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TIL that there are some people who suffer from a condition where they are unable to sleep for months on end or develop near-permanent insomnia, leading to poor memory, coordination, hallucinations, delirium, exhaustion and eventually death.

by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 1:37 pm

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TIL The US banned sliced bread during WWII as a rationing measure to save the wax paper and plastic used to wrap it. The ban was reversed 3 months later because there was widespread consumer backlash and savings were less than anticipated.

by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 11:41 am

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Did you know the original Gregorian calendar had different months?

by cringeyjokesman September 11, 2022, 9:40 pm

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TIL-As a rising Cardinals analyst, Chris Correa didn’t believe he was committing a crime when he hacked into the Houston Astros’ internal database. Then he went to sentenced to Prison for 46 months

by whatilearned September 11, 2022, 3:54 pm

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TIL Each months full moon has its own name. For example September is the Harvest moon, October is the Hunters Moon, November is the Beaver Moon, December is the Cold moon.

by whatilearned September 9, 2022, 4:39 am

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TIL that during the Pony Express’ 18 months of operation, it covered a distance equivalent to circling the Earth 30 times to deliver a total of 34,753 letters, and only lost one bag of mail.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 1:37 am

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A lady about 8 months pregnant got on a bus…

by cringeyjokesman September 6, 2022, 5:46 pm

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TIL Classic rocker Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is a multi-instrumentalist who abandoned the electric guitar because he thought he would never be as good as Clapton. He then picked up the flute, improvised a blues rock flute playing technique, and recorded Tull’s debut album in just a few months.

by whatilearned September 1, 2022, 5:20 pm

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TIL Dry Aging is the process by which large cuts of beef are aged for anywhere from several weeks to several months before being trimmed and cut into steaks. It’s a process that not only helps the steak develop flavour, but also makes it far more tender than it would be completely fresh.

by whatilearned September 1, 2022, 10:02 am

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TIL that the longest baseball game in history was a AAA game played on April 18, 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. It lasted over 8 hours and was suspended by the league president. They finished the game 2 months later, and in the 33rd inning Pawtucket won 3-2.

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 9:04 pm

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Time freezes for 6 months and you’re the only person not affected. How would you spend that time?

by QuestionGuy August 29, 2022, 10:34 am

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A sailor reported for duty on a ship set to spend months at sea.

by cringeyjokesman August 28, 2022, 2:33 pm

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