Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that Ford Motors released Edsel in the late 1950s. The model was marketed as futuristic and even its release date was dubbed “E Day”. Edsel catastrophically failed, cost Ford over $2.5 billion...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ford Motors released Edsel in the late 1950s. The model was marketed as futuristic and even its release date was dubbed “E Day”. Edsel catastrophically failed, cost Ford over $2.5 billion...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL on 2nd July 1602 in Edinburgh Alexander Rowan ("ane cruel man") was hanged for “setting ane woman’s bare arse on ane girdill quhen it wes red hot”plus-squareoldweirdscotland.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL on 2nd July 1602 in Edinburgh Alexander Rowan ("ane cruel man") was hanged for “setting ane woman’s bare arse on ane girdill quhen it wes red hot”plus-squareoldweirdscotland.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL Karpov vs. Kasparov, World Chess Championship 1984 match lasted for five months & five days. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes unilaterally terminated the match, citing the players' heal...plus-squarewww.chess.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Karpov vs. Kasparov, World Chess Championship 1984 match lasted for five months & five days. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes unilaterally terminated the match, citing the players' heal...plus-squarewww.chess.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spyingplus-squarewww.cnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spyingplus-squarewww.cnet.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL a 45-year-old Brazilian man died after a cow fell through his roof onto himplus-squarewww.hindustantimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a 45-year-old Brazilian man died after a cow fell through his roof onto himplus-squarewww.hindustantimes.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that Wilhem Keital, chief of the German high command during WW2, was an uncle of Katherine Oppenheimer. This would make him the uncle in law of Robert Oppenheimer.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Wilhem Keital, chief of the German high command during WW2, was an uncle of Katherine Oppenheimer. This would make him the uncle in law of Robert Oppenheimer.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that Jennifer Aniston turned down the offer of being a cast member on Saturday Night Liveplus-squareew.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jennifer Aniston turned down the offer of being a cast member on Saturday Night Liveplus-squareew.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the arabic word for Hell, "Jahannam", is directly derived from Gehenna, a valley in Jerusalem.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL the arabic word for Hell, "Jahannam", is directly derived from Gehenna, a valley in Jerusalem.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL South Korea trained a secret military unit, unit 684, to assassinate North Korea's leader. Civilians were recruited to an island where the harsh training they endured killed 7 members. Despera...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL South Korea trained a secret military unit, unit 684, to assassinate North Korea's leader. Civilians were recruited to an island where the harsh training they endured killed 7 members. Despera...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the Monty hall problem, where it is better for the contestant to switch from their initial choice to another, caused such a controversy that 10,000 people, including 1,000 PhDs wrote in, most ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Monty hall problem, where it is better for the contestant to switch from their initial choice to another, caused such a controversy that 10,000 people, including 1,000 PhDs wrote in, most ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL that in 1976, US Coast Guard divers suffered second-degree burns after handling sediment samples from a bayou in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley"plus-squarewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1976, US Coast Guard divers suffered second-degree burns after handling sediment samples from a bayou in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley"plus-squarewww.latimes.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL fine particles of dust can explode and rapidly combust, even innocuous objects like flour or corn starch, due to the very large surface area of dust relative to its mass. One incident at a "co...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL fine particles of dust can explode and rapidly combust, even innocuous objects like flour or corn starch, due to the very large surface area of dust relative to its mass. One incident at a "co...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL in a last ditch effort for the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis secretly sent his chief diplomat to England and France, saying the Confederacy would abolish slavery in ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in a last ditch effort for the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis secretly sent his chief diplomat to England and France, saying the Confederacy would abolish slavery in ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL One of the biggest bottlenecks in road work is soil compaction. Soil can’t effectively be compacted more than around a foot (30 cm) at a time. Any road work that affects the soil foundation ca...plus-squarepractical.engineeringexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL One of the biggest bottlenecks in road work is soil compaction. Soil can’t effectively be compacted more than around a foot (30 cm) at a time. Any road work that affects the soil foundation ca...plus-squarepractical.engineeringLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL about Emperor Norton I, the only Emperor of the United States of America. He was a San Francisco citizen who declared himself Emperor in 1859, and everyone just went along with it. He was belo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Emperor Norton I, the only Emperor of the United States of America. He was a San Francisco citizen who declared himself Emperor in 1859, and everyone just went along with it. He was belo...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL bobcats can breed with lynxes to produce blynxesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL bobcats can breed with lynxes to produce blynxesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL why insects circle lights at night: They evolved to become masters of flight by relying on the brightest thing they see — the sky — to know which way is up and keep their back toward it. At ni...plus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL why insects circle lights at night: They evolved to become masters of flight by relying on the brightest thing they see — the sky — to know which way is up and keep their back toward it. At ni...plus-squaretheconversation.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL Isaac Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England for Cambridge University in 1689 and 1701, but according to some accounts, his only comments were to complain about a cold draught i...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL Isaac Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England for Cambridge University in 1689 and 1701, but according to some accounts, his only comments were to complain about a cold draught i...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the founding drummer for The Offspring was on trial for medical malpractice when he saved the life of a potential juror who went into cardiac arrest during the jury selection. Afterwards, the ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL the founding drummer for The Offspring was on trial for medical malpractice when he saved the life of a potential juror who went into cardiac arrest during the jury selection. Afterwards, the ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the Allais Effect refers to the allegedly unexpected behavior of pendulums which is observed to occur only during a solar eclipseplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Allais Effect refers to the allegedly unexpected behavior of pendulums which is observed to occur only during a solar eclipseplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square0fedilink
