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Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-28 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down10
arrow-up1245arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-28 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 hours agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgWoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square2fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 20 hours agoTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-29 hours agoTIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down15
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-29 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-210 hours agoTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-210 hours agomessage-square38fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square17fedilink
✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.com✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Derrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down13
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksDerrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comLemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoTIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinctplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinctplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square5fedilink
ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL RFK Jr. is married to Cheryl Hines who plays Larry David's wife in Curb Your Enthusiasm lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageTIL RFK Jr. is married to Cheryl Hines who plays Larry David's wife in Curb Your Enthusiasm lemmy.worldivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square10fedilink
oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 4 days agoTIL part of the left supported eugenics during most of the 20th centuryplus-squarewww.cambridge.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL part of the left supported eugenics during most of the 20th centuryplus-squarewww.cambridge.orgoce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL what snow leopards sound like. I didn't know what I expected, but that wasn't it.plus-squareimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL what snow leopards sound like. I didn't know what I expected, but that wasn't it.plus-squareimgur.comWolf Link 🐺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL of the tradition of people bawling their eyes out in the "Room of Tears" when they become the Pope because of the weight of having that roleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the tradition of people bawling their eyes out in the "Room of Tears" when they become the Pope because of the weight of having that roleplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square0fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about Waiting Mortuariesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Waiting Mortuariesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lumberjacked@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-28 days agoTIL Social Security in the US is the nickname of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL Social Security in the US is the nickname of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programplus-squareLumberjacked@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square0fedilink