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TIL of Moving Day in Quebec. Because of a previous law, the vast majority of leases in Quebec end on or around July 1. In July 2004, approximately 120,000 households moved, corresponding to 4% of the population. Moving companies work around the clock, with charges often being 3x normal rates.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 4:40 pm

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People who have permanently moved from the US to a different country. Why did you move, where did you go, why do you go there, how easy/difficult was the whole process, and how is your life different (and better/worse)?

by QuestionGuy June 24, 2022, 8:18 pm

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TIL that the bell at the NYSE was originally a Chinese gong until 1903, at which point the exchange was moved and the bell was changed to a silver bell like the one we know today.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 6:31 am

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TIL the actor who played the gangster that shot Ricky in Menace II Society later moved to the hood to improve his acting. He became a real gagster in the process. He was convicted of 2 murders and was eventually killed by his Satanist cellmate after trying to convert him to Christianity.

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 4:04 pm

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TIL the famous “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925 was deliberately conceived as a publicity stunt for the town of Dayton, Tennessee. Residents of the town held a protest and threatened to boycott Chattanooga when the trial was initially to be moved there.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 11:24 am

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TIL After France’s surrender to Germany, the French Navy and over seas colonies remained under French directive. The government was moved to Vichy in the south, where an occupation ‘Free Zone’ was established that encompassed half of the county. This zone was ruled as an autocracy by the French.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 7:10 pm

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TIL The Abu Simbel Temple from Ancient Egypt was moved brick-by-brick to a new location to protect from flood water

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 1:29 pm

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TIL After Apollo astronaut Al Worden left NASA, he moved to San Francisco, grew out his hair, and became a quasi-hippie. Worden was also a frequent guest on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, telling children what it was like to be an astronaut

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 12:24 am

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TIL supersonic flight was made possible because of the ‘flying tailplane’, where the rear wing moved as one surface as opposed to flaps at the back of the wing. At near Mach speeds a planes nose is forced downward due to ‘Mach tuch’, the flying tailplane allowed pilots to maintain control.

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 10:09 am

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TIL in a study, one group of patients were given colonoscopies. A second group were also given colonoscopies, but with 3 added minutes during which the scope wasn’t moved, so it was less painful. The second group rated their experience less negatively

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 7:10 pm

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TIL that the Shunganunga boulder, a 23-ton red quartzite rock, was moved by glaciers from the Dakotas to Kansas hundreds of thousands of years ago; the boulder is sacred to the Kanza tribe (expelled from the state named after them) and Shunganunga translates to “Big Red Rock” in their language.

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 4:26 pm

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TIL about Ron Clifford, a man who survived the 9/11 attacks after his business meeting was moved to the World Trade Center. In a tragic coincidence, Ron’s sister Ruth and her 4-year old daughter Juliana were both on American Airlines Flight 175, the plane that hit the South Tower.

by whatilearned April 30, 2022, 2:47 am

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