TIL the USA has 4 of the world’s top 5 air forces- each branch of the military individually ranks in the global top 5
https://ift.tt/sX0tjFc
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:28AM by Odd_Bobcat_1354
via reddit https://ift.tt/uBx7UJO
https://ift.tt/sX0tjFc
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:28AM by Odd_Bobcat_1354
via reddit https://ift.tt/uBx7UJO
www.wdmma.org
Global Air Powers Ranking (2024)
Each fighting airpower has a place in the world - just some ranking higher than others.
TIL Van Halen's David Lee Roth wrote the song "Panama" (which is about a fast car) as a response to being accused of only writing about women, parties, and fast cars. He realized he had never written a song about a fast car, so he wrote one.
https://ift.tt/52xzSIi
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:20AM by TuneJotter
via reddit https://ift.tt/3y2jeas
https://ift.tt/52xzSIi
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:20AM by TuneJotter
via reddit https://ift.tt/3y2jeas
American Songwriter
The Meaning Behind the Van Halen Hit “Panama” May Not Be What You Think
The glammed-up hard rocking 1984 classic, "Panama" by Van Halen, is a thundering ode to something very different.
😎8
TIL-Foot Binding in China lasted for 1000 years. The last "lotus shoe" store closed in 1999.
https://ift.tt/SR3JpdY
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:08AM by Zorosan22
via reddit https://ift.tt/W7IPDXs
https://ift.tt/SR3JpdY
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:08AM by Zorosan22
via reddit https://ift.tt/W7IPDXs
Smithsonian Magazine
Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium
Despite the pain, millions of Chinese women stood firm in their devotion to the tradition
TIL Not only does Elmo the muppet have a father, but he's also a soldier who served in Iraq.
https://ift.tt/ERDcTzX
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 06:08AM by Doctor-Amazing
via reddit https://ift.tt/gj70RGt
https://ift.tt/ERDcTzX
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 06:08AM by Doctor-Amazing
via reddit https://ift.tt/gj70RGt
TODAY.com
Everything we know about Louie, Elmo's multitalented, goateed dad
Louie is one of the most prominent muppet father figures on "Sesame Street."
💩9🤣3
TIL that it's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland because they'll get depressed
https://ift.tt/Gi8mR6A
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 07:27AM by Sea_Impression1163
via reddit https://ift.tt/DAa9VoU
https://ift.tt/Gi8mR6A
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 07:27AM by Sea_Impression1163
via reddit https://ift.tt/DAa9VoU
ZME Science
Why it’s illegal to own one guinea pig in Switzerland
At first, it sounds like one of the silliest laws ever: in Switzerland, you're not allowed to own just one guinea pig or parrot. The reason for this is that they’re social species, and they
❤5👏1💩1
TIL 287 years is the longest a library book was overdue. While writing a biography on Colonel Robert Walpole in 1956, Prof. John Plumb returned a history book to the Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge after Walpole had checked it out around the year 1667.
https://ift.tt/tUoNfJm.
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:46AM by SeizeOpportunity
via reddit https://ift.tt/nGU7VvM
https://ift.tt/tUoNfJm.
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:46AM by SeizeOpportunity
via reddit https://ift.tt/nGU7VvM
the Guardian
Long story: book returned to California library nearly a century late
Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this month
TIL Viggo Mortensen wore his Russian gangster make up tattoos to a Russian restaurant while filming Eastern Promises. The Russian diners fell silent out of fear until Viggo identified himself and said the tattoos were for a movie. After that he removed the tattoos after every workday.
