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What do you think would improve the quality of your life, other than a large sum of money?

by QuestionGuy May 31, 2023, 10:26 pm

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TIL that scientists believe the earliest known ancestor of humans (and many others), Saccorhytus, was about a millimeter in size and lived between grains of sand on the ocean floor 540 million years ago. It also had a very large mouth, but surprisingly no anus

by whatilearned May 30, 2023, 8:53 pm

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TIL In 1943, due to both teams losing a large number of players to military service in World War II, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged and thus created the Steagles. They ended with a winning season of 5-4-1.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 12:45 am

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TIL that Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and that the financial burden on the world at large is estimated annually at US$1 trillion.

by whatilearned May 23, 2023, 10:51 pm

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TIL about Zone Rouge, an uninhabitable area of land in France 1,200 square km large that in 1918 was deemed too damaged by lead, mercury, chlorine and arsenic shells from WW1 to be repopulated. At the current rate of recovery, it will take 700 years to make the whole area safe

by whatilearned May 21, 2023, 12:47 am

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TIL southern US cities tend to have really large areas inflating their populations. If Newark, NJ expanded and absorbed the surrounding areas in NJ to be the same area as Houston (4th largest US city) Newark would have a larger population than LA.

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 5:39 pm

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TIL There is a North American monsoon. Also known as the New Mexican monsoon, it is a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, typically occurring between June and mid-September.

by whatilearned May 13, 2023, 3:00 pm

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One time I was at a party and noticed a large group of people patiently waiting their turn to fill their cups with some sort of fruit juice cocktail. Gesturing towards the gathering, I asked one of them “What is this?”

by cringeyjokesman May 13, 2023, 4:17 am

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Steve was sitting in a bar one day and two really large women came in

by cringeyjokesman May 8, 2023, 3:39 pm

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Which large mammal, if it could be miniaturized, would make the best pet?

by QuestionGuy May 3, 2023, 10:07 pm

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TIL the figure of Heraclitus, a last minute addition to Raphael’s ” the school of Athens”, strongly resembles his rival, Michelangelo and he’s depicted as a sulking loner. In another occasion, while walking with his large entourage, Raphael mocked M. for always walking alone “like an executioner”

by whatilearned May 3, 2023, 7:37 pm

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What is the best advice to give to people who have never visited a large city like New York before?

by QuestionGuy May 1, 2023, 3:40 pm

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