#TIL
#TodayILearnt

dass der #Bikerouter auch die Streckenplanung (per Profil:) "#Eisenbahn" ermöglicht, wie geil ist das denn...

cc @mjaschen

#art #graffiti #jankalab #todayilearnt and like it....

https://www.jankalab.com/
>Jan Kaláb belongs to the oldest active generation of graffiti writers in the Czech Republic. Not only does he engage in classic graffiti, with a talent for dynamic, colorful and playful compositions with the nickname CAKES but he also creates many objects and sculptures of various formats in public spaces with the pseudonym POINT.

#mastodon #todayilearnt
Now I know that a Mastodon was an animal and why mascot is, well a Mastodon I guess.😂

Mastodon bones unearthed by Michigan work crew go on display in museum

Mastodon bones unearthed by Michigan work crew go on display in museum https://artifact.news/s/hS_JFjzWGW0=
>A selection of bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon who roamed the woods of Michigan 13,000 years ago is now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, after workers unearthed it by chance last year.

#Space #Earth #todayilearnt
As we are about to send the biggest 🚀 ever into Space, I found this a very interesting article. I had no idea we we were sending rockets up in 1946!

The first images of Earth are chilling
https://artifact.news/s/zRZ_Sh6Z3F4=

#TodayILearnt: A 6 month Irish bank strike in 1970 led to an adhoc alternative involving pubs and shops which worked surprisingly well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIQWWt4UaA

Wow, the production of traditional artisanal #Sumi ink for Japanese #calligraphy is way more involved than I'd thought: https://youtu.be/GSuFSYY-X9w (or https://youtube.com/shorts/K7cm-8FR_6k if you prefer it in Shorts form...)
From making the fine wicks, to lighting the candles, to collecting the soot, to preparing the animal glue, to kneading all ingredients together, to pressing them into blocks, to pre-drying them with oak ashes, to air-drying them for at least four years, all done by hand.
No wonder these #ink sticks are expensive!

#TodayILearned #TodayILearnt #TIL #Japanese #JapaneseCalligraphy #SumiInk #artisanal #art #artSupplies #InsiderBusiness

Now I know the #ireland has its own #language. And I can relate to names being mispronounced 🙄

#todayilearnt

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/23/english-pronounce-irish-names-history

#todayilearnt

From: @dashrandom
https://kopiti.am/@dashrandom/109783231145959118

#TIL l'existence du "Cœur de Voh", en Nouvelle-Calédonie.

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%93ur_de_Voh

#CœurDeVoh #TodayILearnt #NouvelleCaledonie

So, lately I've been watching a bunch of #HowToDrink, a show on #YouTube where the host mixes (mostly) alcoholic beverages, as well as describes interesting historical things about the drinks.
As per usual, I watch the show with closed captions on. I think it's mostly auto-generated captions unfortunately.
I've started to notice that it kept censoring 'jigger' or 'jiggers' in it though, which in the show is meant to be a measuring tool, which is pretty clear from the context.
At first I thought it was just the auto-generated captions mishearing the word (though apart from 'frigger', I couldn't really think of what possible 'vulgar' word it could've thought it heard), but it happened so frequently that I decided to look up the word 'jigger' on Wiktionary, and sure enough, under the third #etymology I found a reference to it being a euphemistic slang.
Apparently it can be a reference to either form of genitalia, with it referencing the masculine genital at least being in use since 1931, and the feminine one was quoted in a book from 2002 (though set in 1842).
So, #TheMoreYouKnow. Another example of how #censoring something for possibly being #lewd has resulted in the lewd meaning being looked up where otherwise it had remained hidden.

#TodayILearned #TodayILearnt #TIL #jigger #jiggers

Recently I realised that 'bikkje', a #Norwegian word for a dog, is probably related to 'bitch'.
And yes, sure enough, #Wiktionary notes that while the word is currently used for any kind of dog, it used to be used just for female dogs, and is a cognate of #bitch.

#TheMoreYouKnow #TodayILearned #TodayILearnt #TIL #bikkje #norsk #etymology #linguistics #language

#TodayILearnt The framers of the #BrazilianConstitution not only remembered that #SpaceLaw exists but also made legislating it a sole power of the Union (i.e. National Congress).

Source: https://youtu.be/9gmBJWoZ5cA

@Elleaster

best chocolate for me isn't budget chocolate, I'd rather avoid that.

I want an "average respectable brand" at least.

My chocolate is never healthy. Hmm, did I ever buy #healtychocolate myself ever? Yes, but not for "#candy".

#highprice, then I'd go for a #Danish brand called #AntonBerg. #ChocolateLicorice 🍫

#TodayILearnt that Anton Berg is Danish. Didn't know that until today.

Also I didn't know that Marabou was originally from #Norway. I eat a lot of #MarabouChocolate

#TodayILearnt that you can easily deploy serverless functions in languages other than JavaScript/Typescript on vercel 🤯

https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/serverless-functions/supported-languages#supported-languages

#python #vercel #nextjs #go #ruby #nodejs #serverless #functions

#TIL #todayilearnt

#sarahpalin is still alive! Imagine my shock. Wasn't she from back when? The #teaparty stuff and that #NickBroomfield documentary which made her look like a cult leader?

https://nickbroomfield.com/Sarah-Palin-You-Betcha

https://youtu.be/9W5lKA_bpTo

Wow.

Reminds me to watch Broomfield's documentaries again as many of them are very compelling. And still topical even decades after they were made. Ouch, that has to sting anyone with a #Leftist conscience. We really have to do better.

#TodayILearned that apparently #BilliePiper was not told that actual showers would go off in the lift of of the hospital facility of the #DoctorWho episode #NewEearth (#DrWho168S02E01), so her shocked expression when she is getting absolutely soaked as she is getting 'disinfected' is genuine!

Sources:

• Relevant #WhoCulture episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXKmY-NgFzM
• Relevant #Fandom article snippet: > "Billie Piper didn't know she was going to be hit with water in the lift, Russell T Davies kept it in the final cut as he thought it was too funny to cut it."> https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/New_Earth_(TV_story)

#DrWho #BehindTheScenes #SeriesFiXatoWatches #TIL #TodayILearnt

According to Merriam Webster, the term video game was created the same year I was born.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1973

#TodayILearnt

Mastodon can be installed as a #PWA

On iOS (in safari) you need to click the share button -> Add to Home Screen -> Add👇🏽

#TodayILearnt #Fosstodonhelp #Fosstodon #MastodonHelp #MastodonApps

So apparently the #mastodon web app is also a #PWA so you can install it and any of the features missing from other clients👇🏽

s/o to @talkpython for mentioning this on the pod.

#TodayILearnt

#TodayILearnt that you can follow hashtags on the fosstodon.org web app by searching for the hashtag and clicking the follow icon (top right).

#Fosstodonhelp #fosstodon #python