time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoA Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1imageA Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoJohn C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of…plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down114
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageJohn C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of…plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square42linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 hours agoMeet the world’s highest post office, situated at an altitude of over 4,400 metres (almost 15,000 feet) in the small village of Hikkim, India’s Spiti valley [OC]plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down12
arrow-up126arrow-down1imageMeet the world’s highest post office, situated at an altitude of over 4,400 metres (almost 15,000 feet) in the small village of Hikkim, India’s Spiti valley [OC]plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 hours agomessage-square1linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoA Malaysian man reported missing after the Nepal floods was found alive and returned home after 37 dayslemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down15
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageA Malaysian man reported missing after the Nepal floods was found alive and returned home after 37 dayslemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square6linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agoAt their peak, 3–5 billion passenger pigeons filled North America. Flocks were so huge they darkened the sky for hours. Some shooting contests required 30,000 dead birds to win. By 1914, the last one…plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageAt their peak, 3–5 billion passenger pigeons filled North America. Flocks were so huge they darkened the sky for hours. Some shooting contests required 30,000 dead birds to win. By 1914, the last one…plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square10linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe technology magazine section at Barnes & Noble is just this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageThe technology magazine section at Barnes & Noble is just this nowlemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square5linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agoCorn's ancestor "teosinte" is a type of wild grasslemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageCorn's ancestor "teosinte" is a type of wild grasslemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAlmería, Spain's sea of plastic (greenhouses) seen from above. Covering 40000 hectares, it produces around 3.5 million tons of fruits & veggies every year, capable of feeding over 500M people.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAlmería, Spain's sea of plastic (greenhouses) seen from above. Covering 40000 hectares, it produces around 3.5 million tons of fruits & veggies every year, capable of feeding over 500M people.plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agoT. rex was as warm-blooded as humans, new study findsplus-squarewww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkT. rex was as warm-blooded as humans, new study findsplus-squarewww.scientificamerican.comtime2lose@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agoCloudflare uses lava lamp as a source of randomnessplus-squarefeddit.orgimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCloudflare uses lava lamp as a source of randomnessplus-squarefeddit.orggandalf_der_13te@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agoA woman from India tricked the police into cleaning an open drain for three hours by falsely claiming someone had fallen into it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageA woman from India tricked the police into cleaning an open drain for three hours by falsely claiming someone had fallen into it.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agoMind-blowing architecture of Kopeshwar temple, India.plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMind-blowing architecture of Kopeshwar temple, India.plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agoMeet Tira, an unusual zebra foal born in Kenya in 2019 with a rare genetic mutation causing her to have spots instead of stripeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMeet Tira, an unusual zebra foal born in Kenya in 2019 with a rare genetic mutation causing her to have spots instead of stripeslemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agoZürich Hauptbahnhoflemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageZürich Hauptbahnhoflemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agoThe Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India, famous for 34 rock-cut cave temples and monasteries carved straight out of solid basalt cliffs between the 6th and 10th centur…plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India, famous for 34 rock-cut cave temples and monasteries carved straight out of solid basalt cliffs between the 6th and 10th centur…plus-squarelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI used my astro-modified DSLR to capture the Milky Way core over this trio of Tajinastes in Teide National Park, Tenerifelemmy.worldimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI used my astro-modified DSLR to capture the Milky Way core over this trio of Tajinastes in Teide National Park, Tenerifelemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agoBlind man Michael Hingson and his guide dog Roselle, who successfully guided him down 78 flights of stairs during 9/11.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageBlind man Michael Hingson and his guide dog Roselle, who successfully guided him down 78 flights of stairs during 9/11.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agoThese two enormous bubbles stretch nearly 50,000 light-years above and below the center of the Milky Waylemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThese two enormous bubbles stretch nearly 50,000 light-years above and below the center of the Milky Waylemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 7 days agoCame across a “No network from this point on-please contact your loved ones to avoid worry”-sign when driving to Spiti valley, India. In fact there was no connection for the next 10 hours of driving.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageCame across a “No network from this point on-please contact your loved ones to avoid worry”-sign when driving to Spiti valley, India. In fact there was no connection for the next 10 hours of driving.lemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
time2lose@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThis entire active volcano was created using mathematical equationslemmy.worldimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThis entire active volcano was created using mathematical equationslemmy.worldtime2lose@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
