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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL after a chance encounter, Charles-Michel de l'Épée was taught to sign by the deaf. Believing the deaf should be able to receive the sacraments, he founded a school in 1760 to teach sign language. His public advocacy enabled deaf people to legally defend themselves in court for the first time

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Kari Panda 3 years ago (edited)

Note though that l'Épée’s sign language system wasn’t popular among his students and they didn‘t use it much out of school. (Reason being that is was very cumbersome, requiring up to five signs for a single word.)

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL a 2018 study by Yale psychologists found introverts who are prone to melancholy seem to be more astute at understanding how people behave in groups than their sociable peers. Introverts are more prone to assessing truths about humans’ “social nature” without formal training or tools

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221points

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hyperunknown 3 years ago

I'm developing a new fragrance for introverts. I'm going to call it leave me the fuh cologne!

192points

30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the jumping spider, Nefertiti, was launched to the ISS to observe if it could catch prey in microgravity. It succeeded in catching prey by learning to walk slowly, rather than leaping, as this species usually does. It survived reentry and readjusted to full gravity before its natural death

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218points

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Jo Choto 3 years ago

Uh.. let’s admit they took it to space because it was so flipping cute.

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Tag brothers are a group of 10 men who had been playing the game of tag since 1990, chasing each other around the country, traveling by plane, car etc. As of 2018, the game is still ongoing

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205points

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SomeCrazyDogLover 3 years ago

Woah that’s actually kinda cool-

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL A director made a ten hour movie that's just about paint on a wall drying, lasting for ten hours and seven minutes. The film was created by Charlie Lyne in order to troll the British Board of Film Classification (B.B.F.C.) who were forced to sit through the whole thing

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193points

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Aesthetically Pleasing Rat 3 years ago

He should have made it a rickroll at the end!

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL of eagle hunters in Mongolia. Known as the Burkitshi, this nomadic tribe hunts with eagles (only female eagles as they are larger and believed to be fiercer). While eagles can live for decades, theirs are captured at the age of four and released after 10 years to live out their life in the wild.

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175points

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Call Me Mars 3 years ago

In Dubai/Qatar, it is the same thing but with vultures. I have been on planes with people who have vultures on their arms. The birds are very well behaved.

39points

30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Charles D. B. King holds the record for the most fraudulent election in history. In 1927 he was elected President of Liberia with 234,000 votes in a country that only had 15,000 registered voters at the time

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160points

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rspanther 3 years ago

Hope Rudy doesn't hear about this.

56points

30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the big orange fuel tank attached to the space shuttles was originally white, but they stopped painting it to save 600lbs

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158points

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Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago

Paint is heavy!

49points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL about the 71 teenage students, who were stationed to protect a South Korean HQ, despite having no experience in war or even firing a gun. The SK army didn’t think the NK army would attack that HQ, but they did. Those students, still in their school uniforms, held back the NK army for 11 hours

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157points

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Beast 3 years ago

oh god, good on them tho even if that that is horrific

70points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old

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152points

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Serial pacifist 3 years ago (edited)

Hal Baumgarten tops them all. Saving himself from drowning, he was one of the only two men from his Company B who survived the landing after others who didn’t drown were mowed down by German machineguns. When general Bradley saw the carnage, he ordered that no more troops land on that part of Omaha beach. So, Baumgarten was left on his own. Breaking his way through, he was wounded two times on June 6. First, an 88-millimeter shell went in front of him. It blew off his left cheek and made a hole in the roof of his mouth, teeth and gum laying on his tongue. He continued fighting, getting wounded once more on June 6. The next day, a mortar shell gave him three more head wounds, his helmet saving him from death. After they broke through German lines at the beach, his unit walked straight into another German ambush. He was shot in the face by an MG-42...

55points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL after an earthquake shattered the Colossi of Memnon in Egypt, the damaged statue began to "sing" during sunrise which modern scientists attribute to early morning heat causing dew trapped within the statue’s crack to evaporate creating vibrations that echoed through the desert air.

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146points

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SealOfDisapproval 3 years ago

There's some noise in the mornings from dew trapped in my crack too.

81points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL research found that 94% of British people said they had conversed about the weather in the past six hours, and 38% said they had in the past 60 minutes. This means at any moment in the UK, a third of the population is either talking about the weather, has already done so or are about to do so

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145points

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Robert T 3 years ago

The weather still governs so much of what we do. We want to know if we go out now, whether we need suncream or an umbrella. It changes from hour to hour. If we had wall to wall sunshine, we'd probably talk about it less. It's currently overcast but brightening BTW. :D

51points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL astronauts need to sleep near air vents or risk carbon dioxide from their own lungs forming a bubble around their head due to weightlessness

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144points

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N G 3 years ago

..and the aliens always attack by crawling along the air vents. So, I ain't sleeping on no space ship.

