Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that when Nikita Khrushchev visited America in 1959, he gave an impassioned speech where he complained about not being allowed to visit Disneyland. (youtu.be)
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TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015. (www.aaihs.org)
submitted 9 hours ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that Australian scientists accidentally developed pain-free blood sugar testing for diabetics while working on solar cells. (www.reuters.com)
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TIL that you can autofill custom fields in Bitwarden (and likely other password managers) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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Sometimes a login page will have an additional field on top of the username and password (ex. last name, account number). This is often the case with things like banks, insurance, or government accounts.

I usually use Bitwarden to populate the username and password, then fill in the other field manually. Turns out, you can autofill those fields too:

  1. Right click in the field
  2. Select Bitwarden > copy custom field name

Then enter that as the name for the custom field.

Up till now, I was using custom fields to store additional information about the webpage. This will make things easier :)

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TIL: that Laz Alondo lost 40 pounds for season 4 of The Boys". (www.menshealth.com)
submitted 1 day ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL about fish with the nomenclature "Boops, Boops" (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic

Domain: 	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Spariformes
Family:	Sparidae
Genus:	Boops
Species:	B. boops
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TIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees. (www.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL the probable author of the Social Darwinist tract "Might Is Right" was a New Zealander who ended his days selling ice cream and candy in Illinois (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL the Roman Colosseum was named after a nearby statue of emperor Nero which was modeled after one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – the Colossus of Rhodes (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Pakistan has the highest number of glaciers in the world, outside of the polar regions. (earth.org)
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TIL that after coffee come to Britain in the 1600s a ‘women’s petition’ was written against the drink complaining it made men impotent (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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TIL through his numerous accolades, David Attenborough has more letters after his name than in it, including OM, GSMG, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FSA, FRSA, FZS, FRSGS and FRSB. (virginradio.co.uk)
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Today I learned that slavery is still legal in America, as long as you commit a crime. (www.naacpldf.org)
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TIL That the hair style Princess Leia wears in Star Wars, was inspired by women of the Mexican Revolution, most notably, guerrilla fighter Clara de la Rocha. (www.ripleys.com)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL Johnny Depp cut off the tip of his own finger. (youtu.be)
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TIL the words "fajita" and "fascіsm" both derive from the Latin word "fasces" (boingboing.net)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL during the production of the 2008 film, The Reader, the filmmakers delayed filming the sex scenes between 17-year-old David Kross and Kate Winslet until the former turned 18. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 days ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that in 2019 a Buffalo Wild Wings general manager died after being exposed to toxic fumes from cleaning agents (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that child pornography was legal in Denmark between 1969-1979 (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes lived with psychologist Timothy Leary in the 1980s, who tested various combinations of drugs on him. (dangerousminds.net)
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Today I learned this is what Gilbert Gottfried actually sounded like before changing his voice. Here is his voice from an SNL sketch in 1980 (youtu.be)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that China accounts for 80% of Buick's sales (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL that Keir Starmer, leader of the UK's Labour Party and current Prime Minister, was named after the founder of the Labour Party, Keir Hardie. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL the rarest and purest Arabian horse breed is actually Egyptian (www.horseandhound.co.uk)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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TIL fingernails grow nearly 3-4 times faster than toenails (www.healthline.com)
submitted 1 week ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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