#TIL Henry D. Cogswell built free drinking fountains in major U.S. cities, believing free water would reduce alcohol consumption. However, they were unpopular, and in San Francisco, a mob tore down one because it conflicted with anti-temperance efforts.

#tech #ink #history

#TIL: "#SocialSkills sind die Unterschiede darin, wie gut es Personen gelingt, bestimmte Verhaltensweisen zu zeigen, wenn es die zwischenmenschliche Situation erfordert."
Und: An der Uni Münster gibt es ein Center for Social Skills (CeSoS): https://www.uni-muenster.de/CeSoS/
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🇳🇴 Han blir ny sportssjef i TIL: Ønsker å skape nye store øyeblikk

#NordicNews #Nyheter #TIL #Sport #Innenriks

#TIL, ze pierwsza wersja Trackmanii wyszla jeszcze w 2003 roku 🤯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZiA2rX-0s

#TIL "Grab and go" handrolls are apparently an Australian thing?

#TIL about "The Unrelated Segments" a cool #Detroit-based #GarageRock band who released a handful of locally successful singles around 1966-68. This one was released on Hanna-Barbera Records, the same company that brought us the #Flintstones. Seems appropriate ;-) 🎶 👍 😁 #Music #RockAndRoll […]

ploi•ter•ing:
"pretending to work when you're not"

This word is so useful that posting it *feels* like a real accomplishment. (I am at work)

#TIL #trivia #words #antiwork #QuietQuitting #Productivity

#til the word "psychopath" originally meant about the same thing as "psychologist" - someone who treated mental illnesses

#TIL aigrette, noun.

Borrowed from French aigrette (“egret”).

▪ A feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament, typically in hats or hair.

▪ (ornithology) The lesser white heron. Synonym: egret

▪ The feathery crown of some seeds (such as the dandelion).

Huh, I did not know that

#TIL

#TIL In 1997, a co-creator of Keurig sold their stake for $50,000. By 2010, Keurig had sold over $2 billion worth of machines and K-Cups.

#lion #nes #keurig #coffee #coffeemachine

#til of the existence of this 1984 book

#TIL The Celtic custom of handfasting let couples try a one‑year, one‑day trial marriage. If it didn’t work, they could part without lasting ties. Happy trials led to full marriage.

#celticcustom #handfasting #trialmarriage

#TIL Kleptoparasitism.
meaning: "parasitism by theft".

"a form of feeding behavior in which one animal … deliberately takes food from another animal, often via aggressive confrontations. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct predation, ex: when food is […]

#TIL utile, noun.

▪ A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.

#TIL Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008) holds the world record for the longest cutscene in any video game, featuring a single continuous cutscene lasting 71 minutes, over 8 hours of cutscenes in total.

#worldrecord #metalgearsolid4 #nes #longestcutscene

#TIL #Malfoid

#HarryPotter