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TIL the first transatlantic telegraph cable was completed in 1858 and it took 2 minutes for a single character to make the journey, the first full message from Queen Victoria taking almost 18 hours to complete.

by whatilearned May 17, 2023, 12:21 am

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TIL the US started a Crazy Horse monument to rival Mount Rushmore in 1948. While the design features the Chief riding and pointing toward the Black Hills only the face has been completed.

by whatilearned May 16, 2023, 1:53 pm

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What’s a game you’re proud to have 100% completed?

by QuestionGuy May 10, 2023, 5:43 pm

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TIL about the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968-69. Of the 9 participants: 4 retired before leaving the Atlantic Ocean, one retired after Cape Horn, one sank, one committed suicide, one abandoned it, and only one completed the race

by whatilearned April 23, 2023, 11:20 am

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Today I received a note from the Master with a task for the morning. The owner told me to eat a plate of shit he left behind to: to prove how much I enjoy being his shit whore! I completed his tasks with pleasure, but one portion was not enough for me, and 736 freeing myself from handcuffs, 💩

by CopyPastaArchive March 25, 2023, 8:37 pm

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TIL that there is partially completed Tube station under Hampstead Heath, which was abandoned after its American backer was blocked from purchasing land to build a residential area which would provide passengers to use the station

by whatilearned March 11, 2023, 11:36 am

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TIL Venmurasu is the world’s longest novel, spanning 26,000 pages. An Indian writer completed it in just six years. It is a modern retelling of the Indian classical epic Mahabharata, with some minor details expanded into standalone stories the length of a typical novel.

by whatilearned February 19, 2023, 11:55 am

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TIL promising farmland came available when this 310 ft. wood and steel bridge was completed in 1910. It opened 100’s square miles to claim in Central Wyoming. It took a few generations before families gave up the dream because of poor soil and scarce water. Their sad cabins still remain.

by whatilearned February 9, 2023, 8:41 am

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TIL that the last war chief of the Crow Nation earned his title in Europe during WW2. He completed all four tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy’s weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy’s horse.

by whatilearned February 1, 2023, 12:38 am

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TIL of the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Niles, Illinois. It was completed in 1934 by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.

by whatilearned January 21, 2023, 2:16 pm

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TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa began to lean before it was even completed. As construction progressed, architects devised several adjustments to account for the lean, resulting in a banana shaped tower

by whatilearned January 10, 2023, 8:44 pm

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TIL there was once a project to build a canal across Florida to shorten the route between the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. It was about half completed when President Nixon cancelled it for environmental reasons.

by whatilearned January 4, 2023, 5:39 am

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