@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak died by an assassin's bullet intended for President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt after a bystander hit the assassin with a purseplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak died by an assassin's bullet intended for President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt after a bystander hit the assassin with a purseplus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTill that deaf people have actually been seen to use sign language in their sleep.plus-squarewww.sciencefocus.commessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTill that deaf people have actually been seen to use sign language in their sleep.plus-squarewww.sciencefocus.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that Fyodor Dostoevsky had a crippling gambling addiction. He was frequently in debt, and wrote an entire novel based on this addiction, titled "The Gambler". Once, his financial situation was...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Fyodor Dostoevsky had a crippling gambling addiction. He was frequently in debt, and wrote an entire novel based on this addiction, titled "The Gambler". Once, his financial situation was...plus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL The first soldier buried in Arlington National cemetery was 19 year old Pvt William Christman who died of disease may 11th 1864, his brother also died in the war in 1862.plus-squarewww.tobyhannatwphistory.orgmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The first soldier buried in Arlington National cemetery was 19 year old Pvt William Christman who died of disease may 11th 1864, his brother also died in the war in 1862.plus-squarewww.tobyhannatwphistory.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that the opening theme music of the classic Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons are actual songs with lyrics - "Merrily We Roll Along" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" respectivelyplus-squarecartoonresearch.commessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the opening theme music of the classic Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons are actual songs with lyrics - "Merrily We Roll Along" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" respectivelyplus-squarecartoonresearch.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that the Worshipful Company of Horners - an ancient London guild from 1284 or earlier - made horn goods. As horn work declined, they merged with leather bottle-makers in 1476. In 1943, the com...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Worshipful Company of Horners - an ancient London guild from 1284 or earlier - made horn goods. As horn work declined, they merged with leather bottle-makers in 1476. In 1943, the com...plus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that The Piltdown man, found by Charles Dawson in England from 1910–1912 and thought to be a key human-ape link, was revealed in 1953–54 as a hoax made from a modern human skull, an orangutan ...plus-squarewww.britannica.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that The Piltdown man, found by Charles Dawson in England from 1910–1912 and thought to be a key human-ape link, was revealed in 1953–54 as a hoax made from a modern human skull, an orangutan ...plus-squarewww.britannica.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that Elizabeth I was likely molested by her stepfather Thomas Seymour. He would forcefully tickle her, slap her butt, and at one point cut her dress ‘into a hundred pieces’. This only ended wh...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Elizabeth I was likely molested by her stepfather Thomas Seymour. He would forcefully tickle her, slap her butt, and at one point cut her dress ‘into a hundred pieces’. This only ended wh...plus-squarewikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that relations between China and the Soviet Union deteriorated to the point that the Soviets came close to launching a nuclear attack on Beijing after the Zhenbao Island Incident in 1969.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that relations between China and the Soviet Union deteriorated to the point that the Soviets came close to launching a nuclear attack on Beijing after the Zhenbao Island Incident in 1969.plus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL sloths only poo once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight with one poo. They come down from trees and dig a hole to poo in, and no one is sure why they risk their lives to do...plus-squareslothconservation.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL sloths only poo once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight with one poo. They come down from trees and dig a hole to poo in, and no one is sure why they risk their lives to do...plus-squareslothconservation.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL about "bear raids" in finance, which is a term used to describe a situation where an investor, group, or entity attempts to influence the price of stocks downward in order to either profit fro...plus-squareknowledge.wharton.upenn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "bear raids" in finance, which is a term used to describe a situation where an investor, group, or entity attempts to influence the price of stocks downward in order to either profit fro...plus-squareknowledge.wharton.upenn.edu@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL Mount Everest grows in height by 4mm (0.16in) every yearplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mount Everest grows in height by 4mm (0.16in) every yearplus-squarewww.bbc.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope took 9 years to make, with the first blanks being made in 2004, and all mirror segments being finally delivered to the site of final assembly in 2...plus-squarescience.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope took 9 years to make, with the first blanks being made in 2004, and all mirror segments being finally delivered to the site of final assembly in 2...plus-squarescience.nasa.gov@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL In the American civil war Two percent of the American population perished in the line of duty, the equivalent of six million people dying in the ranks today. 750,000 lives lostplus-squarewww.battlefields.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the American civil war Two percent of the American population perished in the line of duty, the equivalent of six million people dying in the ranks today. 750,000 lives lostplus-squarewww.battlefields.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL about “ telephoning for catfish” Southern fishers in the 1950s jury-rigged components of old crank-style telephones to send an electric current through the water and stun fish, and it only wo...plus-squarefishbio.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “ telephoning for catfish” Southern fishers in the 1950s jury-rigged components of old crank-style telephones to send an electric current through the water and stun fish, and it only wo...plus-squarefishbio.com@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL that the last living person who was at the Alamo during the battle died less than a month before the end of World War 1. He was not even a year old when the battle occurred.plus-squarewww.tshaonline.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the last living person who was at the Alamo during the battle died less than a month before the end of World War 1. He was not even a year old when the battle occurred.plus-squarewww.tshaonline.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL there is a small and salty pond in Antarctica. With a salinity level of 45.8%, the pond is 1.3 times saltier than the Dead Sea. Due to its saltiness, the water does not begin to freeze until t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a small and salty pond in Antarctica. With a salinity level of 45.8%, the pond is 1.3 times saltier than the Dead Sea. Due to its saltiness, the water does not begin to freeze until t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL Chris Farley was the original Voice Actor for Shrek, but then died during production causing the Studio to call in Mike Myers to replace himplus-squareyoutu.bemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Chris Farley was the original Voice Actor for Shrek, but then died during production causing the Studio to call in Mike Myers to replace himplus-squareyoutu.be@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agoTIL about Manichaeism, which was once a major world religion. Beliefs included the idea that God is not actually omnipotent, harvesting is an act of murder against plants, and Adam and Eve were th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Manichaeism, which was once a major world religion. Beliefs included the idea that God is not actually omnipotent, harvesting is an act of murder against plants, and Adam and Eve were th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.org@bOt@zerobytes.monsterM • 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
