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TIL I learned the origins of ampersand (&), the variations beginning from 2,000 BC, and its usage around the world. It is amongst one of the most popular symbols written on Earth. (youtu.be)
submitted 2 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that the US had something called “ugly laws” (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that part of Batman's iconic look is partly inspired by the villain from the film The Bat Whispers (1930) According to Bob Kane on of the creators of Batman (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL the most infamous form of the lobotomy was not the original technique. (www.britannica.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that in 1932, Fritz Gerlich, a German journalist, made fun of Hitler’s bigotry by publishing a satire article “proving” that Hitler was Mongolian. Later, Gerlich was taken to Dachau and murdered. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL That the singer of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song has always been credited to the wrong person. (youtu.be)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL Tony Hawk’s son is married to Kurt Cobain’s daughter (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric. (everydayastronaut.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL Roman Emperor Claudius Augustus had crazy gas and loved it! (www.purplemotes.net)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL William Howard Taft, the heaviest ever US President, eventually lost much of his excess weight (www.history.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not. (www.transportation.gov)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL The first vending machine was invented in 1st century CE Egypt to dispense holy water. The next widely known vending machine was invented 1,800 years later in Victorian England. (www.atlasobscura.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL Australia is the lowest and flattest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 1000 feet due to being near the centre of a tectonic plate (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL there is a massive abandoned underground command network throughout the former Yugoslavia. One of these was the NORAD equivalent. (youtu.be)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
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TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that" (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL Benjamin Franklin used to sit around naked for extended periods to take air baths (www.historyoasis.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL About King Kahekili of Maui, and about how he Tatooed half his body black and nearly beat Kamehameha at Uniting the Hawaiian islands (www.shakaguide.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that the Iraqi transport minister caused controversy during an inauguration of an airport by claiming that the world's first airport was built 7,000 years ago in Iraq by ancient Sumerians (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL male Orchid Bees collect fragrances solely for the purposes of olfactory display to woo females; they are the only species known to do this. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL of the 19th century Dine and Dasher Edward Dando, who became a celebrity for going on repeat eating sprees without ever paying. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea). (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL of the burials of Hawaiian chiefs and Sacred burial Practices of the Ancient Native Hawaiians (www.hawaiianburials.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL At mile 101 of the Alaska Highway is a community named Wonowon, formerly known as Blueberrry. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TIL that Natural Spirit charges $2 for a single can of their sparkling water but charges $12 for four of them. (enjoynaturalspirit.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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