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Today I learned @lemmy.ml paranoid @lemmy.world Today I learned that Barilla created Spotify playlists that are the length of time needed to cook pasta to al dente
Drop the pasta, start the playlist, when the music is over, you've got perfectly cooked pasta
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Kathrin @trouth.eu Today I learned about the "village homosexual" in Tahitian culture who is always available when there are no women.
@todayilearned Today I learned about the "village homosexual" in Tahitian culture who is always available when there are no women.
Screenshot is from David Gilmore's "Manhood in the Making".
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Flax @feddit.uk TIL that Taiwan isn't the only Chinese province controlled by the Republic of China
It seems that the Republic of China also control a few islands in the Fuchien/Fujian province as well, which are quite close to the People's Republic of China
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲 @sopuli.xyz The worlds largest Super-bulldozer was never used
The Italian maker wanted to export to Libya. But it never happened, and it stands around in storage 🚧.
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Chris @feddit.uk TIL there are "libraries" in London where you can borrow gadgets
secretldn.com There’s A Library In London Where, Instead Of Books, You Can Borrow Tools, Gadgets, And Various Household ItemsScattered across London are these handy little libraries where, instead of borrowing things to read, you can borrow random things you need.
The Library of Things offers Londoners the chance to get their hands on the random tools, gadgets, and household items they need, in a far more sustainable way than buying them brand new. From camping gear and carpet cleaners to party supplies and pressure washers; the Library of Things is packed full with handy items to borrow at affordable prices. And with 19 libraries now scattered across the city; it’s never been more convenient to borrow rather than buy.
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Kathrin @trouth.eu Today I learned that the Archbishop of York had a piece of Louis XIV's mummified heart in a locket. In 1848 he showed it to the Dean of Westminster, who ate it.
@todayilearned Today I learned that the Archbishop of York had a piece of Louis XIV's mummified heart in a locket. In 1848 he showed it to the Dean of Westminster, who ate it. https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-buckland
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Coldmoon @sh.itjust.works TIL that axolotls, a salamander native to Mexico, can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their brains without scarring.
www.pbs.org Be Smart | This Salamander Can Regrow Limbs Like Deadpool | Season 6 | Episode 13Axolotls are special salamanders because they can regenerate entire limbs!
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Coldmoon @sh.itjust.works TIL two men conned €55m from wealthy people by asking for aid posing as French minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in online meetings by wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian & sitting at a fake official desk.
www.theguardian.com Two masterminds of €55m French minister mask scam jailedGang impersonated Jean-Yves Le Drian, sometimes with lookalike mask, to dupe rich and famous
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲 @sopuli.xyz TIL: cow gut balloons where filled with hydrogen gas for WW1 Airships/Zeppelins 🎈
… yes they used cow gut/intestines 🐄🐄. 7 layers of cow gut where sewn onto a carrier layer of fabric to create an airtight balloon that could hold hydrogen lifting gas for some days 🎈. 50.000 cows where slaughtered for one gas-cell
Advantages over rubber of cow gut:
- rubber-cotton balloons got brittle with repeated uses with hydrogen filling. Cow gut is a flexible material that lasted longer, though expensive.
- rubber balloons can get statically charged. A small spark can flame all the hydrogen at once. Cattle gut does not charge as quickly as rubber.
Source:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbeater%27s_skin#Applications
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldschl%C3%A4gerhaut german article mentions some more numbers data.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship#Envelope
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml Kathrin @trouth.eu Today I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book's
@todayilearned Today I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book's Martian Leader: Elon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project/_Mars:/_A/_Technical/_Tale#The%22Elon%22
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Today I learned @lemmy.ml drbollocks @lemmy.blahaj.zone (sorry if this doesn’t fit) i don’t speak russian, so today i learned “lunch” and “dinner” apparently use the same word (although dinner also has ужин)
i know someone who is a native russian speaker and said they were “eating lunch” at 5pm despite already having eaten lunch. i was confused, and either figured they were having a second or late lunch, when i found this:
