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anachrohack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL The ancient Romans created an artificial sweetener called "Sugar of Lead" by corroding lead in vinegar. It has a mildly sweet taste and also causes brain damageplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down10
arrow-up1464arrow-down1external-linkTIL The ancient Romans created an artificial sweetener called "Sugar of Lead" by corroding lead in vinegar. It has a mildly sweet taste and also causes brain damageplus-squareen.wikipedia.organachrohack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square36linkfedilink
jared@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 hours agoYellow journalism - Wikipediaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkYellow journalism - Wikipediaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgjared@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoTIL about REEForest, a EU project that aims to boost Mediterranean marine biodiversity by restoring an endangered species of brown algaeplus-squarereeforest.euexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkTIL about REEForest, a EU project that aims to boost Mediterranean marine biodiversity by restoring an endangered species of brown algaeplus-squarereeforest.eutomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down13
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.plus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square25linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down14
arrow-up1315arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
deaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Hyperaccumulators, a low cost way of recyling contaminated soilplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgdeaddigger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
DearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agoTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down10
arrow-up1417arrow-down1imageTIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleonplus-squaremedia.piefed.socialDearMoogle@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1imageTIL Disney killed a bunch of puppies making "Snow Buddies" and weren't allowed to use the "no animals were harmed" claimlemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square138linkfedilink
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down11
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Orson Welles hated his nose and had a collection of fake noses he wore almost constantlyplus-squarecinemasojourns.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
Quilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down15
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word dollar came from a combination of Jesus' grandfathers name and the German word for valley.plus-squarewww.saturdayeveningpost.comQuilotoa@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
teft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkTIL about limnic eruptions, a type of natural hazard in which dissolved CO2 erupts from deep lake waters forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating everything in its path.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgteft@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Koshiro Tanaka, a Japanese salaryman who left to join the Muhajadeen and taught them karateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
Jaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down118
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTID A woman meant to buy cheap lottery tickets with $40, but was bumped and bought a $30 ticket by accident — then won $10 million.www.npr.orgJaden Norman@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
IamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Gold Mask of Agamemnon is not actually Agamemnon’s. This golden death mask from Mycenae was misattributed by its discoverer, but it remains one of the most famous artifacts from ancient Greeceplus-squarewww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a British Spy working for MI6 revealed the Fordo Mountain was a secret nuclear facilityplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
china🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down110
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareTIL you can't enter non-ascii character as username on IRC ( Libera Chat )plus-squarechina🇨🇳@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days agoTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkTIL Y2K38 (Y2K is coming back in 13 years)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 10 days agoTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down14
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareTIL that I can drag a download link to my KDE desktop and it will automatically save the file to that location.plus-squareStrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agoToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareToday I learned spinster originally meant a woman who was amazing at weaving plus-squareLadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink