Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTIL the very first animated feature film was "Creation" by Pinto Colvig, made in 1916. It has been lost and only a few frames remain, but Colvig went on to be the voice of Goofy and the original Bozo.plus-squareblueprintdigital.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the very first animated feature film was "Creation" by Pinto Colvig, made in 1916. It has been lost and only a few frames remain, but Colvig went on to be the voice of Goofy and the original Bozo.plus-squareblueprintdigital.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 22 days agoTIL the first Star Wars movie (A New Hope) was actually made after a book adaptation, which means Star Wars hype is technically literary-based in natureplus-squarestarwars.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first Star Wars movie (A New Hope) was actually made after a book adaptation, which means Star Wars hype is technically literary-based in natureplus-squarestarwars.fandom.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoTIL: How The IMF and World Bank Debt Trap Countries and Force them into Austerityplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How The IMF and World Bank Debt Trap Countries and Force them into Austerityplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
ekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agoBye Bye Paywall - A Simple Way to Remove Paywalls from Online Newsplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBye Bye Paywall - A Simple Way to Remove Paywalls from Online Newsplus-squarelemmy.worldekZepp@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 26 days agoTIL that science does still not fully understand how cycling workswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that science does still not fully understand how cycling workswww.cbc.cagarfaagel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square0fedilink
FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-226 days agoTIL: About Foxfire a Bioluminescent Fungusplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: About Foxfire a Bioluminescent Fungusplus-squareen.m.wikipedia.orgFireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-226 days agomessage-square0fedilink
TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoTIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgTehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square0fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoTIL: How DuPont Knowingly Poisoned Americans With PFAS For Over 50 Yearsplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkTIL: How DuPont Knowingly Poisoned Americans With PFAS For Over 50 Yearsplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square10fedilink
Gamers_Mate@kbin.run · edit-229 days agoToday I learned you can run doom from motherboard BIOS.plus-squarewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkToday I learned you can run doom from motherboard BIOS.plus-squarewww.pcgamer.comGamers_Mate@kbin.run · edit-229 days agomessage-square5fedilink
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · edit-229 days agoTIL that in 2014, a photographer tried to copyright a monkey's selfie and sue Wikipedia for it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2014, a photographer tried to copyright a monkey's selfie and sue Wikipedia for it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgAatube@kbin.melroy.org · edit-229 days agomessage-square0fedilink
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netEnglish · 29 days agoA WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Darkplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkA WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Darkplus-squarewww.smithsonianmag.comboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 30 days agoTIL Catwoman canonically has a sidekickplus-squarebatman.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL Catwoman canonically has a sidekickplus-squarebatman.fandom.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square0fedilink
ChippiChappa@ani.socialEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: Gamergate's have interesting hierarchy and can replace the queenplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Gamergate's have interesting hierarchy and can replace the queenplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgChippiChappa@ani.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
psychothumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL states that passed laws allowing a married person to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse saw female suicide decline by 20 percentplus-squarewww.nber.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL states that passed laws allowing a married person to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse saw female suicide decline by 20 percentplus-squarewww.nber.orgpsychothumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square13fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: After the 1963 March on Washington, the FBI singled out Martin Luther King Jr. as a major COINTELPRO targetplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: After the 1963 March on Washington, the FBI singled out Martin Luther King Jr. as a major COINTELPRO targetplus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL in the Carboniferous Period, no fungus existed to decompose trees. They just grew on top of each other up and up.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL in the Carboniferous Period, no fungus existed to decompose trees. They just grew on top of each other up and up.plus-squareNataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
Pandantic@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL: Some cephalopods can fly…plus-squaremidwest.socialimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageTIL: Some cephalopods can fly…plus-squaremidwest.socialPandantic@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square0fedilink
MissJinx@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL Shrek is based on a very weird bookplus-squarewww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkTIL Shrek is based on a very weird bookplus-squarewww.polygon.comMissJinx@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square4fedilink
theHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Family Originally had the Surname Mileikowsky When They Came to Palestine from Poland in the 1920splus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Family Originally had the Surname Mileikowsky When They Came to Palestine from Poland in the 1920splus-squaremedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
mozz@mbin.grits.dev · 1 month agoTIL Making a living writing books is more or less as rare as becoming a billionaireplus-squarewww.theintrinsicperspective.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL Making a living writing books is more or less as rare as becoming a billionaireplus-squarewww.theintrinsicperspective.commozz@mbin.grits.dev · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink