originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 3 months agotil - hexagons are the basis of the human visual system and the brain’s navigation systemplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linktil - hexagons are the basis of the human visual system and the brain’s navigation systemplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago[Meta] Any reason to have this community when there is !til@lemmy.world?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down13
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-square[Meta] Any reason to have this community when there is !til@lemmy.world?plus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
atro_city@fedia.io · 3 months agoTIL: The Canadian shield is in fact not an item but a region in Canada that is mostly rockplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Canadian shield is in fact not an item but a region in Canada that is mostly rockplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgatro_city@fedia.io · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
stoy@lemmy.zip · 3 months agoTIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runnerweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runnerweb.archive.orgstoy@lemmy.zip · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agoFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 6 months agoTIL larry davids annual masturbation recordplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareTIL larry davids annual masturbation recordplus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 6 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Oxnvat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about Bomberman debuffs lemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL about Bomberman debuffs lemmy.worldOxnvat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldSpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
