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arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squarePartner Communitiesplus-squarepin_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square8fedilink
WeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-29 hours agoTIL "This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down12
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkTIL "This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgWeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-29 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
lousyd@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 day agoBretton Woods System & Petrodollarplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareBretton Woods System & Petrodollarplus-squarelousyd@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square26fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL The Mystery of Kaspar Hauserplus-squarewww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Mystery of Kaspar Hauserplus-squarewww.livescience.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square8fedilink
ooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoTIL , Why Do Animals Keep Evolving into Crabs?plus-squarewww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down115
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkTIL , Why Do Animals Keep Evolving into Crabs?plus-squarewww.scientificamerican.comooli@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square60fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL about Walter Potter and his disturbingly whimsical Victorian-era taxidermyplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Walter Potter and his disturbingly whimsical Victorian-era taxidermyplus-squarewww.theguardian.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL Scottish band White Trash (aka Trash) released a recording of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight a week before the Beatles' Abbey Road, the only time a Beatles cover came out before the original.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTIL Scottish band White Trash (aka Trash) released a recording of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight a week before the Beatles' Abbey Road, the only time a Beatles cover came out before the original.plus-squarewww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoTIL Those US Polo Assn shirts are made by the actual governing body of the sport of Polo in the USA.plus-squareuspoloassnglobal.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkTIL Those US Polo Assn shirts are made by the actual governing body of the sport of Polo in the USA.plus-squareuspoloassnglobal.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL Hooch really is crazy! (A TIL for Scrubs fans.)plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down15
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imageTIL Hooch really is crazy! (A TIL for Scrubs fans.)plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square10fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL SimCity creator Will Wright was in part inspired by the Stanislaw Lem book, The Cyberiad. It's one of my favorite books!plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareTIL SimCity creator Will Wright was in part inspired by the Stanislaw Lem book, The Cyberiad. It's one of my favorite books!plus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish · 14 days agoTIL About Perpetual Stewplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down16
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkTIL About Perpetual Stewplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square123fedilink
realitista@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTIL antiperspirant works better if applied at night before bedplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down110
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkTIL antiperspirant works better if applied at night before bedplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comrealitista@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square43fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTIL about Bouvet Island, the most remote island in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Bouvet Island, the most remote island in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square6fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoTIL about all the extremely funny noises the rock hyrax makes.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkTIL about all the extremely funny noises the rock hyrax makes.plus-squarewww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square3fedilink
WeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-216 days agoTIL in 1933 the Wall Street Journal had a headline which read "Berlin Views Hitler Calmly: Rise in stocks reflects confidence he will not disrupt nation's affairs"plus-squarewww.snopes.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1933 the Wall Street Journal had a headline which read "Berlin Views Hitler Calmly: Rise in stocks reflects confidence he will not disrupt nation's affairs"plus-squarewww.snopes.comWeUnite@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square116fedilink
200ok@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoTIL about the "ice pick headache" where it feels like you're being repeatedly stabbed with an ice pickplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the "ice pick headache" where it feels like you're being repeatedly stabbed with an ice pickplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.org200ok@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square16fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTIL when applying for a British passport online, your identity has to be confirmed by someone who is not a relative, knows you for two years, and has to be from a specific (weird) list of professions.plus-squarewww.passport.service.gov.ukexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down17
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkTIL when applying for a British passport online, your identity has to be confirmed by someone who is not a relative, knows you for two years, and has to be from a specific (weird) list of professions.plus-squarewww.passport.service.gov.ukFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square70fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTIL about pottery made by the Mimbres people, part of the pre-Columbian Mogollon culture in the U.S. Southwest. Their pottery can only be described as being made by people with a sense of humor.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-down1imageTIL about pottery made by the Mimbres people, part of the pre-Columbian Mogollon culture in the U.S. Southwest. Their pottery can only be described as being made by people with a sense of humor.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square6fedilink
kamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoThere's a flying squid?plus-squarewww.discoverwildlife.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down13
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkThere's a flying squid?plus-squarewww.discoverwildlife.comkamenLady.@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square28fedilink
Sundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 19 days agoTIL that the Internet Archive has almost every issue of Galaxy Magazine available to read for free onlineplus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down10
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Internet Archive has almost every issue of Galaxy Magazine available to read for free onlineplus-squarearchive.orgSundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square8fedilink