Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of Supai, Arizona, the only place in the US where mail is still delivered by mules. The community has been referred to as "the most remote community" in the contiguous United Statesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Supai, Arizona, the only place in the US where mail is still delivered by mules. The community has been referred to as "the most remote community" in the contiguous United Statesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn)plus-squarewww.theguardian.comMadbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL: If you have just $4,210 to your name, you're still richer than half of the people on Earth.plus-squarewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: If you have just $4,210 to your name, you're still richer than half of the people on Earth.plus-squarewww.cnbc.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL roughly 1 in 22 Dodge Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, more than twice the national average of 1 in every 55 drivers overall.plus-squarewww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL roughly 1 in 22 Dodge Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, more than twice the national average of 1 in every 55 drivers overall.plus-squarewww.thedrive.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Edward Teller, the physicist who advocated for Oppenheimer to lose his security clearance suggested using nukes to create artifical harbours, fracking oil and preventing hurricanesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Edward Teller, the physicist who advocated for Oppenheimer to lose his security clearance suggested using nukes to create artifical harbours, fracking oil and preventing hurricanesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a shipping and railroad empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a shipping and railroad empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Emma Gibson, frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born in 2017 to a mother born in 1991.english.alarabiya.netexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Emma Gibson, frozen as an embryo in 1992, was born in 2017 to a mother born in 1991.english.alarabiya.netMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that the place Julius Caesar was murdered, “Torre Argentina,” is now a cat sanctuary.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the place Julius Caesar was murdered, “Torre Argentina,” is now a cat sanctuary.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL there are only 25 blimps left in the world.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there are only 25 blimps left in the world.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that for over fifty years, Coca-Cola tried to control the use of the term "cola". Despite their threats to other businesses and numerous lawsuits, by 1944, courts had determined "cola" was a ge...www.metnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that for over fifty years, Coca-Cola tried to control the use of the term "cola". Despite their threats to other businesses and numerous lawsuits, by 1944, courts had determined "cola" was a ge...www.metnews.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that "the father of the atom bomb" Robert Oppenheimer's daughter Toni was refused security clearance as a UN translator after the FBI brought up the old charges against her father. In 1977 she ...plus-squarewikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that "the father of the atom bomb" Robert Oppenheimer's daughter Toni was refused security clearance as a UN translator after the FBI brought up the old charges against her father. In 1977 she ...plus-squarewikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of Michael Hay, a British lawyer who opened a law firm in North Korea, which won some of its cases, but closed in 2016 due to sanctionsplus-squareasiatimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL of Michael Hay, a British lawyer who opened a law firm in North Korea, which won some of its cases, but closed in 2016 due to sanctionsplus-squareasiatimes.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Carrie Fisher’s ashes were placed inside a giant Prozac Pillplus-squarewww.hollywoodreporter.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Carrie Fisher’s ashes were placed inside a giant Prozac Pillplus-squarewww.hollywoodreporter.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoToday I learned that, after Phil Hartman's death, the Simpsons staff considered casting Harry Shearer as the replacement voice actor for the character Lionel Hutz, but decided to retire Lionel Hutz...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned that, after Phil Hartman's death, the Simpsons staff considered casting Harry Shearer as the replacement voice actor for the character Lionel Hutz, but decided to retire Lionel Hutz...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that the landing craft used by the US during D-Day (and in much of WWII) were made mostly of plywood and initially designed for trappers, oil drillers and rum runners. The Navy started using th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the landing craft used by the US during D-Day (and in much of WWII) were made mostly of plywood and initially designed for trappers, oil drillers and rum runners. The Navy started using th...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that Bud Light's big marketing push in the 80s was Spuds Mackenzie, a dog presented as "a cool dude". Spuds was played by a female dog, named Honey Tree Evil Eye.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Bud Light's big marketing push in the 80s was Spuds Mackenzie, a dog presented as "a cool dude". Spuds was played by a female dog, named Honey Tree Evil Eye.plus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that the town of Liberal Kansas was named after a local landowner who was called a liberal because he was very generous with his well water during droughts.plus-squarewww.britannica.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the town of Liberal Kansas was named after a local landowner who was called a liberal because he was very generous with his well water during droughts.plus-squarewww.britannica.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a reclusive British trader caused a flash crash in 2010 that wiped $1 trillion off the US stock market while trading from his parents house in London.plus-squaretechiegamers.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a reclusive British trader caused a flash crash in 2010 that wiped $1 trillion off the US stock market while trading from his parents house in London.plus-squaretechiegamers.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agoTIL an oil platform called Piper Alpha, located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, exploded and sank on 6 July 1988, killing 165 of the men on board.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL an oil platform called Piper Alpha, located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, exploded and sank on 6 July 1988, killing 165 of the men on board.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comBEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
