Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online c...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online c...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the G...plus-squarewww.cinemablend.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the G...plus-squarewww.cinemablend.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuper...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuper...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that after hurricane Katrina, due to miscalculation, FEMA had 85M pounds of ice at storage facilites around the U.S and melted it two years later after 12.5 million dollars in storage fees.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after hurricane Katrina, due to miscalculation, FEMA had 85M pounds of ice at storage facilites around the U.S and melted it two years later after 12.5 million dollars in storage fees.plus-squareabcnews.go.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually drop...plus-squarewww.historynet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually drop...plus-squarewww.historynet.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the #1 indicator of a mass casualty offender (planned or executed event) is having a U.S. military backgroundplus-squarewww.militarytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the #1 indicator of a mass casualty offender (planned or executed event) is having a U.S. military backgroundplus-squarewww.militarytimes.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the 300 Club at the South Pole involves a tradition where participants go from a +200°F sauna to the -100°F outside, often running a lap around the South Pole marker while wearing only bootsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the 300 Club at the South Pole involves a tradition where participants go from a +200°F sauna to the -100°F outside, often running a lap around the South Pole marker while wearing only bootsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essent...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essent...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.plus-squarewww.tastingtable.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.plus-squarewww.tastingtable.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL only one genuine 1983 model year Corvette exists in the world. Every other Corvette from that year was crushed.plus-squarewww.history.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL only one genuine 1983 model year Corvette exists in the world. Every other Corvette from that year was crushed.plus-squarewww.history.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the world's oldest company was a Japanese construction firm called Kongō Gumi, which operated continuously from 578 AD until 2006—over 1,400 years.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the world's oldest company was a Japanese construction firm called Kongō Gumi, which operated continuously from 578 AD until 2006—over 1,400 years.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, Dr. Henry Heimlich, didn’t actually use it to save someone’s life until he was 96 years old—four decades after inventing it.plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, Dr. Henry Heimlich, didn’t actually use it to save someone’s life until he was 96 years old—four decades after inventing it.plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL That Adam Jasinski, winner of Big Brother (US) 9, was later convicted of setting up an oxycodone dealing ring which he financed using his winnings from the showplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Adam Jasinski, winner of Big Brother (US) 9, was later convicted of setting up an oxycodone dealing ring which he financed using his winnings from the showplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about the Pit of Despair, an apparatus used in widely-condemned experiments that isolated young monkeys in a dark, smooth tank with sloped sides and a curved base. The monkeys were left isolat...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Pit of Despair, an apparatus used in widely-condemned experiments that isolated young monkeys in a dark, smooth tank with sloped sides and a curved base. The monkeys were left isolat...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the background check for positions in the White House asks if you have ever been "suspected" of breaking the lawplus-squareomb.reportexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the background check for positions in the White House asks if you have ever been "suspected" of breaking the lawplus-squareomb.reportLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agoTIL during height of Dotcom bubble, Cisco was the most valuable company in the world. Then stock price fell by 88% in 2 years, and never reached record price again.plus-squarewww.hardingloevner.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL during height of Dotcom bubble, Cisco was the most valuable company in the world. Then stock price fell by 88% in 2 years, and never reached record price again.plus-squarewww.hardingloevner.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink