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TIL the phone number of the very first house to have a residential phone line installed was “1.”

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 12:17 am

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TIL – in 1995, Renault installed their 800+HP, V-10 Formula 1 engine into their Espace minivan, sold in Europe. They had F1 champ Alain Prost test drive it around a race track.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 9:45 pm

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TIL that during the 1976 British drought, standpipes were installed on streets of many districts which dispensed water. Each standpipe became a watering hole for 20 households when mains water supply was cut off. During this time, the slogan “Save Water, Bath with a Friend” became very popular.

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 10:58 pm

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TIL that the San Francisco Giants installed Wi-Fi throughout all of what was then SBC Park…back in 2004!

by whatilearned August 4, 2022, 10:40 pm

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TIL that after the original Stars on the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ were placed in 1962, no further were installed until 1968. This was largely because the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce that ran the program couldn’t agree with the City of Los Angeles on a process for adding new Stars.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 4:16 pm

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TIL about the “Tilted Arc,” a slightly curved, leaning metal wall installed as art in front of a federal building in NYC in 1979. It immediately met with complaints and petitions for its removal, but remained in place until 1986. No other site wanted it, its now stored in a warehouse.

by whatilearned July 12, 2022, 2:16 pm

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TIL about Speibecken. A basin for vomitting installed in men’s washrooms at pubs in Germany.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 9:22 pm

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TIL about “Pittsburgh toilets,” common fixtures in pre-WWII houses built in Pittsburgh, PA and surrounding region. It consists of an ordinary flush toilet installed in the basement, with no surrounding walls to in order to prevent sewage backups from occurring on the main floor of the house.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 5:59 pm

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I installed a high-voltage fence around my property.

by cringeyjokesman May 30, 2022, 1:05 pm

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TIL that a couple years ago new railings were installed on the Golden Gate Bridge and when the wind goes through them it creates a humming noise that can be heard all throughout San Francisco in the right conditions.

by whatilearned May 25, 2022, 12:29 pm

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A farmer installed a modem in his barn

by cringeyjokesman May 20, 2022, 3:37 pm

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TIL The infamous sound German JU-87 dive bombers made while in a dive is due to a siren installed on the plane, and not just the sound of the plane diving on a bomb run.

by whatilearned April 17, 2022, 3:33 pm

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