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George Carlin said “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups” what real life examples of this can you think of?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 11:44 pm

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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 Blonde hair in Melanesia is the only place on Earth outside of Europe where blonde hair is most prevalent, all people with blonde hair today descend from these primary native groups.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 1:28 pm

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TIL A granfalloon is a group of people who affect a shared identity but lack any meaningful connection. People put into groups by coin toss and given meaningless labels consistently treat others ingroup as kin or close friends. Examples of granfalloons are Hoosiers and alumni of Cornell University.

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 2:18 pm

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TIL the English word ‘thug’ comes from a Hindi word that described groups of travelling robbers and murderers in 14th – 19th Century India

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 1:33 pm

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TIL About the 1990’s Norwegian black metal scene. It became so dark and violent that it lead to several murders and suicides and the arson of 50 churches. Some of the groups were named Necrobutcher, Stigma Diabolicum, Thou Shalt Suffer, Grimm and Darkthrone.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 11:38 pm

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What groups of people tend to be most susceptible to political propaganda?

by QuestionGuy July 1, 2022, 8:08 pm

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TIL about Bob Lemmons, an expert “Mustanger.” Freed by the Civil War, he learned to tame horses. Usually herds of wild mustangs were run down by groups, but Lemmons worked alone. Riding with the herd for several weeks, he’d gradually take over, mount the stallion and lead the horses into a corral.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 2:31 pm

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TIL In 1014, Byzantine Emperor Basil II captured several thousand Bulgarian soldiers, put them into groups of 100, and blinded 99 in every group. The last soldiers had only one eye gouged out and were ordered to lead their blind friends home. Upon seeing this, Tsar Samuel died of a heart attack.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL about ring species, when a bunch of groups who live in a circle or ring can crossbreed with another group next to them, except for the two end points of the ring, whose species cannot cross breed due to being too distant.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 12:05 am

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TIL During the Machado dictatorship in Cuba, Havana citizens were forbidden to dance the conga, because rival groups would work themselves to high excitement and explode into street fighting.

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 2:21 pm

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TIL that stamps mimicking postage stamps but printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups are called Cinderella stamps as even though they are attractive, they are still seen as inferior by philatelists, much similar to Cinderella.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 9:00 am

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