bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the t...plus-squarewww.espn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the t...plus-squarewww.espn.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL because of its slow rotation one "day" on mercury equals 59 earth days. It orbits the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, rotating on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions arou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL because of its slow rotation one "day" on mercury equals 59 earth days. It orbits the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, rotating on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions arou...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL all the previous members of Three 6 Mafia have died, except Crunchy Black who was also almost murdered.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL all the previous members of Three 6 Mafia have died, except Crunchy Black who was also almost murdered.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL the Brazilian city of Curitoba, with its sustainability model, inspired 100+ cities worldwide. Curitiba's sustainability model focuses on eco-friendly transit, green spaces, and recycling. Thi...plus-squarewww.greenmatters.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Brazilian city of Curitoba, with its sustainability model, inspired 100+ cities worldwide. Curitiba's sustainability model focuses on eco-friendly transit, green spaces, and recycling. Thi...plus-squarewww.greenmatters.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoToday I learned that early versions of the periodic table included a material called didymium as an element. It was later discovered that didymium was actually an alloy of praseodymium and neodymium.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that early versions of the periodic table included a material called didymium as an element. It was later discovered that didymium was actually an alloy of praseodymium and neodymium.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.plus-squareyoutu.bebOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that an AI that is trained to guessing couples based on pictures and maybe voice samples and digital footprints sounds like a good idea. Could that be a matchmaking ai that is not prefect but ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that an AI that is trained to guessing couples based on pictures and maybe voice samples and digital footprints sounds like a good idea. Could that be a matchmaking ai that is not prefect but ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL: The Swingjugend was a German counter culture group of teenagers who admired the American way of life and thought the Hitler's Youth was uncool compared to the swing scene. They called their o...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Swingjugend was a German counter culture group of teenagers who admired the American way of life and thought the Hitler's Youth was uncool compared to the swing scene. They called their o...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a barplus-squareeminem.newsexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a barplus-squareeminem.newsbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL why Roman concrete beats all competitorsplus-squareyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL why Roman concrete beats all competitorsplus-squareyoutube.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL gut bacteria and the nervous system communicate with neurotransmittersplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL gut bacteria and the nervous system communicate with neurotransmittersplus-squarewww.ncbi.nlm.nih.govbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying t...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, rest...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, rest...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL the Pyrenean Ibex went extinct twice: Once in the year 2000, when the last specimen died - and once in 2003, when that specimen was cloned and lived for seven minutesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Pyrenean Ibex went extinct twice: Once in the year 2000, when the last specimen died - and once in 2003, when that specimen was cloned and lived for seven minutesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everplus-squarerefactoid.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that the country with the most doctors per capita is Cuba (8.4 doctors per 1,000 people)plus-squarewww.nyrequirements.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the country with the most doctors per capita is Cuba (8.4 doctors per 1,000 people)plus-squarewww.nyrequirements.combOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agoTIL that 80 French parliamentarians voted against the Constitutional Law of 1940, which established the authoritarian rule of Philippe Pétain. They are known today as Les Quatre-Vingts (the Eighty...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 80 French parliamentarians voted against the Constitutional Law of 1940, which established the authoritarian rule of Philippe Pétain. They are known today as Les Quatre-Vingts (the Eighty...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterMB · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
