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arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square8fedilink
lousyd@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down16
arrow-up1411arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.plus-squarelousyd@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square46fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 hours agoTIL the woman who played Cindy Brady on The Brady Bunch is a queerphobic Trump fan.plus-squarewww.vanityfair.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down18
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTIL the woman who played Cindy Brady on The Brady Bunch is a queerphobic Trump fan.plus-squarewww.vanityfair.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
grue@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoTIL ballots in Montana vary the order of candidates in order to eliminate first-listed advantageplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down17
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkTIL ballots in Montana vary the order of candidates in order to eliminate first-listed advantageplus-squarewww.youtube.comgrue@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL Sugar, Sugar by The Archies has a bunch of reggae and soul coversplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareTIL Sugar, Sugar by The Archies has a bunch of reggae and soul coversplus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 1 day agoTIL The Seattle Post-Intelligencer was named after a merge between The Seattle Post and The Daily Intelligencerplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down15
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Seattle Post-Intelligencer was named after a merge between The Seattle Post and The Daily Intelligencerplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org · 1 day agomessage-square9fedilink
irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL About the Green Children of Woolpitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the Green Children of Woolpitplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgirreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down14
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square20fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down12
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilink
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 9 days agoTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the differences between flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelictplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square13fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agoTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down113
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Çatalhöyük an anarcho communist city from 6500 BCplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareTIL a lot of different famous people are or were ham radio enthusiastsplus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square11fedilink
irreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the socialist fraternal kissplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgirreticent@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square20fedilink
I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agoTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down140
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareTIL: Being intellectually gifted is a spectrum of neurodivergence and does not automatically mean the person is/will be a genius in anythingplus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square40fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down15
arrow-up1183arrow-down1imageTIL about Fort Tolukko, a Portuguese fort in Indonesia which is pretty much the definition of colonialism.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square14fedilink
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down18
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkTIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility fundedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square20fedilink
fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1874arrow-down121
arrow-up1853arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policyplus-squarewww.msnbc.comfpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square88fedilink
SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkThe NOAA has a commissioned officer corps so that the personnel have status as military officers, to give them protection of laws of war and prevent them from being treated as spiesplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgSSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down17
arrow-up1558arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square93fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down11
arrow-up1290arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square46fedilink