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TIL The flicker fusion rate for a dog (the frequency of light that can be seen as fluid movement) is different for them so they see things on TV as more choppy

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 8:06 pm

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With the “work from home” movement increasing. What occupation would be an absolute disaster if it was performed from home?

by QuestionGuy September 3, 2022, 12:32 pm

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“Sex work is real work” is a common phrase today. women who have OFs are now viewed as body positive, & pro-woman, but those who consume it are considered to be degenerates. If those consuming pornography are degenerative what does that say about the #sexworkisrealwork movement?

by QuestionGuy August 20, 2022, 9:02 pm

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TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.

by whatilearned August 4, 2022, 6:02 pm

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TIL about the Italian Unionist Movement, a political party in Italy which wanted the USA to annex the entire world starting with Italy, they gained 70,000 votes and were the 13th largest party in the 1946 Italian general elections.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 2:04 pm

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TIL that the Birds Aren’t Real conspiracy theory movement was created as a joke in 2017, and the creator is still promoting it as real even though he knows it isn’t

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 5:59 pm

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TIL the original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) in New York enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. It was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style and one of the great architectural works of NYC. Its loss galvanized the historic preservation movement

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 3:22 am

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Ex pro-lifers who now support the pro-choice movement, what changed your mind?

by QuestionGuy July 5, 2022, 9:39 pm

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TIL that American nuclear physicist Edward Condon was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being at the forefront of the “revolutionary movement” of quantum mechanics. Condon responded that he believed in scientific advancements and didn’t ask if they were made by Communists.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:40 am

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TIL about Emmett Till’s Funeral. His mother gave him an open casket funeral and invited the public to see how he had been brutally killed and disfigured. It was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 9:22 pm

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TIL that Algeria’s national anthem “Kassaman” was first written by poet Moufdi Zakaria on the wall of his prison cell using his own blood after he was arrested and tortured during the Algerian independence movement

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 12:49 am

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TIL that the founder of the Paneuropean Union, the oldest European unification movement, was the Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher, and count Richard Nikolaus Eijiro. His wartime politics and adventures served as the real life basis for fictional Resistance hero Victor Laszlo.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 11:38 pm

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