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TIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launched (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
7 comments fedilink
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TIL that the original LOVE sculpture is housed in a museum in Indiana and was created Robert Indiana who born in Indiana (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 22 hours ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink
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TIL birds don't pee (www.sciencefocus.com)
submitted 1 day ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
4 comments fedilink
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TIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorces (www.essence.com)
submitted 2 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL: USA has 10 times more retail space per capita compared to Germany (philip.greenspun.com)
submitted 4 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink
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TIL Otters are not just cute little fluffy swimmers, but skilled predators who can occasionally take down even a caiman. (youtu.be)
submitted 5 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
11 comments fedilink
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TIL that a company named BimboBakeriesUSA owns a lot of the major bread brands. (www.bimbobakeriesusa.com)
submitted 5 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
2 comments fedilink
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TIL the north beach of Nazaré, Portugal has been hailed as the Mount Everest of big-wave surfing having been home to 7 of the tallest 10 waves ever surfed. (www.cnn.com)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
3 comments fedilink
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TIL Japan has a lower median wage than Poland (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that there are ATMs where you can get out gold! (www.silicon.co.uk)
submitted 3 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
2 comments fedilink
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TIL about Chai tea, naan bread, and double names (blog.duolingo.com)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
0 comments fedilink
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TIL that cannabis use can prevent nightmares caused by PTSD. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
3 comments fedilink
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TIL that the famous mime artist Marcel Marceau first used mime to help Jewish children quietly escape from occupied France in the World War II. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink
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TIL: During “Hell week” of Navy SEAL training, candidates are given no more than 4 hours sleep over five and a half days, all while under continual mental and physical stress (www.npr.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
3 comments fedilink
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TIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europe (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink
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TIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
3 comments fedilink
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TIL that it may be faster for humans to run on all fours. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
submitted 1 week ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca
31 comments fedilink

The fastest human on the planet might be a quadrupedal runner at the 2048 Olympics, which may be achieved by shifting up to the rotary gallop and taking longer strides with wide sagittal trunk motion. More generally, investigation of quadrupedal running will not only result in the development of new techniques that allow biomechanists to study locomotion in natural settings but will also reveal the underlying principles of how these runners accomplish their astonishing performances.

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TIL That Zoboomafoo was the lemur's stage name, with the full name being "Jovian Marcus Kendall" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
2 comments fedilink

As an extra TIL, he has grandchildren!

The first relative of Jovian to be born after his death was his granddaughter Isabella, born on January 25, 2015

An adorable video: Lemur Grandchild of Famous Zoboomafoo Born at Duke University

On June 15, 2021, the Kratt Brothers' official TikTok account uploaded a video showing Jovian's new granddaughter Cassia, born from his daughter Gisela

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TIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking" (www.kuow.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
4 comments fedilink
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TIL it's estimated that out of the 100,000 or more species of mushrooms worldwide, just over 100 are toxic. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
11 comments fedilink
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TIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recording (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
1 comments fedilink
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TIL Japan's reasons behind their involvement in WW2 (youtu.be)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
5 comments fedilink
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TIL Brooklyn used to have a huge elephant brothel until it burned down (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Pencilnoob@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca
19 comments fedilink

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantine_Colossus

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TIL Coney Island was at one point and island and they artificially connected it to Brooklyn in the 1920s-30s (www.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
5 comments fedilink
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