TIL 50-80% of the population has herpes (www.hopkinsmedicine.org)
TIL Prince was a huge Bangles fan. He wrote then gave them their breakout hit, "Manic Monday". (www.npr.org)
TIL the first modern, non-Indigenous legal precedent explicitly considering a canoe a "vessel" didn't happen in Canada until 2018. (admiraltylaw.com)
Also, I mentally read the defence’s argument about “muscular power” in the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer!
TIL Shirley Temple hated the mocktail of lemon-lime soda/ginger ale and grenadine named after her, declaring it "too sweet". In 1988, she won a lawsuit to stop a bottled version from using her name. (www.wikipedia.org)
TIL Upon the death of the Dalai Lama, a search for his reincarnation is conducted where a child is identified through a series of 'tests' before being recognized as the succeeding Dalai Lama. The c... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL you can edit your post title on lemmy unlike reddit
TIL: Tommy Thompson was an American treasure hunter who successfully found millions of dollars worth of gold coins from the SS Central America. However, he went on the run due to refusing to pay of... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that according to an FBI report, Elvis Presley believed the Beatles had led young people astray “by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music” (www.theguardian.com)
TIL in 1969, concert promoter Bill Graham was asked to help organize the Woodstock Festival. He agreed under one condition: that Santana would be included in the lineup. After Bill persisted, Santa... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL The percentage of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans is zero or close to zero in people from African populations, and is about 1 to 2 percent in people of European or Asian background. (medlineplus.gov)
Some direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies report how much DNA a person has inherited from prehistoric humans. Learn what this information means.
TIL the number of continents varies and do not follow a strict criteria (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL about vitrification of nuclear waste, wherein nuclear waste is melted down and combined with molten glass. The mixture is cooled in stainless steel canisters where it becomes a solid and can be... (www.hanfordvitplant.com)
What is vitrification? Vitrification is accomplished by mixing waste from underground tanks with glass-forming materials in high-temperature melters.
TIl Rick James’ cameo in chappelle’s show was so successful it caused him to return to touring and performing. He died a few months into the tour. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt to overthrow FDR and install a dictator. Led by a covertly bankrolled Wall Street coalition of affluent businessmen (explorethearchive.com)
In 1933, a coalition of businessmen dissatisfied with FDR’s economic policies surreptitiously planned a coup. The failed Business Plot aimed to depose FDR and install a dictator.
TIL Catherine Dior, youngest sister of Christian Dior, was in the French resistance in WW2. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was tortured and sent to both Ravensbruck and Buchenwald concentrati... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL After being named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson by her parents and enduring years of bullying as a result, Jackson refused to change her name and went on to earn her Ph.D. at the age of 46 for Higher... (www.npr.org)
TIL: Many athletes are technically considered obese based on their BMI because the BMI can't differentiate between fat and muscle (www.npr.org)
TIL there was a briefly popular social movement in the early 1930s called the "Technocracy Movement." Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and businessmen with scientists and engineers who ha... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford once encountered each other in the studio, drank heavily and inadvertently wrote a song together. It ended up being the highest charting US single of either of ... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL: In 2002, Kenya formally donated 14 cows to the US as a way to show compassion to them after the 9/11 tragedy. (www.911memorial.org)
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... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Two of Kurt Cobain's closest friends, Mark Lanegan and Dylan Carlson credit Courtney Love with saving their lives in the years after his death. She felt he would want them to be saved and decid... (www.ultimate-guitar.com)
‘What kind of friend am I? Because this guy used to look up to me.’
TIL That Chuck E. Cheese Secretly Sold Pizzas on Delivery Apps During the Pandemic Under the Name “Pasqually Pizza” (www.foxbusiness.com)
Chuck E. Cheese is now selling pizza under a different brand.