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TIL of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, a pioneering British band of the early 60s. While it never had any major hit of its own, band members included Eric Clapton and future members/founders of bands such as Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, Cream or Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 7:09 pm

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A short story I had to write in 8th grade that included our vocab terms

by CopyPastaArchive January 18, 2023, 3:34 am

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TIL that an early draft of the Declaration of Independence included a passage written by Thomas Jefferson condemning slavery, but was struck out in compliance to South Carolina and Georgia.

by whatilearned January 14, 2023, 7:57 pm

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TIL Pachucas were Mexican American women who wore zoot suits during the 1930s-40s, a sign of rebellion due to fabric rationing for the war effort. Their look included thinly-plucked eyebrows, dark lipstick and wearing their hair styled into a pompadour, in which they kept razor blades.

by whatilearned January 12, 2023, 2:50 am

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TIL The original version of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde, which included more explicit references to homosexuality, wasn’t published until 2011.

by whatilearned January 2, 2023, 7:43 pm

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TIL a UK punk band called the FF’ers were bottled at the Reading Festival in 2008 after rumours circulated their set was a secret Foo Fighters gig. Their bassist said items thrown included “bottles, shoes, clumps of earth, phones, a full packet of cigarettes (exactly what we needed after the gig)”

by whatilearned December 30, 2022, 12:38 pm

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TIL the original 1881 “Pinocchio” was a dark story that included the puppet’s execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket)

by whatilearned December 28, 2022, 11:24 pm

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TIL The Megalosaurus was so popular in the 19th century that Charles Dickens included it in one of his novels.

by whatilearned December 21, 2022, 2:14 pm

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TIL The home port for the game “NBA Jam” was going to have an unlockable Mortal Kombat themed court called the “Kombat Kourt.” The NBA said no to this as it included such things as the court being surrounded by lava and a severed human head as the ball.

by whatilearned December 18, 2022, 6:43 pm

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TIL about a Chinese man named Zhao C (赵Ｃ), who was forced to change his name when he was 22 years old because it included a Latin character, which is not “part of the national standard for “numbers and symbols” of the People’s Republic of China”

by whatilearned December 14, 2022, 2:49 am

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TIL USA has a mutual defense treaty with most of South America called the Rio Pact or TIAR. This alliance predates NATO by 2 years and has been invoked multiple times. Some countries not included are Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

by whatilearned December 9, 2022, 1:58 am

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TIL that approximately 1,000 copies of the Ultimate Toy Box edition of the movie Toy Story 2 were shipped with a processing error that included a scene from an R-rated film ‘High Fidelity’, which featured the usage of the word “F**k” several times.

by whatilearned December 8, 2022, 3:45 pm

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