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!

#TMYK365

Today’s #TMYK (3/365) is also a #PSA: The guidelines for visiting the Trinity test site (location of the first nuclear weapon detonation) have been revised.

Visitors are now permitted only one day per year (used to be two) and the Alamogordo Caravan has been indefinitely canceled. 😭

There is good news, though. Signups are no longer required and it doesn’t seem there’s a cap on attendance.

I know where I plan to be on October 18!

Deets: https://home.army.mil/wsmr/contact/public-affairs-office/trinity-site-open-house

#NuclearHistory #AtomicHeritage #manhattanproject

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

#AmericanRedstart #TMYK365

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

#KC #Missouri #KCwx #MOwx #SnOMG #Blizzard

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. 🤩

#TMYK365 #Missouri #Pecan #missouririver

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.

#TMYK365

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannock_Device

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

Today’s #TMYK 9/365:

FDR is on the U.S. dime because of his work with the March of Dimes including being its founder. (Another TMYK!)

#TMYK365 #FDR

#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

#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

#TMYK365

#TMYK 12/365:

Astronaut is a compound derivative of two Ancient Greek words “Astro,” meaning “star,” and “naut” meaning “sailor.”

So astronaut literally means “star sailor.”

Cool!

#TMYK #TMYK365 #TIL

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 #TMYK #TMYK365 #TIL

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.

https://youtu.be/TT4AffJJugs?si=noooooo

#TMYK #TMYK365 #TIL

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.

#TMYK #TMYK365 #TIL