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Stephen Jay Gould once said “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops” What unsung historical figure or event reminds you of this?

by QuestionGuy August 11, 2022, 3:18 am

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TIL that Ben Franklin arguably invented the “Pros and Cons list” as a way of making decisions. In his original 1772 letter, he instructs one to cross out items from each column in pairs of equal significance, and then once one side has been exhausted, the other column yields the verdict.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 12:01 pm

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TIL about “Lost Boys” in polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cultures. Since boys and girls are born in approximately equal numbers, the pool of available women is not sufficient for all men to have multiple wives. As such, young boys are banished to reduce competition.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL that an average semiconductor factory (fab) consumes 20,000 tons of water each day, equal to what a city of 58,000 uses.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 3:05 pm

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TIL that 1 hour of mowing grass is equal to 100 miles worth of car pollution and it was recommended in 2001 that catalytic convertors become mandatory on lawn mowers which would cut emissions by 80% or that people use electric lawn equipment when possible.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 7:04 pm

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found on r/squareposting (told someone that sex doesn’t equal gender) tw: usage of a slur

by CopyPastaArchive June 27, 2022, 5:23 am

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TIL: As far back as 1872, despite practically no women being allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull of the Equal Rights Party became the first woman nominated for a US Presidential election. Frederick Douglass, a black abolitionist, was even chosen as her running mate

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 12:52 pm

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TIL about “The Long Friday” a day in Iceland where 90% of the women refused to go to the office, do housework or childcare instead they took to the streets in their thousands to rally for equal rights with men. Forcing men to stay home and look after the children.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 6:59 pm

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TIL that a properly pollenated ear of corn will have one strand of corn silk for every kernel, there will always be an equal number of both

by whatilearned June 10, 2022, 12:01 pm

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TIL The current largest known thing in the universe is a black hole (Ton 618). It has a mass equal to 66 billion Suns and it’s accretion disk is one of the brightest things in the Universe.

by whatilearned June 6, 2022, 6:44 am

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How does more guns equal less shooting?

by QuestionGuy June 2, 2022, 9:06 pm

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HARD WORK AND SELF PROMOTION EQUAL HARD DICK AND HOT CUM

by CopyPastaArchive June 1, 2022, 6:33 pm

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