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TIL of cascatelli, a new pasta shape invented in 2021 by podcaster Dan Pashman for maximum “sauceability”, “forkability” and “toothsinkability”

by whatilearned May 31, 2023, 11:51 pm

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TIL that paper airplanes were invented way before the word “airplane” even existed

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 10:33 pm

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TIL While some plant based milks date back to the 13th century, oat milk was invented in the 1990s. Rickard Öste developed oat milk while studying lactose intolerance at Lund University in Sweden.

by whatilearned May 25, 2023, 11:29 am

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My sister (10F) just invented “The Gay Peacock Hypothesis”

by CopyPastaArchive May 20, 2023, 5:30 pm

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TIL that the curveball was invented by a baseball player named Candy Cummings. He was also the first player ever to pitch two complete games in one day and later invented a device to safely couple railroad cars together.

by whatilearned May 20, 2023, 10:51 am

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TIL the first modern pharmaceutical medicine was invented in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, a German who extracted the main active chemical from opium in his laboratory and named it morphine, after the Greek god of sleep

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 5:12 am

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I just invented a new telepathically controlled air freshener.

by cringeyjokesman May 17, 2023, 6:09 am

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TIL William Gebhardt invented chili powder as we know it today in the back room café of a saloon that had alligator pits and badger fights.

by whatilearned May 17, 2023, 3:18 am

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TIL that MLB Hall of Famer Gary Carter invented the “f-bomb” term in a 1988 Newsday story. That term would later be published in the Webster dictionary in 2012 crediting Carter for its first recorded use.

by whatilearned May 14, 2023, 8:39 pm

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TIL that Bill Lear, creator of the Lear Jet, also invented the 8-track tape cartridge in 1964. It was originally called The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge.

by whatilearned May 12, 2023, 4:02 pm

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TIL: Ajay Bhatt and his team invented the USB at Intel and says that while the biggest annoyance is the reversibility, he stands by his design as if it were able to be plugged in either way, it would take twice as many circuits and opted for the 50/50 design vs a round connector to save cost.

by whatilearned May 12, 2023, 12:01 pm

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TIL of Phillppe Khan who in 1997 invented the camera phone.The first photo being of his new born daughter Sophie.

by whatilearned May 12, 2023, 1:54 am

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