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Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
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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)

	Replies	Author	Score	Last Post
TIL: the 1949 Yangtze River Incident involving the HMS Amethyst is widely celebrated in the People's Republic of China as a major symbolic milestone marking the end of the "Century of Humiliation" (en.wikipedia.org)	3	Mmmm	53	Fri Mar 13, 2026 8:20 pm »
TIL that skijoring (skiing behind a horse) was once an Olympic sport. (www.cbc.ca)	1	Quilotoa	66	Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:10 am »
TIL you can make butter while running. (www.runnersworld.com)	38	Quilotoa	109	Fri Mar 13, 2026 10:50 pm »
Why is mercury a liquid? (www.livescience.com)	2	WhiteOakBayou	55	Wed Mar 11, 2026 10:47 am »
TIL there's an internet video trend where CEO's of fast food restaurants eat their burgers. (www.oregonlive.com)	1	Quilotoa	-30	Wed Mar 11, 2026 1:20 am »
TIL Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. (en.wiktionary.org)	6	Quilotoa	57	Wed Mar 11, 2026 10:56 am »
TIL there was an ancient Egyptian city named by the Greeks "Crocodilopolis" because of the local settlers' reverence to the large local crocodile population. (www.hellenicaworld.com)	0	TheReturnOfPEB	89	Tue Mar 10, 2026 2:22 pm »
TIL aphrodisiacs do increase blood flow to parts of your body but only those with compromised circulation will likely see any affects. (www.bbc.com)	8	Quilotoa	165	Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:52 am »
The screenwriter of Challengers and Queer (both 2024) is best known to me as the Potion Seller guy (en.wikipedia.org)	1	als	29	Mon Mar 9, 2026 7:48 am »
TIL people of South Asian descent are more likely to suffer from heart disease. Even if they have a healthy weight and don't smoke. Scientists are not sure why. (magazine.ucsf.edu)	26	Valnao	105	Wed Mar 11, 2026 5:40 pm »
TIL that super-rich people love Wyoming. In some counties, the top 1% are richer than the top 1% in New York or California. If you want to meet someone wealthy, go to Wyoming (www.nytimes.com)	21	Valnao	166	Mon Mar 9, 2026 9:47 am »
TIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times. (www.bbc.com)	28	Quilotoa	254	Sat Mar 7, 2026 8:47 pm »
TIL there's a Reeses flavoured toothpaste (www.foodbeast.com)	26	Quilotoa	169	Sun Mar 8, 2026 4:04 am »
TIL it takes the average mammal 12 seconds to poop. (www.pbs.org) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	73	Quilotoa	308	Mon Mar 9, 2026 4:21 am »
TIL that Benito Mussolini, enacted the Acerbo law, providing that the largest political party would automatically receive two-thirds of the seats (sh.itjust.works)	5	Valnao	163	Sat Mar 7, 2026 8:34 am »
TIL that Rudyard Kipling (writer of the jungle book) wrote a poem called "IF". A few lines of this poem are highlighted in the entrance of Wimbledon's Centre Court. (blog.emiliosanchezacademy.com)	10	nikolasdimi	31	Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:59 am »
TIL that Craig Bartlett, the creator of the PBS Kids animated series "Dinosaur Train", also created the classic Nickelodeon cartoon "Hey Arnold!" (Which actually originated from Sesame Street) (en.wikipedia.org)	5	KuromiGirl04	129	Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:31 am »
TIL of the Mahmudiyah rape and killings by five U.S. Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family (en.wikipedia.org)	7	shadysus	176	Fri Mar 6, 2026 6:48 pm »
TIL that the worst driver in New York City likes to drive around in Brooklyn. He received 259 speeding tickets and paid over $60,000 in fines. (www.bkreader.com)	28	NomNom	212	Fri Mar 13, 2026 8:12 am »
TIL the actor that plays Cindy Lou Who is the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless. (en.wikipedia.org)	19	Bluefalcon	149	Thu Mar 5, 2026 5:32 pm »
TIL Jeffrey Epstein may have held powerful influence over the nation's largest sex offender database via his ties to Leon Black	9	Basic Glitch	278	Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:52 pm »
TIL there's a setting in Lemmy that hides down votes. [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	67	Quilotoa	86	Thu Mar 5, 2026 10:19 pm »
TIL that Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation (news.mit.edu)	16	NomNom	289	Tue Mar 3, 2026 6:46 pm »
TIL women experience pain longer than men. (www.zmescience.com)	15	Quilotoa	50	Tue Mar 3, 2026 1:29 pm »
TIL there's a trend called hobby dogging where people take an imaginary dog through an obstacle course. (www.uniondemocrat.com)	43	Quilotoa	185	Tue Mar 3, 2026 1:54 am »