cm0002@lemmy.cafeEnglish · 9 days agoYou can count past 1,000 on your fingers by using binary, instead of just 10plus-squarewww.mathsisfun.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkYou can count past 1,000 on your fingers by using binary, instead of just 10plus-squarewww.mathsisfun.comcm0002@lemmy.cafeEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.plus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 1 month agoTIL of Dawson disease, a horrific complication of measlesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Dawson disease, a horrific complication of measlesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 1 month agomessage-square0linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoTIL that this is the bird sound a cuckoo clock is imitatingplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that this is the bird sound a cuckoo clock is imitatingplus-squarewww.youtube.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: The Percentages agreement, where the UK and Soviets agreed to split up control of Eastern Europe.plus-squarequokk.auimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL: The Percentages agreement, where the UK and Soviets agreed to split up control of Eastern Europe.plus-squarequokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoTIL how tall buildings arei.redd.itimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL how tall buildings arei.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: About the 2007 Chinese slave scandalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: About the 2007 Chinese slave scandalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoTIL that Jakarta is now world's largest cityplus-squareboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jakarta is now world's largest cityplus-squareboingboing.netooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoTIL about the Babushka Lady who filmed jfk assassinationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Babushka Lady who filmed jfk assassinationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoTIL There was an English painter called Fanny Palmer (b. 1812)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was an English painter called Fanny Palmer (b. 1812)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agoTIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slaveryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slaveryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agoTIL about the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), an anti-communist organization created by the CIA to sway Intellectual opinion against communismplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), an anti-communist organization created by the CIA to sway Intellectual opinion against communismplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
PatrickStar@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoTIL the unrest that occurred in 2025 happened due to negative public opinion being inflated by internet botsplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the unrest that occurred in 2025 happened due to negative public opinion being inflated by internet botsplus-squarewww.youtube.comPatrickStar@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoTIL the Handling of Human Waste In The Skyplus-squarehackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Handling of Human Waste In The Skyplus-squarehackaday.comooli3@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@libretechni.caEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about abogen. A tool to generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text with synchronized captions.plus-squaregithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about abogen. A tool to generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text with synchronized captions.plus-squaregithub.comcm0002@libretechni.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agoTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 3 months agoTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoTIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)plus-squarewww.epa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)plus-squarewww.epa.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.worldcm0002@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 3 months agoTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink