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alternative_factor , to til in TIL of anchorites, medieval Christian ascetics who were walled into a cell ("anchorhold") attached to a church for their entire adult lives. Through small windows, they received sustenance, dispose...
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This is fascinating, I can't imagine living a life so utterly chained to one place.

LegalAction , to til in TIL that the words "lesbian" and "sapphic" both come from this legendary woman named Sappho who lived on the island of Lesbos

She’s not legendary, the way Achilles is. She was a real person.

Olap , to til in TIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...

Dad’s Army lost three episodes also. All were refilmed in 2018/2019 and very faithful - highly recommended

livus , to til in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.
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Yeah there were some very botched beheadings.

Cap , to til in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content
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I see the internet evolving into one of two scenarios under this theory, 1) dementia, or 2) Skynet.

SpaceMonk , to til in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content
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Unoriginal bullshit is what a lot of the so called content creation is. The amount of leech accounts that pump the same clips, memes, and other content that circumvent OG creator content is insane. It’s all just a content casino designed to push ads that everyone hates because THAT industry is a bunch of unoriginal creators (which is why their industry is suffering and ads need to be forced into your devices and PCs).

And now we have some clone of Twitch called Kick which is just a shill gambling site. Basically a bunch of criminals masquerading as a business that skirts US regulations. They provably pump their viewer numbers which should be illegal.

chackl , (edited ) to til in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...

Don’t some communities that reject most modern technology still use washing machines?

Hypx , to til in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...
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Did Washing Machines Change The Global Economy More Than The Internet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvsz_vc7B0

Economists have pointed out the washing machine had an arguably larger improvement on productivity than the Internet.

FlyingSquid , to til in TIL that because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called "the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberat...
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberation

Makes sense. My wife makes me do all the laundry.

boredtortoise , to til in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

Someone should make their mission to put up a magnet link

AndyGHK , to til in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

Truly, it was Once upon a time.

hdmnep , to til in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

I recently learned about this album too and lowkey would be interested in it. I wonder if it was on what.cd at some point…

exohuman , to til in TIL Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" was a real stalker who sent Jackson multiple letters claiming he was the father of one of her twins, culminating in sending him a handgun and an invitation to a m...
@exohuman@kbin.social avatar

Eventually, Jackson received a parcel containing a photograph of the fan, a gun, and a letter instructing him to die at a particular time. The fan would do the same once she had killed "their" baby, so they could be together in the "next life". The Jacksons later discovered that the fan had been sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Wow. 😳

s_s , to asklemmy in Why is a millennium old fossilised human poop on display at the Archaeological Resource Centre in the UK?

We’ve finally found something truly worthy of staying in the British Museum.

borkcorkedforks , to asklemmy in Why is a millennium old fossilised human poop on display at the Archaeological Resource Centre in the UK?

Look man people just love old shit. Museums are full of it.

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