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TIL sound travels at 343 m/s in air, 1,481 m/s in water (almost 4.3 times as fast) and at 5,120 m/s in iron (almost 15 times as fast) and in diamond sound travels at 12,000 metres per second (39,000 ft/s),[2]— about 35 times its speed in air because of how exceptionally stiff diamond is.

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 3:20 am

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Ants can lift many times their body weight, and sharks can smell a drop of blood miles away. What’s something that humans are exceptionally good at?

by QuestionGuy June 17, 2022, 2:37 pm

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TIL about a Chinese cooking method called ‘Velveting’, which is a cornstarch and egg mixture that you soak meats in for a few hours prior to cooking. This provides more thermal mass which cooks the meat slower and creates a moisture barrier that seals in the juices for exceptionally tender meat.

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 4:50 pm

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TIL of The Bachelor of Powalgarh, an exceptionally large, man-eating Indian Bengal tiger, which was sought after and eventually shot and killed by Jim Corbett in 1930. The tiger was 10 feet 7 inches long

by whatilearned March 12, 2022, 1:16 pm

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For citizens of countries commonly stereotyped as being exceptionally safe with high standards of living (Scandinavia, The Netherlands, etc.) What are some dark underbellies people don’t realize exist in your nation?

by QuestionGuy February 22, 2022, 9:40 pm

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TIL that human penis sizes are not “exceptionally large” for primates, and current findings do not support sexual selection influencing penis size.

by whatilearned February 6, 2022, 6:43 am

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TIL that the marital difficulties of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were due to her exceptionally narrow vagina and his overlarge penis; both Habsburg and Bourbon elites discussed the problem in detail

by whatilearned February 5, 2022, 1:51 am

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A guy is talking to a barmaid with an exceptionally large chest…

by cringeyjokesman September 14, 2021, 12:07 am

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The phone bill was exceptionally high…

by cringeyjokesman September 3, 2021, 11:40 am

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TIL that human thigh bones apparently make excellent weapons in close combat; Especially thigh bones, which were prized by New Guinean warriors as materials that would often be carved into exceptionally strong, fierce daggers.

by whatilearned August 23, 2021, 11:42 am

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TIL 75% of the worlds population is lactose intolerant however, Lactose tolerance is exceptionally widespread in Northern European countries such as Britain, Sweden and Finland, with tolerance levels of 80%, 74% and 82%, respectively

by whatilearned August 20, 2021, 12:24 pm

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TIL that the reason Dalmatians have been historically associated with fire-fighting is because in the days of horse drawn carts, Dalmatians worked exceptionally well with horses and would run ahead of the cart to clear pedestrians and guide the firefighters to fires quickly

by whatilearned August 15, 2021, 6:59 pm

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