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TIL during a preview of the Sistine Chapel paintings, one of the Pope’s men criticized all the “disgraceful” nudity. So Michaelangelo painted the critic’s likeness into the Last Judgement, wearing nothing but a snake that’s biting his dick.

by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 1:14 pm

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TIL Meta, aka Facebook, has a history of hyping “revolutionary” projects as convenient distractions from its problems, including being criticized for lack of social responsibility

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 8:27 pm

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TIL that the law firm Morgan & Morgan fired half of its marketing department in 2021 because they criticized the firm’s “Size Matters” campaign as an inappropriate joke.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 11:10 pm

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TIL: that Margaret Cho suffered kidney failure from rapid weight loss after her appearance was criticized by executive producer Gail Berman of the show All-American Girl.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 4:08 pm

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Why doesn’t Japan get criticized as much as Germany for what they did in WW2 when their crimes are at the same level?

by QuestionGuy June 10, 2022, 11:45 am

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TIL A century before Martin Luther, Jan Hus criticized the Catholic Church for selling of indulgences and church positions. Hus was invited to the Council of Constance, arrested, charged with heresy, and burned at the stake on 6 July 1415.

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 9:59 pm

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TIL Paul Rusesabagina, the man that the movie Hotel Rwanda is based on, was kidnapped from Dubai to Rwanda in August 2020 to stand trial for a made-up charge because he criticized the current Rwandan government. This was his first time in Rwanda since a 1996 assassination attempt

by whatilearned April 5, 2022, 7:46 pm

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TIL about the plunge for distance, a short-lived olympic swim event where competitors jumped from the edge of the pool and floated motionless as far as possible. It was criticized as “not an athletic event at all” since competitors “merely throw themselves heavily into the water and float along”.

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 11:28 pm

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Chat admin lost their shit after getting criticized and this was their post after shutting down the chat

by CopyPastaArchive January 20, 2022, 9:29 am

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TIL when The Betty White Show went national across the U.S. in 1954, White was criticized in the Southern states for having Arthur Duncan, a Black tap dancer, on her show. White received threats to take the show off-air because Arthur was Black. She refused, saying “he stays, live with it”.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 7:33 pm

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TIL: Thomas Jefferson criticized the poetry of Phillis Wheatley saying it was “entirely derivative and imitative, completely devoid of originality” because she ” lacks the intellect of the white race.” After which she traveled to Europe and became the first published black poet.

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 1:28 am

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Missouri governor criticized for confusing vulnerability disclosure with

by ProgrammerDude October 15, 2021, 4:17 pm

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