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TIL about Bradford Bishop, who allegedly killed his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. Bishop was only removed from the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List in 2018, due to his advanced age, and is still being pursued by the FBI, as there have been sightings of Bishop across Europe for 40 years.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 1:35 pm

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TIL The Béarn, France’s only aircraft carrier during WW2, never launched her aircraft in combat. Instead Béarn transported supplies and spent most of the war in Martinique. On the ship’s only voyage to Europe Béarn collided with the USAT J. W. McAndrew killing dozens.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 4:45 pm

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TIL that Spain has the longest high speed rail network in Europe and is second in the world behind China.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 11:54 am

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TIL that the largest organ in Europe is in St Stephen’s Cathedral, Passau, Germany.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 11:31 am

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What does europe do better than the United States?

by QuestionGuy May 10, 2022, 1:42 pm

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TIL:Forest glass was produced in northwestern and central Europe from approximately 1000–1700 AD using wood ash and sand as the main raw materials and made in factories known as glasshouses.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 4:48 pm

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TIL about the Roma people. These nomadic people mostly found in Europe today have their origins in India. They are abused so much(even today) as a race that speaking in 1993, Václav Havel prophetically remarked that “the treatment of the Roma is a Litmus test for democracy”.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 5:56 am

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What is something weird about Europe that europeans don’t realize is weird?

by QuestionGuy May 8, 2022, 9:20 pm

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TIL in 2017, a Pittsburgh restaurant hosted an event with French-Canadian chefs serving horse tartare. The event sparked public outrage, USDA investigation, and a petition to ban horse meat in Pennsylvania. Horse meat is a delicacy and staple throughout much of French-Canada, Europe, and Asia.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 2:37 am

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Origins of the Avars elucidated with ancient DNA: Multidisciplinary research team sheds light on the 1,400-year-old mystery about the genetic origins of the Avar elite (largest and most rapid long distance migration ever?) (Europe)

by HistoryBuff May 6, 2022, 5:38 am

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Upon closer examination, one can see how Bikini Bottom is an allegory for the destiny of Faustian Europe.

by CopyPastaArchive May 4, 2022, 9:23 am

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TIL that Pax Europaea (the European peace), was the period of relative peace experienced by Europe following World War II —often associated above all with the creation of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors. However, this period of European peace is now considered to have ended in 2022.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 6:33 pm

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