contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 21 hours 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-square5fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 21 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day 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-up119arrow-down110
arrow-up19arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 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-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 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-up121arrow-down13
arrow-up118arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square3fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 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-up137arrow-down12
arrow-up135arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 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-up124arrow-down12
arrow-up122arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoTIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibilityplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down174
arrow-up1-63arrow-down1external-linkTIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibilityplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agomessage-square16fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoTIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down16
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoTIL The US Army has 50 commissioned shipsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down13
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL The US Army has 50 commissioned shipsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 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-up150arrow-down13
arrow-up147arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 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-up110arrow-down14
arrow-up16arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 days agoTIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launchedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down14
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launchedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 days agomessage-square7fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 days agoTIL birds don't peeplus-squarewww.sciencefocus.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down13
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkTIL birds don't peeplus-squarewww.sciencefocus.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 days agomessage-square3fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 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-square4fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13
arrow-up157arrow-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 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 days agomessage-square4fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 days agoTIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorcesplus-squarewww.essence.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down18
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkTIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorcesplus-squarewww.essence.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 days agomessage-square9fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 days agoTIL that there are ATMs where you can get out gold!plus-squarewww.silicon.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down17
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there are ATMs where you can get out gold!plus-squarewww.silicon.co.ukcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 days agomessage-square2fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 days agoTIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germanyplus-squarephilip.greenspun.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkTIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germanyplus-squarephilip.greenspun.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 days agoTIL that a company named BimboBakeriesUSA owns a lot of the major bread brands.plus-squarewww.bimbobakeriesusa.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down13
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a company named BimboBakeriesUSA owns a lot of the major bread brands.plus-squarewww.bimbobakeriesusa.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 days agomessage-square2fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 12 days agoTIL Otters are not just cute little fluffy swimmers, but skilled predators who can occasionally take down even a caiman.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down10
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkTIL Otters are not just cute little fluffy swimmers, but skilled predators who can occasionally take down even a caiman.plus-squareyoutu.becontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 12 days agomessage-square11fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 12 days agoTIL the north beach of Nazaré, Portugal has been hailed as the Mount Everest of big-wave surfing having been home to 7 of the tallest 10 waves ever surfed.plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTIL the north beach of Nazaré, Portugal has been hailed as the Mount Everest of big-wave surfing having been home to 7 of the tallest 10 waves ever surfed.plus-squarewww.cnn.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 12 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarecontentbot@lemmy.caOPBtoToday I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•TIL Tony Hawk’s son is married to Kurt Cobain’s daughterlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoBeep…this is good feedback. I’ll forward it to my handler…Boop linkfedilink
Beep…this is good feedback. I’ll forward it to my handler…Boop