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TIL There’s A World Championship For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. In 2019, the competition attracted over 850,000 candidates from 119 countries

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 7:53 am

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TIL that dire wolves lived 9,500 years ago and were the size of large modern gray wolves, but with larger teeth and stronger biting ability. Their extinction is believed to have been caused by their reliance on megaherbivores as prey, climatic change, and competition from other species.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 1:19 am

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I saw an ad for an innuendo competition in the newspaper.

by cringeyjokesman July 29, 2022, 3:26 pm

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Three vampires enter into a competition

by cringeyjokesman July 25, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL the Giro d’Italia used to award the Black Jersey to the rider in last overall place. This move spurred fierce competition among riders determined to be last across the finish line. Tactics included hiding in bars, behind hedges, in farm buildings, and even puncturing their own tires

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 4:27 am

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I entered a blindfolded masturbation competition today.

by cringeyjokesman July 21, 2022, 2:24 pm

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TIL that a trio of drunken boys decided to sail out to sea looking for a girl they saw at a sports competition event. They ended up sailing for more than seven weeks and drifted 1300 km off course before being rescued by a tuna boat. They all survived by drinking beer, eating coconuts and a bird.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 2:14 pm

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TIL about “Lost Boys” in polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cultures. Since boys and girls are born in approximately equal numbers, the pool of available women is not sufficient for all men to have multiple wives. As such, young boys are banished to reduce competition.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL that Halle Berry went to Miss World Pageant in 1986 and placed in top 7, becoming the first African-American woman in the competition

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 7:58 am

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Three vampire brothers decide to hold a competition to see which one of them is the most powerful

by cringeyjokesman June 30, 2022, 10:44 pm

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TIL that during the 1896 Olympics, nobody knew how to throw a discus because it was the first international discus competition ever. Greek competitors tried to imitate Myron’s ancient greek discobolus statue, but the imitation was not required.

by whatilearned June 7, 2022, 11:15 pm

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A group of bats were hosting a competition

by cringeyjokesman June 6, 2022, 11:06 am

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