Ranjr@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL Chuck Connors is a 6'5" badass who played in the NBA and MLB, Served in the army during WWII, Starred in The Rifleman and Branded and was bear hugged by Leonid Brezhnev.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Chuck Connors is a 6'5" badass who played in the NBA and MLB, Served in the army during WWII, Starred in The Rifleman and Branded and was bear hugged by Leonid Brezhnev.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgRanjr@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldSpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th centuryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th centuryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its starplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its starplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL India still officially recognises 5 sub-national monarchies, known as the 'Kings of Dangs'. They receive payment from the government every year during Holiplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL India still officially recognises 5 sub-national monarchies, known as the 'Kings of Dangs'. They receive payment from the government every year during Holiplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of the Kingdom of Bailundo, a non-sovereign monarchy located in Angola. Its king was notably deposed in 2021 after being charged of involvement in a murderplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Kingdom of Bailundo, a non-sovereign monarchy located in Angola. Its king was notably deposed in 2021 after being charged of involvement in a murderplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europenews.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europenews.bbc.co.ukMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Puzzlehead@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere's a history of animals being charged for criminal actsplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThere's a history of animals being charged for criminal actsplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgPuzzlehead@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Art35ian@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL about two Aussie travellers who gatecrashed a North Korean golf tournament, posing as the official Australian team and scored a round of 120, shaming their county.www.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about two Aussie travellers who gatecrashed a North Korean golf tournament, posing as the official Australian team and scored a round of 120, shaming their county.www.news.com.auArt35ian@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
