garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 21 days agoFirst projections of EU Parliament election resultsplus-squareimages2.imgbox.comimagemessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageFirst projections of EU Parliament election resultsplus-squareimages2.imgbox.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square206fedilink
minus-squaregarfaagel@sh.itjust.workstoEurope@feddit.de•All official vote results, exit polls and projections from across the EUlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoTL;DR Far-right on the rise more or less everywhere based on the estimates, green parties on the decline. Let’s just hope it will not get too dire consequences in the five years to come. linkfedilink
minus-squaregarfaagel@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy@lemmy.world•EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy testlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI use an addon called Chameleon that creates a random user agent that changes periodically. linkfedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoTIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it.plus-squarewww.healthline.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Tetrachromacy, a condition which lets you see more colors. Normal people can see about 1 million colors, while tetrachromats may see up to 100 million. Up to 12% of women may have it.plus-squarewww.healthline.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square2fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTIL that to promote potatoes, French agronomist Parmentier put guards around his potato fields, making them seem valuable. At night, they were left unguarded, so peasants could steal potatoes and growplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that to promote potatoes, French agronomist Parmentier put guards around his potato fields, making them seem valuable. At night, they were left unguarded, so peasants could steal potatoes and growplus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoTIL that African wild dogs have been observed "voting" to decide if the group should go on a hunt. To "vote" for a hunt, the dogs sneeze.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that African wild dogs have been observed "voting" to decide if the group should go on a hunt. To "vote" for a hunt, the dogs sneeze.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoTIL that the Aztecs had mandatory education for children of all classes and genders (although the schools and curriculum differed for nobility and commoners as well as boys and girls).plus-squarewww.historyonthenet.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Aztecs had mandatory education for children of all classes and genders (although the schools and curriculum differed for nobility and commoners as well as boys and girls).plus-squarewww.historyonthenet.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoTIL when lightning rods were first introduced in the 18th century, people found them so fascinating that wearable lightning rods become fashionable, e.g. a lightning rod in your hat or umbrella.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL when lightning rods were first introduced in the 18th century, people found them so fascinating that wearable lightning rods become fashionable, e.g. a lightning rod in your hat or umbrella.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoTIL that on pre-colonial Easter Island there existed an undeciphered system of writing or proto-writing, called Rongorongo, which would be one of few independent inventions of writing.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that on pre-colonial Easter Island there existed an undeciphered system of writing or proto-writing, called Rongorongo, which would be one of few independent inventions of writing.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoTIL about the "The Boring Billion", a time period from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis, and stalled biological evolution.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the "The Boring Billion", a time period from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis, and stalled biological evolution.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoTIL that Singapore is the only country in the world that gained independence against its will. It was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, after a 126-0 vote in the Malaysian parliament.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Singapore is the only country in the world that gained independence against its will. It was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, after a 126-0 vote in the Malaysian parliament.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-211 months agoTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-211 months agomessage-square0fedilink
garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languageplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languageplus-squarewww.mentalfloss.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
TL;DR Far-right on the rise more or less everywhere based on the estimates, green parties on the decline. Let’s just hope it will not get too dire consequences in the five years to come.