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People whose friends immediately repeat funny lines in movies right after they occur, why haven’t you murdered them yet?

by QuestionGuy May 19, 2022, 11:33 pm

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TIL that GPS(global positioning system) technology was originally restricted to military use. In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft after it had strayed into Soviet territory. US President Regan then authorized GPS use by civilians.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 8:20 pm

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Pickup lines 2022…

by cringeyjokesman May 18, 2022, 12:20 pm

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TIL that Elvis Presley’s breakout hit Heartbreak Hotel was inspired by Alvin Krolik, a depressed divorcée who was killed while robbing an El Paso liquor store. Krolik had claimed he walked a “lonely street.” It became the Heartbreak Hotel’s gloomy address and one of the song’s most memorable lines.

by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 3:25 pm

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by cringeyjokesman May 7, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL when filming Star Wars, to help Harrison Ford react properly to Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, who played Chewy, would say his lines in English.

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 1:33 pm

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Heaven’s lines

by cringeyjokesman April 27, 2022, 9:56 pm

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For those of you that post on social media “Miss you grandad”, “happy birthday mum” and things along those lines when they’d never see that post, why?

by QuestionGuy April 27, 2022, 2:03 pm

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TIL that during the Mexican-American war, General Winfield Scott used the highly risky tactic of abandoning his supply lines and foraging for needed supplies to continue his attack. One of his staff officers, William T. Sherman, would later use this tactic in the Civil War in his March to the Sea.

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 1:36 pm

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TIL Werwolf was a Nazi plan to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany.

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL Squirrels have shut down the NASDAQ twice by chewing through power lines

by whatilearned April 18, 2022, 3:08 am

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The lines are crazy at McDonald’s when the food isn’t that good, why?

by QuestionGuy April 16, 2022, 4:55 am

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