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TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25.

by whatilearned January 9, 2023, 4:54 pm

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TIL of “The Pittsburg Windmill”, the boxer Harry Greb who boxed with one eye after losing sight in the other due to an injury. Despite this, Greb was the only person to defeat champion Gene Tunney and was renowned for breaking the colour line by accepting challenges from African-American opponents.

by whatilearned December 31, 2022, 7:00 pm

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TIL the song ‘Seasons in the Sun’ was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers

by whatilearned October 4, 2022, 1:29 am

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I am No longer accepting friend requests

by CopyPastaArchive September 30, 2022, 9:50 am

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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses will die over accepting blood transfusions due to religious reasons.

by whatilearned September 23, 2022, 6:44 am

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What do you call a large bug that’s very accepting of people no matter what?

by cringeyjokesman August 22, 2022, 3:02 am

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TIL that McDonald’s was 100% Cash-Only until 2003, when it started accepting credit cards for the first time.

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 2:12 pm

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I am never accepting a DM ever again

by CopyPastaArchive April 26, 2022, 3:11 am

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TIL famous restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro (from the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”) lost all 3 of its Michelin stars in 2019 for not accepting reservations from the general public.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 4:15 am

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Top 10 Best WordPress PayPal Plugins for Accepting Payments

by ProgrammerDude December 3, 2021, 8:49 pm

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TIL after a Baptist church ran a newspaper ad calling beer “The Devil’s Craft,” a taproom began accepting it as a coupon for discounted beer

by whatilearned December 2, 2021, 1:24 pm

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Cyberstalking study: UK residents most accepting of spyware to track partners’

by ProgrammerDude November 24, 2021, 2:49 pm

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