Recent comments in /f/todayilearned
truethatson t1_jdyky9i wrote
Reply to comment by dirtyLizard in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
I figured it wasn’t over Zydeco.
expiredeternity t1_jdykn4t wrote
Reply to comment by Rokhnal in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
Fixed, thank you for pointing out my mistake.
SnOwYO1 t1_jdykbfz wrote
a_brown_frog t1_jdyk6ub wrote
And 9 brains
Notamansplainer t1_jdyk31d wrote
Reply to TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
So... Like Bob Marley and his thugs back in the day then?
crimlawguru t1_jdyk1n9 wrote
The Royalty of the Ocean.
reeny706 t1_jdyjxhh wrote
Reply to TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
I would like to personally thank her, and anyone that does this. My kid had leukemia and needed a lot of blood or platelets. I was always thankful for the donors.
FlattopMaker t1_jdyjvgw wrote
Reply to comment by the_hell_you_say in TIL that octopuses have three hearts and blue blood by real_aurora_cole
only when the haemocyanin is bleeding out...or it's an octograsshopper (try fiinding a pesticide for *that* one)
reeny706 t1_jdyjoxu wrote
AtTheLeftThere t1_jdyjndv wrote
Reply to comment by Jemmerl in TIL of BioSteel, high-strength fiber-based material produced by goats, genetically modified to produce spider silk. by Grothorious
It would be an honor. Imagine having to catch them by using a stun grenade
the_hell_you_say t1_jdyjab6 wrote
Hmm, I thought an Octopus had green blood
night_dude t1_jdyijnk wrote
Reply to TIL the musician and songwriter D'Angelo not only recorded a song, "Unshaken", for Red Dead Redemption 2, he also served as a playtester during the videogame's development due to his love of the series by grizzburger
There's a fucking D'Angelo song in RDR2?????
delinquentsaviors t1_jdyif27 wrote
Reply to comment by TurboThrobber in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
I saw something like this on a bottle of water in France. Thought it was super innovative. Didn’t realize there was a push for it
FlattopMaker t1_jdyi2oh wrote
I only learned this thanks to Google when I was learning about how we use horseshoe crab blue blood to test that IV drugs and implants are hygenic enough for human use.
smeagol90125 t1_jdyhtpr wrote
are they omnisexual?
qbande t1_jdyh6cu wrote
Reply to comment by CeccoGrullo in TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain. by delano1998
and is pronounced like 'Lesootoo'.
Ethereal42 t1_jdyh3xo wrote
Reply to TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
When I saw this recently in the UK I thought it was an error in the moulding but it looked well made an intentional, really confused me the first time.
CaptainButtFucker t1_jdygamy wrote
And they taste amazing.
Josgre987 t1_jdyfk5o wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
That or raped and killed by the Japanese
Luung t1_jdyfj8c wrote
Reply to comment by Vitalic123 in TIL the musician and songwriter D'Angelo not only recorded a song, "Unshaken", for Red Dead Redemption 2, he also served as a playtester during the videogame's development due to his love of the series by grizzburger
There is a lot of music but almost none of it has vocals, which makes the few moments where it does particularly striking. They used the same technique to equal effect in the first game when you first arrive in Mexico, when you're riding back home to your family, and over the end credits.
distractabledaddy t1_jdylucq wrote
Reply to comment by NeoPossum in TIL intercontinental ballistic missiles use celestial navigation to check and correct their course (initially set using internal gyroscopes) while flying outside the Earth's atmosphere. by Captainmanic
Even with the lunar wane shaft