Mildly Interesting

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MildlyInteresting Community Mission Statement (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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TL;DR: Let’s try to be less interesting!

Hello from your mod team (seems like just me, if you’re interested in being a mod ping me)!

I’ve noticed that things have been getting pretty interesting around here lately and we need to tone that back a little. The goal of this community is to share things that aren’t particularly interesting that you come across.

Yes, “interesting” is very subjective, but I think we need to go back to our roots and consider what brought us all here… we wanted to be mildly interested.

Also, this isn’t a place for politics. There are many other communities for that, let’s keep it there.

Here are a couple great examples of what I feel we should strive for:

https://lemmy.world/post/34363323

https://lemmy.world/post/34336673

That’s all for now, thanks for your support and understanding.

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The strange tale of Shakespear's skull (www.narratively.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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End of Life Symbol - Irish hospital (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by aeronmelon@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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This is posted in the waiting room of an Irish hospital. Interesting glimpse into their culture.

The full text of the poster

This symbol has been developed by the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme to respectfully identify the End of Life.

This symbol is inspired by ancient Irish history; it is not associated with any one religion or denomination.

The white spiral represents the interconnected cycle of life, birth, life and death.

The white outer circle represents continuity, infinity and completion.

Purple has been chosen as the background colour as it is associated with nobility, solemnity and spirituality.

In this hospital the symbol may be displayed on a ward to add respect and solemnity during end of life or following the death of one of our patients.

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When you start scrolling at just the right time... lol indeed. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by xploit@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Cocaine-affected salmon swim nearly twice as far (www.smithsonianmag.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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I beat Morio and died at the same time, so its just the princess (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by reader@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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The story of Japanese General Tojo who was saved from suicide to be hung with "Remember Pearl Harbour" in his mouth. (www.utterlyinteresting.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Vets use bra to save miniature pony's eye - Horse & Hound (www.horseandhound.co.uk)

submitted 3 days ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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The world map according to Hollywood (peteratwoodprojects.wordpress.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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A pair of maps that showed the locations in California where early Hollywood movies could simulate different parts of the world.

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I Found a Search Engine Focused on Non-Commercial, Old, and Maybe Forgotten Content (marginalia-search.com)

submitted 4 days ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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I made a video on my YT channel this week about google alternatives, and found a site called Marginalia Search, based in Sweden, that focuses on non-commercial content. That choice in this digital ecosystem means you get a lot of weird, old, and interesting stuff when you use it.

Here's the video if anyone's interested in Google alternatives, but feel free to ignore it. There are chapters for the TLDW crowd too.

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Our acorn tree dropped all of its blossom-thingies within a few hours (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Edit:
Just realized the correct name for the tree is actually maple.

False friend caused mistake because its name is "Ahorn" in German.
Keeping the heading as it is, because it is funny, although it might trigger the Canadians (sorry, dudes!).