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TIL in Mariah Carey’s early singing career she was a backup singer for Brenda K.Starr who sang the 1988 hit, “I Still Believe”. In 1999, Carey released a cover of this song to thank Starr for helping her career and because it was the first song she sang as a pro.

by whatilearned December 13, 2021, 5:40 pm

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TIL that in Singapore, all newly developed public housing estates (HDB) must have a green plot ratio of 4.5. That means the total “leaf area” of plants and trees must cover at least 4.5 times the area of the development site itself.

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 4:42 pm

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TIL there is enough gold to cover the entire Earth by 13 inches. However, most of the gold is in Earth’s core.

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 12:56 am

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A code example of how to break the Read You Write consistency in Mongo. Followed by a review of “majority” reads and writes. This will move the discussion towards Causally Consistent Sessions that I’ll cover next.

by ProgrammerDude November 29, 2021, 12:39 pm

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TIL: There is an airport in the Scottish Western Isles where planes use a beach as the runway. Arrival & departures must be scheduled around the tides, which can cover the runway areas with up to 6 feet of water.

by whatilearned November 28, 2021, 4:35 pm

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People who wear a mask that doesn’t cover 1your nose, why are you such a c#nt?

by QuestionGuy November 27, 2021, 5:23 pm

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What song cover is so famous, most people don’t know it’s a cover?

by QuestionGuy November 19, 2021, 10:34 pm

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u/shittytranslatorbot cover of “Big Chungus”

by CopyPastaArchive November 18, 2021, 1:59 am

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What do you call person who’s read every word of the Bible cover to cover twice?

by cringeyjokesman November 14, 2021, 8:52 pm

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TIL that there is a “curse” associated with being the featured athlete on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Featured sports stars tend to receive injuries shortly afterwards or be subsequently jinxed with bad luck/poor performance.

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 8:11 pm

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A practical approach to end-to-end enterprise Spring boot testing: How to cover all the layers of web application using standard spring test libraries.

by ProgrammerDude November 12, 2021, 4:12 pm

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How to Fully Cover .NET C# Console Application With Unit Tests

by ProgrammerDude November 7, 2021, 10:27 pm

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