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TIL about the “First Browser War”, which took place from 1995-2001, and ended with the up-and-coming Internet Explorer eliminating Netscape Navigator as a rival. By 2001, Internet Explorer had attained a peak of 96% Web Browser Usage Share.

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 1:17 pm

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TIL that Indiana Jones was inspired by the Italian Giovanni Battista Balzoni, a 2 meters tall strong-man, idraulic engeneer, explorer, pioneer egittologist and archeologist, and last but not least he had the title of “Templar Knight” given to him by the british masonry

by whatilearned May 13, 2023, 1:04 pm

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TIL about Frank Hann, an Australian explorer who collected the cut off ears of Aboriginal people and kept their sliced off heads as souvenirs

by whatilearned April 16, 2023, 1:27 pm

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NASCAR used to have an Internet Explorer car

by cringeyjokesman April 14, 2023, 3:23 pm

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Conway Castle – Mercian Explorer

by HistoryBuff March 10, 2023, 12:48 am

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TIL that Black Pepper starts as a green stone fruit and was popularized in the 15th century when the Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama located it growing on the shores of India

by whatilearned March 8, 2023, 7:09 pm

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Beeston Castle – Mercian Explorer

by HistoryBuff February 13, 2023, 10:48 pm

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Hi there! I am an explorer.

by CopyPastaArchive January 14, 2023, 2:25 pm

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Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain

by HistoryBuff November 23, 2022, 7:01 am

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TIL: Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He is thought to have been the first known European to have set foot on continental North America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.

by whatilearned November 13, 2022, 1:46 pm

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TIL Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch. He was named after the famous explorer Ferdinand Magellan. His ship is also called the S.S. Guppy.

by whatilearned November 12, 2022, 8:15 am

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to the tune of “I’m the map” from Dora the explorer

by CopyPastaArchive October 12, 2022, 2:09 pm

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