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TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL about Princess Susanna Caroline Matilda, a convicted thief who escaped to America in 1770 and lived like a queen after she convinced everyone she was royalty.

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 12:33 pm

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TIL Billie Holiday was arrested on drug charges in 1947 and tried in utterly bizarre circumstances. The prosecutor asked for leniency, while her defense attorney convinced her to plead guilty, assuring her she’d be sent to a hospital. Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year in federal prison.

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 12:03 am

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TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 4:05 pm

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Location, date, and time of speech that convinced MLK of the methods of nonviolence, revealed. The speech took place at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia on November 19th, 1950 at 3:45 pm. The Church’s application to place it on the National Historic Registry will be heard on June, 7th.

by HistoryBuff June 2, 2022, 8:58 pm

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TIL about Magdalena Solis, a serial killer in Mexico who in the early 1960s convinced the illiterate and poor town of Yerba Buena that she was the reincarnation of an Inca Goddess known as “The High Priestess of Blood” she partook in piking members of the town while alive and drinking their blood.

by whatilearned May 22, 2022, 2:58 pm

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I (21M) am convinced my (20F) wife’s pet rabbit thinks he is her mate, it is ruining our marriage

by CopyPastaArchive May 14, 2022, 11:13 pm

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I (21M) am convinced my (20F) wife’s pet rabbit thinks my wife is his mate, it is ruining our marriage

by CopyPastaArchive May 14, 2022, 2:14 pm

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I(21M) am convinced that my(20F) wife’s pet rabbit thinks my wife is his mate, it is ruining our marriage

by CopyPastaArchive May 14, 2022, 1:25 pm

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Historian uncovers the location, date, and time of the speech that convinced Dr. King of the methods of nonviolence.

by HistoryBuff May 12, 2022, 3:14 pm

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TIL Nicolas Cage convinced Laura Dern to take the Dr. Ellie Sattler role in Jurassic Park (h/t Jurassic Park: The Unknown Story on Reelz)

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 6:18 am

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I’m convinced COVID couldn’t have come from China…

by cringeyjokesman May 9, 2022, 5:17 pm

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