bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL Strawberry Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased food items at Walmart during hurricane preparation.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Strawberry Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased food items at Walmart during hurricane preparation.plus-squareabcnews.go.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square1fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this wit...plus-squarewww.physoc.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this wit...plus-squarewww.physoc.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square1fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnamplus-squarehistory.state.govexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnamplus-squarehistory.state.govbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square1fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementiaplus-squarewww.gilmorehealth.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementiaplus-squarewww.gilmorehealth.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square1fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that Tuvalu announced plans as the first country in the world to build a digital replica in the metaverse to preserve its cultural heritage.plus-squarewww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Tuvalu announced plans as the first country in the world to build a digital replica in the metaverse to preserve its cultural heritage.plus-squarewww.abc.net.aubOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL Dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a strange obsession with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He had Libya's most famous composer write her a song called "Black Flower in the White House." A p...plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a strange obsession with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He had Libya's most famous composer write her a song called "Black Flower in the White House." A p...plus-squarewww.npr.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that in Japan you can visit Soineya, a co-sleeping specialty shop. It’s a cafe where you pay for sleeping (literally) or cuddling with a girl you like.plus-squarenovasiagsis.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Japan you can visit Soineya, a co-sleeping specialty shop. It’s a cafe where you pay for sleeping (literally) or cuddling with a girl you like.plus-squarenovasiagsis.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL when bowler Peter Weber famously exclaimed "Who do you think you are I am?" after he won the 2012 US Open on ESPN, what he meant to say was "Who do you think you are rooting against me? I am t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when bowler Peter Weber famously exclaimed "Who do you think you are I am?" after he won the 2012 US Open on ESPN, what he meant to say was "Who do you think you are rooting against me? I am t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL although Sweden has the lowest level of people who smoke in Europe (9.3%), it's the only country where noticeably more women smoke than menplus-squarewww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL although Sweden has the lowest level of people who smoke in Europe (9.3%), it's the only country where noticeably more women smoke than menplus-squarewww.euronews.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL That in the United States people weigh the least shortly before Thanksgivingplus-squarenews.cornell.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That in the United States people weigh the least shortly before Thanksgivingplus-squarenews.cornell.edubOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later b...plus-squarewww.history.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later b...plus-squarewww.history.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL of Buttergate - a 2021 controversy caused by Canadian dairy farmers adding palm oil to cows' diets, resulting in butter that didn't spread at room temperature.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Buttergate - a 2021 controversy caused by Canadian dairy farmers adding palm oil to cows' diets, resulting in butter that didn't spread at room temperature.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her l...plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her l...plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome ...plus-squarewww.durango.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome ...plus-squarewww.durango.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL about Sigfox, a global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power devices over large areas and to reach underground objects. As of November 2020, the ne...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Sigfox, a global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power devices over large areas and to reach underground objects. As of November 2020, the ne...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agoTIL in 2010 during Netherlands' Remembrance Day ceremony a man screamed so loud into crowd of 20,000 people it caused a panic stampede injuring 87.plus-squarewww.dutchamsterdam.nlexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2010 during Netherlands' Remembrance Day ceremony a man screamed so loud into crowd of 20,000 people it caused a panic stampede injuring 87.plus-squarewww.dutchamsterdam.nlbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink