TIL There have been multiple instances of people stealing entire Bridges (www.theguardian.com)
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61066473
TIL - Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in puppetland is... (peewee.fandom.com)
Charlies (iasip) MOM??
TIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century (en.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1815113...
So does this post show up in the magazine or is that broken now? (kbin.social)
Just testing. Relevant because of this: https://kbin.social/m/TodayILearned/p/552512/Today-I-learned-that-the-username-checker-on-signup-doesn-t
TIL five Lithuanian soldiers were declared missing during training, thinking the search party's were part of the exercise they evaded detection for 24 hours. (www.lrt.lt)
Five soldiers serving in a reconnaissance unit were declared missing during a military exercise on February 4–6. Believi...
TIL of socialite Ida Wood - Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth (www.smithsonianmag.com)
In 1907 she emptied her 1 million dollar bank account(21 million in today's money), declared she was “tired of everything" and shut herself in a hotel room along with her sisters. She stepped out of the room for the first time 24 years later
TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement. (en.wikipedia.org)
The third man factor or third man syndrome refers to the reported situations where an unseen presence, such as a spirit, provides comfort or support during traumatic experiences. History Sir Ernest Shackleton, in his 1919 book South, described his belief that an incorporeal companion joined him and his men during the final leg...
Exclusive Books get in free! (mghkpg.com)
Exclusive Books get in free!
Win Amazon Euro 1000 Only for Germany citizen (gensonal.com)
Win Amazon Euro 1000 Only for Germany citizen
Get your Cute Girlfriend (track.affsun.com)
Get your Cute Girlfriend
Parkinson's disease: Can caffeine help lower risk? (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
New research in a population from Singapore suggests that individuals who drink coffee and tea appear to have a lower risk of Parkinson's disease, even if they are genetically predisposed to it.
TIL that over 60% of jurisdictions in the US use algorithmic pretrial assessment tools to help determine who should be jailed before their court date and who should not. (kbin.social)
Why YSK: In many places it can take years for a case to come to trial. Judges have to make a decision in such cases to determine whether an accused person should be jailed in the interim. In recent years many jurisdictions have adopted algorithmic tools that essentially create a “risk profile” which assigns a value....
Residents of Pakistan's Himalayan region are “making glaciers”; converting water back to ice using an ancient process. It’s guided by their elders and backed by the U.N. (www.npr.org)
TIL that during the filming of the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), the actor Harold Sakata who played Oddjob, badly burned his hand in the electrocution scene. (en.wikipedia.org)
However Sakata managed to last until the director said cut.
TIL that the tusk of the narwhal is a canine tooth (en.wikipedia.org)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#Tusk...
Why some alloys don't expand when heated! (www.caltech.edu)
This is absolutely the coolest thing I learned today!
TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL India still officially recognises 5 sub-national monarchies, known as the 'Kings of Dangs'. They receive payment from the government every year during Holi (en.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1505766...
TIL of Cáin Adomnáin, "Europes first human rights treaty". Created in 697 CE, were a set of laws - which kings across Ireland & Scotland agreed to follow - guaranteeing safety of non-combatants in war (en.wikipedia.org)
The Cáin Adomnáin, also known as the Lex Innocentium (Law of Innocents), was promulgated amongst a gathering of Irish, Dál Riatan and Pictish notables at the Synod of Birr in 697. It is called the “Geneva Accords” of the ancient Irish and Europe’s first human rights treaty, for its protection of women and...
TIL of the Kingdom of Bailundo, a non-sovereign monarchy located in Angola. Its king was notably deposed in 2021 after being charged of involvement in a murder (en.wikipedia.org)
Ekuikui V sometimes dubbed himself as the “king of (all) Ovimbundu”. In early 2021, Ekuikui V was sentenced to six years in prison by the Provincial Court of Huambo (TPH) for his implication in a murder in 2017. Ekuikui V had issued a judgment in a traditional court case, finding Jacinto Kamutali Epalangana guilty of killing...
TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe (news.bbc.co.uk)
TIL Clown face paint designs and facial looks are copyrighted and unique to a clown performer. These are logged by painting them onto eggs. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
TIL How to Do Great Work (paulgraham.com)
July 2023...
TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced. (en.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/937094...
TIL about the Delisle temperature scale, where the scale increases as temperatures get colder and decreases as they get hotter. Absolute zero Kelvin is 559.73°De and the temperature of the sun is -8100°De. (en.wikipedia.org)
The Delisle scale is notable as one of the few temperature scales that is inverted from the amount of thermal energy it measures; unlike most other temperature scales, higher measurements in degrees Delisle are colder, while lower measurements are warmer....