An Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 22 days agoTIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slaveryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slaveryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAn Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 22 days agomessage-square2fedilink
An Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 22 days agoTIL about the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), an anti-communist organization created by the CIA to sway Intellectual opinion against communismplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), an anti-communist organization created by the CIA to sway Intellectual opinion against communismplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAn Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 22 days agomessage-square1fedilink
LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink
An Original Thought@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agoTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAn Original Thought@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.mlSubstance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 2 months agoToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comMrkawfee@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
fort_burp@feddit.nl · 2 months agoTIL why the USA is borked in terms of rare earthsplus-squarewww.counterpunch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL why the USA is borked in terms of rare earthsplus-squarewww.counterpunch.orgfort_burp@feddit.nl · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
An Original Thought@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAn Original Thought@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square34fedilink
An Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAn Original Thought@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
CoderSupreme@programming.dev · edit-23 months agoTIL there are extensions to automatically expand abbreviations in Firefoxplus-squarewww.perplexity.aiexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there are extensions to automatically expand abbreviations in Firefoxplus-squarewww.perplexity.aiCoderSupreme@programming.dev · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Omer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgOmer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoStainless steel can self-heal a bitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkStainless steel can self-heal a bitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgfrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoTIL of the Battle of Athens (1946)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Battle of Athens (1946)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoFascism was founded by an illegal immigrantplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareFascism was founded by an illegal immigrantplus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Dessalines@lemmy.ml · edit-24 months agoTIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam.plus-squarewww.greenleft.org.auexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam.plus-squarewww.greenleft.org.auDessalines@lemmy.ml · edit-24 months agomessage-square3fedilink
crozilla@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTIL the United States has 94 nuclear power plants.plus-squarewww.eia.govexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the United States has 94 nuclear power plants.plus-squarewww.eia.govcrozilla@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoTIL zombo.com still exists, and no longer requires flashplus-squarezombo.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL zombo.com still exists, and no longer requires flashplus-squarezombo.comArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
heyfrancis@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoTIL The first domain on the internetlemmy.mlimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageTIL The first domain on the internetlemmy.mlheyfrancis@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square2fedilink
tetris11@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agoTIL that Chile, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Greenland, and the Phillipines are the only countries that you can tunnel through to hit another land mass. All others lead to water.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Chile, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Greenland, and the Phillipines are the only countries that you can tunnel through to hit another land mass. All others lead to water.lemmy.mltetris11@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agomessage-square32fedilink
HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agoToday I learned that the "KNIGHTS" scene from Shrek 2, the scene parodying the 'COPS' TV show, was based off of the car chase with OJ Simpson in 1994, where he fled the scene in a white Ford Bronco.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareToday I learned that the "KNIGHTS" scene from Shrek 2, the scene parodying the 'COPS' TV show, was based off of the car chase with OJ Simpson in 1994, where he fled the scene in a white Ford Bronco.plus-squareHotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml · edit-26 months agomessage-square1fedilink
