MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.www.npr.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.beMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a barplus-squareeminem.newsexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down12
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a barplus-squareeminem.newsMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premiumplus-squarerubberb.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down13
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkTIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premiumplus-squarerubberb.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkTIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of...plus-squaregeekcentrals.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of...plus-squaregeekcentrals.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Shampoo was first discovered in Indiaplus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Shampoo was first discovered in Indiaplus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on throu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on throu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that on Jupiter's moon Io, tidal effects from Jupiter cause the ground itself to move up and down by 300 feet. Typical tidal range on earth is 3 feet in the open ocean.plus-squarespaceplace.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL that on Jupiter's moon Io, tidal effects from Jupiter cause the ground itself to move up and down by 300 feet. Typical tidal range on earth is 3 feet in the open ocean.plus-squarespaceplace.nasa.govMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Canadian Physicians Can Now Prescribe Nature To Patientswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canadian Physicians Can Now Prescribe Nature To Patientswww.npr.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL “☪️OE✡️IS✝️” was designed by a Piotr Mlodozeniec for a contest held by an art museum in Jerusalem. The design gained popularity when Indians students trademarked it and sold it on shirts. Their...plus-squarewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL “☪️OE✡️IS✝️” was designed by a Piotr Mlodozeniec for a contest held by an art museum in Jerusalem. The design gained popularity when Indians students trademarked it and sold it on shirts. Their...plus-squarewww.vox.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession...plus-squarewww.bbc.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.plus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.plus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It neve...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down12
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It neve...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that the Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson fight was supposed to have been held in Las Vegas. Nevada however refused to grant Tyson a licence, after he got involved in a brawl at the press conference.plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson fight was supposed to have been held in Las Vegas. Nevada however refused to grant Tyson a licence, after he got involved in a brawl at the press conference.plus-squarewikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink