usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoTIL There's a mostly herbivorous spider in Mexico and central Americaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There's a mostly herbivorous spider in Mexico and central Americaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square0fedilink
TheGoonch@lemmy.world · 8 months agoTIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russiaplus-squarewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russiaplus-squarewww.nature.comTheGoonch@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Shadow@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTIL some cities (like NYC) pump nitrogen into their phone lines to keep water out.plus-squarehackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL some cities (like NYC) pump nitrogen into their phone lines to keep water out.plus-squarehackaday.comShadow@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 8 months agoTIL only 3% of manufactured foods sold in the U.S. are deemed "healthy" by the Food and Drug Administrationplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL only 3% of manufactured foods sold in the U.S. are deemed "healthy" by the Food and Drug Administrationplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
fievel@lemm.ee · 8 months agoTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the etymology of british isles namesplus-squarewww.youtube.comfievel@lemm.ee · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Comrade GitGud@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to doplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to doplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgComrade GitGud@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injuriesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a meat loving sea fleas that casually nibble on your skin at the beach but in rare sever cases it can cause real injuriesplus-squarewww.theguardian.comsun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoTIL - The Library of Congress has a collection of slave stories, records and photosplus-squarewww.loc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL - The Library of Congress has a collection of slave stories, records and photosplus-squarewww.loc.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-29 months agoTIL There was a 1964 tsunami in Alaska, that reached 170 feet above sea levelplus-squarewww.ncei.noaa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was a 1964 tsunami in Alaska, that reached 170 feet above sea levelplus-squarewww.ncei.noaa.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · edit-29 months agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoTIL- Ben Stiller performed Jesus Christ Superstar on Conan Obrienplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Ben Stiller performed Jesus Christ Superstar on Conan Obrienplus-squarewww.youtube.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 9 months agoTIL the smallest body in the solar system with rings is a small icy rock 160 mi (257.5 km) across. It may have a 3.73 mi (6 km) across moon.plus-squaregizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the smallest body in the solar system with rings is a small icy rock 160 mi (257.5 km) across. It may have a 3.73 mi (6 km) across moon.plus-squaregizmodo.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Andrew :fediverse:@fosstodon.org · 10 months agoTIL that Eminem opened a restaurant in Detroit called Mom's Spaghettiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Eminem opened a restaurant in Detroit called Mom's Spaghettiplus-squareAndrew :fediverse:@fosstodon.org · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 10 months agoTIL Dane Cook holds the record for the longest set at the Laugh Factory at 7 hours and 34 minutes on January 2, 2008.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dane Cook holds the record for the longest set at the Laugh Factory at 7 hours and 34 minutes on January 2, 2008.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agoTIL the reason doorbells go "ding-dong" is because of Handel's opera The Messiahplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the reason doorbells go "ding-dong" is because of Handel's opera The Messiahplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgNataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
loopy@lemm.ee · edit-210 months agoTIL most ancient texts were read out loud and it was strange if someone read to themselfplus-squarelithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL most ancient texts were read out loud and it was strange if someone read to themselfplus-squarelithub.comloopy@lemm.ee · edit-210 months agomessage-square0fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoTIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwardsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwardsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
