Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 days agoTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square30fedilink
stoy@lemmy.zip · 15 days agoTIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runnerweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1956 during the Olympic torch relay, a veterinary student staged a protest and made a fake flame by lighting a pair of underpants on fire in a can and handing it over to the next runnerweb.archive.orgstoy@lemmy.zip · 15 days agomessage-square5fedilink
ccunning@lemmy.world · 17 days ago[TIL] Soil did not exist before Cenozoic period (the period since the Dinosaur mass extinction event)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down114
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1external-link[TIL] Soil did not exist before Cenozoic period (the period since the Dinosaur mass extinction event)plus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgccunning@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square10fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 17 days agoTIL there's a company in Indiana that makes custom vinyl records for bands that contain things like liquid and sand (and even weirder stuff) inside two sides of a transparent playable 33 1/3 disc.plus-squareromanusrecords.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down13
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a company in Indiana that makes custom vinyl records for bands that contain things like liquid and sand (and even weirder stuff) inside two sides of a transparent playable 33 1/3 disc.plus-squareromanusrecords.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square13fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 18 days agoTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down13
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square8fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTIL people used to clean their clothes with gasoline as a form of 'dry cleaning.' And yes, lots of people died.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkTIL people used to clean their clothes with gasoline as a form of 'dry cleaning.' And yes, lots of people died.plus-squarewww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.greyartmuseum.nyu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.greyartmuseum.nyu.eduFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square2fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTIL in 2023, Israel announced an amazing archaeological discovery, only to announce a few days later that it was created by a scholar showing students what it would have looked like if it existed.plus-squareapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2023, Israel announced an amazing archaeological discovery, only to announce a few days later that it was created by a scholar showing students what it would have looked like if it existed.plus-squareapnews.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoTIL about Crabbie, the world's largest (fake) horseshoe crab. It has a very weird history.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Crabbie, the world's largest (fake) horseshoe crab. It has a very weird history.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 months agoFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink