MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.www.npr.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the te...plus-squarewww.espn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the te...plus-squarewww.espn.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.beMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a bareminem.newsexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a bareminem.newsMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premiumplus-squarerubberb.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkTIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premiumplus-squarerubberb.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkTIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of...plus-squaregeekcentrals.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of...plus-squaregeekcentrals.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that Shampoo was first discovered in Indiaplus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Shampoo was first discovered in Indiaplus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on throu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on throu...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that on Jupiter's moon Io, tidal effects from Jupiter cause the ground itself to move up and down by 300 feet. Typical tidal range on earth is 3 feet in the open ocean.plus-squarespaceplace.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down11
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkTIL that on Jupiter's moon Io, tidal effects from Jupiter cause the ground itself to move up and down by 300 feet. Typical tidal range on earth is 3 feet in the open ocean.plus-squarespaceplace.nasa.govMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Canadian Physicians Can Now Prescribe Nature To Patientswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canadian Physicians Can Now Prescribe Nature To Patientswww.npr.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down11
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL “☪️OE✡️IS✝️” was designed by a Piotr Mlodozeniec for a contest held by an art museum in Jerusalem. The design gained popularity when Indians students trademarked it and sold it on shirts. Their...plus-squarewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL “☪️OE✡️IS✝️” was designed by a Piotr Mlodozeniec for a contest held by an art museum in Jerusalem. The design gained popularity when Indians students trademarked it and sold it on shirts. Their...plus-squarewww.vox.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkTIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession...plus-squarewww.bbc.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.plus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.plus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agoTIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It neve...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down12
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It neve...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink