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TIL that in the summer of 2017, Mike Meyers hosted 10 episodes of The Gong Show in full makeup as a character named Tommy Maitland – the show’s emcee. It wasn’t revealed that it was him until the following January.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 7:43 pm

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TIL that January is the first month of the Gregorian calendar because it is named after the roman god of all beginnings, Janus.

by whatilearned April 30, 2022, 9:24 pm

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TIL South Koreans hay 3 ways to measure age. In the traditional social method, a baby is considered 1 year old at birth, then 2 years old on January 1 regardless of birth date. A baby born on December 30 would be considered 2 years old only 2 days after it’s birth.

by whatilearned April 20, 2022, 2:58 am

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TIL It sometimes snows in the Sahara Desert; even as recently as January 2022

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 4:36 am

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TIL that after 9/11, On January 5, 2002, Charles Bishop, a high-school student from Florida, United States, stole a Cessna 172 light aircraft and purposefully crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, killing no one but himself in the process

by whatilearned April 4, 2022, 6:54 pm

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TIL it’s thought that April fool’s came when the French changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. Before that, New Year was celebrated from March 25 to April 1. With the change of the calendar system,New Year was moved to January 1. People who forgot received invites to parties that were not held.

by whatilearned April 1, 2022, 9:16 am

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You woke up and today’s date is January 1st, 2000. What’s the first thing you will do?

by QuestionGuy February 4, 2022, 2:55 am

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Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday, January 29, 2022

by HistoryBuff January 29, 2022, 1:00 pm

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Bookclub Wednesday, January 26, 2022

by HistoryBuff January 26, 2022, 1:03 pm

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TIL on 25th January 1996 Billy Bailey was executed by hanging. He is only the third person to be executed in the US by hanging since 1965. The gallows used were dismantled in 2003 as Delaware stopped allowing death row inmates this option of execution

by whatilearned January 25, 2022, 4:14 pm

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Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday, January 22, 2022

by HistoryBuff January 22, 2022, 1:05 pm

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TIL: That someone calculated possible dates where Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day” could have happened. Other individuals found other potential dates, but the first discovered date was January 20, 1992.

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 7:24 pm

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