TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL: You can enter into Immersive Reader mode in (Microsoft) Edge to reduce the number of things and CSS displayed on the screen. Great for when you need to study.plus-squaresupport.microsoft.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: You can enter into Immersive Reader mode in (Microsoft) Edge to reduce the number of things and CSS displayed on the screen. Great for when you need to study.plus-squaresupport.microsoft.comTehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL Mitsubishi made a Jeep CJ until 1998.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mitsubishi made a Jeep CJ until 1998.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgTokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deathsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoTIL that Wyoming is larger than the United Kingdom in area but less populous than Glasgowplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that Wyoming is larger than the United Kingdom in area but less populous than Glasgowplus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismplus-squaresh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 3 months agoTIL Nokia has owned Bell Labs since 2016, and still does a lot of Telecom stuffplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkTIL Nokia has owned Bell Labs since 2016, and still does a lot of Telecom stuffplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
tributarium@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that in England, the highest rates of loneliness are among those under the age of 25plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in England, the highest rates of loneliness are among those under the age of 25plus-squarewww.youtube.comtributarium@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Mannivu@feddit.itEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love songplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" is not a love songplus-squarewww.bbc.comMannivu@feddit.itEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square5fedilink
MacedWindow@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Tarot cards were originally used as playing cards, and only came to be used for fortune telling a few hundred years later.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL Tarot cards were originally used as playing cards, and only came to be used for fortune telling a few hundred years later.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgMacedWindow@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
maniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezerplus-squarewww.bbc.commaniajack@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilink
cloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test.plus-squareabcnews.go.comcloudless@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilink
redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 4 months agoTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down18
arrow-up1358arrow-down1external-linkTIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023"plus-squaremastodon.socialredcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square85fedilink
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
arrow-up157arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square84fedilink
merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".plus-squarearchive.orgmerc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilink
wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareTIL Stanley the tool company is different from Stanley the cup companyplus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilink
TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)plus-squarewww.imdb.comTehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square5fedilink
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1imageTIL About the longest tow everplus-squarelemmy.worldEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square15fedilink
FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down14
arrow-up1215arrow-down1imageTIL America had its First Native American Vice President in 1929, Charles Curtisplus-squarelemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square15fedilink
ChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down129
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Sublinks, a Java-based alternative to Lemmy's backendplus-squaregithub.comChasingEnigma@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square173fedilink
kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the social history of Jell-O Saladplus-squarewww.seriouseats.comkinther@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square2fedilink