https://ift.tt/07dMHGU
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 08:43AM by shifty1032231
via reddit https://ift.tt/ohdsVpy
https://ift.tt/07dMHGU
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 08:43AM by shifty1032231
via reddit https://ift.tt/ohdsVpy
Wikipedia
Eastern Promises
2007 film directed by David Cronenberg
TIL that the mitochondria in our cells, which generate energy, are ancient bacteria that had a symbiotic relationship with other single cell organisms and developed around 1.5 billion years ago
https://ift.tt/3djaHni
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 11:08AM by axedemia
via reddit https://ift.tt/WAtU75P
https://ift.tt/3djaHni
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 11:08AM by axedemia
via reddit https://ift.tt/WAtU75P
Wikipedia
Symbiogenesis
evolutionary theory holding that eukaryotic organelles evolved through symbiosis with prokaryotes
👍1
TIL: That following the solar eclipse of August 11 1999, the BMJ reported only 14 cases of eye damage from improper viewing of the eclipse, a number lower than initially feared. In one of the most serious cases the patient had looked at the Sun without eye protection for 20 minutes.
https://ift.tt/78rqcWT
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 02:06PM by appalachian_hatachi
via reddit https://ift.tt/gZnuKac
https://ift.tt/78rqcWT
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 02:06PM by appalachian_hatachi
via reddit https://ift.tt/gZnuKac
Wikipedia
Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999
solar eclipse
👍2😎2
TIL the current Duke of Wellington is also the Prince of Waterloo and is styled 'His Serene Highness', a noscript granted by the Dutch king in 1815, which comes with the hereditary right to 2,600 acres of land in Belgium.
https://ift.tt/QN7hpB4
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 02:07PM by Diatomack
via reddit https://ift.tt/LBvQfgW
https://ift.tt/QN7hpB4
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 02:07PM by Diatomack
via reddit https://ift.tt/LBvQfgW
Wikipedia
Prince of Waterloo
Prince of Waterloo (Dutch: Prins van Waterloo, French: Prince de Waterloo) is a noscript in the Dutch and Belgian nobility, held by the Duke of Wellington. The noscript was created by King William I of the Netherlands for Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke…
🤡7
TIL that CopyCat was the first cloned pet, a cat born in late 2001. Throughout her life, she was a completely normal cat without any complications. In fact, she was able to have four kittens.
https://ift.tt/5jdusrb
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 03:46PM by Lola-Whitis
via reddit https://ift.tt/DVLzfuM
https://ift.tt/5jdusrb
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 03:46PM by Lola-Whitis
via reddit https://ift.tt/DVLzfuM
Wikipedia
CC (cat)
cloned cat
❤12
TIL that at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, well-behaved prisoners are allowed to keep cats. These feline companions are believed to help in managing the prisoners' temperaments and are considered very beneficial for the convicts.
https://ift.tt/Nwb7MJV
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:08PM by Farehe_788
via reddit https://ift.tt/VTDzWhq
https://ift.tt/Nwb7MJV
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:08PM by Farehe_788
via reddit https://ift.tt/VTDzWhq
WISH-TV
Shelter cats find freedom at Pendleton prison
Cats waiting for adoption spend time with inmates at Pendleton Correctional Facility, teaching offenders responsibility.
❤6💩1
TIL Many spices contain significant levels of heavy metals like lead and arsenic, with no clear indicator of safety by brand name, country of origin, or organic status
https://ift.tt/ATnOp4b
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:32PM by mostly-sun
via reddit https://ift.tt/De4uF0z
https://ift.tt/ATnOp4b
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:32PM by mostly-sun
via reddit https://ift.tt/De4uF0z
Consumer Reports
Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead
Consumer Reports found that herbs and spices might contain arsenic, cadmium, and lead, based on tests of products from McCormick, Whole Foods, and dozens of other big brands.
