hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world · 2 days agoTIL there is apparently a $43,652 chandelier on Amazon, and there are only 20 left in stock so invest now!!!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down113
arrow-up173arrow-down1imageTIL there is apparently a $43,652 chandelier on Amazon, and there are only 20 left in stock so invest now!!!lemmy.worldhank_the_tank66@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilink
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoToday I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perceptionplus-squarefrerejones.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down11
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkToday I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perceptionplus-squarefrerejones.comfrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about "Dubbing", the practice of removing part of a farmed birds earlobes or other parts attached to the head. It is usually done without any anestheticplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Dubbing", the practice of removing part of a farmed birds earlobes or other parts attached to the head. It is usually done without any anestheticplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 6 months agoTIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifterplus-squarearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifterplus-squarearstechnica.comsgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilink
Lemmy@lemm.ee · edit-27 months agoSome owls have skinny long legslemm.eeimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageSome owls have skinny long legslemm.eeLemmy@lemm.ee · edit-27 months agomessage-square0fedilink
TheGoonch@lemmy.world · 8 months agoTIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russiaplus-squarewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russiaplus-squarewww.nature.comTheGoonch@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square3fedilink
Comrade GitGud@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to doplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to doplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgComrade GitGud@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.plus-squarewww.deseret.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-211 months agoTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareTIL that shirt buttons are on the right for men, but on the left for women.plus-squareSjmarf@sh.itjust.works · edit-211 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the yearplus-squarelemmy.mlVordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of "feedback" where the pork industry intentionally feeds dead disease-infected piglets and their feces to adult breeding pigsplus-squarewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of "feedback" where the pork industry intentionally feeds dead disease-infected piglets and their feces to adult breeding pigsplus-squarewww.vox.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
justdoit@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agoTIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloudplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL The element Einsteinium was first discovered by detonating a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, and flying fighter jets with debris-capturing filter paper through the top of the mushroom cloudplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgjustdoit@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de · edit-21 year agoTIL upper atmospheric lightning is terrifying lookingplus-squarediscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL upper atmospheric lightning is terrifying lookingplus-squarediscuss.tchncs.deJessica@discuss.tchncs.de · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
