Today’s TIL is a doozie.
Apparently there are crocodiles native to the U.S. A formerly endangered species of crocs which coexist with alligators in Florida have been downgraded to threatened thanks in part to a nuclear power plant. 🤯
Check it out.
https://youtu.be/EPeT3LMU_BQ?si=mastodon
#TMYK #TIL #TMYK365 #conservation #crocodile #alligator #wildlife #SuccessStories #PBSterra #PublicMedia
Yesterday I learned that Snoopy isn’t part of the evil mouse empire. And that makes me very happy. Apple TV has licensed the rights to Snoopy TV/movies… For now. But the brand itself has multiple owners, with 20% owned by the Schultz family.
Today I learned all about Cara Cara Oranges. From what I gather, they are winter season oranges and folks really like them. I guess I never really bothered to differentiate between orange varieties until today. Except mandarin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara_cara_navel #TMYK #TIL #TMYK365
Catchup TIL: I never really paid attention to @flightradar24’s follow feature. Tonight I used it for the first time and it is NICE! Unsure if it’s a premium feature or not, but an excellent #AvGeek tool.
Fascinating!
Today I learned that a pizza with toppings will weigh less than an equivalent cheese pizza. Apparently it is an industry standard to pull back on the amount of cheese when toppings are added. 🤯
I would have assumed that a cheese pizza was the base model or a starting point.
I’m way behind on TMYKs 😭
Today is a simple one. USDA Organic means a lot of things. One that I maybe knew in the back of my mind but didn’t consider until today is that it also means no artificial colors.
Bonus TMYK: Red 3 was recently banned. Of course our European friends must be laughing because they are all banned there.
#TMYK 11/365:
It’s likely that while dinosaurs roamed the earth, there were still volcanos erupting on the moon. 🤯
https://apnews.com/article/moon-volcano-lava-glass-beads-china-3d5b0dfce0cdf8f7a9b2607072f997c9
#TMYK 10/365:
It is theorized that some moons can have their own moons. They are called subsatellites, or moonmoons. I greatly prefer moonmoon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsatellite #TMYK365 #astronomy
Today's #TMYK 8/365:
Today I learned about a provision in the MASSIVE farm bill that will pay land owners, farmers, and ranchers to place their property in a conservation easement. They still own and farm/ranch the property, but development is off the table.
More of this, please!
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/acep-agricultural-conservation-easement-program #conservation #TMYK365 #farming #ranching #USDA #FarmBill
Yesterday’s #TMYK (oops!) 7/365 is one I vaguely referenced in a toot yesterday, but didn’t tag or thread w/ findings.
What a day it was! 😅
The metal shoe size measuring thingy? It’s called a Brannock device. Invented by Charles F Brannock, first patented in 1925.
Tonight’s #TMYK (6/365) is so cool!
I just learned on the TNC webinar about the 1903 Missouri River flood. The largest flood for our state in recorded history.
One outcome was that pecan seeds were deposited along the floodplain. There is a farm in Brunswick, Missouri still harvesting the nuts from some of those trees.
BONUS: Brunswick, MO is home to the world’s largest pecan. You can visit it. 🤩
Today’s #TMYK (5/365) is learning the name for a thing that I knew existed and could describe, but didn’t know the phrase for.
“Galloping lines” are when ice builds up on wires making them more susceptible to wind. That’s the top concern for our electric utility today as we work through our winter weather which apparently now includes a blizzard. #TMYK365
Today’s #TMYK (4/365) is a #BirdFact.
The American Redstart is in the European Expansion of #Wingspan. But it is native to the Americas. Weird.
While confirming that, @Jillianmarisa found the range map and for some reason, it doesn’t like Kentucky?!? Odd island. Anyway there’s your weak fact for the day. No redstarts for youuuu, KY
Today's #TMYK (2/365) comes from one of this morning's NPR newscasts.
Burgle as in burglar can apparently stand on its own. I guess that makes sense. But until today I'd never heard burgle used. The example was something like "so and so had burgled a mansion."
Hey, @grammargirl feeling like this language silliness is up your alley?
Don't burgle me, bro!
Thinking of goals, and I always want to learn more. Perhaps a fun way to make it stick would be to bundle that with the goal of one TMYK toot per day. Might be a fun habit to form?
So here’s #TMYK 1/365.
Apparently a graveyard and cemetery are not the same thing. Graveyards are more associated with a particular church, whereas cemeteries tend to be larger and more likely to be independent of a particular church.
Thanks @Jillianmarisa for this fact. Which she says she already shared with me (and I apparently forgot) Checks out! 😅
