Quilotoa

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TIL there's a sport called cheese rolling. in c/til@lemmy.ca
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, no thanks.

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TIL there's a sport called cheese rolling. (www.traditionalsports.org)
 

The sport, practised in Italy, used a wheel of maiorchino cheese and a course with a target at the end.

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1900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme (www.cbc.ca)
 

A 1900-year-old papyrus found in the Judean desert turns out to be a document written by a prosecutor detailing a complex tax evasion scheme of the two men on trial.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Finding life is like efficient fusion energy. There's always possibilities, but it never comes.

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Josh Billings atrybuted his succes to spelyng (lithub.com)
 

Josh Billings' book was a flop until he rewrote it phonetically (more or less)

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TIL graham crackers were invented to help Americans curb sexual desires. (allthatsinteresting.com)
TIL winners of an essay-writing contest got their cheques on 1 inch thick steel plates. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I wondered about that. It looks more drilled. Maybe they made up the shooting for a better story.

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TIL winners of an essay-writing contest got their cheques on 1 inch thick steel plates. (www.weirduniverse.net)
 

The essay was on arc-welding. The plates were 1 foot by 2 foot and written with a welding torch.

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5 Movies That Didn’t Realize One Actor Was a Real-Life Killer (www.cracked.com)
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Zoos of the future may have no animals (www.cbc.ca)
 

Zoos are struggling as the sentiment against captive animals increases. Some are turning the zoos into information centres without animals.

Family Builds Household Levee to Protect Home from Flood in c/usa@lemmy.ml
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

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Family Builds Household Levee to Protect Home from Flood (www.neatorama.com)
 

Dyer county in Tennessee has been hit by floods recently. One family didn't have to evacuate because, over the years, they've been building a levee around their property.

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How to dye Easter eggs in a toilet (www.youtube.com)
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Trial begins for lawyer accused of killing his client (www.cbc.ca)
 

60 pieces of evidence were submitted to B.C. Supreme Court for the murder of a Thomson River science professor.

Bachman–Turner Overdrive to receive designated street in Winnipeg in c/winnipeg@lemmy.ca
Bachman–Turner Overdrive to receive designated street in Winnipeg in c/winnipeg@lemmy.ca
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is it in a taking care of business section of town?

China could sink all US carriers in 20 minutes, Pentagon chief warns in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 79 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Rule 1. When you're having political problems at home, create a foreign enemy to distract the population.

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Sudbury track club shatters national records with Olympian’s guidance (www.ctvnews.ca)
 

Robert Esme is training a group in Sudbury with great results.

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TIL that of the over 1500 people who died in the Titanic disaster, only 337 bodies were recovered. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Khanna believes manufacturing ‘isn’t going to come here’ in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

If he introduced a policy and stuck with it, it might have had some impact, but with his on again, off again tactics, I can't see anyone investing millions knowing that the tarrifs might disappear the next day.

What's the worst way to use statistics? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

96.3 % of all statistics are misleading.

Woman has child without knowing she was pregnant. in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

It's inconceivable.

Woman has child without knowing she was pregnant. in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's a little scary.

TIL B.F. Skinner invented an air crib. in c/til@lemmy.ca
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

I think people were a bit freaked out when he raised his first child with human contact, using his theories on behaviour modification on him.

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