Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that after the Titanic sank, her sister ship, the Olympic, offered to take the survivors off from the Carpathia. This offer was rejected by Captain Rostron, who feared that asking the survivor...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after the Titanic sank, her sister ship, the Olympic, offered to take the survivors off from the Carpathia. This offer was rejected by Captain Rostron, who feared that asking the survivor...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL the 12 oldest living people in the world are all women.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the 12 oldest living people in the world are all women.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL about Ghostwatch (1992) - a faux documentary investigating a haunting in the UK. It used real popular journalists/broadcasters and aired on one of the only four public channels in the UK where...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ghostwatch (1992) - a faux documentary investigating a haunting in the UK. It used real popular journalists/broadcasters and aired on one of the only four public channels in the UK where...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL The largest individual marine risk ever insured was the RMS Titanic, which was insured for £1 million (equivalent to £124 million in 2024), which represented 20 per cent of the entire market's...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL The largest individual marine risk ever insured was the RMS Titanic, which was insured for £1 million (equivalent to £124 million in 2024), which represented 20 per cent of the entire market's...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver, later became a Los Angeles police officer. He grew a mustache to avoid being recognized. In 1980, he was shot three times while...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver, later became a Los Angeles police officer. He grew a mustache to avoid being recognized. In 1980, he was shot three times while...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL the U.S. deliberately maintains hundreds of vulnerable ICBM silos partly as a“nuclear sponge.”In a first strike,an enemy would have to spend a huge portion of its arsenal destroying the 450 si...plus-squarewarontherocks.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the U.S. deliberately maintains hundreds of vulnerable ICBM silos partly as a“nuclear sponge.”In a first strike,an enemy would have to spend a huge portion of its arsenal destroying the 450 si...plus-squarewarontherocks.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that the largest Hindu temple outside India is in Robbinsville, New Jerseyplus-squareusa.akshardham.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the largest Hindu temple outside India is in Robbinsville, New Jerseyplus-squareusa.akshardham.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that in classical Athens, a wealthy citizen assigned to equip and maintain a warship could challenge a man he claimed was richer under a procedure called "antidosis," in which the challenged m...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in classical Athens, a wealthy citizen assigned to equip and maintain a warship could challenge a man he claimed was richer under a procedure called "antidosis," in which the challenged m...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL the English Crown was originally elective. A council called the Witan, made up of nobleman, local chiefs, and bishops, and chose and deposed Kings. They also advised and consented to laws the ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the English Crown was originally elective. A council called the Witan, made up of nobleman, local chiefs, and bishops, and chose and deposed Kings. They also advised and consented to laws the ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL about "Introjecting Voices" - which can occur when our minds have internalised other people's voices, attitudes, beliefs or criticisms until becomes part of our own inner voice or inner critic...plus-squaredictionary.apa.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about "Introjecting Voices" - which can occur when our minds have internalised other people's voices, attitudes, beliefs or criticisms until becomes part of our own inner voice or inner critic...plus-squaredictionary.apa.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that former U.S. President george H. W. Bush was the sole survivor of the Chichihima incident during WWII, in which he and his 8 comrades were shot down during an air raid over the Japanese is...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that former U.S. President george H. W. Bush was the sole survivor of the Chichihima incident during WWII, in which he and his 8 comrades were shot down during an air raid over the Japanese is...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that the individual world record for the most burpees in a 24-hour period is by female Eva Clarke of Australia who set it in 2015 at 12,003 burpees.plus-squarewww.guinnessworldrecords.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the individual world record for the most burpees in a 24-hour period is by female Eva Clarke of Australia who set it in 2015 at 12,003 burpees.plus-squarewww.guinnessworldrecords.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that after the RMS Lusitania sank, the enquiry recorded that the ship had been struck by two torpedoes, as survivors reported two explosions as it was going down. However, the log of the U-Boa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that after the RMS Lusitania sank, the enquiry recorded that the ship had been struck by two torpedoes, as survivors reported two explosions as it was going down. However, the log of the U-Boa...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that the band Duran Duran got their name from Dr Durand Durand, the villain of the film "Barbarella" (1968). Also, for their concert film "Arena", Dr Durand tried to murder the band in retalia...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the band Duran Duran got their name from Dr Durand Durand, the villain of the film "Barbarella" (1968). Also, for their concert film "Arena", Dr Durand tried to murder the band in retalia...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL about Waneta Hoyt. After her five children died before reaching 3 years of age, her case became the posterchild for SIDS and the risks of sleep apnea in newborns. However, years later, she adm...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Waneta Hoyt. After her five children died before reaching 3 years of age, her case became the posterchild for SIDS and the risks of sleep apnea in newborns. However, years later, she adm...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that most humans don't just have a dominant hand but also a dominant left or right eye. Those two things aren't necessarily on the same side of your body, meaning you can be right handed and l...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that most humans don't just have a dominant hand but also a dominant left or right eye. Those two things aren't necessarily on the same side of your body, meaning you can be right handed and l...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL about “Operation Snip Snip”, an anti-hippie policy in the 70s by the Singapore Government that mandated kempt, neat, hairstyles for men.plus-squarebiblioasia.nlb.gov.sgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “Operation Snip Snip”, an anti-hippie policy in the 70s by the Singapore Government that mandated kempt, neat, hairstyles for men.plus-squarebiblioasia.nlb.gov.sgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL North Korea has outlawed the mullet haircut and skinny jeans because they are symbols of Western cultural influences.plus-squarewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL North Korea has outlawed the mullet haircut and skinny jeans because they are symbols of Western cultural influences.plus-squarewww.yahoo.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL The Victorious War Museum in Pyongyang, North Korea, has several exhibits about the 1950 sinking of the USS Baltimore by North Koreans. The only problem is that the USS Baltimore was mothballe...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL The Victorious War Museum in Pyongyang, North Korea, has several exhibits about the 1950 sinking of the USS Baltimore by North Koreans. The only problem is that the USS Baltimore was mothballe...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that during the Middle Ages, it was a commonly held belief that Jewish men menstruated, with this notion spurning from superstitions believing it was a divine punishment and a lack of knowledg...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that during the Middle Ages, it was a commonly held belief that Jewish men menstruated, with this notion spurning from superstitions believing it was a divine punishment and a lack of knowledg...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineBMEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
