Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL Mongolia has a traditional type of air dried meat called borts. The meat is usually beef, camel, or goat and is cut into thin strips that are then hung up to dry from November to December when...plus-squarecorrectmongolia.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mongolia has a traditional type of air dried meat called borts. The meat is usually beef, camel, or goat and is cut into thin strips that are then hung up to dry from November to December when...plus-squarecorrectmongolia.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL that in the original Grease musical, Sandy was not Australian. When she was cast, Olivia Newton-John agreed to be paid at a lower rate in exchange for rewriting the script to make Sandy Austra...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the original Grease musical, Sandy was not Australian. When she was cast, Olivia Newton-John agreed to be paid at a lower rate in exchange for rewriting the script to make Sandy Austra...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL That the 16th century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created a homunculus (a tiny human) by placing a vial of semen in horse dung, burying the mixture for 40 days, then digging it ...plus-squarepelicanmagazine.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That the 16th century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created a homunculus (a tiny human) by placing a vial of semen in horse dung, burying the mixture for 40 days, then digging it ...plus-squarepelicanmagazine.com.auLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL Hotels in the US always have ice, because the burgeoning Holiday Inn wanted to set themselves apartplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Hotels in the US always have ice, because the burgeoning Holiday Inn wanted to set themselves apartplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL The first use of commercial refrigeration was in Australia to keep beer cold.plus-squarecoolphase.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The first use of commercial refrigeration was in Australia to keep beer cold.plus-squarecoolphase.com.auLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL that Spock from Star Trek was almost cut from the show. NBC feared that the Vulcan "looked like the devil and might offend religionists in the audience."plus-squarewww.cbr.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Spock from Star Trek was almost cut from the show. NBC feared that the Vulcan "looked like the devil and might offend religionists in the audience."plus-squarewww.cbr.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL the scene in This is Spinal Tap (1984) where the band becomes lost backstage was inspired by a video of Tom Petty walking through a series of doors trying to find the stage at a venue in Germa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the scene in This is Spinal Tap (1984) where the band becomes lost backstage was inspired by a video of Tom Petty walking through a series of doors trying to find the stage at a venue in Germa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agoTIL: In 1987, two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask, interrupting broadcasts with bizarre and still-unsolved pirate transmissions.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: In 1987, two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask, interrupting broadcasts with bizarre and still-unsolved pirate transmissions.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online c...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online c...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the G...plus-squarewww.cinemablend.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the G...plus-squarewww.cinemablend.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuper...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuper...plus-squarewikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plantsplus-squareasm.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL that after hurricane Katrina, due to miscalculation, FEMA had 85M pounds of ice at storage facilites around the U.S and melted it two years later after 12.5 million dollars in storage fees.plus-squareabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after hurricane Katrina, due to miscalculation, FEMA had 85M pounds of ice at storage facilites around the U.S and melted it two years later after 12.5 million dollars in storage fees.plus-squareabcnews.go.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually drop...plus-squarewww.historynet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually drop...plus-squarewww.historynet.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL that the #1 indicator of a mass casualty offender (planned or executed event) is having a U.S. military backgroundplus-squarewww.militarytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the #1 indicator of a mass casualty offender (planned or executed event) is having a U.S. military backgroundplus-squarewww.militarytimes.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL the 300 Club at the South Pole involves a tradition where participants go from a +200°F sauna to the -100°F outside, often running a lap around the South Pole marker while wearing only bootsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the 300 Club at the South Pole involves a tradition where participants go from a +200°F sauna to the -100°F outside, often running a lap around the South Pole marker while wearing only bootsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essent...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essent...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agoTIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.plus-squarewww.tastingtable.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip.plus-squarewww.tastingtable.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square0fedilink