Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL in 2007, a Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped a 12.5ft tall enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one visitor and injuring two others who were later accused of taunting her. The enclos...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2007, a Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped a 12.5ft tall enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one visitor and injuring two others who were later accused of taunting her. The enclos...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL Alf was a huge success in Germany: he appeared on multiple covers of a popular magazin, His german voice actor recorded two albums and had four hit singles. The TV special “Project ALF” was re...plus-squarealfarchives.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Alf was a huge success in Germany: he appeared on multiple covers of a popular magazin, His german voice actor recorded two albums and had four hit singles. The TV special “Project ALF” was re...plus-squarealfarchives.comLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL people with red hair may need up to 20% more anesthesia. This is because of MCR1 mutation.plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL people with red hair may need up to 20% more anesthesia. This is because of MCR1 mutation.plus-squarepmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that Egyptian mummies were stolen and sold in Europe as medicine. As late as 1924, Merck listed “Mumia vera aegyptica” at 12 gold marks per kilogram, which is about $500 per kilogram in today’...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Egyptian mummies were stolen and sold in Europe as medicine. As late as 1924, Merck listed “Mumia vera aegyptica” at 12 gold marks per kilogram, which is about $500 per kilogram in today’...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that some penguins engage in prostitution. Lonely males will amass a large collection of pebbles for their nest and females with a partner will come over to court the male. After the mating ri...plus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that some penguins engage in prostitution. Lonely males will amass a large collection of pebbles for their nest and females with a partner will come over to court the male. After the mating ri...plus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that Earth is the only planet that actually has fire in our Solar System.plus-squarewww.rmpbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Earth is the only planet that actually has fire in our Solar System.plus-squarewww.rmpbs.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that out of the roughly 40 countries that have used the RPG-7 rocket launcher, Lithuania is the only one that has stopped using itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that out of the roughly 40 countries that have used the RPG-7 rocket launcher, Lithuania is the only one that has stopped using itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that in the late 18th century some wealthy individuals would pay poor people (preferably younger) to extract their teeth and have it transplanted into an empty socket. Results were usually uns...plus-squareworldhistorycommons.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the late 18th century some wealthy individuals would pay poor people (preferably younger) to extract their teeth and have it transplanted into an empty socket. Results were usually uns...plus-squareworldhistorycommons.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL Glenallen Hill of the Toronto Bluejays, experienced a nightmare about spiders. In his groggy state, he tried to run away, fell through a glass table, and ended up on the disabled list for 15 d...plus-squarewww.mlb.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Glenallen Hill of the Toronto Bluejays, experienced a nightmare about spiders. In his groggy state, he tried to run away, fell through a glass table, and ended up on the disabled list for 15 d...plus-squarewww.mlb.comLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL in the Philippines the presidential and vice presidential elections are separate, so the winners may end up to be from opposing partiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in the Philippines the presidential and vice presidential elections are separate, so the winners may end up to be from opposing partiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL Dragonflies possess 10,000 to 30,000 facets per eye, allowing them to see in almost every direction simultaneously.plus-squarewww.schlitzaudubon.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dragonflies possess 10,000 to 30,000 facets per eye, allowing them to see in almost every direction simultaneously.plus-squarewww.schlitzaudubon.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL "the first unambiguous evidence" of an animal other than humans making plans in one mental state for a future mental state occurred in 1997 when a chimpanzee was observed (over 50x) calmly gat...plus-squarewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL "the first unambiguous evidence" of an animal other than humans making plans in one mental state for a future mental state occurred in 1997 when a chimpanzee was observed (over 50x) calmly gat...plus-squarewww.cbc.caLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL Dwarf sperm whales are about 9 feet long and can release a huge cloud of red "ink" to evade predatorsplus-squarewww.fisheries.noaa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dwarf sperm whales are about 9 feet long and can release a huge cloud of red "ink" to evade predatorsplus-squarewww.fisheries.noaa.govLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL about Recursive Acronyms, which are acronyms that include the acronym within the meaning of the acronym. Noteable examples include GNU which stands for "GNU's Not Unix"plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Recursive Acronyms, which are acronyms that include the acronym within the meaning of the acronym. Noteable examples include GNU which stands for "GNU's Not Unix"plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL the elder brother and co-ruler of Attila the Hun, Bleda, was considered the source of the of the ‘Buda’ part of ‘Budapest’ according to medieval tradition.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the elder brother and co-ruler of Attila the Hun, Bleda, was considered the source of the of the ‘Buda’ part of ‘Budapest’ according to medieval tradition.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL the Sea of Azov is the most shallow sea in the worldplus-squarewww.marineinsight.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Sea of Azov is the most shallow sea in the worldplus-squarewww.marineinsight.comLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL The first president of the South American country Guyana was Arthur Chung, the first ethnically Chinese head of state of a non Asian countryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The first president of the South American country Guyana was Arthur Chung, the first ethnically Chinese head of state of a non Asian countryplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL Mississippi, once ranked 49th in Reading and 50th in Math for 4th graders (2013), has improved to 9th and 16th in the country respectively since, despite being the poorest state in the union.plus-squarewww.theargumentmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mississippi, once ranked 49th in Reading and 50th in Math for 4th graders (2013), has improved to 9th and 16th in the country respectively since, despite being the poorest state in the union.plus-squarewww.theargumentmag.comLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL In 1st century China there were two rebellions were led by a peasant faction called the "Red Eyebrows". They painted their eyebrows red so they could easily tell which soldiers were on their s...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1st century China there were two rebellions were led by a peasant faction called the "Red Eyebrows". They painted their eyebrows red so they could easily tell which soldiers were on their s...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 14 hours agoTIL in 2015, actor Terrence Howard formulated his own theory called 'Terryology' which he claimed proves 1x1=2. He also claims he can kill gravity, remembers the event on the day he was born and d...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2015, actor Terrence Howard formulated his own theory called 'Terryology' which he claimed proves 1x1=2. He also claims he can kill gravity, remembers the event on the day he was born and d...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online botMABEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
