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Apparently I have catastrophically misunderstood what “apocalypse” means all this time. Oh well.

by cringeyjokesman July 4, 2022, 7:51 pm

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Apparently, Someone In London Gets Stabbed Every 52 Seconds.

by cringeyjokesman June 30, 2022, 8:32 am

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TIL Apparently, it’s agreed upon that in an alzheimer’s paitient Music Boosts Brain Activity, an in some cases, the last thing they will remember is their favorite song, or any familiar songs that one has listened to.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 4:26 pm

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Apparently most people in Iran are really afraid of spiders..

by cringeyjokesman June 26, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL the Royal family apparently weigh themselves before and after Christmas dinner

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 1:08 pm

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Since taking God out of schools apparently causes school shootings, where was God when Dylan Rouff shot up that Church?

by QuestionGuy May 25, 2022, 12:18 am

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Apparently 1 in 5 Gen Z adults identifies as LGBT, have social scientists been way off in the past and this is closer to the actual percentage of LGBT population? Or is this a new fad for that generation like goths and juggalos of the past? Why or why not?

by QuestionGuy May 22, 2022, 2:22 pm

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TIL that Christopher Columbus’s return was almost covered up. After rediscovering the Americas he first ended up in Lisbon. He was apparently so condescending to the Portuguese – who had NOT supported his trip – that the King’s advisers recommended discreetly killing him & so bury the news.

by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 12:33 am

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Apparently this is a current Russian joke: What is the title of Tolstoy’s main work?

by cringeyjokesman May 5, 2022, 12:31 pm

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TIL Jason White, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2003, was passed up by every NFL team in the 2005 draft and never played professional football. Teams were apparently reluctant to sign him due to a history of knee injuries, and he’s the only Heisman winner ever to go undrafted.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 11:15 am

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TIL Mike Oldfield, when Virgin Records insisted on hi9m calling his next LP “Tubular Bells 2”, responded with “Amarok” – an album with rapidly shifting themes, random bursts of noise, and a message in morse code saying “F**k you RB” – apparently directed at Richard Branson.

by whatilearned April 19, 2022, 4:17 pm

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TIL there was a Pee Tax in Ancient Rome. Vespasian imposed a urine tax on the sale and distribution of urine from Rome’s public urinals (which apparently had resale value).

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 7:46 pm

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