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Rule 1- All posts must begin with TIL. Linking to a source of info is optional, but highly recommended as it helps to spark discussion.

** Posts must be about an actual fact that you have learned, but it doesn't matter if you learned it today. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.**

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Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.

Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.

Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.

Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.

That's it.

Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.

Posts and comments which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.

Rule 6- Regarding non-TIL posts.

Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-TIL posts using the [META] tag on your post title.

Rule 7- You can't harass or disturb other members.

If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.

For further explanation, clarification and feedback about this rule, you may follow this link.

Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.

Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.

Let everyone have their own content.

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Unless included in our Whitelist for Bots, your bot will not be allowed to participate in this community. To have your bot whitelisted, please contact the moderators for a short review.

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Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

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If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

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Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

What did you learn today? Share it with us!

We learn something new every day. This is a community dedicated to informing each other and helping to spread knowledge.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules (interactive)

Rule 1- All posts must begin with TIL. Linking to a source of info is optional, but highly recommended as it helps to spark discussion.

** Posts must be about an actual fact that you have learned, but it doesn't matter if you learned it today. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.**

Rule 2- Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material.

Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.

Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.

Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.

Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.

That's it.

Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.

Posts and comments which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.

Rule 6- Regarding non-TIL posts.

Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-TIL posts using the [META] tag on your post title.

Rule 7- You can't harass or disturb other members.

If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.

For further explanation, clarification and feedback about this rule, you may follow this link.

Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.

Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.

Let everyone have their own content.

Rule 10- Majority of bots aren't allowed to participate here.

Unless included in our Whitelist for Bots, your bot will not be allowed to participate in this community. To have your bot whitelisted, please contact the moderators for a short review.

Partnered Communities

You can view our partnered communities list by following this link. To partner with our community and be included, you are free to message the moderators or comment on a pinned post.

Community Moderation

For inquiry on becoming a moderator of this community, you may comment on the pinned post of the time, or simply shoot a message to the current moderators.

What did you learn today? Share it with us!

We learn something new every day. This is a community dedicated to informing each other and helping to spread knowledge.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules (interactive)

Rule 1- All posts must begin with TIL. Linking to a source of info is optional, but highly recommended as it helps to spark discussion.

** Posts must be about an actual fact that you have learned, but it doesn't matter if you learned it today. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.**

Rule 2- Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material.

Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.

Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.

Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.

Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.

That's it.

Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.

Posts and comments which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.

Rule 6- Regarding non-TIL posts.

Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-TIL posts using the [META] tag on your post title.

Rule 7- You can't harass or disturb other members.

If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.

For further explanation, clarification and feedback about this rule, you may follow this link.

Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.

Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.

Let everyone have their own content.

Rule 10- Majority of bots aren't allowed to participate here.

Unless included in our Whitelist for Bots, your bot will not be allowed to participate in this community. To have your bot whitelisted, please contact the moderators for a short review.

Partnered Communities

You can view our partnered communities list by following this link. To partner with our community and be included, you are free to message the moderators or comment on a pinned post.

