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TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 9:52 pm

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TIL of Swamp Dogg, who adopted his moniker before Snoop Dogg was even born, and claims to be “the original D-O double G”.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 9:00 pm

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TIL Medieval myths surrounding salamanders being resistant to fire were due to salamanders habit of hibernating in logs… putting another log in the fire = salamander scurrying from the fire … leading people to believe they were “born of fire”.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 1:56 pm

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TIL of Ken Adam, one of only three World War II Royal Air Force pilots to be born in Germany. After the war, he become a set designer and won two Oscars for Best Art Direction. He was knighted in 2003, and died in 2016.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 9:11 pm

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Redditors born before 1990, what trivial skill do you possess that no one uses anymore?

by QuestionGuy September 4, 2022, 12:53 pm

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TIL Legenday blues musician B.B. King was actually born Reilly King and used his given name professionally early in his career. While working at a radio station he used the name “Beale Street Blues Boy,” which morphed into just “Blues Boy,” and eventually just “BB.”

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 2:31 am

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If you were born in September

by cringeyjokesman September 2, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL about Gardiners Island. 2nd largest private island in the US and owned by the same family since 1639. Located at the east end of Long Island, it’s over 5 sq miles with 1,000 acres each of old growth forest and meadows. Captain Kidd buried treasure there, first lady Julia Tyler was born there.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 10:59 pm

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In order to be born…

by CopyPastaArchive August 30, 2022, 12:59 pm

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In order to be born you needed:

by CopyPastaArchive August 30, 2022, 7:35 am

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in order to be born copypasta

by CopyPastaArchive August 30, 2022, 12:33 am

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[serious] Redditors who were born blind/deaf/etc: At what age did you become aware that other people had senses you didn’t? How were those senses conceptualized to you as a kid?

by QuestionGuy August 29, 2022, 8:32 pm

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