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TIL that the Castle Bravo nuclear test was 3x as powerful as the designers expected. This was due to unexpected fission of lithium-7, which greatly increased the yield of the other nuclear reactions.

by whatilearned September 12, 2022, 9:41 am

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Had Elvis not died in 1977, what could we have expected from him?

by QuestionGuy September 11, 2022, 6:59 am

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TIL when Britain entered WWI, J. R. R. Tolkien’s relatives were shocked that he didn’t volunteer for the British Army, which was expected of young men at the time. He later recalled, “It was a nasty cleft to be in for a young man with too much imagination and little physical courage.”

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 9:29 pm

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TIL that the reason it isn’t expected to tip as much in Europe is because waiters there don’t rely on tips to survive

by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 10:32 pm

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My ex girlfriends oral sex she gave me has affected me more than I expected it would’ve well over 10 years later.

by CopyPastaArchive August 25, 2022, 10:40 am

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TIL that in October of 2008, Porsche inflicted the “mother of all short squeezes” on Volkswagen (VW) by announcing how much stock it had “after it became clear that there are by far more short positions in the market than expected”.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 1:56 am

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TIL about “Ministerial Responsibility”, something which exists in Westminster-style governments, whereby government ministers are expected to resign if waste, corruption or misbehavior has occurred in their part of the government.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 9:47 pm

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TIL that in some parts of Brazil, analog TV broadcasting is expected to continue until 2023.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 12:04 am

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A personal injury lawyer was on vacation in a small rural town. While walking through the streets, he spotted a car that had just been involved in an accident. As expected, a large crowd gathered

by cringeyjokesman July 19, 2022, 4:13 pm

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TIL that the Mars Climate Orbiter, a 1998 NASA mission attempting to launch two probes in the Mars atmosphere, failed because the landing data were calculated using the imperial system, but the navigation team expected them to be written in the metric system. 328 millions dollars lost.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 8:25 pm

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TIL: Japanese women are expected to give chocolates to male colleagues on Valentine’s Day as part of a tradition called giri choco – literally, obligation chocolates. Men are supposed to reciprocate on 14 March on White Day – an event dreamed up by chocolate makers in the early 80s to boost sales.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 7:26 pm

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TIL: Marie Curie is buried in a Paris coffin that is lead lined. Her body and notes are radioactive because she worked with radium – a chemical a million times more radioactive than uranium. Her notes are expected to be dangerously radioactive for the next 1500 years.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 12:37 am

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