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Quilotoa

@ Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

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  • I mended my fence and gate almost entirely with used screws

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  • Wow.

  • I mended my fence and gate almost entirely with used screws

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  • With the price of a screw these days, I don't blame you.

  • TIL steak Canadian was not invented in Canada and almost no one in Canada knows what it is.

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  • I was wondering that. It looks a bit like it.

  • Has anyone ever been happy with the work a contractor did for them?

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  • Buddy did an awesome job installing kitchen cabinets.

  • Do you volunteer?

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  • Yes. At the food bank, at track and field races, at building projects (Habitat for Humanity and others) and I worked at a hospital in Haiti for three years as a volunteer.

  • Whats your favourite non english song?

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  • Baba Yetu - Theme for Civilization IV and also the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.

  • I'll put it on my calendar

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  • Not sure. I does look like it.

  • What are you doing with your spare solar power?

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  • Here (Canada), solar is hooked up to the hydro line and the hydro company buys any extra. Plus, there's no need for big banks of batteries.

  • TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.

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  • Yeah, we can cut steaks off them.

  • TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.

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  • Since it takes quite a while, it's not quite as cinematic as a swarm of bees.

  • What is a small thing you did that changed your life in a big way?

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  • I'm on Amytriptoline. It seems though, that migraine meds varying a lot in their effects on different people. I know a couple of people who tried it with ilttle effect.

  • What is a small thing you did that changed your life in a big way?

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  • For a regular headache, I take asparin. Tylenol and Advil doesn't work for me.

  • What is a small thing you did that changed your life in a big way?

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  • Started taking migraine meds. Instead of a three-day incapacitating pounder, I get an occasional throbbing headache - not even on the scale of a migraine.

  • What would your theme music be?

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  • Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.

  • TIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.

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  • All the mines around here do that for the workers anyway.

  • At what point does a person become an "adult"?

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  • When your primary concern is to help others rather than have others help you.

  • Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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  • Nobody told me I asked rudely. It came up in a conversation away from any asking incident. Whether people were born in Canada or not, I'm still really interested in culture and would ask. It doesn't matter what colour their skin is. I just want to know stories.

  • Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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  • I wouldn't. I'm really interested in different cultures.

  • Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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  • Fellow Ontarian. Go Raptors.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL spam (as refering to online unwanted communication) came from a Monty Python sketch.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python_sketch)
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL Antarctica has its own accent.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antarctic_English
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous.

    www.smithsonianmag.com /history/how-the-misrepresentation-of-tomatoes-as-stinking-poison-apples-that-provoked-vomiting-made-people-afraid-of-them-for-more-than-200-years-863735/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL funeral bread is made of cinnamon bread, Cheese Whiz, and olives.

    archive.is /pCtcX
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    How many Lemmy users post regularly (let's say daily)?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL Lip Filler Acent (talking like you have had your lips filled) is a thing.

    archive.is /XdkQJ
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL pteridomania is the fad of collecting and displaying ferns.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pteridomania
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    Public restrooms in Osaka to get in-stall video screens with ads

    soranews24.com /2026/03/25/public-restrooms-in-osaka-to-get-in-stall-video-screens-with-ads/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Lucia
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    TIL the cheapest grocery items tend to be on the bottom and top shelves. (Truth # 2)

    www.bitchesgetriches.com /cheap-grocery-shopping/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL there is only one ocean.

    oceanservice.noaa.gov /facts/howmanyoceans.html
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    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continent
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL chrysalis comes from the Greek word gold, so named because many butterfly chrysalis have gold dots or gold colouring.

    www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/chrysalis
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    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL porcupines eat brake linings.

    westkootenayhiking.ca /porcupine-proof-vehicles/
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL John Williams, composer of the Star Wars theme, played the bartender in the cantina in The Rise of Skywalker.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    Why, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL that skijoring (skiing behind a horse) was once an Olympic sport.

    www.cbc.ca /life/style/why-skijoring-has-become-one-of-the-best-dressed-winter-sports-in-canada-9.7122828
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL you can make butter while running.

    www.runnersworld.com /news/a70683169/how-to-make-butter-while-running/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    Man rushes to the hospital after waking up blue.

    people.com /man-rushes-to-hospital-after-turning-blue-the-reason-why-is-surprising-11922948
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    Quilotoa @lemmy.ca

    TIL there's an internet video trend where CEO's of fast food restaurants eat their burgers.

    www.oregonlive.com /dining/2026/03/the-fast-food-war-nobody-saw-coming-in-2026.html