Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL that Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Celebration was taped on September 7th and 10th, 2001, and he was supposed to have a meeting at the World Trade Center on the 11th but overslept.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Celebration was taped on September 7th and 10th, 2001, and he was supposed to have a meeting at the World Trade Center on the 11th but overslept.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL Keanu Reeves only says 380 words in the entirety of John Wick: Chapter 4, which has a runtime of 169 minutes.plus-squarewww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Keanu Reeves only says 380 words in the entirety of John Wick: Chapter 4, which has a runtime of 169 minutes.plus-squarewww.the-independent.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL the largest battle of the American Revolution was not fought in the American colonies or by American revolutionaries. It was the Great Siege of Gibraltar, in which Spain unsuccessfully tried t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL the largest battle of the American Revolution was not fought in the American colonies or by American revolutionaries. It was the Great Siege of Gibraltar, in which Spain unsuccessfully tried t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL that the 4th Earl of Sandwich, for whom the sandwich was named, served as Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution. His poor leadership contributed to the American ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the 4th Earl of Sandwich, for whom the sandwich was named, served as Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution. His poor leadership contributed to the American ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL that after losing his Presidential reelection bid, John Quincy Adams briefly considered retirement but went on to win 9 Congressional elections and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after losing his Presidential reelection bid, John Quincy Adams briefly considered retirement but went on to win 9 Congressional elections and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL The only known naturally occuring nuclear fission reactor was discovered in Oklo, Gabon and is thought to have been active 1.7 billion years ago. This discovery in 1972 was made after chemists...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The only known naturally occuring nuclear fission reactor was discovered in Oklo, Gabon and is thought to have been active 1.7 billion years ago. This discovery in 1972 was made after chemists...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL that South Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja spent over 30 years claiming her painting Beautiful Woman was a forgery, despite repeated government and forensic investigations declaring it authentic.plus-squareen.yna.co.krexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that South Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja spent over 30 years claiming her painting Beautiful Woman was a forgery, despite repeated government and forensic investigations declaring it authentic.plus-squareen.yna.co.krLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL about Fregoli Delusion, which causes people to believe that different people they encounter are actually the same person in disguise.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Fregoli Delusion, which causes people to believe that different people they encounter are actually the same person in disguise.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL when Polish javelin star Maria Andrejczyk found out about an 8 month old that needed life saving surgery, she auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help raise some of the needed funds. A P...plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when Polish javelin star Maria Andrejczyk found out about an 8 month old that needed life saving surgery, she auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help raise some of the needed funds. A P...plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL the Forest Preserves of Cook County (est. 1914) holds more than 70,000 acres of land making it the oldest and largest preserve system of its kind in the United States.plus-squarefpdcc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Forest Preserves of Cook County (est. 1914) holds more than 70,000 acres of land making it the oldest and largest preserve system of its kind in the United States.plus-squarefpdcc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL about Patum Peperium, a Gentleman's Relish made and sold in Britain since 1828, which has a secret recipe, known to only one employee.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Patum Peperium, a Gentleman's Relish made and sold in Britain since 1828, which has a secret recipe, known to only one employee.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill, refused to sell to corporations, citing the Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Instead, he gave his $100M company to his 700 empl...plus-squarewww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill, refused to sell to corporations, citing the Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Instead, he gave his $100M company to his 700 empl...plus-squarewww.msn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that The Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance before their mission, so they came up with a brilliant hack: they signed hundreds of autographs. These "insurance autographs" were giv...plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that The Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance before their mission, so they came up with a brilliant hack: they signed hundreds of autographs. These "insurance autographs" were giv...plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL bees will leave the hive with all their honey (abscond) if they (for various reasons) feel uncomfortable with their living situation, even if it means certain death from being exposed to the e...plus-squarebeekeepinginsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL bees will leave the hive with all their honey (abscond) if they (for various reasons) feel uncomfortable with their living situation, even if it means certain death from being exposed to the e...plus-squarebeekeepinginsider.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL while on safari, Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes one day apart. The 2nd caught fire & he had to smash open the door with his head, causing extensive burns & skeletal injuries. He wa...plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL while on safari, Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes one day apart. The 2nd caught fire & he had to smash open the door with his head, causing extensive burns & skeletal injuries. He wa...plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL an fMRI study mapping the female genitals onto the sensory portion of the brain found that nipple self-stimulation activates the genital sensory cortex, the same area as clitoral, vaginal, and...plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL an fMRI study mapping the female genitals onto the sensory portion of the brain found that nipple self-stimulation activates the genital sensory cortex, the same area as clitoral, vaginal, and...plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that to satisfy a record contract, goth rocker Andrew Eldritch recorded an album as the band SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW, said to stand for "Screw Shareholder Value - Not So Much a Band as Anot...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that to satisfy a record contract, goth rocker Andrew Eldritch recorded an album as the band SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW, said to stand for "Screw Shareholder Value - Not So Much a Band as Anot...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, an urban myth from Mattoon Illinois, now thought to be a small 33-person mass hysteriaplus-squarewww.library.illinois.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, an urban myth from Mattoon Illinois, now thought to be a small 33-person mass hysteriaplus-squarewww.library.illinois.eduLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that a small percentage (1-2%) of honeybees in a given colony will specialize as undertakers; they function to prevent disease by removing corpses from the hiveplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a small percentage (1-2%) of honeybees in a given colony will specialize as undertakers; they function to prevent disease by removing corpses from the hiveplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that one of the most celebrated Bugs Bunny cartoons was thought up when the head of the cartoon studio randomly and inexplicably told the animators that they were not to make any cartoons abou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that one of the most celebrated Bugs Bunny cartoons was thought up when the head of the cartoon studio randomly and inexplicably told the animators that they were not to make any cartoons abou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
