Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that axolotls, a salamander native to Mexico, can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their brains without scarring.plus-squarewww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkTIL that axolotls, a salamander native to Mexico, can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their brains without scarring.plus-squarewww.pbs.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Prizeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that helped prevent famine and is credited with saving over 1.2 billion lives. He won the Nobel Prizeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that in 2015, Seal released an official explanation of the lyrics to "Kiss from a Rose." It read: "I have avoided explaining these lyrics for 25 years. I am not going to start doing it now."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down14
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2015, Seal released an official explanation of the lyrics to "Kiss from a Rose." It read: "I have avoided explaining these lyrics for 25 years. I am not going to start doing it now."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that, when traveling overseas, Queen Elizabeth II did not need a passport. Since all passports were issued in her name, it was unnecessary for The Queen to possess one.plus-squarewww.royal.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down13
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkTIL that, when traveling overseas, Queen Elizabeth II did not need a passport. Since all passports were issued in her name, it was unnecessary for The Queen to possess one.plus-squarewww.royal.ukColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL evidence of a precursor to warfare has been found at Nataruk in Kenya. Remains of at least 27 individuals have been found and dated to 7550–8550 BC. The skeletons were bound and beaten.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL evidence of a precursor to warfare has been found at Nataruk in Kenya. Remains of at least 27 individuals have been found and dated to 7550–8550 BC. The skeletons were bound and beaten.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoTIL two men conned €55m from wealthy people by asking for aid posing as French minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in online meetings by wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian & sitting at a fake official desk.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkTIL two men conned €55m from wealthy people by asking for aid posing as French minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in online meetings by wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian & sitting at a fake official desk.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL: cow gut balloons where filled with hydrogen gas for WW1 Airships/Zeppelins 🎈plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareTIL: cow gut balloons where filled with hydrogen gas for WW1 Airships/Zeppelins 🎈plus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Kathrin@trouth.eu · 8 days agoToday I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book'splus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down15
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareToday I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book'splus-squareKathrin@trouth.eu · 8 days agomessage-square4fedilink
drbollocks@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-28 days ago(sorry if this doesn’t fit) i don’t speak russian, so today i learned “lunch” and “dinner” apparently use the same word (although dinner also has ужин)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down14
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-square(sorry if this doesn’t fit) i don’t speak russian, so today i learned “lunch” and “dinner” apparently use the same word (although dinner also has ужин)plus-squaredrbollocks@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered "plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered "plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-210 days agoTIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial - in her 70s.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkTIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial - in her 70s.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square15fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL Danny Trejo has a clause in his movie contracts that requires his villainous characters to die by the end of the film. He wants children to learn that crime doesn't pay.plus-squaretoofab.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down15
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkTIL Danny Trejo has a clause in his movie contracts that requires his villainous characters to die by the end of the film. He wants children to learn that crime doesn't pay.plus-squaretoofab.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square26fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL, that the largest arthropod in the world is a spider crab with a width of over 12 feet and weighing in at nearly 45 pounds! Known as the Japanese Spider Crab.plus-squareanimaldiversity.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkTIL, that the largest arthropod in the world is a spider crab with a width of over 12 feet and weighing in at nearly 45 pounds! Known as the Japanese Spider Crab.plus-squareanimaldiversity.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL a poll of 1,000 US visitors to Scotland found 33% thought haggis was an animal; 23% said they came to Scotland believing they could catch one. Haggis is traditionally made out of a sheep's stomachplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL a poll of 1,000 US visitors to Scotland found 33% thought haggis was an animal; 23% said they came to Scotland believing they could catch one. Haggis is traditionally made out of a sheep's stomachplus-squarewww.theguardian.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL Robert Kehoe discovered reports that the chemical benzidine caused bladder cancer. His client, DuPont, made benzidine. Instead of alerting the American public, Kehoe stuffed the report in a box. Tplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkTIL Robert Kehoe discovered reports that the chemical benzidine caused bladder cancer. His client, DuPont, made benzidine. Instead of alerting the American public, Kehoe stuffed the report in a box. Tplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL that two libraries in Portugal allow bats to nest in them, because they eat bugs that would eat the books.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkTIL that two libraries in Portugal allow bats to nest in them, because they eat bugs that would eat the books.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL During the height of Frasier's popularity, Moose, the dog who played Eddie, received more fan mail than any of his human costars.plus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL During the height of Frasier's popularity, Moose, the dog who played Eddie, received more fan mail than any of his human costars.plus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL In 1863 Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham was exiled across enemy lines to the Confederacy by order of Abraham Lincoln, who considered him a “wily agitator” but did not want him to become a mplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1863 Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham was exiled across enemy lines to the Confederacy by order of Abraham Lincoln, who considered him a “wily agitator” but did not want him to become a mplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL Australia is home to 10% of the world's reptile species, which is more than any other country.plus-squarewww.utas.edu.auexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL Australia is home to 10% of the world's reptile species, which is more than any other country.plus-squarewww.utas.edu.auColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agoTIL In 1315 the republic of Florence abolished direct taxation, which was perceived as oppressive. The city was funded instead by indirect taxes, like tariffs and consumption taxes but also adopted awww.itakehistory.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1315 the republic of Florence abolished direct taxation, which was perceived as oppressive. The city was funded instead by indirect taxes, like tariffs and consumption taxes but also adopted awww.itakehistory.comColdmoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square1fedilink
