Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Lobsters urinate from their face. They also piss on each other's face to communicate social statusplus-squarefreshieslobsterco.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Lobsters urinate from their face. They also piss on each other's face to communicate social statusplus-squarefreshieslobsterco.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that the oldest continuously running maternity hospital in the world is in Dublin. It was established in 1745. By Bartholomew Mosse. 9,000 babies are born here every year.plus-squaredublin.ieexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the oldest continuously running maternity hospital in the world is in Dublin. It was established in 1745. By Bartholomew Mosse. 9,000 babies are born here every year.plus-squaredublin.ieLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL in 2008 a 20-year-old Belgium student died after reheating and eating leftover spaghetti that had been left out on the kitchen counter for five days. A bacteria called bacillus cereus was foun...plus-squarewww.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2008 a 20-year-old Belgium student died after reheating and eating leftover spaghetti that had been left out on the kitchen counter for five days. A bacteria called bacillus cereus was foun...plus-squarewww.news.com.auLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL the ViewMaster was introduced in 1939. Film and paper were scarce, and production nearly stopped due to WWII, but a contract to produce airplane and ship identification and range estimation re...plus-squarewww.antiquetrader.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the ViewMaster was introduced in 1939. Film and paper were scarce, and production nearly stopped due to WWII, but a contract to produce airplane and ship identification and range estimation re...plus-squarewww.antiquetrader.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Benjamin Franklin considered all Europeans “Swarthy” and he considered only the Saxons as purely white, wishing “their numbers were increased”plus-squarewww.columbia.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Benjamin Franklin considered all Europeans “Swarthy” and he considered only the Saxons as purely white, wishing “their numbers were increased”plus-squarewww.columbia.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL there's an abandoned town in Turkey with a failed property development of Disney-esque castlesplus-squarewww.architecturaldigest.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's an abandoned town in Turkey with a failed property development of Disney-esque castlesplus-squarewww.architecturaldigest.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Martha Gellhorn, wife of Ernest Hemingway, impersonated a medic to go ashore without permission on D-Day. She was the only woman to report from the landing beaches.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Martha Gellhorn, wife of Ernest Hemingway, impersonated a medic to go ashore without permission on D-Day. She was the only woman to report from the landing beaches.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that when Charles II of Spain died on 1 November 1700, at age 38, the autopsy recorded that his "heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; h...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that when Charles II of Spain died on 1 November 1700, at age 38, the autopsy recorded that his "heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; h...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL When Emperor Augustus visited the tomb of Alexander the Great, he allegedly accidentally knocked off a piece of Alexander’s mummified nose.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL When Emperor Augustus visited the tomb of Alexander the Great, he allegedly accidentally knocked off a piece of Alexander’s mummified nose.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that Romania has an actual tool called a "tesla"! In Romania, a tesla is a traditional woodworking tool similar to an adze, used for shaping wood. But more interestingly, there's a Romanian sa...plus-squarero.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Romania has an actual tool called a "tesla"! In Romania, a tesla is a traditional woodworking tool similar to an adze, used for shaping wood. But more interestingly, there's a Romanian sa...plus-squarero.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Ohio once misprinted their new license plates showing the Wright Flyer flying backwards. They had to recycle 35000 license plates which were misprinted.plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ohio once misprinted their new license plates showing the Wright Flyer flying backwards. They had to recycle 35000 license plates which were misprinted.plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that Richard Nixon was a very successful poker player, using his winnings to contribute 20% of the cost of his first Congressional campaignplus-squarewww.history.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Richard Nixon was a very successful poker player, using his winnings to contribute 20% of the cost of his first Congressional campaignplus-squarewww.history.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL about the Dionne quintuplets, the first know quintuplets to survive their infancy. At age 5, the Canadian government made them wards of the Crown. During this time they became a profitable tou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Dionne quintuplets, the first know quintuplets to survive their infancy. At age 5, the Canadian government made them wards of the Crown. During this time they became a profitable tou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL before the Great Depression (1930's), the US President at the time came up with a tariff strategy called the Hawley Tariff Act, despite warnings against it. It was imposed on many other nation...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL before the Great Depression (1930's), the US President at the time came up with a tariff strategy called the Hawley Tariff Act, despite warnings against it. It was imposed on many other nation...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL that Nicolas Cage turned down Dumb and Dumber in favor of Leaving Las Vegasplus-squarewww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Nicolas Cage turned down Dumb and Dumber in favor of Leaving Las Vegasplus-squarewww.huffpost.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL men who perceive themselves as either very attractive or very unattractive are both more hostile towards women.plus-squarewww.psypost.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL men who perceive themselves as either very attractive or very unattractive are both more hostile towards women.plus-squarewww.psypost.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL a 2023 study examined the cognitive ability scores of nearly 400,000 Americans between 2006-2018 and found that over that 13-year period, Americans' IQ scores had dropped in three out of the f...plus-squarenews.northwestern.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a 2023 study examined the cognitive ability scores of nearly 400,000 Americans between 2006-2018 and found that over that 13-year period, Americans' IQ scores had dropped in three out of the f...plus-squarenews.northwestern.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Neanderthals built houses out of mammoth bones.plus-squarewww.hurriyetdailynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Neanderthals built houses out of mammoth bones.plus-squarewww.hurriyetdailynews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL a 2012 study compared a nation's chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita that it had and found an incredibly close correlation between the two. Countries with t...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a 2012 study compared a nation's chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita that it had and found an incredibly close correlation between the two. Countries with t...plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agoTIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...plus-squarewww.psychiatrist.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...plus-squarewww.psychiatrist.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
