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TIL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the coldest national capital in the world, with a January average of -21.6C (-6.5F).

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 6:04 pm

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TIL: England Holds World’s First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 8:28 pm

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TIL Both Gandhi and Winston Churchill were present at the Battle of Spion Kop on January 24, 1900: Gandhi as a volunteer stretcher-bearer and Churchill as a war correspondent. The battle was fought in South Africa as part of the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the Dutch Afrikaners.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 12:38 am

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TIL that Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert Kennedy, was granted parole last year and almost got out but Governor Newsom blocked his release in January 2022.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 5:44 am

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TIL that the largest recorded temperature change over a 24 hour period occurred in Loma, Montana in 1972. It was -54 degrees Fahrenheit at 9 AM on January 14th, and 49 degrees Fahrenheit at 8 AM on January 15th. This was an overall rise of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (57.2 degrees Celsius).

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 10:35 pm

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Liz Cheney will agree to dismantle the January 6 Commission under one condition

by cringeyjokesman August 2, 2022, 5:34 am

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TIL: The only months with numerical prefixes (September-December) are off by 2 because of this guy didn’t fix it after adding January and February

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 5:06 am

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TIL Yu-Gi-Oh holds the Guinness World Record for top selling trading card game. As of January 2021, it is estimated to have sold about 35 billion cards worldwide.

by whatilearned July 8, 2022, 9:42 am

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It just came out that Trump didn’t care about AR15 at the january 6 riots, wanted metal detectors removed and that he attacked an secret service agent because he wanted to physically go, if you still support him, why?

by QuestionGuy June 28, 2022, 6:48 pm

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TIL Ghost ships, ships found abandoned with no sign of the crew, still occur even with modern methods of rescue, safety and communication. The last recorded ship to be found with no sign of life was in January 2021

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 2:45 am

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Why do January 6 deniers never last very long in Dungeons & Dragons campaigns?

by cringeyjokesman June 19, 2022, 4:52 pm

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TIL the actor who plays Jimmy Pesto on Bob’s Burgers was fired from the show due to his participation in the January 6th insurrection. This is why Jimmy Pesto appears in the Bob’s Burgers movie but has no lines.

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 5:26 pm

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