bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that men need to exercise twice as much as women for the same health benefits to lower the risk of heart diseaseplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that men need to exercise twice as much as women for the same health benefits to lower the risk of heart diseaseplus-squarewww.theguardian.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code and the telegraph, described pizza as a "species of the most nauseating cake" when he visited Naples in 1831.plus-squarewww.historytoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code and the telegraph, described pizza as a "species of the most nauseating cake" when he visited Naples in 1831.plus-squarewww.historytoday.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun, reaching temperatures of approximately 53,540°Fplus-squarewww.britannica.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun, reaching temperatures of approximately 53,540°Fplus-squarewww.britannica.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) is considered by some to have "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) is considered by some to have "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agotil the inventor of the shopping cart had to hire fake shoppers to push them around his store because men thought using them was emasculating and women felt they looked too much like baby carriages.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linktil the inventor of the shopping cart had to hire fake shoppers to push them around his store because men thought using them was emasculating and women felt they looked too much like baby carriages.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that Apple does not own the trademark for iOS. Apple licenses the trademark from Cisco, who owns the trademark for their operating system that runs on their network infrastructure equipment.plus-squareappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Apple does not own the trademark for iOS. Apple licenses the trademark from Cisco, who owns the trademark for their operating system that runs on their network infrastructure equipment.plus-squareappleinsider.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October, and The 13th Warrior director John McTiernan was given a jail sentence in 2010 for wiretapping a producer of a movie he was working on.plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October, and The 13th Warrior director John McTiernan was given a jail sentence in 2010 for wiretapping a producer of a movie he was working on.plus-squarewww.bbc.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that Mackinac Island, Michigan contains the only state highway in the US without motorized vehicles, M-185.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Mackinac Island, Michigan contains the only state highway in the US without motorized vehicles, M-185.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that the Spanish Inquisition wasn't abolished until 1834. It prosecuted not only heresy but also crimes like bigamy, blasphemy and forgery, and its last execution for heresy was as late as 1826.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Spanish Inquisition wasn't abolished until 1834. It prosecuted not only heresy but also crimes like bigamy, blasphemy and forgery, and its last execution for heresy was as late as 1826.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL The mathematical number "Googol" was given the name by a 9 year old boy.plus-squareunrememberedhistory.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The mathematical number "Googol" was given the name by a 9 year old boy.plus-squareunrememberedhistory.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@zerobytes.monster
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are hydrologically one lake, and it is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are hydrologically one lake, and it is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that before the Black Plague, women brewed the majority of ale and ran the majority of alehouses in England.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that before the Black Plague, women brewed the majority of ale and ran the majority of alehouses in England.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL Cookie Monster's puppet was originally made for a Munchos commercialplus-squarewww.toughpigs.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cookie Monster's puppet was originally made for a Munchos commercialplus-squarewww.toughpigs.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agoTIL that a 16th-century automaton clock had a milkmaid who “milked” a cow, while liquid stored inside the cow was pumped into a bucketplus-squarewww.britishmuseum.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a 16th-century automaton clock had a milkmaid who “milked” a cow, while liquid stored inside the cow was pumped into a bucketplus-squarewww.britishmuseum.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 2 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
