Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL ceiling fans generally have a setting you're supposed to switch to make them blow down in the summer and up in the winterplus-squaretwitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL ceiling fans generally have a setting you're supposed to switch to make them blow down in the summer and up in the winterplus-squaretwitter.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)vccinews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the average height of a Japanese man in the 1950s was 4'11" (150cm)vccinews.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Michael Hart started Project Gutenberg by manually typing in the texts of 313 books on his ownplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Michael Hart started Project Gutenberg by manually typing in the texts of 313 books on his ownplus-squarewww.theguardian.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languagesplus-squarewww.constituteproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Bolivia has 37 official languagesplus-squarewww.constituteproject.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL third-degree burns are not the worst; the scale goes up to sixth-degree burnswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL third-degree burns are not the worst; the scale goes up to sixth-degree burnswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL that IQ test scores globally rose significantly from their introduction until the mid-1990s, after which they likely have started to declineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that IQ test scores globally rose significantly from their introduction until the mid-1990s, after which they likely have started to declineplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL skinned frog legs were the common scientific instrument used to detect electricity throughout the 18th and 19th centuriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL skinned frog legs were the common scientific instrument used to detect electricity throughout the 18th and 19th centuriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Roman hours were not a fixed length of time but always just ¹⁄₁₂th of the daytime, so during the summer an hour could be 1½ modern hours while during the winter it could only be 40 minutesplus-squarearchive.orgUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, one fifth of Mississippi's budget was spent on prosthetic limbsplus-squarewww.supertalk.fmUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 55% of people have 3 bones in their pinky toes and 44% have 2 bonesplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 55% of people have 3 bones in their pinky toes and 44% have 2 bonesplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioningplus-squarerefindustry.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioningplus-squarerefindustry.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL charged alkaline batteries don't bounce but dead ones doplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL charged alkaline batteries don't bounce but dead ones doplus-squarewww.youtube.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in the 1930s a street sweeper in Detroit was hit by two separate babies falling out of fourth-story windows a year apart.content.time.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in the 1930s a street sweeper in Detroit was hit by two separate babies falling out of fourth-story windows a year apart.content.time.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that since MIT doesn't issue honorary degrees, Matt Damon received an honorary pirate certificate for his 2016 commencement speechplus-squarealum.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that since MIT doesn't issue honorary degrees, Matt Damon received an honorary pirate certificate for his 2016 commencement speechplus-squarealum.mit.eduUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal levelplus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal levelplus-squarewww.nationalgeographic.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL people generally can't pantomime turning the steering wheel for a lane changeplus-squarepsychsciencenotes.blogspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL people generally can't pantomime turning the steering wheel for a lane changeplus-squarepsychsciencenotes.blogspot.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the word "jalopy" most likely comes from a mispronunciation of the Mexican city Xalapa, where old American cars were imported into Mexicoplus-squarewww.americanheritage.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "jalopy" most likely comes from a mispronunciation of the Mexican city Xalapa, where old American cars were imported into Mexicoplus-squarewww.americanheritage.comUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Volkswagen also makes and sells its own brand of sausageplus-squarewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Volkswagen also makes and sells its own brand of sausageplus-squarewww.politico.euUllallulloo@civilloquy.comMEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th centuryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th centuryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
