bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL there is a microbe, Mixotricha paradoxa ("paradoxical being with mixed-up hairs"), that has both cilia and flagella which protists are supposed to only have one ofplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a microbe, Mixotricha paradoxa ("paradoxical being with mixed-up hairs"), that has both cilia and flagella which protists are supposed to only have one ofplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.plus-squareastroshamanism.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.plus-squareastroshamanism.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoToday I learned about "Detonography" the art of using explosives to make sculpture.plus-squareevelynrosenberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned about "Detonography" the art of using explosives to make sculpture.plus-squareevelynrosenberg.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL the lead actor for the very 1st episode of The Twilight Zone is still alive today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the lead actor for the very 1st episode of The Twilight Zone is still alive today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL Mickey Mantle, Hall of Fame CF, tore his ACL in his rookie year during the 1951 World Series. He went on to play the rest of his 18-year career on a torn ACL.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mickey Mantle, Hall of Fame CF, tore his ACL in his rookie year during the 1951 World Series. He went on to play the rest of his 18-year career on a torn ACL.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL there’s a form of water where the hydrogen atoms are all Deuterium (D2O). This causes it to be heavier than normal water and gives it different physical and chemical propertiesplus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there’s a form of water where the hydrogen atoms are all Deuterium (D2O). This causes it to be heavier than normal water and gives it different physical and chemical propertiesplus-squarewikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL that "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears was heard by Simon Cowell who knew it would be a hit. He offered the writer, Max Martin an Aston Martin if he would give the song to his boy band...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears was heard by Simon Cowell who knew it would be a hit. He offered the writer, Max Martin an Aston Martin if he would give the song to his boy band...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix 9 times. The next most successful drivers at the event are Jim Clark and Alain Prost, who have each won it 5 times.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix 9 times. The next most successful drivers at the event are Jim Clark and Alain Prost, who have each won it 5 times.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL The wrestler that Triple H faced on his WWE/WWF debut was a man called Buck Zumhofe who is currently serving a 25 year jail sentenceplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The wrestler that Triple H faced on his WWE/WWF debut was a man called Buck Zumhofe who is currently serving a 25 year jail sentenceplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL a 2022 California Supreme Court decision allowed bumble bees to be considered a protected species because they met the state’s legal definition of a “fish”.plus-squarewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a 2022 California Supreme Court decision allowed bumble bees to be considered a protected species because they met the state’s legal definition of a “fish”.plus-squarewww.latimes.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL the salt flats of western India have a "Wild Ass Sanctuary", meant for the endangered "Indian wild ass".plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the salt flats of western India have a "Wild Ass Sanctuary", meant for the endangered "Indian wild ass".plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL There was case in US where a person failed to die during electric chair execution and then his lawyers tried to argue that he was not dead but he had been executed and that it was cruel to go ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL There was case in US where a person failed to die during electric chair execution and then his lawyers tried to argue that he was not dead but he had been executed and that it was cruel to go ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL the reason your mouth may feel gross after eating spinach is due to a chemical reaction called “spinach teeth”plus-squarewww.delish.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the reason your mouth may feel gross after eating spinach is due to a chemical reaction called “spinach teeth”plus-squarewww.delish.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL Costco sold $100M in gold bars in 3 monthsplus-squarewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Costco sold $100M in gold bars in 3 monthsplus-squarewww.cnbc.combOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.plus-squareicelandmonitor.mbl.isexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.plus-squareicelandmonitor.mbl.isbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL that after the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI was released, its featured song, Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", saw a near-37,000% increase in Spotify streams, had almost 250,000 searches on...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI was released, its featured song, Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", saw a near-37,000% increase in Spotify streams, had almost 250,000 searches on...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL about the Candy Desk in the US Senate, a tradition where one of the desks is filled with candy from the Senator’s home state for the members of the Senate to partake ofplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Candy Desk in the US Senate, a tradition where one of the desks is filled with candy from the Senator’s home state for the members of the Senate to partake ofplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL In Mongolia, 'humans' are the fifth most abundant medium to large mammal. (Sheep > Goats > Cattle > Horses > Humans > Camels) There are 20 livestock per person in Mongolia, alth...plus-squaremontsame.mnexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL In Mongolia, 'humans' are the fifth most abundant medium to large mammal. (Sheep > Goats > Cattle > Horses > Humans > Camels) There are 20 livestock per person in Mongolia, alth...plus-squaremontsame.mnbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
bOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agoTIL The average cost of obtaining a Driver's License in Germany is 3,000€ or $3,300. The total includes fees for: authorities and exams, learning materials, driving lessons and tuitionplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The average cost of obtaining a Driver's License in Germany is 3,000€ or $3,300. The total includes fees for: authorities and exams, learning materials, driving lessons and tuitionplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbOt@zerobytes.monsterM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
