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Today I Learned @lemmy.world

TIL the Scottish term for counter-clockwise is widdershins

  • Fair enough, thought of converting it to 100k but was too lazy lol

  • Fair enough. The data is presented very weirdly. I changed the post

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL that Alabama has by far the highest amount of death row inmates by capita of any US state

    Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System.

  • This goes in the "no shit" pile of research Still good to have confirmation

  • Actually don't know who that is haha

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinct

  • So according to my understanding, all of those alternate interpretations are just that, (mis)interpretations of the original galvanized iron applied to people. So I'd say your specific interpretation is not more wrong than any of those mentioned.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL that "G.I." originally referred to galvanized iron

  • The moon's glitching tf out

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&white

    Today I Learned @lemmy.world

    TIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"

  • You've heard of dark matter, now get ready for...