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Just moved into a house with a few buddies for university. What should we know and prepare for?

by QuestionGuy September 5, 2022, 2:45 pm

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TIL the tiny French archipelago of Saint Pierre et Miquelon became a massive bootlegging centre for whiskey and wine during the U.S Prohibition, after Canada moved to curtail illegal exports to America.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 4:51 pm

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TIL In 1999 Tiger Woods hit a tee shot that landed behind a boulder. The boulder was ruled a ‘loose impedement’ which allowed it to be moved. Several of Tiger’s gallery and his caddie worked together to move the boulder, allowing Tiger to birdie the hole.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 11:54 am

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TIL about Amobi Okoye, who moved to the US at 12 without any knowledge of American Football before graduating at 16 with All-state honors. He turned down Harvard to play for Louisville and went on to become the youngest NCAA, and eventually youngest NFL player in history.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 6:07 pm

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People who never moved away from their hometown, what made you want to live your whole life in one spot?

by QuestionGuy August 26, 2022, 7:13 am

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TIL that during a battle with American troops led by Gen. Custer, Chief Sitting Bull moved within rifle range, methodically filled his pipe, encouraged others to join him, slowly smoked as bullets flew by, and returned unscathed as a display of contempt and courage.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 3:20 am

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My neighbor is a 90 year old with Alzheimer’s, I see him every morning and he asks me If I’ve seen his wife. Every day I have to tell this poor man that his wife died 20 years ago. I could have moved to another house or even ignore his question.

by cringeyjokesman August 17, 2022, 8:55 pm

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I was having trouble with my internet connection at the farm, so I moved my modem to the barn.

by cringeyjokesman August 9, 2022, 1:12 pm

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What’s the weirdest thing you’ve found left behind in a home you moved into?

by QuestionGuy August 9, 2022, 8:27 am

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Socially shy adults of Reddit who have moved somewhere new, how did you go about making new friends?

by QuestionGuy August 8, 2022, 9:03 am

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TIL the Sega Corporation was originally called Service Games with a focus on coin-operated amusement machines for servicemembers and moved to Japan after the US government outlawed slot machines in 1952.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 5:42 pm

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TIL that when Kentucky Fried Chicken moved its headquarters to Tennessee, Colonel Sanders said “This ain’t no goddam Tennessee Fried Chicken, no matter what some slick, silk-suited son-of-a-bitch says”. The company moved back to Kentucky.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 10:57 am

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