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For a few years I used dark mode because i thought it was better for your eyes; it isn’t....

He not only predicted the approximate date, but also the magnitude and epicenter....

TIL that the shortest war in history took place between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, lasting only 38 minutes. The conflict arose due to a succession dispute within the Zanzibar Sultanate after the death of the ruling Sultan. As tensions escalated, the British government intervened and issued an ultimatum to the rival...

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...

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)....

Known as the “pettycoat rulers,” the women served for 3 years and did a great deal to clean up the notoriously lawless town.

It had never occurred to me before…

I learned this morning that if you microwave frozen pancakes for 2 minutes you’ll have to throw the plastic plate out

I was reading about Dungeon Meshi and Kuro, the “kobold”....

In light of the recent Crowdstrike crash revealing how weak points in IT infrastructure can have wide ranging effects, I figured this might be an interesting one....

Alt milk tetra pack repurposed as drink tray.

Back in school I heard the story that Haydn wrote the “Surprise Symphony” because he was sick of people sleeping through his music, and wanted to startle them awake. It seems like this was a myth....

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The weight of the trees was so great that the ones on the bottom got squished and became coal. That’s where coal is from. Bonus fact: the whole time this was happening, sharks were hunting in the oceans. Sharks are older than trees and fungus!

You can read about Luhn’s algorithm here

Dementia and cancer could be prevented by taking 2p pill as Dr Michael Mosley says he’s taking it

While $1m USD in 1988 is worth only $2.6m in 2024, if they just put it in the S&P 500 back then and left it there, it’d be worth over $44.6m today....

www.wcrf.org/…/skin-cancer-statistics/

Wyoming Area: 253,335 km2...

Hail corporate and all that....

Australia is about 200 times bigger, by landmass, 7.7 million to Taiwan’s 36,000 square km

It was initially used by BP to shift blame to consumers instead of oil companies.