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TIL that during the Pony Express’ 18 months of operation, it covered a distance equivalent to circling the Earth 30 times to deliver a total of 34,753 letters, and only lost one bag of mail.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 1:37 am

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TIL the 1992 Fiorentina football shirt was used by the team for several months before people noticed it was covered in swastikas. It was withdrawn from use

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 7:22 am

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TIL folk singer Jackson C. Frank (1943-1999) only released one album and suffered from mental health issues which halted his career. Although he died destitute and unknown, his music has been cited as an influence and covered by such personages as Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, and Bert Jansch

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 5:29 pm

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Did any of you hear about what happened when the kitchen floor in Heaven got covered in crumbs?

by cringeyjokesman August 17, 2022, 9:57 am

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TIL an RHS test building covered in ivy stayed 7.2C cooler then non covered buildings. The leave structure also kept the walls dry, lowering humidity and protecting it from corrosion

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 5:31 pm

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TIL Mercedes-Benz with the highest mileage ever known is a 1976 Mercedes W123 240D taxi owned in Greece by a taxi driver. It has covered a total of 2.85 million kilometres – roughly equivalent to driving to the Moon and back six times.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 11:10 am

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What song has a covered version that is better than the original?

by QuestionGuy July 30, 2022, 12:11 am

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TIL that bee’s don’t like pink lady’s slipper orchids bc their flowers are too tight and dry. The large folds of the petals squeeze and trap the bee’s while offering no nectar after bee’ing tricked into getting covered in pollen for free.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 12:38 am

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TIL Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who travelled extensively across Africa and Asia between 1325 and 1354. He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, from present-day Mali and Tanzania to Beijing – approximately five times the distance covered by Marco Polo.

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 12:23 pm

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TIL King Louis XIV of France covered his telescope’s objective lens with a piece of smoked glass to view the solar eclipse. This method remained popular for a couple hundred years until the 1930s when products such as the Eclipse-o-scope became available

by whatilearned July 11, 2022, 1:12 am

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TIL Brian Redman’s whole body got soaked in burning fuel in a racecar crash. As he was wheeled off the plane home, covered in bandages from head to toe, he heard a thud. Immediately thinking his wife Marion had fainted, he then saw it was his friend Howard, who’d brought her, who had fainted

by whatilearned July 9, 2022, 1:49 pm

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When someone asks a sexual question on this sub, what flavour Dorito dust do you think their keyboard is covered with?

by QuestionGuy June 23, 2022, 8:44 am

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