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TIL The Carmen Sandiego Show (1991-1995; 295 episodes) was created partially in response to the results of a National Geographic survey that indicated Americans had alarmingly little knowledge of geography, with one in four being unable to locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 10:45 pm

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TIL Benjamin Franklin Wanted the National Bird To Be A Turkey

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 2:38 pm

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TIL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the coldest national capital in the world, with a January average of -21.6C (-6.5F).

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 6:04 pm

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TIL that in Bhutan they prefer to talk about “Gross National Happiness” rather than Gross Domestic Product. Although the idea was conceptualized as early as 1972, it was not until 2008 that the first Bhutanese GNH survey was organized nationwide, thanks to a long questionnaire.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 7:26 am

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TIL Jacked Up! was a segment on ESPN showing the most violent hits in the National Football League. It was cancelled by ESPN in the wake of concussion studies that showed a correlation with violent football collisions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 2:59 am

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TIL: England Holds World’s First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 8:28 pm

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Glacier National Park

by CopyPastaArchive August 27, 2022, 6:41 am

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TIL about Lauri Törni, who served in the Finnish Army, Waffen SS, and US Army. He is the only member of the Waffen-SS buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 4:38 pm

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Transcription of the national anthem (Fergie’s version)

by CopyPastaArchive August 22, 2022, 2:04 am

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TIL There is a National Mullet Competition and they take it very seriously

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 8:15 pm

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TIL that the colors of the Olympic flag (red, black, blue, green, yellow & white) were chosen as every national flag on Earth contains at least one of these colors.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 2:35 pm

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TIL On August 5, 1949 in Helena National Forest, 16 smokejumpers from the Forest Service jumped from planes to put out a fire in Mann Gulch. Shortly after they jumped, a “blow up” occurred in the fire, consuming over 3,000 acres of land in 10 minutes. Only 3 of the smokejumpers survived.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 4:39 pm

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