Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 58 minutes agoTIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 58 minutes agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL about Juicero, a company that made a $699 juicer requiring Wi-Fi, an app, and QR-coded produce packs that had to be scanned and verified before juicing. Journalists found that the packs were e...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Juicero, a company that made a $699 juicer requiring Wi-Fi, an app, and QR-coded produce packs that had to be scanned and verified before juicing. Journalists found that the packs were e...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL Canada's 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is not straight but deliberately curved to ensure that drivers remain attentive and reduce accidents. Confederation Bridge ...plus-squarekensington.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Canada's 12.9-kilometre Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is not straight but deliberately curved to ensure that drivers remain attentive and reduce accidents. Confederation Bridge ...plus-squarekensington.caLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agoTIL that there is a LEGO model called ‘Braille Bricks’ designed to help visually impaired children learn Braille through play. Each brick corresponds to a letter or number in the Braille system, a...plus-squarewww.lego.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that there is a LEGO model called ‘Braille Bricks’ designed to help visually impaired children learn Braille through play. Each brick corresponds to a letter or number in the Braille system, a...plus-squarewww.lego.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL in 1905, a minor league baseball player named Andy Oyler hit a home run where the ball only traveled two feet. It had been raining and he hit it right in front of him into the mud and the defe...plus-squarewww.sportingnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 1905, a minor league baseball player named Andy Oyler hit a home run where the ball only traveled two feet. It had been raining and he hit it right in front of him into the mud and the defe...plus-squarewww.sportingnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that the velociraptor was actually about the size of a turkey and weighed between 31 and 43 lbs (14 - 19.5kg).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the velociraptor was actually about the size of a turkey and weighed between 31 and 43 lbs (14 - 19.5kg).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that in 2012 a 15 year old girl in Pakistan was the target of an assassination attempt because of her Pro-Womens Education activism. In 2014 she would win a Nobel Peace Prize, making her the y...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2012 a 15 year old girl in Pakistan was the target of an assassination attempt because of her Pro-Womens Education activism. In 2014 she would win a Nobel Peace Prize, making her the y...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL that Liberia was founded by U.S. citizens as a colony for freed African American slaves and their free black descendants.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Liberia was founded by U.S. citizens as a colony for freed African American slaves and their free black descendants.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agoTIL of Miracle Village, a small town in Florida that has a population of around 200 people and over half are registered sex offenders.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Miracle Village, a small town in Florida that has a population of around 200 people and over half are registered sex offenders.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL Bob The Builder was altered for Japanese children so they wouldn’t confuse him for a Yakuza memberplus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bob The Builder was altered for Japanese children so they wouldn’t confuse him for a Yakuza memberplus-squarenews.bbc.co.ukLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL The language Malayalam, spoken in Southern India, is the only language whose name is a palindromeplus-squarewww.milestoneloc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL The language Malayalam, spoken in Southern India, is the only language whose name is a palindromeplus-squarewww.milestoneloc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL that Harrison Okene (a cook) survived 3 days at the bottom of the ocean in a sunken ship by finding an air pocketplus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Harrison Okene (a cook) survived 3 days at the bottom of the ocean in a sunken ship by finding an air pocketplus-squarewww.theguardian.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL Guns N Roses was originally formed by Traci Guns, merging his band LA Guns with new comers Hollywood Rose (Axl Rose's band). Axl and Traci fought bitterly, so Guns left re-forming his old band...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Guns N Roses was originally formed by Traci Guns, merging his band LA Guns with new comers Hollywood Rose (Axl Rose's band). Axl and Traci fought bitterly, so Guns left re-forming his old band...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL that commercial airline pilots wear uniforms resembling naval officers because Pan Am established this tradition with its fleet of flying boats. To align with the nautical nature, they adopted...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that commercial airline pilots wear uniforms resembling naval officers because Pan Am established this tradition with its fleet of flying boats. To align with the nautical nature, they adopted...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL Francis Bacon died of pneumonia he got after stuffing a fowl with snow to prove that the meat can be preserved frozen.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Francis Bacon died of pneumonia he got after stuffing a fowl with snow to prove that the meat can be preserved frozen.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL according to a study by scientists from University of Oxford on the best and worst smells in the world, the best smell is vanilla and the worst smell is sweaty feetplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL according to a study by scientists from University of Oxford on the best and worst smells in the world, the best smell is vanilla and the worst smell is sweaty feetplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plantsplus-squarewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plantsplus-squarewww.usatoday.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that 'Cognitive Dissonance' is the mental discomfort experienced when holding 2 conflicting beliefs or values simultaneously. People tend to change one of the conflicting beliefs or acquire ne...plus-squarewww.simplypsychology.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 'Cognitive Dissonance' is the mental discomfort experienced when holding 2 conflicting beliefs or values simultaneously. People tend to change one of the conflicting beliefs or acquire ne...plus-squarewww.simplypsychology.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL the actress and dancer that modeled for the character Snow white in the Disney animated film was 14 when she began dating a 26 year old animator Art Babbit. They married when she was 17 and hi...plus-squarewww.cartoonbrew.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the actress and dancer that modeled for the character Snow white in the Disney animated film was 14 when she began dating a 26 year old animator Art Babbit. They married when she was 17 and hi...plus-squarewww.cartoonbrew.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL that, from July 2017 to February 2024, at least 108 people have been killed since the Brightline company began its high-speed train service in Florida. However, after National Transportation S...plus-squarewww.fox35orlando.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that, from July 2017 to February 2024, at least 108 people have been killed since the Brightline company began its high-speed train service in Florida. However, after National Transportation S...plus-squarewww.fox35orlando.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square0fedilink