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TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 9:52 pm

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TIL the famous basilica of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, cannot be funded by corporate donations or government fundings, according the will of its late designer and architect Antoni Gaudí, which among other things made it hard to complete the construction of the building still underway

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 2:33 pm

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What did General MacArthur and the U.S. government consider so valuable that they were willing to pardon the members of Japan’s Unit 731 during WW2?

by HistoryBuff August 30, 2022, 1:31 am

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(Serious)How did the U.S government manage to neatly split much of its population into 2 groups, While simultaneously convincing us that it’s everyone else who’s been brainwashed?

by QuestionGuy August 29, 2022, 8:42 pm

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TIL the US Government considers companies with 1,500 employees as “small business”

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 7:32 pm

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TIL the earliest existing record of a telescope was a 1608 patent submitted to the government in the Netherlands by Middelburg spectacle maker Hans Lipperhey. The actual inventor is unknown but word of it spread through Europe. Galileo heard about it and, in 1609, built his own version.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 3:05 am

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TIL House Termites did make it over to England, but a 27 year government funded programme eradicated them in 2021.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 11:50 pm

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TIL that the Government of Taiwain controls more territories than just Taiwain, including Kinmen, a group of island just 6.2 miles off the coast of Mainland China.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 6:53 am

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TIL India still officially recognises 5 sub-national monarchies, known as the ‘Kings of Dangs’. They receive payment from the government every year during Holi

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 4:42 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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Redditers, how do you get rid of 20 boxes of government top secret documents from your house?

by QuestionGuy August 13, 2022, 12:48 am

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TIL about the “Patty Wars”. When Jamaican Beef Patty vendors were discovered in Toronto in 1985, the government attempted to ban them from using “Beef Patty” in the name. This led to an huge uproar, and it was eventually settled with an agreement to identify the food simply as a “Jamaican Patty.”

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 8:04 pm

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