TIL that Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a self-confessed child molester, according to his autobiography 'Scar Tissue'
TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling"
Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?
The titles of celebrity subreddit photo posts be like:
Why do video game leaks (such as the huge GTA VI videos leak) cause "low morale" for the staff working on it?
1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions
Has a stranger's reply to you on social media ever changed your strongly-held belief(s)?
I think remakes and reboots are awesome, if done without overt cynicism
How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips?
Jeffrey Epstein killed himself
If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras?
C'mon lads, we've all done it, right?
TIL that underfloor heating was invented by Neolithic peoples
Getting 'laid off' probably sounds pretty sexy to someone who doesn't know what it actually means
First responders of lemmy, do you ever find yourself hating the people you're saving when you're constantly dealing with easily-avoidable catastrophes?
What's the largest object one can buy for the least amount of money?
TIL about the palaentological concept of an 'Elvis taxon' , where a 'lookalike' species temporarily throws off our understanding of the fossil record
In languages which use complex written characters (such as Chinese's logographs), is there an equivalent to English's "text speak" shorthand?
Whatever your field of expertise, are there any popular science books you'd recommend that do a good job of presenting it to the public?
Nothing has helped me learn to trust my instincts more than trying to plug in hundreds of USB devices over the years
This post is how I found out. That's heartbreaking. The frailty of the human form is a cosmic crime.