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Today I learned @todayilearned@noc.social
· 1mo ago
TIL In 1846, a dead snail was glued to an index card at the British Museum. 4 years later they discovered it was actually still alive. The museum gave the snail a bath and it lived the remaining 2 years in a jar eating cabbage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremina_desertorum #til #todayilearned
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TIL In 1846, a dead snail was glued to an index card at the British Museum. 4 years later they discovered it was actually still alive. The museum gave the snail a bath and it lived the remaining 2 years in a jar eating cabbage.

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Today I learned @todayilearned@noc.social
· 1mo ago
TIL There are "hunger stones" in rivers in central Europe. These stones were carved during droughts to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they will have to endure famine-related hardships if the water sinks to this level again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_stone #til #todayilearned
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TIL There are "hunger stones" in rivers in central Europe. These stones were carved during droughts to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they will have to endure famine-related hardships if the water sinks to this level again.

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Today I learned @todayilearned@noc.social
· 1mo ago
TIL the Passenger Pigeon was an American bird that went extinct in 1914. Prior there was an estimated population of 3-5 Billion. Due to their population size they were used in shooting contests, some requiring 30k dead pigeons to place 1st. Trappers would catch as many as 800 at a time in large nets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon #til #todayilearned
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TIL the Passenger Pigeon was an American bird that went extinct in 1914. Prior there was an estimated population of 3-5 Billion. Due to their population size they were used in shooting contests, some requiring 30k dead pigeons to place 1st. Trappers would

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· 2mo ago
TIL Adam West and Frank Gorshin were kicked out of an orgy because they were were determined to stay in-character as Batman and the Riddler. https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-hilarious-reason-adam-west-said-he-got-kicked-out-of-an-orgy/ #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w82xiz/til_adam_west_and_frank_gorshin_were_kicked_out/
The Hilarious Reason Adam West Was Kicked Out of an Orgy
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The Hilarious Reason Adam West Was Kicked Out of an Orgy

Adam West and 'Batman' co-star Frank Gorshin supposedly got kicked out of a Hollywood orgy back in the day.

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Dave Rahardja @drahardja@sfba.social
· 2mo ago
#TodayILearned that the Japanese verb “to torment” or “to tease” is 嬲る (naburu). The main Kanji is written as a woman 女 surrounded by two men 男. BUT! There is an alternative rendition: 嫐る (also pronounced naburu), whose Kanji is written as a man 男 surrounded by two women 女. How’s that for equal opportunity? #language #Japanese What’s your favorite rendition for “torment”?

#TodayILearned that the Japanese verb “to torment” or “to tease” is 嬲る (naburu). The main Kanji is written as a woman 女 surrounded by two men 男. BUT! There is an alternative rendition: 嫐る (also pronounced naburu), whose Kanji is written as a man 男 surrounded by two women 女. How’s that for equal op

嬲る (a woman surrounded by two men) 57%
嫐る (a man surrounded by two women) 43%

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· 2mo ago
TIL that in the 1990s, Dolly Parton made $10 million in royalties from Whitney Houston’s cover of her song “I Will Always Love You.” She then invested the money into an office complex in a majority-Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. She later described it as “the house that Whitney built.” https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023889920/dolly-parton-invested-royalties-from-a-whitney-houston-cover-in-a-black-communit #til #todayilearned
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TIL that in the 1990s, Dolly Parton made $10 million in royalties from Whitney Houston’s cover of her song “I Will Always Love You.” She then invested the money into an office complex in a majority-Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. She later des

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Today I learned @todayilearned@noc.social
· 3mo ago
TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships. The Sinking of the Bismark, the Sinking of the HMS Cossack, and the sinking of the HMS Ark Royal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam #til #todayilearned
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TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships. The Sinking of the Bismark, the Sinking of the HMS Cossack, and the sinking of the HMS

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· 3mo ago
TIL between 1904 and 1908, Germany committed the Herero and Nama genocide in present day Namibia, killing an estimated 80% of the Herero people and half of the Nama people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Nama_genocide #til #todayilearned
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TIL between 1904 and 1908, Germany committed the Herero and Nama genocide in present day Namibia, killing an estimated 80% of the Herero people and half of the Nama people.

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Today I learned @todayilearned@noc.social
· 3mo ago
TIL that in 1995, a man robbed two banks after rubbing lemon juice on his face, believing it would make him invisible to security cameras because lemon juice is used as invisible ink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Greater_Pittsburgh_bank_robberies #til #todayilearned
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TIL that in 1995, a man robbed two banks after rubbing lemon juice on his face, believing it would make him invisible to security cameras because lemon juice is used as invisible ink

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