JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL: If a fly gets so deep in your ear you can’t even see it, pour some baby oil in. It encapsulates the fly and eventually it will slip out. - Sopulisopuli.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkTIL: If a fly gets so deep in your ear you can’t even see it, pour some baby oil in. It encapsulates the fly and eventually it will slip out. - Sopulisopuli.xyzJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoOak Island aka "The Money Pit"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkOak Island aka "The Money Pit"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL that a small islet called South Talpatti was disputed between India and Bangladesh until 2010, when it was submerged due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, settling the dispute.plus-squarewww.smh.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a small islet called South Talpatti was disputed between India and Bangladesh until 2010, when it was submerged due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, settling the dispute.plus-squarewww.smh.com.auJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL: About the Berber Queen who defied the Caliphate: Al-Kahina and the Islamic Conquest of North Africaplus-squarei.postimg.ccimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageTIL: About the Berber Queen who defied the Caliphate: Al-Kahina and the Islamic Conquest of North Africaplus-squarei.postimg.ccJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL that a 28 year old Russian man went to the doctor for coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors diagnosed it as cancer, but it turned out to be a fir tree growing inside his lungs.plus-squarewww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a 28 year old Russian man went to the doctor for coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors diagnosed it as cancer, but it turned out to be a fir tree growing inside his lungs.plus-squarewww.telegraph.co.ukJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL: The faulty rivets on the Titanic meant it was doomed to sink. If they rivets were properly made it would have survived hitting the iceberg.plus-squarewww.nist.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The faulty rivets on the Titanic meant it was doomed to sink. If they rivets were properly made it would have survived hitting the iceberg.plus-squarewww.nist.govJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoHow Fruit Got to the Bottom of Your Yogurt Cupplus-squarewww.foodandwine.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down12
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkHow Fruit Got to the Bottom of Your Yogurt Cupplus-squarewww.foodandwine.comJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoA camel's hump does not hold water. It actually stores fat. The camel uses it as nourishment when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat inside the hump, the hump will become limp and droop down.plus-squarewww.clevelandzoosociety.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkA camel's hump does not hold water. It actually stores fat. The camel uses it as nourishment when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat inside the hump, the hump will become limp and droop down.plus-squarewww.clevelandzoosociety.orgJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoAvocados evolved to be eaten by animals that have since gone extinct. Parts of the avocado are toxic to dogs, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, horses, rodents, birds, and more.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkAvocados evolved to be eaten by animals that have since gone extinct. Parts of the avocado are toxic to dogs, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, horses, rodents, birds, and more.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoRednex, the group the released "Cotton Eyed Joe", is a Swedish musical group whose style is a mix of American country music and modern Eurodance (Wikipedia article)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down15
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkRednex, the group the released "Cotton Eyed Joe", is a Swedish musical group whose style is a mix of American country music and modern Eurodance (Wikipedia article)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTips & tricks: handwritten signatures in Okularplus-squarepointieststick.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTips & tricks: handwritten signatures in Okularplus-squarepointieststick.comJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.ca to LEGO@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWalking Lego insect - Lemmy.caplus-squarelemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkWalking Lego insect - Lemmy.caplus-squarelemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.ca to LEGO@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Plex@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 years agoGet your Plex Prerolls here!plus-squaredalek.zoneexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkGet your Plex Prerolls here!plus-squaredalek.zoneJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Plex@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square1fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years agoRadio image of Milkyway center - MeerKATlemmy.caimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageRadio image of Milkyway center - MeerKATlemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL: How to describe a Lovecraftian experienceplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareTIL: How to describe a Lovecraftian experienceplus-squareJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years agoNASA's Voyager probes have been traveling through space for 45 years. Here are 18 groundbreaking photos from their incredible mission.plus-squarewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager probes have been traveling through space for 45 years. Here are 18 groundbreaking photos from their incredible mission.plus-squarewww.businessinsider.comJCSpark@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoThe Revenue of Fast Food Chainslemmy.caimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageThe Revenue of Fast Food Chainslemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoGaslighting red flagslemmy.caimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1imageGaslighting red flagslemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoScandals/controversies that quietly disappearedlemmy.caimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down14
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageScandals/controversies that quietly disappearedlemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink
JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoAnimals with misleading names.lemmy.caimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1imageAnimals with misleading names.lemmy.caJCSpark@lemmy.caM to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square0fedilink