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Which historical figures would have had the most entertaining social media accounts?

by QuestionGuy July 5, 2022, 4:27 pm

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TIL that rogue waves, large waves that occur in unusual circumstances, have been found in media other than water, such as helium gas, quantum mechanics and finance

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 12:26 pm

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TIL in 2003, before TNN was renamed Spike TV, Spike Lee filed for an injunction to stop the channel’s name change. Lee claimed that “The media description […] confirmed what was obvious – that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee.”

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 11:51 pm

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What’s a piece of media has scared the shit out of you as a kid?

by QuestionGuy June 21, 2022, 10:58 am

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TIL about the “Ancient Spanish Monastery” in Miami, a monastery built in 1141 AD in Europe, imported piece-by-piece into the U.S. in 1925 by media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, making it the oldest European building in the Western Hemisphere.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 6:22 pm

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The consequences of watching political media

by CopyPastaArchive June 16, 2022, 5:12 am

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TIL a high school student posted a photo of dirty water coming from her school’s bathroom sink online, a problem administrators had long ignored. The social media backlash caused the school to send a plumber out “right away,” but she got a 3-day suspension for “inappropriate use of electronics.”

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 10:06 pm

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What is the most toxic social media?

by QuestionGuy June 13, 2022, 2:36 am

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What are some unknown/forgotten/obscure modern (post world war 2) wars and conflicts? Like, so obscure that it doesn’t have a Wikipedia article, only has limited to no representation in international media, has little photographic/videographic content relating to it, so on and so forth.

by HistoryBuff June 6, 2022, 2:03 am

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TIL that in 1934, an advertising expert was asked about why women did not buy Lucky Strikes. The expert replied that this was due to the packaging’s unfashionable green colour. Rather than changing the colour, Lucky Strike coordinated the media into saying that green was trendy, saving the brand.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 8:00 am

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What social media have you given up? Excluding reddit and why?

by QuestionGuy June 2, 2022, 12:06 am

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What piece of media is just straight up propaganda?

by QuestionGuy May 30, 2022, 8:10 pm

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