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TIL Mary Shelley probably modeled Victor Frankenstein based on Johann Dippel after hearing myths about Dippel experiment with animals and human corpses

by whatilearned October 2, 2022, 5:00 pm

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TIL the first republic of Brazil was styled as the Republic of the United States of Brazil. It’s flag was modeled on the USA’s Stars and Stripes.

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 3:54 pm

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TIL the oldest extant lighthouse in the world, the Tower of Hercules (formerly known as Farum Brigantium), was modeled after the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and is located in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

by whatilearned February 15, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL that the Aztecs modeled their capital on the nearby ruins of Teotihuacan, regarding it as “the city of gods”. It was one of the largest cities in pre-Columbian America and in the world at the time, and it was abandoned about a thousand years before the Spanish came to Mexico.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 2:46 pm

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TIL that Mahatama Gandhi modeled his Dandi march from Boston tea party. He always quoted about American struggle for independence in his speeches. He even flavored his tea with salt, while signing Gandhi Irwin Pact to commemorate the influence of Boston Tea Party in his satyagraha.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 5:18 am

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TIL A group of engineering students from Purdue University reported that its licking machine, modeled after a human tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

by whatilearned October 3, 2021, 3:32 pm

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TIL: That the DC Comics’ Superfriends Headquarters “The Hall of Justice” was modeled after a museum/train station in Cincinnati Ohio.

by whatilearned October 1, 2021, 5:16 pm

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TIL Italian architect Guiseppe Pettazzi built many Art Deco buildings in Asmara during Italy’s colonial rule of Eritrea including his most famous building, the Fiat Tagliero Service Station, which is modeled on an airplane design. In 2017, Asmara was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

by whatilearned September 4, 2021, 3:43 pm

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TIL That the Statue of Liberty was modeled after after a woman fallāḥ, or Egyptian peasant.

by whatilearned August 27, 2021, 3:15 am

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TIL the shape of the first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1, was modeled on a .50 caliber bullet.

by whatilearned August 22, 2021, 2:54 am

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TIL that the painting American Gothic depicts a farmer and his daughter, not his wife. Grant Wood modeled the subjects after his sister and his dentist.

by whatilearned June 17, 2021, 11:03 pm

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Yuka Saso: The 19-year-old major winner who modeled her game on Rory McIlroy’s after watching him on YouTube

by SportsNews June 7, 2021, 11:39 am

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