Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 55% of people have 3 bones in their pinky toes and 44% have 2 bonesplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 55% of people have 3 bones in their pinky toes and 44% have 2 bonesplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioningplus-squarerefindustry.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioningplus-squarerefindustry.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL charged alkaline batteries don't bounce but dead ones doplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL charged alkaline batteries don't bounce but dead ones doplus-squarewww.youtube.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in the 1930s a street sweeper in Detroit was hit by two separate babies falling out of fourth-story windows a year apart.content.time.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in the 1930s a street sweeper in Detroit was hit by two separate babies falling out of fourth-story windows a year apart.content.time.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that since MIT doesn't issue honorary degrees, Matt Damon received an honorary pirate certificate for his 2016 commencement speechplus-squarealum.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that since MIT doesn't issue honorary degrees, Matt Damon received an honorary pirate certificate for his 2016 commencement speechplus-squarealum.mit.eduUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal levelplus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal levelplus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL people generally can't pantomime turning the steering wheel for a lane changeplus-squarepsychsciencenotes.blogspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL people generally can't pantomime turning the steering wheel for a lane changeplus-squarepsychsciencenotes.blogspot.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the word "jalopy" most likely comes from a mispronunciation of the Mexican city Xalapa, where old American cars were imported into Mexicoplus-squarewww.americanheritage.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "jalopy" most likely comes from a mispronunciation of the Mexican city Xalapa, where old American cars were imported into Mexicoplus-squarewww.americanheritage.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Volkswagen also makes and sells its own brand of sausageplus-squarewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Volkswagen also makes and sells its own brand of sausageplus-squarewww.politico.euUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 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 · 1 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 · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the Turks and Caicos accidentally had an igloo on its flag for almost eighty years despite comprising tropical islandswww.timespub.tcexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Turks and Caicos accidentally had an igloo on its flag for almost eighty years despite comprising tropical islandswww.timespub.tcUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL when Robert De Niro sought Italian citizenship, he was opposed by the largest Italian-American group for damaging the reputation of Italians by playing gangstersplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when Robert De Niro sought Italian citizenship, he was opposed by the largest Italian-American group for damaging the reputation of Italians by playing gangstersplus-squarewww.theguardian.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL in 2011 the Argentine government is believed to have begun making McDonald's underprice the Big Mac specifically to cover the country's high inflation on The Economist's Big Mac indexplus-squarewww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2011 the Argentine government is believed to have begun making McDonald's underprice the Big Mac specifically to cover the country's high inflation on The Economist's Big Mac indexplus-squarewww.economist.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