88points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Los Angeles is the first major city in the world to synchronize all its traffic lights. Nearly 4,400 lights across 469 miles receive real-time updates about traffic flow to make second-by-second adjustments. The system limits congestion by up to 16% while also dramatically reducing idling time

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137points

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Charlotte Ayers 3 years ago

Having driven extensively in LA the last several years, it would be nice if this were actually true. The rush hour traffic through west LA is one big parking lot.

28points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Kodak uncovered the first atomic bomb test when customers began complaining about black spots on their photos

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134points

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Gabby M 3 years ago

I will never, ever understand the justifications for the U.S. using two atomic bombs on Japan. Never.

28points

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

Why? It's not hard to understand. Agree with, sure. I can't agree with it. But I can in understand it.

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roxanne rigdon 3 years ago

Then perhaps you need to learn the history of the horrors that Japanese soldiers inflicted on the allies. I guess ignorance is truly bliss.

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Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Dito

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Katinka Min 3 years ago

They claim, it saved millions of lives, because the Pacific war would have gone on for much longer. I have no idea, if that argument has merit in anyway. I think they just wanted to test it someone, preferably not European.

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Curry on... 3 years ago

And then go on to make bigger deadlier bombs.

3points

Boilingpoint 3 years ago

Would you rather send in hundreds of thousands of troops as spend millions to fight a country in the tail end of a war you nearly won when you could achieve the same affect by dropping two bombs, saving money and countless American lives in the process? Not saying it wasn't brutal but the alternative would have been much less effective for a lot more sacrifice

3points

Matt 3 years ago

i felt the same way until i studied the history. I will never agree with the targets they chose. Surely better targets then those 2 cities?? But ending the war quickly did save countless more lives. The japs would have kept on killing and butchering civilians. Not using any nukes on japan is basically choosing to let japan to kill another 500,000 phillipino civilians, vs letting the US to murder 250,000 japan civilians. The US should never be forgiven for choosing those cities as targets, and likewise, the japanese should never be forgiven for their war crimes.

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Rick 3 years ago

The military likes redundancy I suppose...

2points

Fritz Baumeister 2 years ago

Learn some real history before making your sanctimonious judgements. Imperial Japan had been raping and murdering its way through much of Asia for a decade before the bombs were dropped. They had no intention of quitting until then. Millions of more people (both Allied and Japanese) would have ended up dying in the inevitable invasion of Japan.

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Nadya Raymond 2 years ago

If that didn't happen we would all be speaking Japanese...a hearse outcome...was it necessary? Don't know was there another way to show power? Not sure

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TheFakeSteveRogers 2 years ago

Ok. Lemme make this simple for you. See, the Imperial Japanese Army were Brave and Fearless People. But they were cruel. In the 40s, after Hitler had Poland in his pocket, the Japanese decided that because of the Attention towards Hitler, they took the Opportunity to invade China, which had vast natural reserves, including Oil, that were of significance to the Japanese, since they needed to fuel their Submarines, Tanks, Planes and Ground Attack vehicles. But the Allies took notice, and the Japs were invited to a Meeting. In that, many charges were pressed against the Japanese, and they also were outraged at the New Law that the US Passed, which banned Immigration into the US for people who were of Color. So, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, in which only 1 US Aircraft Carrier, the USS Enterprise, survived, and another, the USS Lexington, was shortly rebuilt. In Pearl Harbor, both sides lost many men.

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KittyCat 3 years ago

Have you heard about the Japanese terrorizing our country for years?

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Bad Mole 3 years ago

Testing.

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kjorn 3 years ago

you didn't watch enough WW2 documentary. japanese would've NEVER surrender! they'd rather die fighting.

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Emperor Kitten 3 years ago

Simple - they had them and they could

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Yort 3 years ago

Really? The war isn’t enough of a justification? The atomic bombs still killed fewer people than those who died in Europe in the war FROM BOMBS. It sucks, and sure the war would’ve ended eventually anyway, but how many more people would’ve died without the atom bombs? What was the justification for Japan attacking Pearl Harbor? War sucks, and I feel bad for every innocent person who died or had radiation poisoning, but I hate people who act like there was totally no reason to take a quick and drastic measure during a war that already had millions of casualties.

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Jill 3 years ago

I remember hearing about this on a podcast. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a21382/how-kodak-accidentally-discovered-radioactive-fallout/

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Mazer 3 years ago

They also nearly singlehandedly wiped out the albatross

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago

Kodak?

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Juririn 3 years ago (edited)

And Japanese fishermen poisoned and sickened by radiation fallout in 1954 uncovered the secret H bomb test conducted in the Bikini Atoll by the US..

