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TIL: Charles Darwin spent 6 months in South America looking for a lesser rhea (an ostrich-like bird) only to have one served to him for dinner. Halfway through the meal, Darwin realized what he was eating, gathered the parts and sent them to England for taxidermy and formal classification.

by whatilearned September 30, 2022, 9:58 pm

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TIL that in 1845 79 people died in a bridge collapse that happened because a large crowd had gathered to watch a clown in a bathtub be pulled up a river by four geese.

by whatilearned September 23, 2022, 3:25 pm

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If all the douchebags on earth gathered at a douche-moot, who would they elect as their king?

by QuestionGuy August 14, 2022, 7:00 pm

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TIL that in 1941 a group of free-thinkers gathered together in a cabin in the woods to perform a black magic ritual to kill Adolf Hitler – and they brought a photographer from LIFE Magazine with them to document it!

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 2:49 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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A group of first year medical students are gathered around a table with a naked cadaver on it…..

by cringeyjokesman June 9, 2022, 1:51 am

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TIL of “Unit 731”, a secret Japanese research facility disguised as a water treatment plant during WWII. Responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes ever committed, researchers captured by the USA were secretly given immunity in exchange for the data gathered from their human experiments.

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 12:29 pm

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TIL that during a college football game in US, many people gathered upon the roof of a glass blowing factory to watch for free. The roof collapsed, spilling fans onto a furnace. Twenty-three people were killed but the game continued. The event is known as The Thanksgiving Day Disaster.

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 4:25 pm

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I took my 8-year old girl to the office with me on “Take Your Kid to Work Day.” As we were walking around the office, she starting crying and getting very cranky, so I asked what was wrong with her. As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly…

by cringeyjokesman March 8, 2022, 11:23 am

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TIL there was a group of notable French artists where they gathered and smoked cannabis. Members of “Club des Hashischins” included Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Baudelaire, and Eugene Delacroix.

by whatilearned January 29, 2022, 5:22 am

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TIL that Mars One was a Dutch organization that gathered investment to send first humans on Mars but their idea was considered implausible by experts, eventually ending up bankrupt.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 1:15 pm

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TIL Solitary bees are considered “super pollenators” with a 95% chance of pollination, while honey bees are only at 5%. This is because of how pollen is gathered among the different species. Do your research, save the right bees.

by whatilearned November 18, 2021, 1:25 pm

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