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TIL when the termite queen dies, the pheromone she used to block reproductive development in other termites is no longer produced, and then a new queen develops .

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 11:19 pm

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I’ll cum in every block of my house

by CopyPastaArchive June 24, 2022, 5:21 am

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Some jerk glued every card in my deck together so now its just a block of cardboard.

by cringeyjokesman June 6, 2022, 9:40 am

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How do you block any mention of Johnny Depp or Amber Heard from showing up in your feed?

by QuestionGuy June 1, 2022, 8:24 pm

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TIL Smoke following people around a fire is due to hot air rising from the fire and drawing cold air towards it. A person would block cold air from flowing in that particular location, causing the hot air, along with the smoke, to seemingly follow the person.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 2:06 am

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TIL about the Great “Shawinigan Handshake” Incident of ’96 in Canada, when Prime Minister Jean Chretien reacted rapidly, grabbing a protestor by the neck–who had just jumped out aggressively to block Chretien’s path–forcing the protestor to the ground instantly with a broken tooth.

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 2:40 pm

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TIL that before respirators were invented, firefighters were required to grow a full beard. Before a fire, firefighters would soak their beards in water and clamped it in their teeth to act as filters, which would block the larger ashes.

by whatilearned April 16, 2022, 7:55 pm

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TIL about the “Pilate Stone,” a damaged block of carved limestone with a partially intact inscription mentioning Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman province of Judea from AD 26 to 36.

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 12:38 am

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TIL screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The Social Network) takes six to eight showers a day to get over writer’s block. If writing isn’t going well, he takes a shower, puts on different clothes, and tries again.

by whatilearned March 27, 2022, 11:00 pm

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BRO YOU LOOKIN REALLY SUSSY OVER THERE. DID YOU TAKE THE UHH FORTNITE CARD FOR ME BRUH. IMMA NEED THAT FORTNITE CARD BRUH YOU SUSSY AND IM GONA GET IT. IMMA BLOCK YA NOW

by CopyPastaArchive March 24, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL the 2004 earthquake/tsunami caused a 1,500m high ridge along the fault to collapse, generating landslides. One landslide consisted of a single block of rock some 100m high and 2 km long. The momentum of the water also dragged massive slabs of rock, each weighing millions of tons, as far as 10km.

by whatilearned March 23, 2022, 1:12 am

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TIL that a “Silent Man” in the UK repeatedly gets arrested for standing on a certain road to block traffic. He never speaks a word, not even to the court or his own lawyer. Everytime he is released, he repeats the crime and remains completely silent.

by whatilearned March 21, 2022, 2:25 am

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