time2lose@lemmy.world · 5 hours agoOn September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10
arrow-up1153arrow-down1imageOn September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 5 hours agomessage-square18linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoOperation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA spent about $15 million surgically implanting a microphone in a cat's ear, a transmitter under its skin, and an antenna through its tail to spy on Soviet conversatio…plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down10
arrow-up1158arrow-down1imageOperation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA spent about $15 million surgically implanting a microphone in a cat's ear, a transmitter under its skin, and an antenna through its tail to spy on Soviet conversatio…plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square20linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoHow Finns dress their children according to the weatherlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down10
arrow-up1141arrow-down1imageHow Finns dress their children according to the weatherlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days ago8 Rods of Pu-239 (~6kg), enough for criticality if they touched, taken by Los Alamos workers to ‘show off’ production amounts to managementlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down10
arrow-up1170arrow-down1image8 Rods of Pu-239 (~6kg), enough for criticality if they touched, taken by Los Alamos workers to ‘show off’ production amounts to managementlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agoJames Maroon is a 54-year-old 9/11 witness who has spent his nights cleaning the National September 11 Memorial reflecting pools since 2012.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down10
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageJames Maroon is a 54-year-old 9/11 witness who has spent his nights cleaning the National September 11 Memorial reflecting pools since 2012.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square5linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoNASA captures the exact moment a star was bornplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down10
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageNASA captures the exact moment a star was bornplus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agoChina’s ‘most inconvenient convenience store’ hangs off the side of a cliffplus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkChina’s ‘most inconvenient convenience store’ hangs off the side of a cliffplus-squarewww.cnn.comrumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agomessage-square2linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las) in Poland. Contains about 400 oddly shaped pinesplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down10
arrow-up1210arrow-down1imageThe Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las) in Poland. Contains about 400 oddly shaped pinesplus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe 20 Breathtaking Winners of International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2025plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down10
arrow-up1200arrow-down1imageThe 20 Breathtaking Winners of International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2025plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoLast Sunset 25 years ago 9/10/2001lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageLast Sunset 25 years ago 9/10/2001lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThis Chinese porcelain has been sitting 600 meters underwater for nearly 300 years and it still looks almost untouchedplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageThis Chinese porcelain has been sitting 600 meters underwater for nearly 300 years and it still looks almost untouchedplus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agoMount Roraima is over 2 billion years old, predating animals, trees, and dinosaurs. Its sheer 400-meter cliffs isolate an ecosystem found nowhere else on Earthlemmy.worldimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down10
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageMount Roraima is over 2 billion years old, predating animals, trees, and dinosaurs. Its sheer 400-meter cliffs isolate an ecosystem found nowhere else on Earthlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square52linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWorld’s tallest lego structure ever, standing tall at 36 metres.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down10
arrow-up1170arrow-down1imageWorld’s tallest lego structure ever, standing tall at 36 metres.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agoBamse was a WWII larger-than-life character who rescued sailors, broke up fights and knew when his crew had spent too long at the pub. And was also a very good dog.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
arrow-up170arrow-down1imageBamse was a WWII larger-than-life character who rescued sailors, broke up fights and knew when his crew had spent too long at the pub. And was also a very good dog.plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agoThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down10
arrow-up1585arrow-down1imageThe world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projectionlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square131linkfedilink
cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world · 3 days agoMessage board discussing if a plane hit the WTC posted in 2000plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageMessage board discussing if a plane hit the WTC posted in 2000plus-squarelemmy.worldcardboardboxfort@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIn March of 2001 The X-files spin off "The Lone Gunmen" aired their pilot episode "Pilot"plus-squarewww.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkIn March of 2001 The X-files spin off "The Lone Gunmen" aired their pilot episode "Pilot"plus-squarewww.imdb.comHocEnimVeni@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agoThe first permanent photograph in history. View from the Window at Le Gras; the photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826-1827.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down10
arrow-up1137arrow-down1imageThe first permanent photograph in history. View from the Window at Le Gras; the photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826-1827.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agoFive Orangutan babies were found in a forest in Odisha, India. They're native to Borneo and Sumatra, 2000 miles away. How did they get there? Was it trafficking gone wrong?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageFive Orangutan babies were found in a forest in Odisha, India. They're native to Borneo and Sumatra, 2000 miles away. How did they get there? Was it trafficking gone wrong?lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThe only known immortal animal is the “Immortal Jellyfish”, which reverses its life cycle into a juvenile polyp when facing physical damage, old age, or starvation, and can theoretically live forever.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageThe only known immortal animal is the “Immortal Jellyfish”, which reverses its life cycle into a juvenile polyp when facing physical damage, old age, or starvation, and can theoretically live forever.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
