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TIL Morra (the number of fingers guessing game) was popular in Ancient Rome. The Roman’s had a saying “he is a worthy man with whom you could play micatio in the dark” meant a man was honest. The game has since spread to Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

by whatilearned May 27, 2023, 11:46 am

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TIL the name for Limp Bizkit was meant to be terrible so that people would look at their album, see the name and then go “oh, this name sucks ass!”

by whatilearned May 25, 2023, 8:14 pm

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How tf are the young people of today meant to buy a house?

by QuestionGuy May 25, 2023, 10:05 am

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TIL Humans are a tropical species. Human evolution has produced bodies that were meant to live in hot and humid conditions. Our species is in its infancy as far as cold weather evolution is concerned, and physiologically speaking, our bodies are not supposed to be able to survive there.

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 6:55 pm

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TIL There’s a tiny Polish village called Zalipie, where everything is painted with pictures of flowers. Originally, the paintings were meant to cover up the blackened walls left behind by soot from chimneys. But soon, they became a tradition

by whatilearned April 19, 2023, 7:23 am

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TIL The story of Revere’s famous ride in which he was said to warned colonial militia by yelling “The British are coming!” was actually false. The operation was meant to be quiet and stealthy, since British troops were hiding. Also, colonial Americans still considered themselves to be British.

by whatilearned April 12, 2023, 12:41 am

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Why do you clean your ears with Qtips(or equivalent) when they explicitly say “Not meant for ear canal”?

by QuestionGuy April 6, 2023, 12:52 pm

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TIL an amateur archaeologist discovered European cave paintings used a proto-writing system meant to convey the gestation period of the various animals they painted by using dots to indicate the lunar cycle.

by whatilearned March 31, 2023, 3:03 pm

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TIL the lyrics “tossed salads and scrambled eggs” from the Frasier end credits song are meant to be references to the people who call into his radio show being “mixed up”

by whatilearned March 24, 2023, 9:48 pm

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TIL that Edvard Munch’s 1895 painting “Vampire” is actually called “Love and Pain” and that it was never meant to depict a vampire. Originally six copies of the painting were made, but to date only five are accounted for.

by whatilearned March 20, 2023, 5:24 pm

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Should Reddit allow you to ban gambling Ads? How are addicts meant to avoid them otherwise?

by QuestionGuy March 19, 2023, 10:25 am

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TIL about the Peace of Westphalia. Modeled from ancient Egypt, the Peace of Westphalia was meant to bring world peace and religious freedom while at the same time acknowledging a collective group occupying a certain area, giving rise to countries.

by whatilearned March 19, 2023, 4:32 am

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