#til Hooverphonic 2Wicky samples Isaac Hayes' Walk on By, and a little salty it took me so many decades to find out.
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#TIL Terra-cotta Warriors 兵马俑

テラコ↓ッタ  
《焼いた土の意》〖イタリアterracotta〗
粘土を素焼きにして作った器物・塑像などの総称

#TIL the 1890 US census was the first to use punch card technology in tabulation. That's WAY before computers and computing. Cool!

#TIL The battle at the airport in Captain America: Civil War used very little practical filming, ILM reports that 99% of what was shot was replaced by digital effects.

#practical #digitaleffects #civilwar #battle

C'est Génial. Max Frische's novel Stiller is, apparently, translated into English as I'm Not Stiller.

#booksky #TIL

C'est Génial. Max Frische's novel Stiller is, apparently, translated into English as I'm Not Stiller.

@bookstodon
#bookstodon #TIL

How #EU #electricity is made.

#energy #oil #infographics #til #interesting #coal #solar #solarpanels #renewables #climatechange #nuclear #windpower #biofuels

#TIL Female turkeys can reproduce without a male through parthenogenesis, a type of virgin birth, but this method always results in male offspring.

#ys #turkeyfacts #ema #nes #turkey #turkeys

#til das es in der DDR eine mischung aus arme ritter und grilled cheese erfunden wurde die baudenschnitte heißt und es ist nur die spitze des eisbergs von vergessenem wissen das unter 200 pleitegegangenen vapiano-fillialen begraben liegt

#TIL A leopard in India repeatedly visited the same cow at night years after being raised as an orphaned cub, showing it still recognized the cow as its mother.

#leopard_behavior #ane #leopard_in_india #sam #leopard

#TIL gobo, noun.

▪ A screen (often in disc form) placed between a light and an illuminated actor or object in order to diffuse the glare.

▪ A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds.

▪ A template inserted over a light source to control the shape of the thrown light.

In #TIL trumpdidthis.lol goes to the fuel price charts.

In #TIL trumpdidthis.lol goes to the fuel price charts.

TIL Die Etymologie von “Schach” ist persisch “Shah” (also König) 💡 So naheliegend! #til #schach

#TIL that Macklemore's surname is Haggerty. A good Cork* name, it explains a lot about the guy, and why he is such an awesome dude.

*No, I will not be accepting notes on this. 😉

#TIL about Simple English Wikipedia https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Simple_English

#TIL

Diversional therapy; Diversional therapy improves health and wellbeing through leisure and recreation-based interventions.

#TIL Rhomboïdes

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