tributarium@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that in England, the highest rates of loneliness are among those under the age of 25plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in England, the highest rates of loneliness are among those under the age of 25plus-squarewww.youtube.comtributarium@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Mannivu@feddit.itEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love songplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down111
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love songplus-squarewww.bbc.comMannivu@feddit.itEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square14fedilink
MacedWindow@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Tarot cards were originally used as playing cards, and only came to be used for fortune telling a few hundred years later.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down11
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkTIL Tarot cards were originally used as playing cards, and only came to be used for fortune telling a few hundred years later.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgMacedWindow@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
maniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down11
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.commaniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square15fedilink
cloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1672arrow-down126
arrow-up1646arrow-down1external-linkTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comcloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square64fedilink
redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 9 months agoTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down18
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialredcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square95fedilink
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down18
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square155fedilink
merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down116
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgmerc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilink
wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down18
arrow-up1153arrow-down1message-squareTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square35fedilink
TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down15
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comTehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square17fedilink
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down111
arrow-up1376arrow-down1imageTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square27fedilink
FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down14
arrow-up1234arrow-down1imageTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square16fedilink
ChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down127
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square167fedilink
kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comkinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases.plus-squareamp.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down11
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases.plus-squareamp.theguardian.comVaryk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
Reef@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agoTIL abou the Amalgam Comics, a joint publication by DC & Marvel featuring characters that were a mix of those from both universesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkTIL abou the Amalgam Comics, a joint publication by DC & Marvel featuring characters that were a mix of those from both universesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgReef@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilink
ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL North Koreans cannot go to Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down114
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkTIL North Koreans cannot go to Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square40fedilink
Aurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoThe ancient Romans made many attempts to fix the calendar year before landing on 12 months and leap yearsplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down13
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkThe ancient Romans made many attempts to fix the calendar year before landing on 12 months and leap yearsplus-squarewww.bbc.comAurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square49fedilink
fievel@lemm.eeEnglish · 10 months agoTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down19
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comfievel@lemm.eeEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square7fedilink
Comrade GitGud@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, which probably explains every issue you ever faced in a bureaucracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down116
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, which probably explains every issue you ever faced in a bureaucracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgComrade GitGud@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square14fedilink