Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL in 2009, My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero had his home searched, his wife interviewed and was put on the FBI watchlist after releasing a song called “I Am Going to Kill the President o...plus-squareamericansongwriter.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2009, My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero had his home searched, his wife interviewed and was put on the FBI watchlist after releasing a song called “I Am Going to Kill the President o...plus-squareamericansongwriter.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL that Missoula, Montanas official city flag is the pride flagplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Missoula, Montanas official city flag is the pride flagplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL that autistic people live about 17 years less than average. Risks include epilepsy, heart disease, suicide, accidental deaths including drowning, and inadequate recognition and management of p...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that autistic people live about 17 years less than average. Risks include epilepsy, heart disease, suicide, accidental deaths including drowning, and inadequate recognition and management of p...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL While we've all heard of internal combustion engines (ICE) common in motor vehicles, there are actually external combustion engines (ECE) tooplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL While we've all heard of internal combustion engines (ICE) common in motor vehicles, there are actually external combustion engines (ECE) tooplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL that Priority Records began as a joke music label in the 1980s, created solely to sell records for the fictional R&B group The California Raisins. After the success of the commercials, the...plus-squareambrosiaforheads.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Priority Records began as a joke music label in the 1980s, created solely to sell records for the fictional R&B group The California Raisins. After the success of the commercials, the...plus-squareambrosiaforheads.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that in 1896, an inventor came up with the idea of a coffin that would pass current through someone’s body once they laid down in it and rested their head on a switch. The device was intended ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1896, an inventor came up with the idea of a coffin that would pass current through someone’s body once they laid down in it and rested their head on a switch. The device was intended ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL when the UN's Nordic Battalion was sent to Bosnia in 1993 it disobeyed orders, broke rules of engagement, faked loss of communication to HQ, and became known as one the most trigger-happy peac...plus-squarethestrategybridge.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL when the UN's Nordic Battalion was sent to Bosnia in 1993 it disobeyed orders, broke rules of engagement, faked loss of communication to HQ, and became known as one the most trigger-happy peac...plus-squarethestrategybridge.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL that the movie Zero Dark Thirty (2012) used an extensive clip of a phone call by Betty Ong, who was a flight attendant in one of the hijacked planes of 9/11, without her family's consent.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the movie Zero Dark Thirty (2012) used an extensive clip of a phone call by Betty Ong, who was a flight attendant in one of the hijacked planes of 9/11, without her family's consent.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL that there hasn’t been a confirmed sighting of the Aru flying fox since 1877. The IUCN Red List classes the species as “critically endangered”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there hasn’t been a confirmed sighting of the Aru flying fox since 1877. The IUCN Red List classes the species as “critically endangered”.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL Masanobu Tsuji, a Japanese parliament member and former World War II war criminal vanished without a trace in Laos in 1961. Despite his disappearance he held his seat until 1965 when his term ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Masanobu Tsuji, a Japanese parliament member and former World War II war criminal vanished without a trace in Laos in 1961. Despite his disappearance he held his seat until 1965 when his term ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that pythons and anacondas don’t suffocate their prey. Constriction is much faster acting - blood to the brain stops within seconds, causing immediate unconsciousness and cardiac arrest moment...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that pythons and anacondas don’t suffocate their prey. Constriction is much faster acting - blood to the brain stops within seconds, causing immediate unconsciousness and cardiac arrest moment...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL The Road to El Dorado was considered both a critical and commercial failure when it was released.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Road to El Dorado was considered both a critical and commercial failure when it was released.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL Regular Glass Blocks over 90% of harmful UV lights that reach the surface of the Earthplus-squarehps.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Regular Glass Blocks over 90% of harmful UV lights that reach the surface of the Earthplus-squarehps.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL Disney considered roughly 50 ideas for dwarfs for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The rejected concepts, some of which made it to sketches, included Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wh...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Disney considered roughly 50 ideas for dwarfs for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The rejected concepts, some of which made it to sketches, included Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wh...plus-squarewww.theguardian.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL that in 1900 the American Army in cuba was doing test to prove that Yellow Fever was passed by Mosquitoes via using them to infect willing test subjects until the experiements ended with the D...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1900 the American Army in cuba was doing test to prove that Yellow Fever was passed by Mosquitoes via using them to infect willing test subjects until the experiements ended with the D...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that before the fatal crash of Concorde flight 4590 - caused when a tyre blowout on takeoff ignited the fuel tanks — there had already been 57 recorded Concorde tire blowouts during takeoff - ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that before the fatal crash of Concorde flight 4590 - caused when a tyre blowout on takeoff ignited the fuel tanks — there had already been 57 recorded Concorde tire blowouts during takeoff - ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL: In 2016, a guy in Jakarta saw login credentials being entered on a billboard. The very next day, he used those login credentials to hack into that particular billboard and used it to show Jap...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: In 2016, a guy in Jakarta saw login credentials being entered on a billboard. The very next day, he used those login credentials to hack into that particular billboard and used it to show Jap...plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL that the blood-test for marriage was required in Alabama until 2019plus-squarewww.al.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the blood-test for marriage was required in Alabama until 2019plus-squarewww.al.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 14 hours agoTIL a boy born without a brain lived until age 12 before passing away.plus-squarewww.huffingtonpost.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL a boy born without a brain lived until age 12 before passing away.plus-squarewww.huffingtonpost.co.ukLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
