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Cashiers of Reddit, what items make you silently judge the people who buy them?

by QuestionGuy August 5, 2022, 12:25 am

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TIL – During the gold rush these items would cost (in todays equivalent) you: eggs – $90, butter slice of bread $56, a pick axe $1500. Inflation during the Tech Boom was nothing compared to the Gold Rush – article from 2015.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 4:49 pm

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TIL that Ben Franklin arguably invented the “Pros and Cons list” as a way of making decisions. In his original 1772 letter, he instructs one to cross out items from each column in pairs of equal significance, and then once one side has been exhausted, the other column yields the verdict.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 12:01 pm

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‘Pristine’ 200-year-old mine uncovered, plus personal items workers left behind

by HistoryBuff July 13, 2022, 2:10 am

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What are some items to make a bedroom look cooler?

by QuestionGuy July 9, 2022, 1:33 am

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TIL about Nicole Camphaug, a Canadian Inuk fashion designer who promotes Inuit culture by creating contemporary Inuit fashion items. A pair of her sealskin high-heeled shoes are held at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 5:22 am

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What 2 items could you purchase together in order to creep out the person working the checkout?

by QuestionGuy June 23, 2022, 11:58 pm

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What are some household items you can’t live without?

by QuestionGuy June 21, 2022, 6:44 pm

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TIL self checkouts can recognise produce items and they give you a list to choose from based on what they ‘see’

by whatilearned June 7, 2022, 3:33 am

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What items should only cost $1, but costs more?

by QuestionGuy June 4, 2022, 7:52 am

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TIL that a species of beetle endemic to Slovenia is being poached by Nazi items collectors because of its name: Anophthalmus hitleri. It was chosen in honor of Adolph Hitler, in 1933, by a German collector, Oskar Scheibel.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 7:47 am

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TIL of Pollyanna principle, which is a tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones, leading to phenomena like rose-tinted nostalgia.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 4:22 pm

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