Jason Pettus 1d ago

#TodayILearned about the very first US travel guide. Published in 1822, it started at the site of George Washington's inauguration in New York City, then traveled to West Point, the house in the Hudson River Valley where "Last of the Mohicans" was written, a Shaker community next to Albany, the Saratoga Springs Revolutionary War battlefield, the Erie Canal, Gilded Age Buffalo, and finally Niagara Falls.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/americas-original-travel-influencer-drew-up-revolutionary-itinerary-200-years-ago-still-plenty-to-see-180988857/

America’s Original Travel Influencer Drew Up a Revolutionary Itinerary 200 Years Ago. There’s Still Plenty to See Along the Way

Follow along as we retrace the route one journalist laid out in “The Fashionable Tour,” from New York City to Niagara Falls, when memories of the fight for independence were still fresh

Smithsonian Magazine
Shantara1d ago

Today I learned June 7 is a World #Swift day. This is the kind of day I’m happy to celebrate!

https://www.worldswiftday.org

#TodayILearned

World Swift Day – June 7, 2024

Claudia2d ago
TIL that there is a docker image called `scratch`. It is essentially empty and using it in a dockerfile does not create an extra layer in the resulting image. Starting a dockerfile with `FROM scratch` is used for building base images (and also for very simple/small images). Until now, I never even thought about what one would start with when building a base image.
#TodayILearned #Docker
Will2d ago

@[email protected]

Things I have learned today:
@JonathanBeak thinks she lives at the opposite side of town to where she actually lives.


#today-i-learned
Jason Pettus 3d ago

#TodayILearned that the late Anthony Head played the male in that experimental series of 1980s commercials by Nescafe that told a serial story about a couple meeting and falling in love, a minor cult phenomenon back when I was in college.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/arts/television/anthony-head-dead.html

Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ Actor, Dies at 72

The British actor was a mainstay of influential television shows who first found fame as a Nescafe pitchman.

The New York Times
Rupert V/5d ago
Today I learned that "à la Marmite" does not mean Marmite-flavoured.
#LearningFrench
#LearningFrenchInCanadianGroceryStores
#TodayILearned
Rupert V/5d ago
Today I learned that "à la Marmite" does not mean Marmite-flavoured.
#LearningFrench
#LearningFrenchInCanadianGroceryStores
#TodayILearned
Jeroen HabetsMay 31

#todayilearned about remote controlled "river drone" barges...
https://naval-barging.com/en/river-drone

I forgot to snap a picture of the #drone but it passed by here at the south of #Utrecht

Tak!May 29

#TodayILearned about the .ooo tld (thanks to https://bloom.ooo )

you can even use it without appropriating some underprivileged country's culture! (unlike .io, .ai, …)

Bloom

Bloom er en nyskabende festival om natur og videnskab, der gør dig klogere på universet, på verden og på os selv. Søndermarken 29.-31. maj 2026.

Bloom
Ted JohnsonMay 28

I present myself as a wordsmith and a minor-league grammarian. Today I learned there's a difference between "compliment" and "complement."

I immediately taught this to my daughter to save her from this horror years from now.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/complement-and-compliment-usage-difference

#English #TodayILearned #TIL #Grammar #ImposterSyndrome #HalfHeartedFanatic

'Complement' vs. 'Compliment'

The distinction between the two is clear (now).