#TIL Harambe, a 2‑year‑old gorilla, was killed along with his 11‑month‑old brother and his two‑year‑old half‑sister after a chlorine container near a space heater released toxic gas into the enclosure.
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@terjehaakstad.bsky.social⚽️ Eeeyyyaaah TIIIL!
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Dette blir hjemmeseier! 🔥
@ilearntoday.bsky.social#TIL Since 2019, Jay Z has been the final decision-maker on Super Bowl halftime shows, overseeing all creative and production choices.
@ilearntoday.bsky.social#TIL TIL the band DragonForce earned just about $3,000 in royalties when their hit "Through the Fire and Flames" was included in Guitar Hero games.
@shtrom.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy#til ( #aja ?) largonji, un jargon consistant à mettre la première syllabe d'un mot à la fin, et remplacer le début par un L. D'où le classique `en loucedé` pour `en douce`.
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/largonji
EDIT: similaire au Pig Latin en anglais https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin […]
@brahvim.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gySaying "they're a female" is apparently **very**
dehumanizing, even if the *kind* of individual is
known to be *a human being,* and you were only
specifying genders. #TIL, The English Language...!
I dunno, I often speak the nature-documentary way.
Dumb me! ...Or maybe it's because I'm growing […]
@lyle.cville.online.ap.brid.gy#TIL the Appalachian Mountains are named that because Spanish map makers got confused about where the Apalachee tribe and the mountain range were and it stuck. #etymology #Appalachians #Apalachee https://www.mikegravel.org/how-did-appalachia-get-its-name/
@deborahh.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy#TIL Fitz (pronounced "fits").
was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors. Meaning "son of", it would precede the father's forename, or less commonly a title held by the father. In rare cases, it formed […]
@samstokes.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyYou know that poem about "the widening gyre" / "things fall apart" that is so evocative of … all this? #til W.B. Yeats, who wrote it, was an enthusiastic (albeit temporary) supporter of fascist movements and disapproved of democracy. Gonna have to think about that next time I quote it.
@vinceguerrieri.com#TIL that Lucky Luciano and Tommy Lucchese were arrested at ringside the the Max Schmeling-Young Stribling fight that was the first event ever held at Cleveland Stadium.
@ilearntoday.bsky.social#TIL Vanna White, the Wheel of Fortune host, earns about $10 million annually but only works on the show for roughly one month each year.
@colpizen.bsky.socialJe verse cette pièce au dossier pour le plaisir du #TIL (via Me Poulard, sans surprise) :)
@oscarmlage.mastodon.bofhers.es.ap.brid.gyThere are options beyond tmux + blink: herdr and termrover are getting close to passing them on the right #TIL
@hagedorny.bsky.social#TIL, dass die Bundesregierung 1970 ein Straffreiheitsgesetz beschlossen hat, das viele – nicht tödliche und nicht gemeingefährliche – Straftaten im Zusammenhang von Demonstrationen amnestierte, die zwischen dem 1. Januar 1965 und dem 31. Dezember 1969 begangen wurden. www.buzer.de/gesetz/5186/...