TIL 20 climbers set up a jaccuzzi on the summit of Mont Blanc at an elevation of 4807m (www.jaccuzzi.ch)
This website is pretty cool anyway, you may want to use chrome to translate the french into a desired language. They also provide a list of selfmade jaccuzzis from all the way back of 2001.
TIL: Car have subcription to unlock feature (www.theverge.com)
Well, that weird....
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TIL Prank-loving Jill Biden once stuffed herself into the overhead bin of Airforce 2 (thehill.com)
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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 New York you can apply to have a fire hydrant opened during hot weather (www.theguardian.com)
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TIL of Taos Pueblo, a Native American 'Pueblo' built between 1000CE and 1450CE, containing some of the oldest continuously inhabited houses still occupied in the US (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that In 2005, Sony BMG installed DRM software without knowledge or consent of the user, that included a rootkit which created a security vulerability (en.wikipedia.org)
In 2005, Sony BMG installed DRM software on users’ computers without clearly notifying the user or requiring confirmation. Among other things, the software included a rootkit, which created a security vulnerability. When the nature of the software was made public much later, Sony BMG initially minimized the significance of the...
TIL the former host of HQ Trivia quit media and now sells vintage Johnnie Cochran shirts for a living (lemmy.world)
Went down the internet rabbit hole tonight. Looks like the guy quit doing entertainment, opened a vintage clothing store, and now sells overpriced ugly t-shirts to hipsters.
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TIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn) (www.theguardian.com)
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TIL the DMC DeLorean, among many strange production choices, was made of stainless steel (lemmy.world)
I know it’s obvious from the picture, but I never realized DeLoreans were stainless steel, which is very rare for vehicles made in the past half-century. DMC DeLorean Wikipedia here...
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TIL that shocking gum was used as a torture device in Iraqi prison. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL an object's angular momentum is affected very slightly by the spin of its electrons (demonstrations.wolfram.com)
Until now I only learned an electron cannot be spinning in the classical sense, because it would have to be spinning faster than the speed of light (plus ‘spin 1/2’ has no classical sense.) This made me assume quantum ‘angular momentum’ sums to magnetism instead-of and without classical angular momentum.
TIL: Most glass used today is float glass (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Liquid glass is poured over a bath of liquid tin where it floats on top, gradually cooling until it can be lifted off, annealed to prevent cracking, cut and packaged....
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[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...
TIL how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
Stop wasting your time and $ on mobile game. Get real game. Console, PC master race, …
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TIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century (en.wikipedia.org)
After the Romans departed, systematic construction of paved highways in the United Kingdom did not resume until the early 18th century. The Roman road network remained the only nationally managed highway system within Britain until the establishment of the Ministry of Transport in the early 20th century.
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TIL About the Loudest plane Developed in USA (Thunderscreech) (lemmy.world)
Basically, the “Thunderscreech” was one of the most weird planes developed during the Cold War. The idea was combine the high climbing rates of motors with propellers and the supersonic speeds of jets… The problem? In the tip of propellers, the air move much faster, thus, creating shock waves, producing noise capable of...
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TIL about the Migingo island, one of the most densely populated islands in the world. The rocky island has density 65,500/km2 (lemmy.world)
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TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heir) killed a pedestrian in a driving accident and was never charged. She has also been arrested for DUI twice but never charged. (en.wikipedia.org)
The sketchy part is not her not getting convicted. It’s that no charges were even filed. I also enjoyed this bit of info from one of the sources regarding the other DUI incident. Prosecutors in Texas have dropped a 2011 drunken driving citation against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. heiress Alice Walton.
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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: Harley Davidson licensed its motorcycles to Rikuo Internal Combustion Company in Japan (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL: Harley Davidson licensed its motorcycles to Rikuo Internal Combustion Company in Japan, starting in the 1920s and continuing until Rikuo stopped production in 1959, including during World War 2
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TIL What Haze is. Fine dust, smoke, or light vapor causing lack of transparency in the air
Maybe I never paid attention or maybe it’s the first time we’ve had wildfire smoke in my city recently, but I had been so confused at the “fog” and “clouds” despite it not being fog or clouds but Haze.