originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 3 months agotil - hexagons are the basis of the human visual system and the brain’s navigation systemplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down12
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linktil - hexagons are the basis of the human visual system and the brain’s navigation systemplus-squarewww.sciencedirect.comoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago[Meta] Any reason to have this community when there is !til@lemmy.world?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square[Meta] Any reason to have this community when there is !til@lemmy.world?plus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
atro_city@fedia.io · 3 months agoTIL: The Canadian shield is in fact not an item but a region in Canada that is mostly rockplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Canadian shield is in fact not an item but a region in Canada that is mostly rockplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgatro_city@fedia.io · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.greyartmuseum.nyu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.greyartmuseum.nyu.eduFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months 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 · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoTIL about Crabbie, the world's largest (fake) horseshoe crab. It has a very weird history.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-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-25 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 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-square4fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
arrow-up174arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTIL a genus of vine named boquila is the only type of plant that can mimic its host organism regardless of the species of host (one vine can mimic multiple hosts) and no one knows how it does itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down18
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL a genus of vine named boquila is the only type of plant that can mimic its host organism regardless of the species of host (one vine can mimic multiple hosts) and no one knows how it does itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square9fedilink
DandomRude@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoTIL The famous 90s techno song "Kernkraft 400" is a cover of "Song No. 21" (Star Dust) from the Commodore 64 game "Lazy Jones"plus-squarem.youtube.comvideomessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1videoTIL The famous 90s techno song "Kernkraft 400" is a cover of "Song No. 21" (Star Dust) from the Commodore 64 game "Lazy Jones"plus-squarem.youtube.comDandomRude@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Oxnvat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about Bomberman debuffs lemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL about Bomberman debuffs lemmy.worldOxnvat@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a Black community was displaced to build Central Parkplus-squarelemmy.worldSpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