Community Moderation

For inquiry on becoming a moderator of this community, you may comment on the pinned post of the time, or simply shoot a message to the current moderators.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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TIL that every year, drivers in New York City spend, on average, 107 hours — or more than four days — looking for parking spaces. (www.nytimes.com)	35	Valuy	294	Sun Jun 14, 2026 1:33 pm »
TIL Campbell's tomato soup tastes exactly like Spaghettios.	6	Alpha71	42	Sat Jun 13, 2026 5:00 am »
TIL that cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling products of all time. It cost nearly $1,000 per pill, even though that same pill cost just 25 cents to make (www.propublica.org) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	88	Valuy	601	Sat Jun 13, 2026 5:24 pm »
TIL Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass. It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in habitat such as pinyon-juniper (wikiroulette.co)	1	Don_Dickle	17	Thu Jun 11, 2026 11:33 pm »
TIL that 75% of global tiger population lives in India. (en.wikipedia.org)	11	Don_Dickle	140	Fri Jun 12, 2026 6:11 am »
TIL reggae singer Shaggy, known for "Boombastic", developed his signature singing voice as a US Marine by mimicking his drill instructors. (www.npr.org)	6	Don_Dickle	123	Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:25 pm »
TIL Marcus Junius Brutus, who killed Caesar, that after being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus. (en.wikipedia.org)	1	Don_Dickle	26	Thu Jun 11, 2026 6:38 pm »
TIL Even wild desert cats love catnip (www.popsci.com)	4	Seb the goblin	90	Thu Jun 11, 2026 8:45 am »
TIL Peter Thiel's former lover and alleged "blood boy" died under mysterious circumstances in 2023 (thelemmy.club) [ Goto page: 1, 2, 3 ]	145	green_goglin	982	Sat Jun 13, 2026 3:36 pm »
TIL out of all gemstones, diamonds are the most common (www.gemsociety.org) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	59	VetOfTheSeas	394	Sat Jun 13, 2026 8:52 pm »
TIL about the deer fly, a harmless friggin annoyance that can shapeshift into something hard to find on web (en.wikipedia.org)	32	Little1Lost	95	Thu Jun 11, 2026 6:08 pm »
TIL “The Front Fell Off” is from Australian comedy news duo Clarke and Dawe (www.youtube.com)	22	wuffah	67	Sat Jun 13, 2026 1:41 am »
TIL: Marine snow (en.wikipedia.org)	6	Aniki	119	Tue Jun 9, 2026 12:07 pm »
TIL The location of the G-spot is typically reported as being about 50 to 80 mm (2.0 to 3.1 in) inside the vagina, on the front wall (en.wikipedia.org) [ Goto page: 1, 2, 3 ]	134	Don_Dickle	251	Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:08 pm »
Locked: TIL A 2018 study of 2,304 women, reported that once genital stimulation began, women reached orgasm in an average of 14 minutes during Partnered Sex (www.issm.info) [ Goto page: 1, 2, 3 ]	103	Don_Dickle	200	Wed Jun 10, 2026 11:05 am »
Vaginitis is soreness and swelling in and around the vagina. It's common and usually treatable. (www.nhs.uk)	0	Don_Dickle	1	Mon Jun 8, 2026 11:21 pm »
TIL Balanitis is a common cause of penile swelling. It occurs when the glans (head) penis is inflamed. About 3% to 11%Trusted Source of people with a penis will experience balanitis (www.healthline.com)	15	Don_Dickle	13	Tue Jun 9, 2026 5:07 pm »
Research shows penile fractures are uncommon, with a yearly incidence of one case per 175,000 U.S. men. (www.hims.com)	13	Don_Dickle	40	Tue Jun 9, 2026 11:48 am »
TIL they are currently testing a needleless SARS/COVID vaccine that was developed by AI. (www.sciencedaily.com)	28	Rhynoplaz	79	Mon Jun 8, 2026 6:27 am »
NSFW TIL sperm during ejaculation can travel up to 28mph (onlinedoctor.lloydspharmacy.com)	39	Don_Dickle	97	Tue Jun 9, 2026 9:07 pm »
TIL that orgasm via masturbation or sex can provide relief for sinus pressure and nasal congestion. (medical-school.uq.edu.au) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	92	Don_Dickle	458	Tue Jun 9, 2026 12:31 pm »
@til Today I learned that the Austrian School of Economics, on which our current economic models are based, is not itself based on empiricism and in ...	20	Kat	51	Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:32 am »
TIL the longest field goal kick belongs to Cam Little of the Jacksonville Jaguars vs Las Vegas Raiders. It was a kick of 68 yards. (en.wikipedia.org)	1	Don_Dickle	7	Tue Jun 9, 2026 1:54 am »