Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL height surgery is a thing— (mostly) men are enduring months of pain, bone-breaking procedures, and intense rehab just to get a few inches taller.plus-squarewww.dazeddigital.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL height surgery is a thing— (mostly) men are enduring months of pain, bone-breaking procedures, and intense rehab just to get a few inches taller.plus-squarewww.dazeddigital.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL about Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which a human believes themselves to be a cow.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Boanthropy is a psychological disorder in which a human believes themselves to be a cow.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that most planes are painted white to save fuel and reflect sunlight keeping the plane cooler and reducing the need for air conditioningplus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that most planes are painted white to save fuel and reflect sunlight keeping the plane cooler and reducing the need for air conditioningplus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL that the UAE enforces and moniters traffic laws using AI driven cameras. Any violations results in a SMS giving either a fine or a warningplus-squaregulfnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the UAE enforces and moniters traffic laws using AI driven cameras. Any violations results in a SMS giving either a fine or a warningplus-squaregulfnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL about endospores - bacteria that can lie dormant in permafrost for over 10,000 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about endospores - bacteria that can lie dormant in permafrost for over 10,000 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL before the modern ambulance, funeral homes used hearses to bring patients to the hospital. This is because the hearse was often the only vehicle long enough to fit a stretcher inside.plus-squarewww.muscatineiowa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL before the modern ambulance, funeral homes used hearses to bring patients to the hospital. This is because the hearse was often the only vehicle long enough to fit a stretcher inside.plus-squarewww.muscatineiowa.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL that in 1905, legendary pitcher Cy Young faced off against the notoriously free spirited but equally skilled Rube Wadell, with the game lasting 20 innings and Waddell’s team winning 4-2plus-squarebaseballhall.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1905, legendary pitcher Cy Young faced off against the notoriously free spirited but equally skilled Rube Wadell, with the game lasting 20 innings and Waddell’s team winning 4-2plus-squarebaseballhall.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL During the Cultural Revolution of 1960s China, the Forbidden City was renamed the “Palace of Blood and Tears” by the Red Guards.plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL During the Cultural Revolution of 1960s China, the Forbidden City was renamed the “Palace of Blood and Tears” by the Red Guards.plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL there exists an Italian exclave within Switzerland named Campione d’Italia. It is only one square mile in area and it houses Europe’s largest and oldest casinoplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there exists an Italian exclave within Switzerland named Campione d’Italia. It is only one square mile in area and it houses Europe’s largest and oldest casinoplus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL about the use ofFinnish names in Ovamboland, Namibia, due to the historic work of Finnish missionaries.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the use ofFinnish names in Ovamboland, Namibia, due to the historic work of Finnish missionaries.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL the oldest currently active missing persons case in the United States is almost a century old: the October 1926 disappearance of Marvin Clark from Portland, Oregon.plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the oldest currently active missing persons case in the United States is almost a century old: the October 1926 disappearance of Marvin Clark from Portland, Oregon.plus-squarewww.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 hours agoTIL that the Nintendo DS was never meant to replace the Game Boy line of systems, but to act as a “third pillar” between the Game Boy Advance and the GameCube. This was so Nintendo could just cont...plus-squarewww.nintendolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Nintendo DS was never meant to replace the Game Boy line of systems, but to act as a “third pillar” between the Game Boy Advance and the GameCube. This was so Nintendo could just cont...plus-squarewww.nintendolife.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 18 hours agoTIL the habit of sitting on the toilet too long, even if one isn't straining, significantly increases the risk of hemorrhoidsplus-squarewww.hudsonrivergi.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL the habit of sitting on the toilet too long, even if one isn't straining, significantly increases the risk of hemorrhoidsplus-squarewww.hudsonrivergi.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL in 1903, Serbia’s unpopular King Alexander and Queen Draga Mašin were brutally assassinated in their bedroom. The autocratic king had suspended the constitution multiple times, and the couple ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1903, Serbia’s unpopular King Alexander and Queen Draga Mašin were brutally assassinated in their bedroom. The autocratic king had suspended the constitution multiple times, and the couple ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 hours agoTIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs presented on stage in January 9, 2007 was a buggy, barely functioning prototype and that the device was finalised just weeks before retail release.plus-squarewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs presented on stage in January 9, 2007 was a buggy, barely functioning prototype and that the device was finalised just weeks before retail release.plus-squarewww.theverge.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that as far as 5,000 B.C., people believed the false notion that the unmistakable pain that we now recognize as a toothache was caused by a tiny tooth worm, which was thought to bore into its ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that as far as 5,000 B.C., people believed the false notion that the unmistakable pain that we now recognize as a toothache was caused by a tiny tooth worm, which was thought to bore into its ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs presented on stage in January 9, 2007 was a buggy, barely functioning prototype and that the device was finalised just weeks before retail release.plus-squarewww.cultofmac.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs presented on stage in January 9, 2007 was a buggy, barely functioning prototype and that the device was finalised just weeks before retail release.plus-squarewww.cultofmac.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 hours agoTIL in 2015, a 70 year old man in China spent 57 days in the hospital after a panda arrived at his farm and attacked him.plus-squarewww.thenanfang.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2015, a 70 year old man in China spent 57 days in the hospital after a panda arrived at his farm and attacked him.plus-squarewww.thenanfang.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 18 hours agoTIL North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un lived in Switzerland from 1992 until 2000, where he attended a private school, and was described as "well-integrated".plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un lived in Switzerland from 1992 until 2000, where he attended a private school, and was described as "well-integrated".plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 20 hours agoTIL that Adam Young, founder and sole member of electronic music project Owl City (of Fireflies fame), composed many of the stock ringtones found in iOS 7 and newer versions.plus-squarewww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Adam Young, founder and sole member of electronic music project Owl City (of Fireflies fame), composed many of the stock ringtones found in iOS 7 and newer versions.plus-squarewww.macrumors.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
