home.social

#todayilearned — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #todayilearned, aggregated by home.social.

  1. @jimniels

    So... yes!

    > The term "smallpox" was first used in England in the 16th century to distinguish [it] from syphilis, which was then known as the "great pox".

    Other names used historically include "speckled monster", and "red plague".

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

  2. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  3. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  4. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  5. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  6. #TodayILearned that the tradition of giving mooncakes in #China has given rise to a sort of economic cycle in which slips of paper stand in for mooncakes, and companies make profits without selling a single box of mooncakes.

    #Mooncakes #MooncakeBackedSecurity

  7. Komme mir ja schon etwas wie ein #Spießer vor, aber ich werfe von neuen Geräten oder Kabeln niemals diese Bindedrähte weg.

    Die wandern in eine kleine Schachtel in der Küchenschublade. Immer wenn ich dann etwas mit #Kabel in den Keller bringe wird das Kabel in Achtern aufgewickelt und mit einem Drahtbinder zusammen gebunden.

    Vermeidet #Kabelsalat in den Kisten im Keller.

    Irgendwie schon bissle schwäbisch, kann man diskutieren, ob im Guten 🙄
    #SpießerGluck #LifeHack #TIL #TodayILearned

  8. Just when I was feeling happy about the White House Correspondents Dinner, #TIL #TodayILearned that there is 900 page document Trump is working from to completely #dismantle the #government.

    I think I had heard about the document before, but I didn’t realize the detail, nor that #Trump uses it for much of his policy.

    #Project2025 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_

    project2025.org