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Peter Hughes 3 years ago

More lives were lost in taking ONE Japanese island, Okinawa than in BOTH nuclear attacks. (310,00 against 110,000). How many more deaths would you like to have seen with a conventional war to take the other 7,000 islands?

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DM 3 years ago

Dang

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Ray Heap 3 years ago

Kodak also had their very own pet nuclear reactor.

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Juririn 3 years ago (edited)

For research, not for making bombs. Also, radioactive materials are ubiquitous, think only about the X ray machines used in medical clinics/hospitals and the food industry and airports; they are produced in "pet" reactors.

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SAN4ES 3 years ago

в кодак применяли коммерческий ядерный реактор, о нем никто не знал

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Šárka Glasslová 3 years ago

There are already comments about it, even here.

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SAN4ES 3 years ago

сша так и не извинились перед японией за атомную бомбардировку

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Lisa Leslie as a high school basketball player scored 101 points in 16 minutes of play. She shot 37 of 56 from the floor and 27 of 35 from the line. However, she did not break the record for women's points in a high school game because the other team's coach refused to play the second half

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127points

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I don't like my name 3 years ago

The other teams coach wasn't much of a coach... he should have kept going and showed his players what dignity and fairness looks like! Sucks Lisa Leslie got robbed of a chance to break a record but couldn't based on a man's "embarrassment"?!? There's always a loser I guess...

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

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TIL about fossil words, words that have largely fallen out of common use but still survive in idioms. Examples include "fro" (as in to and fro) and "lo" as in (lo and behold)

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121points

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FunOldGuy 3 years ago

I prefer "Overmorrow," to "The day after tomorrow."

50points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL The Lion King Game (SEGA/SNES) was made extremely difficult on purpose. Disney told the developers to make the game so difficult that people wouldn't be able to beat it during a rental period at Blockbuster. A few developers would later apologize to fans for how hard the game is

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119points

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More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

Disney's "love" for kids is nothing compared to their "love" for the almighty dollar.

156points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that from 2003 to 2005, a 13-year-old girl wrote a 365k word Harry Potter fanfiction while in the hospital receiving cancer treatment. She passed away just six days after completing it, and her father used her notes to write the second book in the series

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119points

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Joanna Werman 3 years ago

Where do we find these books?

40points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Steve Harvey sent a television for Christmas every year to the Teacher Who Said He'd Never Be on Television

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115points

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sofacushionfort 3 years ago

I wish I’d told him he’d never own a house and a car.

60points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Christopher Lee sent Peter Jackson a photograph of him in a wizard's costume, wanting to play Gandalf, but Jackson decided he would be a perfect Saruman, instead.

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113points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

and he was

58points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Brisbane was originally founded as a penal colony for convicts who committed new offenses after they had arrived in Australia

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105points

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Dillon Hughes 3 years ago

Wow another truth down voted! Yes Jo the entire country was a prison.

28points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL a California lawyer filed for a restraining order to stop his neighbor's kids from playing basketball claiming their game dropped the value of his house by $100k. He was ultimately denied with the court saying that reasonable people can expect "some inconveniences and annoyances" from neighbors

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99points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Why is there no law allowing us to sue @$$holes?

25points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the McDonald's corporation quietly phased out Ronald McDonald, the companies clown mascot, due to the 2016 clown scare video fad

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98points

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J. F. 3 years ago

Didn't notice that to be honest

68points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis Carrier not to cool people, but to reduce damaging humidity in a print shop

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96points

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Mazer 3 years ago

I don’t care why, I’m grateful no matter

47points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the town of Why, Arizona was originally known as just "Y" due to the Y-shaped intersection of two roads. It changed its name to "Why" due to an Arizona state law requiring town names to be at least 3 letters long

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90points

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Robert T 3 years ago

You can't leave it at that - are there others? Is there a Tea? What about Ecks?

21points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Centuries after Alexander the great's death, his tomb was a tourist attraction. Many of the roman emperors who visited the tomb left with souvenirs, effectively looting the monument. According to one account, Augustus Caesar tried to touch the 300 year old mummy, accidentaly breaking its nose

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90points

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third molar 3 years ago

"Accidentally " !!!!

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL building codes in South Florida require exterior doors to swing outwards because it offers better protection against hurricanes. It was enacted after Hurricane Andrew

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82points

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magnadar 3 years ago (edited)

This isn't normal? Because in any panic people push outwards and would block the door if it would get inwards. Safety rules in switzerland, though.

37points

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30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the entry fee for Hammond's Jurassic Park (from the first movie) was supposed to be 550 $

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75points

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third molar 3 years ago

Still less expensive than disneyland pass!!

52points