Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · edit-210 days agoTIL the voice actor for Marshmellow on Bob's Burger was David Herman for the first 8 seasons and now is done by Jari Jonesplus-squarebobs-burgers.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down14
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkTIL the voice actor for Marshmellow on Bob's Burger was David Herman for the first 8 seasons and now is done by Jari Jonesplus-squarebobs-burgers.fandom.comBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · edit-210 days agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down12
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkTIL- Monopoly was stolen from a game called The Landord's Gameplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agomessage-square4fedilink
baseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-211 months agoTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.plus-squarewww.youtube.combaseless_discourse@mander.xyz · edit-211 months agomessage-square5fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down11
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square21fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agoTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down16
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Sir David Attenborough is largely responsible for tennis balls being yellow (or green, depending on who you ask).plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agomessage-square11fedilink
EponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agoTIL about The Day of the Locust, a 1939 book and 1975 movie that have a main character named "Homer Simpson"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL about The Day of the Locust, a 1939 book and 1975 movie that have a main character named "Homer Simpson"plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgEponymousBosh@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agomessage-square1fedilink
Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 year agoTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down17
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareTIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the buttonplus-squareWistful@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agoTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 year agomessage-square26fedilink
Manu@feddit.de · 1 year agoTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down16
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Robert Richards, a Du Pont heir who avoided jail time after sexually abusing his 3 year old daughterplus-squarewww.forbes.comManu@feddit.de · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agoTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down117
arrow-up184arrow-down1external-linkTIL - the .ch country code is for Switzerland.plus-squarewww.swissinfo.chJordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoTIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die.plus-squarewww.roger-pearse.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down18
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die.plus-squarewww.roger-pearse.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square8fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
Jordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the opera song used in recent Google Chrome ads was originally composed for the 2015 Steve Jobs biopicplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down13
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkTIL the opera song used in recent Google Chrome ads was originally composed for the 2015 Steve Jobs biopicplus-squarewww.youtube.comJordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
Auntie Oedipus ✊🏰🕰️@lemm.ee · 1 year agoTIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down16
arrow-up1427arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAuntie Oedipus ✊🏰🕰️@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down12
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-linkTIL a fleet of electric taxi cars was first introduced to London, UK in 1897plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlVordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilink
Hellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down111
arrow-up1278arrow-down1imageTIL Where the word "scupper" comes from sopuli.xyzHellfire103@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
MooseBoys@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down117
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"plus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilink
newt@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkTIL South Carolina grows more than twice as many peaches than Georgiaplus-squarewww.statista.comnewt@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
