Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 14 days agoTIL that the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning in 2020 because of a wildfire.plus-squareinstantweather.caexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning in 2020 because of a wildfire.plus-squareinstantweather.caLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL Our moon, Luna, is over 2,100 miles in diameter. While Mars’ moons Deimos and Phobos are only 7.5 and 14 respectively.plus-squarescience.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Our moon, Luna, is over 2,100 miles in diameter. While Mars’ moons Deimos and Phobos are only 7.5 and 14 respectively.plus-squarescience.nasa.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL in 1992, Jack Palance did one-arm pushups on the floor during his Best Supporting Actor Oscar acceptance speech to demonstrate his physical strength and counteract the view of some media execu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1992, Jack Palance did one-arm pushups on the floor during his Best Supporting Actor Oscar acceptance speech to demonstrate his physical strength and counteract the view of some media execu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that in 1967, the Prime Minister of Albania declared the country the world’s first atheist state, banning all religion.plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1967, the Prime Minister of Albania declared the country the world’s first atheist state, banning all religion.plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL Sylvestor Stallone, alongside Expendables 1 to 4, had also planned a spin-off with Sigourney Weaver leading highly-trained female mercenaries (including Milla Jovovich, and Cameron Diaz) to to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sylvestor Stallone, alongside Expendables 1 to 4, had also planned a spin-off with Sigourney Weaver leading highly-trained female mercenaries (including Milla Jovovich, and Cameron Diaz) to to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL "Edelweiss" is not the Austrian national anthem or even a folk song. It was written in 1959 for The Sound of Music.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL "Edelweiss" is not the Austrian national anthem or even a folk song. It was written in 1959 for The Sound of Music.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that the Arabian desert was also once a lush, green savannah that supported large lakes and abundant wildlife. While it's well known that the Sahara desert would go through wet and dry periods...plus-squarecosmosmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Arabian desert was also once a lush, green savannah that supported large lakes and abundant wildlife. While it's well known that the Sahara desert would go through wet and dry periods...plus-squarecosmosmagazine.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL Italian Fashion House Fendi is Headquartered in a 1938 Building That Has 6 Rows of Vertical Arches for Each Letter of "Benito" and 9 Columns of Arches for Each Letter of "Mussolini" Because it...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Italian Fashion House Fendi is Headquartered in a 1938 Building That Has 6 Rows of Vertical Arches for Each Letter of "Benito" and 9 Columns of Arches for Each Letter of "Mussolini" Because it...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that the Animal Planet reality series ‘River Monsters’ ended because star Jeremy Wade was able to catch essentially every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on earth, leaving no remai...plus-squarewww.looper.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Animal Planet reality series ‘River Monsters’ ended because star Jeremy Wade was able to catch essentially every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on earth, leaving no remai...plus-squarewww.looper.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that French chef Bernard Loiseau shot himself in 2003 when his Michelin 3-star restaurant, Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, received a bad review from food critic François Simon. After his death, th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that French chef Bernard Loiseau shot himself in 2003 when his Michelin 3-star restaurant, Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, received a bad review from food critic François Simon. After his death, th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that the US nun population is rapidly shrinking and aging and that the average sister is 80 years old and by some estimates fewer than 1,000 nuns will left in the United States by 2042.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the US nun population is rapidly shrinking and aging and that the average sister is 80 years old and by some estimates fewer than 1,000 nuns will left in the United States by 2042.plus-squareabcnews.go.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI in 2005. They broke $74,000 worth of windows.plus-squarewww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI in 2005. They broke $74,000 worth of windows.plus-squarewww.sfgate.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick tower...plus-squaregwern.netexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick tower...plus-squaregwern.netLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that in the history of the Billboard music charts, there is only one single artist with top-5 hits on each of the primary singles charts: Scottish singer Sheena Easton.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the history of the Billboard music charts, there is only one single artist with top-5 hits on each of the primary singles charts: Scottish singer Sheena Easton.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that footprints found in New Mexico prove humans were in North America 23,000 years ago—much earlier than previously believed.plus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that footprints found in New Mexico prove humans were in North America 23,000 years ago—much earlier than previously believed.plus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that Richard Attenborough's eldest daughter lost her life in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disasterplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Richard Attenborough's eldest daughter lost her life in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disasterplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL about Jim Corbett, a British-Indian hunter responsible for tracking and killing some of the most prolific man eating big cats in India. He later became an early proponent of the conservationis...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Jim Corbett, a British-Indian hunter responsible for tracking and killing some of the most prolific man eating big cats in India. He later became an early proponent of the conservationis...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker famous for parody flicks like 'Airplaine!' and 'Top Secret!' The script writer initially refused to work with Jerry fearing he would turn it into a fa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker famous for parody flicks like 'Airplaine!' and 'Top Secret!' The script writer initially refused to work with Jerry fearing he would turn it into a fa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL that Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi (January 15, 1934 – December 12, 1954) was a Hungarian serial killer who murdered five teenage girls in Törökszentmiklós between 1953 and 1954 to satisfy her sexual...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi (January 15, 1934 – December 12, 1954) was a Hungarian serial killer who murdered five teenage girls in Törökszentmiklós between 1953 and 1954 to satisfy her sexual...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agoTIL about "Flirty Fishing," a controversial evangelism practice where women in a cult used sex to convert and solicit donations.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Flirty Fishing," a controversial evangelism practice where women in a cult used sex to convert and solicit donations.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
