia until the 1950 census. In the 2020 census, Florida had just over 12 times the population of West Virginia.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down12
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-link[TIL] Florida had a smaller official population than West Virginia until the 1950 census. In the 2020 census, Florida had just over 12 times the population of West Virginia.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square15fedilink
oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · edit-213 days agoTIL about the reverse boustrophedon writing style used by the Easter island peopleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down10
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the reverse boustrophedon writing style used by the Easter island peopleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgoce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square11fedilink