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

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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 World’s biggest beer, wine and spirits producers have collectively lost $830 billion in market value over just four years. Changing drinking habits and rising health concerns have hit earnings ac… (www.thedrinksbusiness.com) [ Goto page: 1, 2, 3, 4 ]	152	sanitation	523	Wed Jul 29, 2026 4:59 pm »
TIL the Sykes-Picot Agreement that was meant to partition the Ottoman Empire after WWI awarded Constantinople to Russiа. (en.wikipedia.org)	4	sanitation	26	Mon Jul 27, 2026 8:48 pm »
TIL that the USA only has one plant that produces gun barrels for the M1 Abrams tank, M777 howitzers, and Paladin self propelled howitzers. The Watervliet Arsenal in Troy, NY is the nation's oldest a… (breakingdefense.com)	24	sanitation	91	Tue Jul 28, 2026 5:43 pm »
TIL : In 2014, in santa barbara, the city contracted Dan Greding to install "75 minutes parking only" ; he got ticketed for violating the rule while putting up the signs. The ticket was upheld (myfox8.com)	8	sanitation	115	Tue Jul 28, 2026 6:39 pm »
TIL In 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux nations $122 million for the Black Hills, a settlement the tribes have refused on the grounds that acceptance would extinguish their claim to the land,… (en.wikipedia.org)	4	sanitation	158	Mon Jul 27, 2026 9:25 pm »
TIL At least 25 of the Snapple "Facts" are false, outdated, exaggerated or inconclusive (en.wikipedia.org)	45	sanitation	231	Tue Jul 28, 2026 6:40 pm »
TIL there is a delete key function on the samsung keyboard.	10	Mr_Dr_Oink	80	Tue Jul 28, 2026 8:27 am »
Neil Patrick Harris once hosted a party where he served a meat platter designed to look like a hyper realistic depiction of Amy Winehouses rotting corpse	27	𝙈𝙞𝙖	79	Fri Jul 24, 2026 3:34 am »
TIL neo-nazis made pilgrimages to Hitler's former home, so Austria made it a police station (www.theguardian.com) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	87	Fmstrat	764	Fri Jul 24, 2026 7:26 pm »
TIL: There are over a hundred kinds of pasta noodle (en.wikipedia.org)	45	𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢	204	Thu Jul 23, 2026 2:21 am »
TIL Fran Drescher was the victim of a brutal rape. (en.wikipedia.org)	17	susi7802	45	Wed Jul 22, 2026 11:58 am »
TIL woolly mammoths were still around when the pyramids were built (en.wikipedia.org)	18	potoooooooo 🥔	217	Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:51 pm »
TIL: story of Marine Chromometer (www.youtube.com)	7	Typotyper	9	Tue Jul 21, 2026 9:33 am »
Ballooning (spider) - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)	3	Aniki	40	Tue Jul 21, 2026 4:27 am »
TIL "prop" in film and theater is short for "property" (en.wikipedia.org)	21	Omega	303	Mon Jul 20, 2026 3:47 pm »
TIL dragonflies bite when threatened (www.discoverwildlife.com) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	61	QuinnyCoded	353	Wed Jul 22, 2026 3:42 pm »
TIL that target shooting could be causing brain injuries. Scientists are worried about this. (www.nytimes.com) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	84	Zaelaa	257	Mon Jul 20, 2026 11:16 pm »
TIL the word "fnord," from The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gives characters subconscious feelings of unease and confusion, thus preventing rational thought, every time the word appears (en.wikipedia.org)	14	Tony Bark	79	Sun Jul 19, 2026 7:20 pm »
The CEO of Palantir UK is the grandson of Oswald Mosley, British fascist who married at Goebbels house with Hitler as a guest (en.wikipedia.org)	15	𝙈𝙞𝙖	413	Sat Jul 18, 2026 1:19 pm »
TIL almost half the states in the US ban buying alcohol on christmas (vinepair.com)	46	tomatoely	223	Sat Jul 18, 2026 1:14 pm »
TIL that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton owns 15 properties worth ~$9 million. His official salary is $150,000 (www.nytimes.com)	28	Zaelaa	502	Fri Jul 17, 2026 9:29 pm »
TIL Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek TNG has a platinum record (www.avclub.com)	4	klu9	122	Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:30 am »
TIL Ancient Roman farm women made wine, oil and profits. Historians dismissed them as 'housekeepers' (phys.org)	16	velma	405	Wed Jul 15, 2026 9:31 pm »
TIL about micro-inverters which make it possible to track individual solar panels (en.wikipedia.org)	22	jaykrown	198	Tue Jul 14, 2026 2:55 pm »
TIL that 3/4 of bee species make silk (www.sciencealert.com)	6	ReverendIrreverence	91	Tue Jul 14, 2026 12:38 am »