contentbot@lemmy.caB · 14 days agoTIL: During “Hell week” of Navy SEAL training, candidates are given no more than 4 hours sleep over five and a half days, all while under continual mental and physical stressplus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: During “Hell week” of Navy SEAL training, candidates are given no more than 4 hours sleep over five and a half days, all while under continual mental and physical stressplus-squarewww.npr.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 14 days agoTIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 15 days agoTIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Otter@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agoTIL That Zoboomafoo was the lemur's stage name, with the full name being "Jovian Marcus Kendall"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Zoboomafoo was the lemur's stage name, with the full name being "Jovian Marcus Kendall"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgOtter@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 16 days agoTIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"plus-squarewww.kuow.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"plus-squarewww.kuow.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 16 days agoTIL it's estimated that out of the 100,000 or more species of mushrooms worldwide, just over 100 are toxic.plus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL it's estimated that out of the 100,000 or more species of mushrooms worldwide, just over 100 are toxic.plus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agoTIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recordingplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recordingplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agoTIL Japan's reasons behind their involvement in WW2plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Japan's reasons behind their involvement in WW2plus-squareyoutu.becontentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agoTIL Coney Island was at one point and island and they artificially connected it to Brooklyn in the 1920s-30splus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Coney Island was at one point and island and they artificially connected it to Brooklyn in the 1920s-30splus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 18 days agoTIL most escaped mental patients just go home and resume their everyday activitiesplus-squarewww.psychiatricnursing.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL most escaped mental patients just go home and resume their everyday activitiesplus-squarewww.psychiatricnursing.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 18 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 18 days agoTIL about the Union of the Comoros; an archipelagic country off the southeast coast of Africa with an estimated population of 1 million people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Union of the Comoros; an archipelagic country off the southeast coast of Africa with an estimated population of 1 million people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 18 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agoTIL that the House of Representatives once investigated TV quiz shows to see if they were riggedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the House of Representatives once investigated TV quiz shows to see if they were riggedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agoTIL that while Alexander the Great conquered the known world, he never attempted to attack the city-state of Sparta.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that while Alexander the Great conquered the known world, he never attempted to attack the city-state of Sparta.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agoTIL America’s Loneliness Epidemic: Nearly 40 MILLION American adults now live alone and they are 64% more likely to be depressed than their peersplus-squarealltoowhale.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL America’s Loneliness Epidemic: Nearly 40 MILLION American adults now live alone and they are 64% more likely to be depressed than their peersplus-squarealltoowhale.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 19 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 20 days agoTIL that just a year after the failed invasion by the Spanish Armada, the English launch their own English Armada against Spain, which also failed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that just a year after the failed invasion by the Spanish Armada, the English launch their own English Armada against Spain, which also failed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 20 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 20 days agoTIL that the New Testament in the BIBLE was written nearly 100 years after Jesus Christ ~ 70 CEplus-squarecarm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the New Testament in the BIBLE was written nearly 100 years after Jesus Christ ~ 70 CEplus-squarecarm.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 20 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 21 days agoTIL that a species of flatworm sword fights with their penises to mateplus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a species of flatworm sword fights with their penises to mateplus-squareyoutu.becontentbot@lemmy.caB · 21 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 22 days agoTIL elephants call each other by name and respond when they hear others call their nameplus-squaree360.yale.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL elephants call each other by name and respond when they hear others call their nameplus-squaree360.yale.educontentbot@lemmy.caB · 22 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 23 days agoTIL Between 1973 and 1980, about 1000 cases of bismuth-related neurotoxicity were reported in France, resulting in a ban on bismuth compounds.plus-squarebmcneurol.biomedcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Between 1973 and 1980, about 1000 cases of bismuth-related neurotoxicity were reported in France, resulting in a ban on bismuth compounds.plus-squarebmcneurol.biomedcentral.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
contentbot@lemmy.caB · 23 days agoTIL that King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world to be fluent in Czech.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world to be fluent in Czech.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB · 23 days agomessage-square0fedilink