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TIL in 1964 The Beatles held the number one spot for the most popular song in America for an astonishing 14 consecutive weeks (Feb 1 to May 2) with I Want to Hold Your Hand, She Loves You, and Can’t Buy Me Love. They had three more number one singles later in the year.

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 5:29 pm

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“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson often helps me reconcile with the fact that I cannot hold onto everything. What quote do you repeat that genuinely puts you at ease, or otherwise serves you?

by QuestionGuy January 18, 2022, 4:44 am

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We hold these truths to be sussy. That all bakas are sussy with certain sus rights such as AMOGUS, baka, and the pursuit of imposter

by CopyPastaArchive January 14, 2022, 9:32 pm

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How much would you pay someone for 2 hours where they would just hold you, caress your hair and validate your feelings, but no sex involved?

by QuestionGuy January 13, 2022, 3:16 pm

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TIL that the Speaker of the House is 3rd in line of succession to the Presidency, and that the Speaker does not need to be a sitting member of the House or hold any current federal/local political offices at all, although all former Speakers were incumbents in the House.

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 5:50 pm

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Nice opinion, just one tiny problem with it. Upon further inspection, it looks like your opinion is different from mine. clears throat Let me tell you something. I AM THE BASELINE FOR OPINIONS. Any opinion I hold is objectively correct & as a result any other opinions are wrong.

by CopyPastaArchive December 4, 2021, 10:16 pm

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TIL About the underground city of Derinkuyu, located in Turkey. Large enough to hold 20 000 people and containing chapels, storage rooms and stables it was re-discovered accidentally when a Turkish man was trying to expand his home and knocked down a wall leading into the tunnel complex.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 8:09 pm

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TIL after Zeppo Marx retired from the Marx Brothers act he went into a life of engineering. He held three patents to his name, all medical related, and also founded a company that specialized in strap and clamp devices. The clamps would later be used to hold the Fat Man atomic bomb.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 5:05 pm

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Did you know? If you rest one of your testicles on top of an empty beer bottle and hold a flame at the base…

by cringeyjokesman December 3, 2021, 1:25 pm

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Looking for someone to program a alarm clock to link to my crypto price alerts, I do futures trading and it’s volatile af. Sometimes I hold my positions overnight and if things turn sideways while I’m asleep I’d like to be woken up, I’m a heavy sleeper I’ll need more than a phone alert

by ProgrammerDude November 22, 2021, 8:47 am

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TIL of Dorothea Erxleben. In 1754 she became the first female doctor to be licensed by a regulating body. At the time, the idea of female doctors was rejected on the basis that, since women weren’t allowed to hold public office, they’d have no need to practice medicine or have a medical degree.

by whatilearned November 22, 2021, 1:01 am

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Does everyone know that for this coming Black Friday, that you should hold your phone horizontally when recording any fights or chaos?

by QuestionGuy November 20, 2021, 7:30 pm

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