TIL In Korea babies are classed as 1 year old at birth (they'll be changing to 0 this week to align with international standards) (www.independent.co.uk)
TIL the scientific answer to "which came first: the chicken or the egg?" is the egg (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Products made by incarcerated New Yorkers, who earn as little as 16 cents an hour, power a $50 million-a-year industry. (gothamist.com)
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TIL the world's oldest terrarium / sealed bottle ecosystem has been thriving since 1960. The 10-gallon bottle is like a mini Earth. It has only been opened once in 53 years to add a bit more water ... (biologicperformance.com)
Checkout one of the oldest terrarium gardens in the world! Read the story of David Latimer’s sealed bottle ecosystem from the 1960’s.
TIL that Yoko Ono created an experimental film called Self-Portrait. It's a 42 minute shot of John Lennon's semi-erect penis. It was shown once at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1969, and ha... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that in 1983, a diving chamber containing four men was accidentally depressurized. This caused the blood of three divers inside to boil instantly, while the fourth diver was forced through a 60... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL a mentally unstable man in Canada cut down a rare golden spruce tree, sacred to Indigenous people, to protest the logging industry. His trial was on the island where he cut down the tree. Feari... (en.wikipedia.org)
Today I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
TIL the very first animated feature film was "Creation" by Pinto Colvig, made in 1916. It has been lost and only a few frames remain, but Colvig went on to be the voice of Goofy and the original Bozo. (blueprintdigital.com)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/420d81f5-17c6-4060-b24b-2a53b609de4f.png
TIL: About Foxfire a Bioluminescent Fungus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
I first heard about it as being used to mark gauges on a 1770s submersible so the operator could read them in the dark....
TIL that credit card numbers are validated using Luhn's algorithm. If it doesn't work with Luhn's algorithm, it's not a valid card number.
You can read about Luhn’s algorithm here
About the successor of Virtual RMS (lemmy.ml)
Thanks to this comment : lemmy.ml/comment/10591882
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TIL Spurious Correlations now uses AI to generate explanations, papers, and images for the best correlations (www.tylervigen.com)
The heightened state of unease over the possibility of a 'Con Air' sequel resulted in an influx of security personnel. It just goes to show, when it comes to Nic Cage, the need for increased security is always 'Raising Arizona.'
Colorado city of Loveland is hub of postal activity each Valentine’s Day (www.theguardian.com)
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TIL Microsoft Paint has a "feature" where the mouse will move when you press an arrow key, even if Paint isn't in the foreground. (superuser.com)
this is why wayland will never be used /s...
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TIL How we plan nuclear waste warning to last 100,000 years (www.euronews.com)
TIL that the logo for CNN Arabic uses the CNN logo as part of the Arabic for "in Arabic" (بالعربية). (sopuli.xyz)
TIL that bats like these exist IRL (Painted Wooly Bat, *projapoti badur*) (static.nationalgeographic.co.uk)
It looks like a cheap, fuzzy Halloween decoration in the most cheesy way possible, as if someone took the model of a regular boring black bat and recolored it in the “classic” Halloween color scheme to make it look “spooky”. If I’d encounter such a creature in a videogame or movie, I’d laugh at the absurdity. It...
