Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that under the American Homestead Act of 1862, single women over 21 or any man over 21 could claim 160 acres of land by living on it for five years, building a home, making improvements, and p...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that under the American Homestead Act of 1862, single women over 21 or any man over 21 could claim 160 acres of land by living on it for five years, building a home, making improvements, and p...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that the Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727 was Moulay Ismail. He had a harem of over 500 wives and concubines and fathered more than 800 children. He lived to be 81.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727 was Moulay Ismail. He had a harem of over 500 wives and concubines and fathered more than 800 children. He lived to be 81.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that musician Sting received his nickname in his youth for wearing a striped black and yellow sweater that was reminiscent of a bee. He once said his mother and children call him “Sting,” and ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that musician Sting received his nickname in his youth for wearing a striped black and yellow sweater that was reminiscent of a bee. He once said his mother and children call him “Sting,” and ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay both have a Navyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay both have a Navyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL about Ippolito d’Este (born 1479), who was a wealthy member of the powerful House of Este. He was made a Catholic Cardinal when he was 14 years old, without ever becoming a priest. He was deep...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ippolito d’Este (born 1479), who was a wealthy member of the powerful House of Este. He was made a Catholic Cardinal when he was 14 years old, without ever becoming a priest. He was deep...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, founded the "Dark Enlightenment" movement, which argues for replacing democracy with a techno-monarchy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, founded the "Dark Enlightenment" movement, which argues for replacing democracy with a techno-monarchy.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL In the Helen keller biopic Miracle Worker (1962), for the dining room battle scene, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke wore padding beneath their costumes to prevent serious bruising during the inte...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the Helen keller biopic Miracle Worker (1962), for the dining room battle scene, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke wore padding beneath their costumes to prevent serious bruising during the inte...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL of Nzeli, a female Gorilla monitored by the Fossey foundation: at 37 years old, she has been observed voluntarily switching between family groups 10 different times, occasionally leaving her i...plus-squaregorillafund.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Nzeli, a female Gorilla monitored by the Fossey foundation: at 37 years old, she has been observed voluntarily switching between family groups 10 different times, occasionally leaving her i...plus-squaregorillafund.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that a study published on the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 showed that anabolic steroid use, living a sedentary lifestyle, results in more muscle gain than working out 3 times a wee...plus-squarewww.nejm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a study published on the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 showed that anabolic steroid use, living a sedentary lifestyle, results in more muscle gain than working out 3 times a wee...plus-squarewww.nejm.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL That women on the Isle of Man gained the right to vote in 1881 - 37 years before women in the United Kingdom gained the same rightplus-squaretynwald.org.imexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That women on the Isle of Man gained the right to vote in 1881 - 37 years before women in the United Kingdom gained the same rightplus-squaretynwald.org.imLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that on January 6th, 1853, a tragic train derailment killed the 11-year-old son of Franklin Pierce, who was President-Elect of the United States at the time. His wife believed that the acciden...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that on January 6th, 1853, a tragic train derailment killed the 11-year-old son of Franklin Pierce, who was President-Elect of the United States at the time. His wife believed that the acciden...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that after the Bayer pharmaceutical company found new ways to make diacetylmorphine, they marketed it under the trademarked name 'Heroin' and sold over-the-counter as a less addictive version ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after the Bayer pharmaceutical company found new ways to make diacetylmorphine, they marketed it under the trademarked name 'Heroin' and sold over-the-counter as a less addictive version ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL, Sub-Saharan African countries have the largest percent of male nurses in the world.plus-squareworldpopulationreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL, Sub-Saharan African countries have the largest percent of male nurses in the world.plus-squareworldpopulationreview.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL Romeo and Juliet was based on a poem by Arthur Brooke called "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet" a translation of a French work itself and adaptation of an Itialian novella.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Romeo and Juliet was based on a poem by Arthur Brooke called "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet" a translation of a French work itself and adaptation of an Itialian novella.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL 85% of social media videos are watched on mute, making captions essential for engagement.plus-squaredigiday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL 85% of social media videos are watched on mute, making captions essential for engagement.plus-squaredigiday.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that the bug making Gandhi more prone to nuking you in the game Civilization I is just a myth. The character is no more or less likely to drop nukes as the other AIs.plus-squarewww.thegamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the bug making Gandhi more prone to nuking you in the game Civilization I is just a myth. The character is no more or less likely to drop nukes as the other AIs.plus-squarewww.thegamer.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL "artery" means "windpipe" as ancient anatomists found arteries empty in corpses and believed they carried vital spirits or air, with arterial bleeding explained by blood replacing escaping air...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL "artery" means "windpipe" as ancient anatomists found arteries empty in corpses and believed they carried vital spirits or air, with arterial bleeding explained by blood replacing escaping air...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL that in April 2022 the UK government added Hepatitis B to emergency testing when people came to the ER. The results were that 1 in 300 people were diagnosed with Hepatitis B.plus-squarewww.gov.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in April 2022 the UK government added Hepatitis B to emergency testing when people came to the ER. The results were that 1 in 300 people were diagnosed with Hepatitis B.plus-squarewww.gov.ukLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL Before his ascension to the papacy, the future Pope John Paul I published a book of letters written to various historical figures and fictional characters such as Charles Dickens, King David, ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Before his ascension to the papacy, the future Pope John Paul I published a book of letters written to various historical figures and fictional characters such as Charles Dickens, King David, ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agoTIL during WWII, the U.S. developed bat bombs, attaching napalm to hibernating Mexican free-tailed bats to ignite Japanese cities. Tested in 1942-43, the project caused accidental fires in US mili...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL during WWII, the U.S. developed bat bombs, attaching napalm to hibernating Mexican free-tailed bats to ignite Japanese cities. Tested in 1942-43, the project caused accidental fires in US mili...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
