TIL the modern gas container, the jerry can, was invented in 1937 Germany. In the start of the WWII, the UK used leaky, flimsy tin containers called “flimsies” but soon captured jerry cans and the Allies started copying the German design. “Jerry” is short for “German” by whatilearned March 14, 2022, 12:58 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
32 Comments You are the next Captain of the USS Enterprise. What is your catch phrase for telling the pilot to go (no previous catch phrase copying)? by QuestionGuy February 19, 2022, 2:21 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIFU by not copying the pasta by CopyPastaArchive January 18, 2022, 11:49 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment In an ancient monastery, a new monk arrived to dedicate his life and to join the others copying ancient records… by cringeyjokesman December 1, 2021, 5:12 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Copying and pasting from Stack Overflow ebook by ProgrammerDude October 18, 2021, 6:32 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL that Bethesda filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros.’ Westworld mobile game copying the code of the Fallout Shelter mobile game when a bug in the Westworld game was found, which is the exact same bug as the one that the Fallout Shelter game previously had by whatilearned August 6, 2021, 2:27 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments A monk is copying rulebooks in a monastery by hand by cringeyjokesman July 22, 2021, 3:50 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Most Cancers Caused by Random DNA Copying Errors While habits, environment can be key to the disease, chance plays huge role as well, scientists report by DailyHealthNews June 17, 2021, 6:13 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that juveniles of the endangered Regent Honeyeater are struggling to learn their species’ mating call due to there being so few adults. 12% of males were found to be copying other species’ songs instead, further contributing to their decline. by whatilearned March 31, 2021, 2:03 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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