👍3
TIL that Super Bowl XXXIV (34) is known as the "Dot-Com Super Bowl" because it featured 14 ads from 14 different dot-com companies, each paying an average of $2.2 million per spot. Of these companies, four are still active, five were bought by other companies, and the remaining five are defunct.
https://ift.tt/qoesOUC
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:24PM by Majoodeh
via reddit https://ift.tt/GATleCF
https://ift.tt/qoesOUC
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 05:24PM by Majoodeh
via reddit https://ift.tt/GATleCF
Wikipedia
Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV
Super Bowl advertisements in 2000
TIL the last Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1960 in a small Toronto apartment
https://ift.tt/BzQj3rl
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:59PM by MasterpieceAmazing76
via reddit https://ift.tt/usMhqwL
https://ift.tt/BzQj3rl
Submitted April 08, 2024 at 04:59PM by MasterpieceAmazing76
via reddit https://ift.tt/usMhqwL
Wikipedia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ольга Александровна; 13 June [O.S. 1 June] 1882 – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II.
🔥5
TIL 8-10 year old boys were sometimes castrated to preserve the high prepubescent vocal range. (This practice stopped in the late 1700s)
https://ift.tt/NQrVMy3
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 12:26AM by JeezThatsBright
via reddit https://ift.tt/rL2lSMn
https://ift.tt/NQrVMy3
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 12:26AM by JeezThatsBright
via reddit https://ift.tt/rL2lSMn
Wikipedia
Castrato
type of male singer who is castrated in order to maintain a high voice
😱3🤬1🤮1
TIL That John Quincy Adams partially blinded himself looking directly at an eclipse in 1791
https://ift.tt/mCuPkfj
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 01:28AM by naberz09
via reddit https://ift.tt/Tf3nPXh
https://ift.tt/mCuPkfj
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 01:28AM by naberz09
via reddit https://ift.tt/Tf3nPXh
Plodding through the Presidents
Solar Eclipse Tips From John Quincy Adams
Sage advice from an early American eclipse chaser.
TIL in 1915 tipping was so unpopular that 6 states made it illegal to do so.
https://ift.tt/M6YzewG
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 02:52AM by zinky30
via reddit https://ift.tt/uXBZqj8
https://ift.tt/M6YzewG
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 02:52AM by zinky30
via reddit https://ift.tt/uXBZqj8
NPR
When Tipping Was Considered Deeply Un-American
Imported from Europe, the custom of leaving gratuities began spreading in the U.S. post-Civil War. It was loathed as a master-serf custom that degraded America's democratic, anti-aristocratic ethic.
👍9
TIL According to the International Olympic Committee, gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5% silver. The gold in gold medals is in the plating outside and consist of at least 6 grams of pure gold. Silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are 95% copper and 5% zinc
https://ift.tt/HyPx30B
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 01:13AM by Majorpain2006
via reddit https://ift.tt/QEVWbeR
https://ift.tt/HyPx30B
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 01:13AM by Majorpain2006
via reddit https://ift.tt/QEVWbeR
Yahoo Sports
Are Olympic Medals Real Gold? Here’s Exactly What They’re Made of & How Much They’re Worth
Team USA can make a lot of cash from their gold medals.
👍1
TIL the sirens from Homers Odyssey were never said to be actually beautiful, or even mermaids. Instead, they were strange human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the future
https://ift.tt/Hk2OrYC
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 03:10AM by Mediocre_Heart_3032
via reddit https://ift.tt/ld0bGKU
https://ift.tt/Hk2OrYC
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 03:10AM by Mediocre_Heart_3032
via reddit https://ift.tt/ld0bGKU
Vice
Sirens Are Actually Bird-Bodied Messengers of Death, Not Sexy Mermaids
Over time, artists transformed these morbid songstresses from horrific bird women into seductive femme-fatales.
TIL that Anders Breivik, who killed 77 youth activists in Norway in 2011 once sued Norway in a bid in order to end his years in isolation.
https://ift.tt/NEyBDlg
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 02:59AM by Quiz_Master_Boy
via reddit https://ift.tt/CEfxR9v
https://ift.tt/NEyBDlg
Submitted April 09, 2024 at 02:59AM by Quiz_Master_Boy
via reddit https://ift.tt/CEfxR9v
BBC News
Anders Breivik: Mass murderer sues Norway over prison isolation
Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, argues his prison conditions breach his human rights.
⚡1🍌1