bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL Strom Thurmond remained in the US Senate until he was 100plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Strom Thurmond remained in the US Senate until he was 100plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL the director of the French Connection paid an official at the New York Transit Authority a $40,000 bribe to overlook the rules and allow the famous chase sequence to be filmed.plus-squarewww.wnyc.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the director of the French Connection paid an official at the New York Transit Authority a $40,000 bribe to overlook the rules and allow the famous chase sequence to be filmed.plus-squarewww.wnyc.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhe...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhe...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that Gore-Tex is composed of the material commercially know as Teflon. It has tiny perforations that will pass water vapour but not droplets.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Gore-Tex is composed of the material commercially know as Teflon. It has tiny perforations that will pass water vapour but not droplets.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL sea otter mothers wrap their babies in kelp to keep them from drifting awayplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL sea otter mothers wrap their babies in kelp to keep them from drifting awayplus-squarewww.youtube.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL There was a 55,000-person Yugioh riot in 1999 over special-edition cards, with riot police called on the kids at the Tokyo Domeplus-squarewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was a 55,000-person Yugioh riot in 1999 over special-edition cards, with riot police called on the kids at the Tokyo Domeplus-squarewww.latimes.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL famed author Virginia Woolf, and several others, once donned blackface as part of a scheme to get a free tour of a British warship.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL famed author Virginia Woolf, and several others, once donned blackface as part of a scheme to get a free tour of a British warship.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL Elytra, AKA the hard casing of beetle wings, were used in Mughal India and then later on in Victorian England to adorn clothing, like an early form of sequins.plus-squarefashionhistory.fitnyc.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Elytra, AKA the hard casing of beetle wings, were used in Mughal India and then later on in Victorian England to adorn clothing, like an early form of sequins.plus-squarefashionhistory.fitnyc.edubOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that the earliest known depiction of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian King Marduk-...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the earliest known depiction of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian King Marduk-...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that in his 2014 SNL opening monologue, Canadian rapper Drake apologized for popularizing the word “YOLO” back in 2012, stating that he had no idea the word would become so widespread.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in his 2014 SNL opening monologue, Canadian rapper Drake apologized for popularizing the word “YOLO” back in 2012, stating that he had no idea the word would become so widespread.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s no...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s no...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that Irving Berlin is the only Academy Award winner in history who presented the award to themselves. He won for writing ‘White Christmas’, and declared that opening the envelope was extremely...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Irving Berlin is the only Academy Award winner in history who presented the award to themselves. He won for writing ‘White Christmas’, and declared that opening the envelope was extremely...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books i...plus-squarewww.franklinma.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books i...plus-squarewww.franklinma.govbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.plus-squarewww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.plus-squarewww.pbs.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL: The brother of John Wilkes Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life from a train accident a year before the assassinationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The brother of John Wilkes Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life from a train accident a year before the assassinationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that Galileo wasn’t vindicated by the Church until 1992plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Galileo wasn’t vindicated by the Church until 1992plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL about Roy Pearson, a judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after he accused them of losing his pantsplus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Roy Pearson, a judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after he accused them of losing his pantsplus-squareabcnews.go.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight programplus-squarewww.thehindu.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight programplus-squarewww.thehindu.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL about the pumpkin toadlet, a tiny Brazilian toad that due to its tiny ear canal makes it terrible at hoppingplus-squaregizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the pumpkin toadlet, a tiny Brazilian toad that due to its tiny ear canal makes it terrible at hoppingplus-squaregizmodo.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
