cm0002English · 5 hours agoTIL about abogen. A tool to generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text with synchronized captions.plus-squaregithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-linkTIL about abogen. A tool to generate audiobooks from EPUBs, PDFs and text with synchronized captions.plus-squaregithub.comcm0002English · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 3 days agoTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL The ability to count is universal in the animal kingdom. Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 5 days agoTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blockedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 days agoTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12imageTIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.plus-squarelemmy.worldcm0002@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agoTIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)plus-squarewww.epa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)plus-squarewww.epa.govpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 11 days agoTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540splus-squarewww.etymonline.comDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 14 days agoTIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscoveredplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscoveredplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgooli3@sopuli.xyz · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 20 days agoTIL about Göran Kropp who rode his bike from Sweden to Mount Everest, climbed it solo, and rode back (He returned a few years later to help clean up)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL about Göran Kropp who rode his bike from Sweden to Mount Everest, climbed it solo, and rode back (He returned a few years later to help clean up)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 22 days agoTIL that if you translate the Septuagint (around 247 BC) straight from Greek, it mentions Jesus. The English version changes the name.plus-squarewww.ellopos.netexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that if you translate the Septuagint (around 247 BC) straight from Greek, it mentions Jesus. The English version changes the name.plus-squarewww.ellopos.netpelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 22 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 23 days agoTIL Saudi Arabia once accidentally printed textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charterplus-squarequokk.auimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11imageTIL Saudi Arabia once accidentally printed textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charterplus-squarequokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@lemmings.world · 26 days agoToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkToday I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumptionplus-squarewww.morningbrew.comcm0002@lemmings.world · 26 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homelessplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
Jerry on PieFed@feddit.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penaltyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareTIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penaltyplus-squareJerry on PieFed@feddit.onlineEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
kingofras@lemmy.world · 1 month ago22 months laterplus-squaresfo3.digitaloceanspaces.comvideomessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11video22 months laterplus-squaresfo3.digitaloceanspaces.comkingofras@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgcm0002@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTIL I want to go to South Korea and ride a Sky Capsuleplus-squareawaytothecity.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL I want to go to South Korea and ride a Sky Capsuleplus-squareawaytothecity.compelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agoTIL A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africaplus-squareyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africaplus-squareyoutube.comcm0002@sh.itjust.works · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
cm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agoTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: The Bisbee Deportation, the illegal kidnapping and deportation of ~1,300 striking miner, their supporters, and citizen bystanders who were loaded onto trains and sent to New Mexicoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTIL: The Bisbee Deportation, the illegal kidnapping and deportation of ~1,300 striking miner, their supporters, and citizen bystanders who were loaded onto trains and sent to New Mexicoplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink