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TIL that Batman’s suit, arsenal of awesome gadgets, and secret identity were not created by Bob Kane. Gotham City was not even created by him. All these creations belong to Bill Finger, who died penniless while Kane did everything he could to suppress Finger’s involvement in creating the character.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 11:33 pm

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Do you think the topic of sexual orientation/gender identity should be discussed in education of K-12, why or why not?

by QuestionGuy June 10, 2022, 3:30 pm

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If your identity was permanently represented by an emoji, which would you pick and why?

by QuestionGuy June 3, 2022, 10:12 pm

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TIL about facial scarification practice that was common in Nigeria to mark children’s identity, symbolise reincarnation, protection or beauty.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 11:01 am

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What part of your identity do you believe will never change?

by QuestionGuy May 7, 2022, 2:44 pm

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TIL that the identity politics of the Nazi Party led them to marginalizing Albert Einstein’s quantum physics as “Jewish Physics”, which prevented Nazi Germany from pursuing an effective nuclear weapons program.

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 9:29 am

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TIL of Benjaman Kyle, an amnesiac man discovered in 2004 who had no memories of his life and could not even recall his name. It was not until 2015 that his identity was discovered through DNA testing, and there is still a twenty-year gap in his life history with no known records

by whatilearned March 7, 2022, 1:42 am

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TIL that is was not until 2000 that the US census allowed individuals to report more than one ethnic identity.

by whatilearned March 2, 2022, 10:17 am

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So Putin decides to change Russia’s Identity

by cringeyjokesman February 26, 2022, 12:12 pm

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Does anybody know any information about the setting of this photo? This was passed down to me from a family member who doesn’t know the identity of the man in the photo, but I believe it could be one of my ancestors. Is there any information in the photo that signifies when or where it was taken?

by HistoryBuff February 23, 2022, 10:11 am

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TIL of Sylphium, an ancient plant the Romans considered worth its weight in silver. It was used as a seasoning, perfume, aphrodisiac, medicine, and contraceptive. The exact identity of the plant remains a topic of debate and mystery, with many believing it to be extinct.

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 4:33 pm

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TIL that the bulletin debate, a 19th century debate about romanticizing “the bush(Undeveloped nature)” between Australian poet Banjo peterson and Henry lawson on the national newspaper made the bush become a national identity of the Australians.

by whatilearned January 24, 2022, 2:41 pm

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