Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered...plus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered...plus-squarewww.bbc.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that ancient Singapore Stone was written in an unknown language, and may never be deciphered.plus-squarewww.roots.gov.sgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that ancient Singapore Stone was written in an unknown language, and may never be deciphered.plus-squarewww.roots.gov.sgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL about Dinner for One, a 1963 sketch comedy traditionally watched in Denmark and other European Countries to celebrate New Years.plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Dinner for One, a 1963 sketch comedy traditionally watched in Denmark and other European Countries to celebrate New Years.plus-squareyoutu.beLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that Woodrow Wilson is the only president of the United States to have earned a Ph.Dplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Woodrow Wilson is the only president of the United States to have earned a Ph.Dplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL Londoners consume more cocaine per year than Europe's next three cocaine-consuming cities, combined.plus-squarenews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Londoners consume more cocaine per year than Europe's next three cocaine-consuming cities, combined.plus-squarenews.sky.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL a Dry Sheep Equivalent (DSE) is a unit based on the amount of feed required for a standard sheep to maintain its weightplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a Dry Sheep Equivalent (DSE) is a unit based on the amount of feed required for a standard sheep to maintain its weightplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the city of Boise, Idaho drops a 17-foot long potato for their New Year's celebration.plus-squareidahopotatodrop.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the city of Boise, Idaho drops a 17-foot long potato for their New Year's celebration.plus-squareidahopotatodrop.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that 2025 is a perfect square. (45 times 45) We will not see a year that is a perfect square until 2116.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that 2025 is a perfect square. (45 times 45) We will not see a year that is a perfect square until 2116.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that millions of US students watched the Challenger explosion live in schoolsplus-squarewww.edweek.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that millions of US students watched the Challenger explosion live in schoolsplus-squarewww.edweek.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that after Indonesia left the UN in 1965, President Sukarno attempted to organise a rival org called the 'Conference of the New Emerging Forces' (CONEFO), made up of other states that lacked U...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after Indonesia left the UN in 1965, President Sukarno attempted to organise a rival org called the 'Conference of the New Emerging Forces' (CONEFO), made up of other states that lacked U...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the NY Times Square ball is: 12 feet in diameter, weighs nearly 12,000 pounds, is covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles, is lit by 32,256 LED lights, and can display billions of color...plus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the NY Times Square ball is: 12 feet in diameter, weighs nearly 12,000 pounds, is covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles, is lit by 32,256 LED lights, and can display billions of color...plus-squarewww.npr.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL medieval England began adopting the A.D. system in the 8th century, influenced by Saint Bede's work on the dating of Easter and his Ecclesiastical History, with wider adoption across Europe af...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL medieval England began adopting the A.D. system in the 8th century, influenced by Saint Bede's work on the dating of Easter and his Ecclesiastical History, with wider adoption across Europe af...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the author of the Dr. Dolittle series, Hugh Lofting, created the book in a series of letters to his children while he was fighting in the First World War as a way to spare them from the horror...plus-squarefantastic-writers-and-the-great-war.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the author of the Dr. Dolittle series, Hugh Lofting, created the book in a series of letters to his children while he was fighting in the First World War as a way to spare them from the horror...plus-squarefantastic-writers-and-the-great-war.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL: The father of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved concubine, Sally, was also the father to Jefferson's wife, Martha.plus-squarewww.monticello.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The father of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved concubine, Sally, was also the father to Jefferson's wife, Martha.plus-squarewww.monticello.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the Napoleonic Code is the most widespread system of law in the world, in force in various forms in about 120 countriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Napoleonic Code is the most widespread system of law in the world, in force in various forms in about 120 countriesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL The Sense of Being Stared At Has A Name - "Scopaesthesia"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Sense of Being Stared At Has A Name - "Scopaesthesia"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL Alaskan Wood Frogs produce an antifreeze substance that allows them to freeze solid for up to 8 months and then thaw and come back to life in the spring.plus-squarewww.nps.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Alaskan Wood Frogs produce an antifreeze substance that allows them to freeze solid for up to 8 months and then thaw and come back to life in the spring.plus-squarewww.nps.govLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that Ethiopia has a unique calendar which is 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. The current year in Ethiopia is 2017.plus-squareedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ethiopia has a unique calendar which is 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. The current year in Ethiopia is 2017.plus-squareedition.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agoTIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye's chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles d...plus-squareabc7.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye's chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles d...plus-squareabc7.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
