Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL, that the least common birthday is the 25th of December and that in fact of the top ten least common birthdays are all days that holidays land on.plus-squarewww.zippia.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL, that the least common birthday is the 25th of December and that in fact of the top ten least common birthdays are all days that holidays land on.plus-squarewww.zippia.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL the Eiffel Tοwer was a temporary gimmick for the 1889 World Fair that was never dismantled. Its sparkling lights were also supposed to be a gimmick to ring in New Year 2000, but have stayed on.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Eiffel Tοwer was a temporary gimmick for the 1889 World Fair that was never dismantled. Its sparkling lights were also supposed to be a gimmick to ring in New Year 2000, but have stayed on.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that Eva Longaria spent 6 million dollars saving a film after her agent told her it was the right call. She now says its the best money she ever spent. That film? John Wickplus-squarevariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Eva Longaria spent 6 million dollars saving a film after her agent told her it was the right call. She now says its the best money she ever spent. That film? John Wickplus-squarevariety.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that as a child star, Jackie Coogan earned up to $4m (equivalent to around $91m today) but by age 21, he found most of it had been spent by his mother and stepfather. He sued in 1938 and recei...plus-squarewww.dannydutch.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that as a child star, Jackie Coogan earned up to $4m (equivalent to around $91m today) but by age 21, he found most of it had been spent by his mother and stepfather. He sued in 1938 and recei...plus-squarewww.dannydutch.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that in Season of Glass, Yoko Ono’s first album after the murder of her husband John Lennon, the front cover features Lennon's bloodstained glasses which were worn on the day of his death.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Season of Glass, Yoko Ono’s first album after the murder of her husband John Lennon, the front cover features Lennon's bloodstained glasses which were worn on the day of his death.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL when Carrie Fisher told Harrison Ford she was going to publish her journals & reveal they had an affair (Ford was married) while filming Star Wars (1977), Ford raised his finger & said...plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when Carrie Fisher told Harrison Ford she was going to publish her journals & reveal they had an affair (Ford was married) while filming Star Wars (1977), Ford raised his finger & said...plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL That in 2007 a 53 year old woman died from a stroke and four people recieved kidneys, lungs and liver transplants from her. All four of them developed breast cancer, with three of them dying f...plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That in 2007 a 53 year old woman died from a stroke and four people recieved kidneys, lungs and liver transplants from her. All four of them developed breast cancer, with three of them dying f...plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTil that Nicholas Trist the amassador sent to negotiate the end to the Mexican American war was fired from his post by president Polk. Trist responded by ignoring Polk’s order to return to the US ...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTil that Nicholas Trist the amassador sent to negotiate the end to the Mexican American war was fired from his post by president Polk. Trist responded by ignoring Polk’s order to return to the US ...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL in 2010 Bill Murray & members of the Wu-Tang Clan were hanging out at SXSW when they entered the packed Shangri-La bar together, whereupon Murray spontaneously decided to hop over the bar ...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2010 Bill Murray & members of the Wu-Tang Clan were hanging out at SXSW when they entered the packed Shangri-La bar together, whereupon Murray spontaneously decided to hop over the bar ...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that Elizabeth Taylor was deliberately late to her own funeralplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Elizabeth Taylor was deliberately late to her own funeralplus-squarewww.cbsnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, mo...plus-squarespaceflightnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, mo...plus-squarespaceflightnow.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that the last U.S. President who was neither a Democrat nor a Republican was Millard Fillmore, the final Whig Party President, who served in the executive office from July 1850 to March 1853.plus-squarebuffaloah.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the last U.S. President who was neither a Democrat nor a Republican was Millard Fillmore, the final Whig Party President, who served in the executive office from July 1850 to March 1853.plus-squarebuffaloah.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that almond milk has been consumed and used as an ingredient in food since medieval times.plus-squarewww.secondshistory.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that almond milk has been consumed and used as an ingredient in food since medieval times.plus-squarewww.secondshistory.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL about Delusional parasitosis, sometimes referred to as phantom infestation, is a psychological disorder in which an individual mistakenly believes their body is overrun by living or inanimate ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Delusional parasitosis, sometimes referred to as phantom infestation, is a psychological disorder in which an individual mistakenly believes their body is overrun by living or inanimate ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL an Australian bartender exploited an ATM glitch and went on a $1.6 million spending spree over 4.5 months before getting caught!plus-squaretechoreon.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL an Australian bartender exploited an ATM glitch and went on a $1.6 million spending spree over 4.5 months before getting caught!plus-squaretechoreon.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL the hottest place in the universe is on Earth. In a lab, scientists created plasma with temperatures of 5 trillion degrees Celsius, hotter than the center of the sun.plus-squareww2.aip.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the hottest place in the universe is on Earth. In a lab, scientists created plasma with temperatures of 5 trillion degrees Celsius, hotter than the center of the sun.plus-squareww2.aip.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL beaver dams saved a wetland in the Czech Republic. The government was planning to do the same thing, but the bureaucracy took too long. The dams saved $1.2 million.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL beaver dams saved a wetland in the Czech Republic. The government was planning to do the same thing, but the bureaucracy took too long. The dams saved $1.2 million.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th & 80th floors, which killed 14 people and injured 26 others. Although on a normal workday, as many as 15,000 p...plus-squarewarfarehistorynetwork.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th & 80th floors, which killed 14 people and injured 26 others. Although on a normal workday, as many as 15,000 p...plus-squarewarfarehistorynetwork.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL to help finance the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, producers secured funding from Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Pink Floyd. The British comedy was first released 50 years ago this week,...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL to help finance the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, producers secured funding from Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Pink Floyd. The British comedy was first released 50 years ago this week,...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agoTIL in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake created the Drake Equation, a formula to estimate the number of communicative alien civilizations in our galaxy, sparking the modern search for extraterrestrial...plus-squarewww.seti.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake created the Drake Equation, a formula to estimate the number of communicative alien civilizations in our galaxy, sparking the modern search for extraterrestrial...plus-squarewww.seti.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink