TIL not to microwave pancakes for 2 minutes
I learned this morning that if you microwave frozen pancakes for 2 minutes you’ll have to throw the plastic plate out
TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.
TIL The Goodhart's Law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.
Here is the Wikipedia link.
Don't visit kohlchan.net/int
TIL Chinese astronauts are called taikonauts
I thought that the distinction existed only between Americans (astronauts) and Russians (cosmonauts), but no, Chinese also have their own term. I guess Indians should come up with their own, as well =)
TIL the history behind the "space melody".
You may know it as Space Melody by Luna Park or as ResuRection by ППК (English: PPK), but the original melody was composed by Eduard Artemyev for the 1979 Soviet film Siberiade. The original name of the song, as titled in the movie’s soundtrack release, is la mort du héroes (the death of heroes, if my French is correct)....
TIL There was a monument in Georgia that gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an apocalyptic event, while also functioning as a compass, calendar, and clock.
The Japanese developers of Puck-Man changed the name to Pac-Man when porting it to North America to avoid a scenario where the "P" in Puck Man would be changed to an "F", forming an obscene name.
Eyeing the game’s success in Japan, Namco initialized plans to bring the game to the international market, particularly the United States.[26] Before showing the game to distributors, Namco America made a number of changes, such as altering the names of the ghosts.[26] The biggest of these was the game’s title; executives at...
TIL that Anthony Blinken, current US Secretary of State, has over 650 monthly listeners on Spotify.
open.spotify.com/artist/5ZWgy4Riyzr0QtvcIKiZmF
TIL in Portugal you can get an unlimited national rail pass for €49 🚂
euronews.com/…/want-to-travel-portugal-by-train-n…
TIL that Mississippi did not make child-selling illegal until 2009, after a woman tried to sell her granddaughter for $2,000 and a car and it was discovered that there was no law to punish her under.
TIL that In World War II, British spies plotted to spike Hitler's food with estrogen to make him less aggressive.
TIL that 1604, King James I wrote ‘A Counterblaste to Tobacco’, in which he described smoking as a ‘custome lothesome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.
TIL Black Panthers are not a real species. They are jaguars and leopards who have “Melanism”, which causes them to have black skin. It's the opposite effect of having albinism.
TIL You can see all of the Lemmy community comments and posts that have been removed at the bottom of the sidebar.
It’s called Modlog in the Monitoring Stats section....
TIL that I saved a 13 year old post from the old place that lists all the free web learning courses. He updated it for quite a while. Why don't we fix it?
General Sites:...
TIL: Dark mode causes eye strain
For a few years I used dark mode because i thought it was better for your eyes; it isn’t....
TIL: The most living generations at once was 7, back in 1989. They each had their child between 18 to 20yrs of age
I was trying to figure out how many generations could theoretically exist at the same time, so I decided to first check Guinness. Hopefully I did all the math correctly.
TIL that retired chemist, Khonghao Shou, predicted the 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran by observing cloud formations.
He not only predicted the approximate date, but also the magnitude and epicenter....
TIL that France and Spain are in the wrong time zone because of Nazis.
France was put on to German time when conquered by Nazi Germany....
TIL Beaver anal musk glands, or castors, produce castoreum which is used for vanilla flavoring in candy and perfume.
TIL that 'HEART' is an anagram of 'EARTH'
It had never occurred to me before…
'Heart' is an anagram of 'Earth'
I hadn’t recognised that before…
TIL in 1980 the FBI formed a fake company and attempted to bribe members of congress. Nearly 25% of those tested accepted the bribe, and were convicted.
[META] An Update For Members of This Community
Hello c/TIL! As you may have noticed from the fancy “A” next to his name on his posts around Lemmy, our fearless leader AvaddonLFC is now an Administrator, which means he can no longer be part of our moderation team. I have agreed to take over his communities because I believe in what we’ve all been building together as a...