Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Japan Air Lines Flight 123, being flown by a Boeing 747, crashed on August 12, 1986 due to complications from improper repairs made to the plane by Boeing after a tailstrike in 1978. The crash...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Japan Air Lines Flight 123, being flown by a Boeing 747, crashed on August 12, 1986 due to complications from improper repairs made to the plane by Boeing after a tailstrike in 1978. The crash...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL: Paladin Brandis in Fallout 4 is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, cousin of J. Robert Oppenheimerplus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Paladin Brandis in Fallout 4 is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, cousin of J. Robert Oppenheimerplus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL The JFK Memorial Plaza monument in Dallas was designed to look like an empty tomb. It has no statue, and there is nothing to read or really exploreplus-squarevoicemap.meexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The JFK Memorial Plaza monument in Dallas was designed to look like an empty tomb. It has no statue, and there is nothing to read or really exploreplus-squarevoicemap.meLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL rock art that was between 3,000 and 8,500 years old was destroyed by vandals in 2022 in Texasplus-squarewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL rock art that was between 3,000 and 8,500 years old was destroyed by vandals in 2022 in Texasplus-squarewww.nbcnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Burning spent coffee grounds creates the same amount of energy as coal.plus-squarewww.paramountplus.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Burning spent coffee grounds creates the same amount of energy as coal.plus-squarewww.paramountplus.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that english scientist Henry Cavendish discovered physical laws like Ohm's, Dalton's, or Charles's law and few others as first but they were not named after him because he didn't publish his n...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that english scientist Henry Cavendish discovered physical laws like Ohm's, Dalton's, or Charles's law and few others as first but they were not named after him because he didn't publish his n...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that in August 1996 around 80 members of the film crew for the movie Titanic, including Director James Cameron, ate lobster chowder on set that was spiked with the drug PCP. A suspect was neve...plus-squarewww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in August 1996 around 80 members of the film crew for the movie Titanic, including Director James Cameron, ate lobster chowder on set that was spiked with the drug PCP. A suspect was neve...plus-squarewww.ctvnews.caLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Paramount studio set three conditions for the casting of Marlon Brando in The Godfather: He would have to take a fee below what he usually received; he would have to agree to accept financial ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Paramount studio set three conditions for the casting of Marlon Brando in The Godfather: He would have to take a fee below what he usually received; he would have to agree to accept financial ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that American football was invented in Canadaplus-squarewww.bannersociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that American football was invented in Canadaplus-squarewww.bannersociety.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that the American laws against Chinese immigration in the early 20th century had a loophole that allowed Chinese to enter the US if they managed a Chinese restaurant. As a result, the number o...plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the American laws against Chinese immigration in the early 20th century had a loophole that allowed Chinese to enter the US if they managed a Chinese restaurant. As a result, the number o...plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that Doug Kenney, co founder of the National Lampoon and writer of Caddyshack was known to be suicidal, fell off a cliff while walking in Hawaii. His good friend Harold Ramis said, "he probabl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Doug Kenney, co founder of the National Lampoon and writer of Caddyshack was known to be suicidal, fell off a cliff while walking in Hawaii. His good friend Harold Ramis said, "he probabl...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about Callin’ Oates: the emergency Hall and Oates hotline (+1-719-266-2837)plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Callin’ Oates: the emergency Hall and Oates hotline (+1-719-266-2837)plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL In 1875 Benjamin Franklin returned from France with an unexplained shortage of 100,000 pounds in Congressional funds. Franklin, quoting the Bible, quipped, "Muzzle not the ox that treadeth out...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In 1875 Benjamin Franklin returned from France with an unexplained shortage of 100,000 pounds in Congressional funds. Franklin, quoting the Bible, quipped, "Muzzle not the ox that treadeth out...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that the majority(64%) of passengers and crew onboard the Hindenburg survived the inferno. It fell gently and many were able to jump out and run away. (Also, The deadliest airship disaster wa...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the majority(64%) of passengers and crew onboard the Hindenburg survived the inferno. It fell gently and many were able to jump out and run away. (Also, The deadliest airship disaster wa...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL the U.S. became a net energy exporter in 2019 for the first time since 1958plus-squarewww.eia.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the U.S. became a net energy exporter in 2019 for the first time since 1958plus-squarewww.eia.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”plus-squarewww.dailytelegraph.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”plus-squarewww.dailytelegraph.com.auLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about the Nail Men of Austro-Hungary and Germany, large wooden effigies people would pay to drive nails into, the most famous maybe 'Iron Hindenburg' adjacent to the Victory Column in Berlin.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Nail Men of Austro-Hungary and Germany, large wooden effigies people would pay to drive nails into, the most famous maybe 'Iron Hindenburg' adjacent to the Victory Column in Berlin.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that the Vatican sent an investigator to determine if the rumor about Shirley Temple being a 30 year old dwarf posing as a child was trueplus-squareucatholic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Vatican sent an investigator to determine if the rumor about Shirley Temple being a 30 year old dwarf posing as a child was trueplus-squareucatholic.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL "Creature" (also know as "the titan find") 1985, an Aliens inspired horror sci-fi movie, is in the public domain. its early special effects were done by the Skotak brothers, who would go on to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL "Creature" (also know as "the titan find") 1985, an Aliens inspired horror sci-fi movie, is in the public domain. its early special effects were done by the Skotak brothers, who would go on to...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that singer Carly Simon's father is the founder and namesake of the Simon & Schuster publishing companyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that singer Carly Simon's father is the founder and namesake of the Simon & Schuster publishing companyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink