The history of the Seesaw (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Tabula Peutingeriana (en.m.wikipedia.org)
an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire.
Anybody remember Edd Gould and Eddsworld? (en.m.wikipedia.org)
He was my favorite creator in Britain who inspired me as a kid to make art and characters and I mourned his death when he passed away while I was in school…but thankfully his friends and family kept the work alive as of right now....
Stick figure (en.m.wikipedia.org)
A 30,000 year old tradition
TIL of Waldorf schools (en.m.wikipedia.org)
I mentioned to someone how I think there should be more hands-on learning in schools and he told me to look up Waldorf schools. Very interesting to say the least. Rudolf Steiner had very unique philosophies, some very weird or outright morally questionable, but some that I think were an appropriate reaction to the “thinking in...
TIL about the bat bomb, a failed attempt to weaponize bats by the US government. (AKA "Project X-Ray") (en.m.wikipedia.org)
James Arthur Ray (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Morton's List (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Morton’s List players have been arrested while doing their Quests
Magic 8 Ball (en.m.wikipedia.org)
I never realized they had 20 sides! Or that one company owned the trademark. Also surprised that there is no deeper meaning to choosing the 8- ball, they just partnered with billiards company.
TIL the company Identity Digital owned about 30% of all generally-available TLDs (en.m.wikipedia.org)
TIL that a Frenchman ate a plane (en.m.wikipedia.org)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/31e7c2b9-3af8-49c2-9483-d0eba629c56e.jpeg
Carrington Event (en.m.wikipedia.org)
TIL China now has a 3 child policy. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Maximum, that is....
Convection vs Conduction Vapes: Pros of Each (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Just a quick guide to help anyone understand some of the differences between conduction and convection vaporizers. Hopefully it helps people make informed decisions on what types of vapes they want!...
Bimbo (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Hostile architecture (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Snidely Whiplash (en.m.wikipedia.org)
From the article...
Pauci-immune (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Pauci-immune (pauci- Latin: few, little) vasculitis is a form of vasculitis that is associated with minimal evidence of hypersensitivity upon immunofluorescent staining for IgG....
Elefante de Luís XIV alimentado a pão e vinho (en.m.wikipedia.org) Portuguese
Pedro II de Portugal oferece elefante africano a Luís XIV de França. O presente é alimentado a sopa, pão e vinho....
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/19544496...
Pay-to-stay (imprisonment) - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/18677335...
A Serbian Film (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Read at your own risk, as some reviewers wrote, you can’t unknow things once you learn them, and this movie’s description is all of the terrible things.
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything....
TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/18677335...