Hm, #TIL about the "most widespread security incident in the history of the Web", when in 1999 a security flaw in Hotmail was revealed that permitted anybody to log in to any Hotmail account using the password "eh".
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Update: apparently I'm wrong about this, from Ed in a reddit AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1flpnm/comment/cabgujs/. Unless Steven once had an interest in needlecraft? Oh well, sorry everyone.
#TIL in some sort of Canadian eureka moment that the line in Barenaked Ladies' "If I Had $1000000" is
"I would buy you a green dress
But not a real green dress, that's crewel"
As in crewel embroidery, not "cruel". The dress isn't green, but the embroidery makes it look green. It's both a pun and rhyming with the earlier fur coat line.
Over 30 years of my getting this wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewel_embroidery
TIL in 1938, Helen Hulick, a kindergarten teacher testifying against two men accused of burglarizing her house, was held in contempt of court and sent to jail for repeatedly wearing slacks to court after being ordered by the judge to wear a dress.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-jail-wearing-slacks-1938/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dzkhor/til_in_1938_helen_hulick_a_kindergarten_teacher/
TIL the common consensus of drinking 8 glasses of water a day to remain hydrated was based on a 1945 claim with no medical evidence.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition/water-myth
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1essnmc/til_the_common_consensus_of_drinking_8_glasses_of/
TIL about Sarah Boone, a 19th century dressmaker who invented the modern day ironing board, which she particularly adapted for ironing ladies’ garments. In 1892, she became one of the first African American women to be awarded a patent.
https://www.biography.com/inventors/sarah-boone
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1e7w935/til_about_sarah_boone_a_19th_century_dressmaker/
#TIL Material Design (Material 3) actually has a full page dedicated to "How to write great alt text" https://m3.material.io/foundations/content-design/alt-text
https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%BD%90
看到一个同事名字里有“彐”这个字,取名字的时候应该是作为雪的简化字,因为账号拼音里写的是xue,但查了一下还有猪头的意思。
#TIL 在麻省理工学院,如果你完成了手枪、射箭、航海和击剑课程,就可以被认证为海盗。
因为太不可思议去搜了一下,结果是真的……是针对本科学生的PE课的娱乐性质的certificate.
The MIT Pirate Certificate became available in the Fall of 2011. Students who have completed Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing should send an email to ahoymitpe @ mit.edu with name and MIT ID number once grades are posted for all four courses.
https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/
#TIL Heute habe ich gelernt, dass die Verkehrsbetriebe in #Mainz einen "Null Euro Samstag" anbieten, bei dem man im Stadtgebiet kostenlos den #ÖPNV nutzen kann.
ℹ️ https://www.mainzer-mobilitaet.de/tickets-und-tarife/0-euro-samstag
#til 看似平平无奇的路人名字Devi 原来还有一个源自原始印欧语的故事 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*Dy%C4%93us