Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that the left breast gets cancer more often than the right one.plus-squarekevinmd.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the left breast gets cancer more often than the right one.plus-squarekevinmd.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL There was a class of small tanks between the 1920s and 40s called Tankettesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was a class of small tanks between the 1920s and 40s called Tankettesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that physicist and biologist, Luigi Galvani’s work on Bioelectricity gave Mary Shelley inspiration for Frankenstein.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that physicist and biologist, Luigi Galvani’s work on Bioelectricity gave Mary Shelley inspiration for Frankenstein.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL Eddie Adams, the man behind the famous Saigon Execution photo, regretted taking the photo later in life. He saw the executioner as a hero, as the prisoner allegedly killed six children and an ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Eddie Adams, the man behind the famous Saigon Execution photo, regretted taking the photo later in life. He saw the executioner as a hero, as the prisoner allegedly killed six children and an ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that in 1998, Vatican City had the highest murder rate in the world because of one double homicideplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1998, Vatican City had the highest murder rate in the world because of one double homicideplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the g...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the g...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agoTIL in the mid-20th century, a researcher wore a pair of hand-engineered goggles that completely inverted his eyesight. Although he "stumbled wildly" at first, after 10 days he had grown so accust...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in the mid-20th century, a researcher wore a pair of hand-engineered goggles that completely inverted his eyesight. Although he "stumbled wildly" at first, after 10 days he had grown so accust...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that when Stalin was dying, his doctor was unavailable because he was being tortured by the secret police. Paralyzed and unable to speak, Stalin lay untreated for 12 h while his terrified subo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that when Stalin was dying, his doctor was unavailable because he was being tortured by the secret police. Paralyzed and unable to speak, Stalin lay untreated for 12 h while his terrified subo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway were drinking buddies in 1920s Paris. Joyce, who was small, weak, and had poor eyesight, had a habit of picking fights and then hide behind Hemingway, sho...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway were drinking buddies in 1920s Paris. Joyce, who was small, weak, and had poor eyesight, had a habit of picking fights and then hide behind Hemingway, sho...plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Coldplay has never had any lineup changes or used Touring musicians. It's been the same 4 guys playing and touring together since the inception of the band, almost 30 years agoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Coldplay has never had any lineup changes or used Touring musicians. It's been the same 4 guys playing and touring together since the inception of the band, almost 30 years agoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Confucius's family kept genealogy records for over 2 millenniaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Confucius's family kept genealogy records for over 2 millenniaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL a sculpture made for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 silver jubilee was originally a rejected transparent acrylic monolith prop for the movie "2001: a Space Odyssey." Artist Arthur Fleischmann repur...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a sculpture made for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 silver jubilee was originally a rejected transparent acrylic monolith prop for the movie "2001: a Space Odyssey." Artist Arthur Fleischmann repur...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Brazil McDonalds forced to offer Rice & Beans to staff after legal complaint that McDonalds food wasn’t healthy for workersplus-squarewww.arkansasonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Brazil McDonalds forced to offer Rice & Beans to staff after legal complaint that McDonalds food wasn’t healthy for workersplus-squarewww.arkansasonline.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL legendary multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe not only professionally played baseball, football, basketball, and gold medaled in the decathlon and Pentathlon, but also won the 1912 intercollegiate ...plus-squareoklahomasportshalloffame.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL legendary multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe not only professionally played baseball, football, basketball, and gold medaled in the decathlon and Pentathlon, but also won the 1912 intercollegiate ...plus-squareoklahomasportshalloffame.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Warren Buffett loves Coke so much that he drinks about five cans a day. As a major shareholder, he once joked that a quarter of his body is made up of Coke.plus-squarewww.indiatoday.inexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Warren Buffett loves Coke so much that he drinks about five cans a day. As a major shareholder, he once joked that a quarter of his body is made up of Coke.plus-squarewww.indiatoday.inLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoToday I learned Arizona Tea is actually a New York based company. It was named after Arizona because they thought it sounded clean and crispplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned Arizona Tea is actually a New York based company. It was named after Arizona because they thought it sounded clean and crispplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoToday I learned of the voiceless labial–velar implosive, the rarest sound to appear in any language. The sound, described as pronouncing a k and p at the same time while sucking in air instead of ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned of the voiceless labial–velar implosive, the rarest sound to appear in any language. The sound, described as pronouncing a k and p at the same time while sucking in air instead of ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days 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-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL McDonalds in Poland has a Radish & Cottage cheese McMuffinplus-squarewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL McDonalds in Poland has a Radish & Cottage cheese McMuffinplus-squarewww.yahoo.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Walt Disney's Studio became the only Hollywood studio taken over by the military. It was occupied for 8 months.plus-squarewww.laughingplace.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Walt Disney's Studio became the only Hollywood studio taken over by the military. It was occupied for 8 months.plus-squarewww.laughingplace.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
