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TIL the office cubicle was created by designer Robert Propst for Herman Miller and released in 1968 under the name “Action Office II”. It was meant to encourage spontaneous conversation and idea sharing.

by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 3:42 pm

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TIL Dr Seuss’ wife, Helen, encouraged him to give up his idea of teaching English and to concentrate on his “fabulous collection” of fanciful animal drawings. Her strategy worked and Dr Seuss published his first children’s book in 1937

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 3:48 am

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TIL in 2008, Johnny Depp told Beavis & Butt-head creator Mike Judge he was interested in playing Beavis for a live-action film. Depp and Marlon Brando would riff on the B&B characters while filming Don Juan DeMarco. Judge said he considered the idea of a live-action B&B, but nothing came of it.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 1:28 pm

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TIL John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) is an unofficial sequel to Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) after Clark told Carpenter his idea for a sequel was the killer to escape from a mental institution on Halloween

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 1:54 pm

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What’s your multi-million dollar movie pitch idea?

by QuestionGuy June 21, 2022, 11:02 pm

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TIL that the Xbox played creepy distorted audio from NASA Apollo transmissions while idling in the main menu. Microsoft’s idea behind this feature was to make the Xbox feel like out-of-this-world alien technology, but it just ended up terrifying people when it played in the middle of the night.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 1:57 pm

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What is always a bad idea?

by QuestionGuy June 12, 2022, 5:54 pm

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How do you feel about the idea that American cities should have a helluva lot more buses going from residential areas to retail shopping areas, to make it possible for lower income people to live without owning a car?

by QuestionGuy June 11, 2022, 8:09 pm

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what are facts about your job that general public has no idea about?

by QuestionGuy June 11, 2022, 6:55 pm

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What’s your go to meal to make when you have no idea what to cook?

by QuestionGuy June 4, 2022, 12:01 pm

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TIL Star Trek: The Next Generation was to include dolphins and whales as crewmembers but the idea proved too expensive to film and was stopped except for mentions of Cetacean Operations.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 10:44 pm

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I have this idea for a new anime plot

by CopyPastaArchive May 30, 2022, 4:03 am

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