Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Anne Frank’s father Otto earned 2 Iron Crosses fighting at the Somme and Cambrai in WW1 before surviving Auschwitzplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Anne Frank’s father Otto earned 2 Iron Crosses fighting at the Somme and Cambrai in WW1 before surviving Auschwitzplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that A Beautiful Mind was the second schizophrenia themed movie that Ron Howard optioned. Laws of Madness would have been based on the story of Michael Laudor starring Brad Pitt. The proje...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that A Beautiful Mind was the second schizophrenia themed movie that Ron Howard optioned. Laws of Madness would have been based on the story of Michael Laudor starring Brad Pitt. The proje...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde first started out creating a project called (Mike Hunt's) Dishonorable Dischargeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde first started out creating a project called (Mike Hunt's) Dishonorable Dischargeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL The concept of 1st, 2nd & 3rd World country was purely Geopolitical and had nothing to do with its economy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The concept of 1st, 2nd & 3rd World country was purely Geopolitical and had nothing to do with its economy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won Emmy Awards for Comedy Acting in three different series: The New Adventures of Old Christine (1 Lead Actress award), Veep (6 consecutive Lead Actress awards), ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won Emmy Awards for Comedy Acting in three different series: The New Adventures of Old Christine (1 Lead Actress award), Veep (6 consecutive Lead Actress awards), ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that Alexander the Great apparently slept with an annotated copy of his favorite book, the Iliad, given to him by his tutor Aristotle under his pillow along with a dagger to harm anyone that t...plus-squarepenelope.uchicago.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Alexander the Great apparently slept with an annotated copy of his favorite book, the Iliad, given to him by his tutor Aristotle under his pillow along with a dagger to harm anyone that t...plus-squarepenelope.uchicago.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL the World Toilet Organization was founded in Singapore with the mission to improve global sanitation and toilet conditions worldwide.plus-squarerusticpathways.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the World Toilet Organization was founded in Singapore with the mission to improve global sanitation and toilet conditions worldwide.plus-squarerusticpathways.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL Wells Fargo Bank is a citizen of South Dakotaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Wells Fargo Bank is a citizen of South Dakotaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm.plus-squarewww.gbif.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm.plus-squarewww.gbif.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL the orca (AKA killer whale) is a type of dolphin, and dolphins, in turn, are a class of whale.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the orca (AKA killer whale) is a type of dolphin, and dolphins, in turn, are a class of whale.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL: Because of the way our eyes see combinations of frequencies of light, green can never dominate the color of a star.plus-squarewww.astronomy.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Because of the way our eyes see combinations of frequencies of light, green can never dominate the color of a star.plus-squarewww.astronomy.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year-old boy named Mats Wermelin of Swe...plus-squarewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year-old boy named Mats Wermelin of Swe...plus-squarewww.latimes.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL in February 1941, the staff of Hadamar Centre, a major place of Aktion T4 in Nazi Germany, celebrated the cremation of their 10,000th disabled victim with beer and wineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in February 1941, the staff of Hadamar Centre, a major place of Aktion T4 in Nazi Germany, celebrated the cremation of their 10,000th disabled victim with beer and wineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL: There was obesity in the Middle Ages, but the rich were expected to restrain themselves as fat people can't become knights. However, Sancho I was a morbidly obese king who weighed 240 kg and ...plus-squarehekint.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There was obesity in the Middle Ages, but the rich were expected to restrain themselves as fat people can't become knights. However, Sancho I was a morbidly obese king who weighed 240 kg and ...plus-squarehekint.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL The second incarnation of CBS Corporation was actually the legal successor of the original Viacomplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The second incarnation of CBS Corporation was actually the legal successor of the original Viacomplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL of the Basilisk of Warsaw, a mythical creature that allegedly terrorised 16th-century Poland and was ‘defeated’ by a criminal in a mirrored suit of armour.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Basilisk of Warsaw, a mythical creature that allegedly terrorised 16th-century Poland and was ‘defeated’ by a criminal in a mirrored suit of armour.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL UV rays can cause skin damage in as little as 15 minutes of exposure, even on cloudy days. Studies show that ultraviolet (UV) radiation can penetrate clouds and cause skin damage even when the...plus-squarewww.aad.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL UV rays can cause skin damage in as little as 15 minutes of exposure, even on cloudy days. Studies show that ultraviolet (UV) radiation can penetrate clouds and cause skin damage even when the...plus-squarewww.aad.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL 100 years ago the world population was about 1.8B, approximately the population of China+USA today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 100 years ago the world population was about 1.8B, approximately the population of China+USA today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that Osamu Tezuka was invited to work on 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, a fan of Astro Boy. Tezuka, despite his interest, had to say no, because he could not afford to move to Engla...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Osamu Tezuka was invited to work on 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, a fan of Astro Boy. Tezuka, despite his interest, had to say no, because he could not afford to move to Engla...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
