Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL a former TX Justice of the Peace, Eric Williams is currently on death row, convicted in the 2013 deaths of the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney and his wife. They were killed in a hom...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a former TX Justice of the Peace, Eric Williams is currently on death row, convicted in the 2013 deaths of the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney and his wife. They were killed in a hom...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Tokyo has the world's largest sewer system, designed to prevent flooding by storing excess rainwater in massive underground silos—and you can take a tour of it.plus-squarewww.zoomdrain.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Tokyo has the world's largest sewer system, designed to prevent flooding by storing excess rainwater in massive underground silos—and you can take a tour of it.plus-squarewww.zoomdrain.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL measles was first described by a Persian physician in the tenth century.plus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL measles was first described by a Persian physician in the tenth century.plus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: US government agencies responsible for leading the world in rare disease and cancer treatments (NIH) and hard sciences (NSF) have a long fascinating history partnering with universities and r...plus-squarevimeo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: US government agencies responsible for leading the world in rare disease and cancer treatments (NIH) and hard sciences (NSF) have a long fascinating history partnering with universities and r...plus-squarevimeo.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Leonard Nimoy based the “Vulcan salute” on a traditional priestly blessing he saw as a kid, when his grandfather would take him to an Orthodox synagogue.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Leonard Nimoy based the “Vulcan salute” on a traditional priestly blessing he saw as a kid, when his grandfather would take him to an Orthodox synagogue.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL helicopters can produce deadly turbulance at airfields which can make small "General Aviation" aircraft lose control and crash if not properly managed.plus-squarewww.ntsb.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL helicopters can produce deadly turbulance at airfields which can make small "General Aviation" aircraft lose control and crash if not properly managed.plus-squarewww.ntsb.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL St. Nicholas was purportedly imprisoned and tortured at the behest of Emperor Diocletian.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL St. Nicholas was purportedly imprisoned and tortured at the behest of Emperor Diocletian.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. I...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. I...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the Yungas Road is a Bolivian road so dangerous it used to kill up to 300 drivers a year before a safer alternative was finished in 2006. It's only about 3 meters wide, prone to rockfalls...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Yungas Road is a Bolivian road so dangerous it used to kill up to 300 drivers a year before a safer alternative was finished in 2006. It's only about 3 meters wide, prone to rockfalls...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he suppo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he suppo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that part of the reason the Mafia is so powerful in southern Italy is because Italian judges who score well on exams get to choose their post; those sent to work in Calabria usually request to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that part of the reason the Mafia is so powerful in southern Italy is because Italian judges who score well on exams get to choose their post; those sent to work in Calabria usually request to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded "La Bamba" when he was 16.plus-squareblogs.loc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded "La Bamba" when he was 16.plus-squareblogs.loc.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclairplus-squarewww.yorkpress.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclairplus-squarewww.yorkpress.co.ukLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL In 1969 a Red Army deserter fired multiple shots at a motorcade carrying Leonid Brezhnev and several Cosmonauts. While the assassination attempt was unsuccessful, an official statement wasn't ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1969 a Red Army deserter fired multiple shots at a motorcade carrying Leonid Brezhnev and several Cosmonauts. While the assassination attempt was unsuccessful, an official statement wasn't ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL of Narco-Pentecostalism, which is a term used to identify the link between Pentecostal Christianity and Brazillian narco gangs. Gangs under this label use religious iconography within their te...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Narco-Pentecostalism, which is a term used to identify the link between Pentecostal Christianity and Brazillian narco gangs. Gangs under this label use religious iconography within their te...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL One term at the signoria, the government of the republic of Florence, was only two months long. Its members were not elected but randomly selected from a pot of eligible names. During their te...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL One term at the signoria, the government of the republic of Florence, was only two months long. Its members were not elected but randomly selected from a pot of eligible names. During their te...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agotoday i learned that Incas, the last carolina parakeet who died in 1918, died in the same cage in the Cincinnati zoo as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died 4 years priorplus-squarejohnjames.audubon.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linktoday i learned that Incas, the last carolina parakeet who died in 1918, died in the same cage in the Cincinnati zoo as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died 4 years priorplus-squarejohnjames.audubon.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station 'WKTT' included spoken rants submitted by real fans as part of a 2007 contest by Rockstar Games. Fans could call a real number for the station and...plus-squarewww.destructoid.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station 'WKTT' included spoken rants submitted by real fans as part of a 2007 contest by Rockstar Games. Fans could call a real number for the station and...plus-squarewww.destructoid.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the term boycott is named after the land agent Charles Boycott, against whom the tactic was used by Irish nationalists in opposition to the system of English landlords in Irelandplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the term boycott is named after the land agent Charles Boycott, against whom the tactic was used by Irish nationalists in opposition to the system of English landlords in Irelandplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agoTIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA aloneplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA aloneplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
