bermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Sweden was one of the few countries to grant asylum to Vietnam War resisters and deserters. Over 1,000 people were granted asylum status between 1968 and 1973, two thirds of which deserted the warplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
bermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orgtoWholeSomeMemes@lemmy.ml•Supportive boyfriendlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s similar to a burrito. linkfedilink
bermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "stadium" derives from the Ancient Greek word "stadion" which meant exactly 600 human feet. Because the length of a human foot varies, this means it is between about 150 and 210 meters.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leaklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSeems possible enough to me, considering what they’ve done with pretty much everything else linkfedilink
bermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that likely the very first person to ever survive rabies via inoculation was a 9 year old boy named Joseph Meister, who was infected in 1885 and inoculated by Louis Pasteur.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.org to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
It’s similar to a burrito.