Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that the US nun population is rapidly shrinking and aging and that the average sister is 80 years old and by some estimates fewer than 1,000 nuns will left in the United States by 2042.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the US nun population is rapidly shrinking and aging and that the average sister is 80 years old and by some estimates fewer than 1,000 nuns will left in the United States by 2042.plus-squareabcnews.go.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI in 2005. They broke $74,000 worth of windows.plus-squarewww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sony used air mortars to shoot 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco hills for a commercial instead of using CGI in 2005. They broke $74,000 worth of windows.plus-squarewww.sfgate.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick tower...plus-squaregwern.netexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick tower...plus-squaregwern.netLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that in the history of the Billboard music charts, there is only one single artist with top-5 hits on each of the primary singles charts: Scottish singer Sheena Easton.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the history of the Billboard music charts, there is only one single artist with top-5 hits on each of the primary singles charts: Scottish singer Sheena Easton.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that footprints found in New Mexico prove humans were in North America 23,000 years ago—much earlier than previously believed.plus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that footprints found in New Mexico prove humans were in North America 23,000 years ago—much earlier than previously believed.plus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that Richard Attenborough's eldest daughter lost her life in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disasterplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Richard Attenborough's eldest daughter lost her life in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami disasterplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about Jim Corbett, a British-Indian hunter responsible for tracking and killing some of the most prolific man eating big cats in India. He later became an early proponent of the conservationis...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Jim Corbett, a British-Indian hunter responsible for tracking and killing some of the most prolific man eating big cats in India. He later became an early proponent of the conservationis...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker famous for parody flicks like 'Airplaine!' and 'Top Secret!' The script writer initially refused to work with Jerry fearing he would turn it into a fa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker famous for parody flicks like 'Airplaine!' and 'Top Secret!' The script writer initially refused to work with Jerry fearing he would turn it into a fa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi (January 15, 1934 – December 12, 1954) was a Hungarian serial killer who murdered five teenage girls in Törökszentmiklós between 1953 and 1954 to satisfy her sexual...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi (January 15, 1934 – December 12, 1954) was a Hungarian serial killer who murdered five teenage girls in Törökszentmiklós between 1953 and 1954 to satisfy her sexual...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL about "Flirty Fishing," a controversial evangelism practice where women in a cult used sex to convert and solicit donations.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Flirty Fishing," a controversial evangelism practice where women in a cult used sex to convert and solicit donations.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Tampa, FL Had Never Reached a True Temperature of 100° F Until July 27, 2025plus-squarewww.wusf.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Tampa, FL Had Never Reached a True Temperature of 100° F Until July 27, 2025plus-squarewww.wusf.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that in a neuroscience study, lab mice tried to revive unconscious cage-mates by grooming them, sniffing, and pulling on their tongues- behaviors resembling first aid.plus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in a neuroscience study, lab mice tried to revive unconscious cage-mates by grooming them, sniffing, and pulling on their tongues- behaviors resembling first aid.plus-squarewww.science.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that TV dinners were invented as a way to use up 260 tons of leftover, frozen turkey that Swanson didn't know what to do with after Thanksgiving.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that TV dinners were invented as a way to use up 260 tons of leftover, frozen turkey that Swanson didn't know what to do with after Thanksgiving.plus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL the Falkland Islands used to have a native wolf called the warrah that was so friendly and unafraid of humans it would literally swim out to greet boats. Settlers wiped it out in the 1800s bec...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Falkland Islands used to have a native wolf called the warrah that was so friendly and unafraid of humans it would literally swim out to greet boats. Settlers wiped it out in the 1800s bec...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL, Misirlou, a music that became famous on the western world with Pulp Fiction, is not actually a composition from Dick Dale, but has ancient origins on the ottoman empire and has been played an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL, Misirlou, a music that became famous on the western world with Pulp Fiction, is not actually a composition from Dick Dale, but has ancient origins on the ottoman empire and has been played an...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that the laser sight used in The Terminator (1984) was a prototype that needed 10,000 volts to turn on. To use the weapon on screen, production hid a battery in Arnold Schwarzenegger's jacket ...plus-squarewww.imfdb.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the laser sight used in The Terminator (1984) was a prototype that needed 10,000 volts to turn on. To use the weapon on screen, production hid a battery in Arnold Schwarzenegger's jacket ...plus-squarewww.imfdb.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that there was no authentic record of Beethoven's date of birth, but the registry of his baptism on December 17, 1770, survives, and it was customary to have infants baptized within 24 hours o...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there was no authentic record of Beethoven's date of birth, but the registry of his baptism on December 17, 1770, survives, and it was customary to have infants baptized within 24 hours o...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes according to whether or not it is capitalized ("Sue" vs "sue", "March" vs "march", etc.)plus-squareglossophilia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes according to whether or not it is capitalized ("Sue" vs "sue", "March" vs "march", etc.)plus-squareglossophilia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL: According to an obscure medieval legend, the Countess Margaret of Henneberg, a Dutch noblewoman, was punished by God for insulting a poor beggar woman carrying twins and believing her to be a...plus-squarepubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: According to an obscure medieval legend, the Countess Margaret of Henneberg, a Dutch noblewoman, was punished by God for insulting a poor beggar woman carrying twins and believing her to be a...plus-squarepubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Ed Toutant lost at the $16K question on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' because it was a flawed question. Therefore, he was invited back on & given a second chance, with the jackpot set ba...plus-squarewww.grunge.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ed Toutant lost at the $16K question on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' because it was a flawed question. Therefore, he was invited back on & given a second chance, with the jackpot set ba...plus-squarewww.grunge.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0linkfedilink
