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TIL Bubble lights on a Christmas tree are filled with the low boiling solvent methylene chloride that boils and creates bubbles with the heat of a Christmas tree light bulb.

by whatilearned December 7, 2021, 5:19 am

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TIL showbags are exclusively Australian. These are bags filled with lollies or toys we buy at carnivals that I thought would be throughout the world. Turns out only in Auz

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 11:31 am

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TIL that leeches were used to predict storms. This tempest prognosticator device was made up of 12 glass bottles filled with water, each with a live leech inside. If the leeches climbed up the bottles out of the water, a bell would ring to signal that a storm was coming.

by whatilearned November 23, 2021, 8:50 pm

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TIL that in Bali,12 days after the cremation ceremony called ngaben, the cremated ashes are filled inside a coconut shell and carried to a nearby ocean to return the remains back to the elements.

by whatilearned November 20, 2021, 5:15 pm

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TIL about gympie-gympie, also known as the Suicide Plant. Covered in silica hairs which act like hypodermic needles upon contact, and filled with neurotoxins, simply brushing up against the plant will leave you in excruciating pain for months to years. No treatment is available.

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 10:36 pm

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An astronomy teacher prepared two boxes filled with joke cards. The first box was filled with asteroids and the second one with comets. He then let one of this students pick a box…

by cringeyjokesman November 14, 2021, 12:56 am

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They’ve unearthed a sarcophagus in Egypt filled with chocolate and nuts

by cringeyjokesman November 13, 2021, 3:57 am

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A detachment of US Marines are conducting jungle warfare training in the Congo, and one night around the campfire, the Congolese troops they’re training with tell the Marines the tale of a cave in the middle of the jungle, filled with golden treasure but guarded by a fearsome monster.

by cringeyjokesman November 9, 2021, 2:04 am

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TIL ancient Greek author Lucian of Samosata wrote a short novel in the 100s which included a trip to the Moon, a 200-mile-long whale with fish people living inside it, and a river of wine filled with fish and bears.

by whatilearned November 5, 2021, 2:59 am

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NSFW what’s long, hard and filled with semen?

by cringeyjokesman November 5, 2021, 12:14 am

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A man was riding his motorcycle through the border of Germany and Austria every week carrying 2 bags filled with sand.

by cringeyjokesman October 25, 2021, 1:20 am

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TIL On April 16th, 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. Her accomplishment received little media attention, however, as the sinking of the RMS Titanic the day before consumed the interest of the public and filled newspapers.

by whatilearned October 23, 2021, 12:46 pm

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