TIL that the Bitwarden extension can generate SSH keys
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TIL about 1 million liters of urine is spilled onto the bathroom floor every day in the U.S.
#TIL 十月一日是烏克蘭保衛者日，為紀念退伍軍人和陣亡將士而設。全國每年於基輔時間上午九時默哀一分鐘。
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zvernennya-prezidenta-volodimira-zelenskogo-z-nagodi-dnya-za-85993
TIL to add two spaces behind a line to write multi line comments on lemmy without whitespaces between them.
Today I learned that the fediverse platform Honk can import posts from a Mastodon, Twitter, or Instagram archive and backdate them appropriately. That's honkin' terrific!
#TIL 原来英语里的风筝Kite是一种鸟（鹞）的名字，因为这种鸟经常在天上悬浮等待，所以才被用来当作风筝的名字。
TIL that in Victorian London mail delivery routes would go by every house 12 times a day.
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TIL about Silphium, aka laser, a plant that was used as a panacea in antiquity and the first species in recorded history to go extinct
#TIL 在麻省理工学院，如果你完成了手枪、射箭、航海和击剑课程，就可以被认证为海盗。
因为太不可思议去搜了一下，结果是真的……是针对本科学生的PE课的娱乐性质的certificate.
The MIT Pirate Certificate became available in the Fall of 2011. Students who have completed Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing should send an email to ahoymitpe @ mit.edu with name and MIT ID number once grades are posted for all four courses.
https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/
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读普鲁斯特提到「眼镜商橱窗里的嘉布遣修士（Capucin）」，周克希注：「每逢晴天小人儿就掀开风帽，遇到下雨天就把帽兜“砰地盖上”」，于是去搜了一下实物。
这是种当时常见的简易湿度计，里面放置了对湿度敏感的物体（如人的头发），头发会随着湿度变化收缩、拉伸，修士兜帽的位置也会随之改变。在西班牙这种装置被称为Fraile del Tiempo（天气僧侣？天气小僧？图四），看上去做工更精细些，僧侣手中的指针会指向不同的湿度状态，从seco（干燥）到lluvia（下雨）。
Napa in Napa Cabbage isn't referring to Napa in California but Japanese
> The word "napa" in the name napa cabbage comes from colloquial and regional Japanese, where nappa (菜っ葉) refers to the leaves of any vegetable, especially when used as food
TIL it’s the right of women of all ages to go topless wherever men can in the states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, including all their cities.
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TIL in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, there is a giant statue of Santa holding a butt plug.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_(sculpture)
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1eegxb8/til_in_rotterdam_the_netherlands_there_is_a_giant/
TIL in 2001, a baby bear, lion, and tiger were rescued from a drug dealers house in Atlanta. They had bonded as a trio and remained friends for over 15 years. Usually as animals grow older, they grow apart from other species, but these three remained close and even lived in the same habitat.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bear-lion-tiger-friends_n_56d8c354e4b0ffe6f8e8bb11
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1efxdvp/til_in_2001_a_baby_bear_lion_and_tiger_were/
TIL the reason why old sports photos often have a blue haze is because the arenas were filled with people smoking cigarettes
https://petapixel.com/2015/10/15/why-old-sports-photos-often-have-a-blue-haze/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ejcaxu/til_the_reason_why_old_sports_photos_often_have_a/
TIL that the cast of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was barely paid for the work they did.
https://movieweb.com/lotr-cast-pay-cate-blanchett-shocking-lord-of-the-rings-finances/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1enw5ii/til_that_the_cast_of_the_lord_of_the_rings/
TIL Vesta Stoudt, an Illinois mom working in a WWII munitions plant, invented duct tape
https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/vesta-stoudt-the-woman-who-invented-duct-tape#:~:text=The%20iconic%20tape%20was%20invented,Ordnance%20Plant%20near%20Amboy%2C%20Illinois.
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ev6p5y/til_vesta_stoudt_an_illinois_mom_working_in_a/
#TIL Baba is You is Turing-complete.
https://terra-docs.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/IJHSR/Articles/volume5-issue7/IJHSR_2023_57_140.pdf