Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDid you hear about the new Jewish Mother doll?plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDid you hear about the new Jewish Mother doll?plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Hoppin' John and Jewish Symbolic Foods" - How Sephardic Jewish food and Soul food both adopted the black-eyed peaplus-squarewww.tasteofjew.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"Hoppin' John and Jewish Symbolic Foods" - How Sephardic Jewish food and Soul food both adopted the black-eyed peaplus-squarewww.tasteofjew.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 2 years agoA Conversation Between Two People on Yom Kippur Who Definitely Fastedplus-squarewww.mcsweeneys.netexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA Conversation Between Two People on Yom Kippur Who Definitely Fastedplus-squarewww.mcsweeneys.netFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Jewish@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to There Was An Attempt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoto make people curious.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageto make people curious.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to There Was An Attempt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL there's a company in Indiana that makes custom vinyl records for bands that contain things like liquid and sand (and even weirder stuff) inside two sides of a transparent playable 33 1/3 disc.plus-squareromanusrecords.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a company in Indiana that makes custom vinyl records for bands that contain things like liquid and sand (and even weirder stuff) inside two sides of a transparent playable 33 1/3 disc.plus-squareromanusrecords.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the S.S. Minnow had an eighth passenger.plus-squarelemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL people used to clean their clothes with gasoline as a form of 'dry cleaning.' And yes, lots of people died.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL people used to clean their clothes with gasoline as a form of 'dry cleaning.' And yes, lots of people died.plus-squarewww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.plus-squaregreyartmuseum.nyu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO carved the world's largest ruby into the shape of a turd.plus-squaregreyartmuseum.nyu.eduFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL in 2023, Israel announced an amazing archaeological discovery, only to announce a few days later that it was created by a scholar showing students what it would have looked like if it existed.plus-squareapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2023, Israel announced an amazing archaeological discovery, only to announce a few days later that it was created by a scholar showing students what it would have looked like if it existed.plus-squareapnews.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL about Crabbie, the world's largest (fake) horseshoe crab. It has a very weird history.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Crabbie, the world's largest (fake) horseshoe crab. It has a very weird history.plus-squarewww.atlasobscura.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFor centuries, the only way to get purple dye in Europe was by harvesting tens of thousands of murex snails from the ocean. TIL the Mayans discovered this independentlyplus-squarewww.mayaincaaztec.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL a genus of vine named boquila is the only type of plant that can mimic its host organism regardless of the species of host (one vine can mimic multiple hosts) and no one knows how it does itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a genus of vine named boquila is the only type of plant that can mimic its host organism regardless of the species of host (one vine can mimic multiple hosts) and no one knows how it does itplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTIL Not only did Marvel Comics do radio drama adaptations of early Fantastic Four comics in 1975, The Human Torch was played by a young Bill Murray!plus-squarearchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Not only did Marvel Comics do radio drama adaptations of early Fantastic Four comics in 1975, The Human Torch was played by a young Bill Murray!plus-squarearchive.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
