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What is a widely accepted thing you will never accept?

by QuestionGuy September 3, 2022, 4:26 am

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TIL Virgil McCroskey purchased 4,400 acres of land for tourism in Idaho on the condition he maintain it himself for 15 years; McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly 15 more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 6:15 am

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TIL 185 out of 210 examinees, or nearly 7 out of 8, passed Harvard’s first entrance exam of 1869 and got accepted

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 5:06 am

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TIL Ruth Coker Burks, “AIDS angel” of Arkansas, who accepted 65k in GoFundMe donations, may have exaggerated her story

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 2:38 am

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What is considered socially acceptable now, that was not socially accepted 20 years ago?

by QuestionGuy August 16, 2022, 9:53 pm

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What’s a scam that’s fully accepted by society?

by QuestionGuy August 13, 2022, 7:01 pm

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AITA the asshole for killing tens of millions of people because I wasn’t accepted into art school ?

by CopyPastaArchive August 13, 2022, 4:14 pm

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What socially accepted norm do you not approve of?

by QuestionGuy July 23, 2022, 8:02 am

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TIL that a pod of beluga whales adopted a lost narwhal and have accepted him as one of their own

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 11:40 pm

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What profession was once highly accepted, but is now a complete joke?

by QuestionGuy July 19, 2022, 2:50 pm

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TIL that George Washington lost as many battles as he won, but was the master of the Tactical Retreat, and accepted tactical defeats while working towards the strategic victory of defeat of the British Armies in the Thirteen Colonies.

by whatilearned July 15, 2022, 12:50 pm

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TIL French artist, Yves Klein, sold a series of non-existent spaces in exchange for a weight of pure gold. Some accepted his offer. In 1959, almost 60 years after his death, a receipt he wrote to prove ownership of his invisible artworks sold for $1.16 million at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 12:31 am

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