Does anyone else find themselves recalling random facts for no apparent reason? Like,

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

    • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
      412·
      10 months ago

      Laser is no longer an acronym. It’s now an anacronym, which means it’s its own word (despite originally being an acronym)

      Source: Wikipedia

    • wallybeavis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      10 months ago

      TIL - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

      That reminds me, so is SCUBA, RADAR and MODEM…I miss the old History Channel shows, especially Modern Marvels

      SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (Blew my mind for some reason when I learned that)
      RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging (I’ve watched alot of WWII documentaries)
      MODEM: Modulation Demodulation (I’ve worked in tech)

      • BA834024112English
        33·
        10 months ago

        So is Tuba: Terrible Underwater Breathing Apparatus

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      10 months ago

      Also, Lithuania is really good at making the fancy ones, like ones for research, variable frequency ones, femtosecond ones, etc.

      I had to look it up, but we’re #13 by global export value (not counting laser diodes)