sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL that a 2019 Union College study found that joining a fraternity in college lowered a student’s GPA by 0.25 points, but also increased their future income by 36%.plus-squarepapers.ssrn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a 2019 Union College study found that joining a fraternity in college lowered a student’s GPA by 0.25 points, but also increased their future income by 36%.plus-squarepapers.ssrn.comsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL Princess Diana didn’t initially die at the scene of her car accident, but 5 hours later due to a tear in her heart’s pulmonary vein. She would’ve had 80% chance of survival if she had been wearingplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Princess Diana didn’t initially die at the scene of her car accident, but 5 hours later due to a tear in her heart’s pulmonary vein. She would’ve had 80% chance of survival if she had been wearingplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL During the 2000’s, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, and several other mega corporations had a mutual agreement not to hire each other’s employees in order to keep salaries low. This led to a 400 mil cplus-squarewww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL During the 2000’s, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, and several other mega corporations had a mutual agreement not to hire each other’s employees in order to keep salaries low. This led to a 400 mil cplus-squarewww.npr.orgsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
sidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mendeplus-squarewww.harrisnecklandtrust.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mendeplus-squarewww.harrisnecklandtrust.orgsidekick@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
sidekick@kbin.social to Am I the Asshole?@kbin.social · 1 year agoI left Reddit after /u/spez continued to lie about the changes being made to the API. After finding kbin I wanted to read more AITA posts like I could on Reddit, but after finding none I created this plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareI left Reddit after /u/spez continued to lie about the changes being made to the API. After finding kbin I wanted to read more AITA posts like I could on Reddit, but after finding none I created this plus-squaresidekick@kbin.social to Am I the Asshole?@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
