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Feed Your Curiosity@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.plus-squarewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.plus-squarewww.wired.comFeed Your Curiosity@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square21fedilink
gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL Why Takeout Sushi Always Comes with Plastic Grassplus-squarewww.rd.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Why Takeout Sushi Always Comes with Plastic Grassplus-squarewww.rd.comgedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square31fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he suppo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he suppo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square2fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoTIL about the five modes of snake movement: concertina, serpentine, sidewinding, rectilinear and slide-pushingplus-squareuserweb.ucs.louisiana.eduexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the five modes of snake movement: concertina, serpentine, sidewinding, rectilinear and slide-pushingplus-squareuserweb.ucs.louisiana.eduHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square3fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoTIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...plus-squarewww.psychiatrist.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the ...plus-squarewww.psychiatrist.comrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square55fedilink
Something Burger 🍔@jlai.luEnglish · 5 days agoTIL in 1888, human remains were discovered during the construction of the Metropolitan Police's new headquarters, New Scotland Yardplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1888, human remains were discovered during the construction of the Metropolitan Police's new headquarters, New Scotland Yardplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.luEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agoTIL a 2023 study examined the cognitive ability scores of nearly 400,000 Americans between 2006-2018 and found that over that 13-year period, Americans' IQ scores had dropped in three out of the f...plus-squarenews.northwestern.eduexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL a 2023 study examined the cognitive ability scores of nearly 400,000 Americans between 2006-2018 and found that over that 13-year period, Americans' IQ scores had dropped in three out of the f...plus-squarenews.northwestern.edurealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about New Australia a white supremacist "utopian socialist" colony in Paraguayplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about New Australia a white supremacist "utopian socialist" colony in Paraguayplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square5fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligradeplus-squarevanat.ahc.umn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligradeplus-squarevanat.ahc.umn.eduHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square12fedilink
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgWoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square6fedilink
realitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square3fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershinsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square15fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days agoTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer and assassinated a federal judgeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square19fedilink
✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris many balloons made one way trips out of the cityplus-squarewww.the-low-countries.com✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agoTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US stateplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square27fedilink
Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL how to participate on Lemmy using a Mastodon accountplus-squarevijayprema.comLemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Derrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agoGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Photos does OCR on handwritingplus-squaresh.itjust.worksDerrick@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days agoTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square19fedilink