TIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezer

maniajack@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

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maniajack@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

And they consider the creator beating the level from another wii u not a legitimate clear.

maniajack@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

TIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezer

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

TIL VH1's Pop Up Video is "lost media". Due to licensing issues, the only way that episodes can be found is through home recordings of the show from when it aired

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

TIL In the Hot Coffee lawsuit against McDonalds,punitive damages were given due to McDonalds intentionally overheating coffee to save money on refills

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

I don’t have much of an idea on if it was small but the movie Sunshine (2007) comes to mind. Loved that movie. It’s well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

TIL The first recorded human death by robot was in 1979 when 25-year-old Ford Motor assembly line worker Robert William was struck by an arm of a malfunctioning one-ton robot

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

TIL The Katy Freeway in Houston, TX was expanded in 2008 to 26 lanes (one of the widest in the world) and 5 years later had longer peak travel times than before the expansion

maniajack@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 year ago

TIL The initial rate in 1866 for messages sent along transatlantic cable was $10 a word, with a ten word minimum.

maniajack@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

TIL The first air conditioner was created not for cooling a room but to prevent humidity causing swelling pages and blurry prints in a printing press