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Andy P<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that “the bitter end” may be a nautical term meaning the end of an anchor rope (the bitter), all played out, nothing left to give. Or it might not mean that. It seems there’s some debate on this. ⚓️

Patrick Perdue<a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#til</a> that Furry Institute of Technology exists, and they are an Ookla Speedtest provider. Here is a not particularly impressive speed test, for my connection, anyway, I just did through one of their servers. I did a couple others, and they were better, but still not quite what I can normally get from my equipment.<a href="https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/6553156773" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/6553156773</a>

Caleb :jewish_pride_flag: כָלב<a href="https://babka.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> there’s no <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hebrew</a> word for matzo ball soup, just the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yiddish</a> word. <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> (<a href="https://calebh.top/?p=210" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://calebh.top/?p=210</a>)

Jo Dusepo :oud: جوهانا دوسپوTIL: For most of the 20th century, Switzerland's cheese industry was almost entirety controlled by a cartel which decided which types of cheese could be produced at what price. They also sponsored the Swiss olympic skiing team (see picture). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Cheese_Union" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Cheese_Union</a> <a href="https://toot.dusepo.co.uk/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://toot.dusepo.co.uk/tags/FunFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FunFacts</a>

Sebastian<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a>: Vielleicht bin ich ja der letzte der davon erfahren hat, aber <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> hat auch <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#html</a> Meta Tag(s) für die author Darstellung.<a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/</a>

niconiconi<a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/TIL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> "Motion of a bouncing ball on a table moving up and down" is a surprisingly difficult problem. It's a non-linear oscillator with chaotic behaviors like bifurcation and strange attractor. In the 1980s it was a standard problem intensively studied by many. Simulation on an analog computer: <a href="https://experimentationlab.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/NLD/References/14-Electronic_Bouncing_Ball.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://experimentationlab.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/NLD/References/14-Electronic_Bouncing_Ball.pdf</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/electronics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a>

Michael Klöpzig<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> There's an attack pattern called slopsqatting. Oh brave new world!<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webdev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webdevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a>

Flexi Bell :vf:<a href="https://hessen.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> In <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Korea</a> ist der Aberglaube verbreitet, dass man sterben kann, wenn man beim Schlafen einen <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/Ventilator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ventilator</a> laufen lässt.<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilatortod" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilatortod</a>

JomesThis weekend I learned that different wild bees use different materials to shut in their brood tubes <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/TIL?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/bees?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/WildBees?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildBees</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/fascinating?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascinating</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/insects?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a>

Benny Loggins, Danger ZoneOK, I learned something cool today. The stripes on a football field are formed by a heavy roller behind the lawnmower that pushes the blades of grass down in one direction. In that sense, they're not cut, but pressed. <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/funFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funFact</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that it's not sufficient just to load all the clothes into it, close the front hatch, pour the washing liquid & white vinegar into their respective drawer slots, turn on the hot & cold taps at the wall, & the powerpoint, & select the wash cycle. 🤔🤷‍♀️ 💡

Rogelio Zárate<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoyAprend%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HoyAprendí</a> Andar de chile frito: Andar de mal humor o irritado, como si alguien estuviera "enchilado", o sea, enojado. Estar muy activo, acelerado o alborotado, como alguien que no se está quieto y anda metido en todo. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

Patrick SeemannFalls Ihr Euch immer schon gewundert habt, wieso Google Maps für Busverbindungen eine detaillierte Route zeigt (oder eben nicht). <a href="https://smnn.ch/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://smnn.ch/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a><a href="https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/194835/19767" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/194835/19767</a>

red_rooster :coolified:<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Heutegelernt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heutegelernt</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> Gänse sind wesentlich intelligenter als Hühner. In wilder Fahrt bergabwärts ist mir einmal ein Huhn über die Straße gelaufen. Ich klingle und das <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Huhn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Huhn</a> das die Straße fast schon überquert hatte dreht um und entgeht nur dank meiner raschen Reaktion und meinen leistungsfähigen Bremsen dem jähen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Tod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tod</a> Heute läuft eine ganze Gänsefamilie mit Ganter, <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Gans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gans</a> und zwei Küken auf der Straße in der gleichen Situation und die räumen ruhig und gezielt meinen Fahrweg. <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fahrrad</a>

PC<a href="https://mas.to/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TodayILearned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TodayILearned</a> the first macaroni and cheese recipe was discovered in a cookbook from 1390!The Forme of Cury - Wikipedia<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forme_of_Cury" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forme_of_Cury</a>

Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️us politics

QuilotoaTIL about 1 million liters of urine is spilled onto the bathroom floor every day in the U.S. <a href="https://lemmy.ca/post/42227390" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lemmy.ca/post/42227390</a>

Bob<a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/nginx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nginx</a> has a `random_index` directive. Pointing this at a folder with images can be used in static websites to get random background images (or similar shenanigans).<a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a>

Crystal Huff (they/them)Today I learned about the term "tactical urbanism," which is kinda an umbrella term and kinda a more nebulous term for several things I was already more familiar with, including guerrilla gardening, depaving, de-fencing, and park(ing) day. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_urbanism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_urbanism</a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a>

CerafredoTIL how a T-cell fights a Cancer cell <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/28158953" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lemmy.world/post/28158953</a>

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