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What did the art museum do when their LEGO exhibit was inadvertently destroyed?

by cringeyjokesman June 8, 2022, 4:13 am

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TIL the actor Leslie Baker, known for playing disgruntled paper salesman Stanley Hudson in “The Office,” inadvertently prepped for the role by portraying an office worker in OfficeMax commercials while in graduate school.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 3:39 am

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TIL in 2017 fitness app Strava published a map showing every single activity ever uploaded to it, inadvertently revealing sensitive information about locations and layouts of military bases.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 11:15 am

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If Forrest Gump had been born in 1980, what major world events would he have inadvertently been a part of?

by QuestionGuy April 29, 2022, 3:54 am

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TIL that a child called Budhia Singh ran 48 marathons by the age of 4. A local judo coach, inadvertently triggered Singh’s skills after telling the youngster off for a misdemeanor during training.

by whatilearned April 1, 2022, 9:09 pm

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Even though I’m a nerd, I don’t really embrace the notion of complete and perfect knowledge of canon, but I’ll admit I was pretty embarrassed when I lost all credibility in a discussion on Chewbacca when I inadvertently spelled it with a K.

by cringeyjokesman March 10, 2022, 12:38 am

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TIL that George Washington may have inadvertently sparked the French and Indian War and the Seven Years’ War when his forces attacked – and killed – French Ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville on May 28, 1754. The French accused Washington of “having led an unprovoked attack in peacetime”.

by whatilearned February 21, 2022, 6:20 pm

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TIL in 1983 Russia, thinking the US was attacking them, shot down a Korean passenger plane that had inadvertently entered their airspace. Due to this, Ronald Reagan made an executive order that GPS, owned by USA, be made available for civilian use to prevent such confusion happening again.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 1:18 am

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TIL about Double Check, a statue made by Seward Johnson in 1982 that stood across from the World Trade Center and survived the fallout of 9/11 with minimal damage. The statue’s look while covered in rubble caused it to inadvertently become a memorial for those who had passed away during the tragedy.

by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 8:08 pm

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TIL that the WWII Axis Powers dropped pornographic propaganda on Allied soldiers in the hopes of demoralizing them. Instead, they inadvertently boosted their morale.

by whatilearned September 12, 2021, 11:55 pm

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Today I learned that the “Teen Spirit” in ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ was inadvertently taken from a deodorant with the same name that Kurt Cobain’s girlfriend at the time used. It’s still being sold today.

by whatilearned August 20, 2021, 7:17 pm

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TIL In 1816, the United States designed a fort to shield itself from a Canadian invasion. However, due to an earlier surveying error it was later found that this first fort was inadvertently built on the Canadian side of the border, resulting in its sometimes being better known as “Fort Blunder”.

by whatilearned June 29, 2021, 3:28 pm

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