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TIL Americans spend $1,500 more each year on commuting than other developed nations, while also taking 12 minutes longer on average to get to work.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 4:11 pm

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TIL that there is an island between Spain and France whose administration alternates every 6 months between both nations.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 10:39 am

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TIL Red Star baijiu is known as the ‘Coca-Cola of Chinese spirits’. Made entirely of sorghum, this brand received the first business license issued by the People’s Republic of China in 1949 to produce alcohol for the nation’s inaugural ceremony

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 3:40 am

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TIL about Grey Owl. A famous indigenous Canadian conservationist during the 1930s. When he died, it was revealed that he wasn’t actually First Nations at all – instead he was a British immigrant that was putting on an act.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 11:50 pm

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Civil War on drugs: Doctoral candidate explores the nation’s first opioid epidemic!

by HistoryBuff August 4, 2022, 9:29 pm

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TIL South Dakota – The United Nations Headquarters That Never Was

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 4:53 am

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Today I learned about the Dutch Disease (aka Resource Curse) where a nation is resource rich nations, through corruption and/or inefficiency, are incapable of turning the resources into economic growth.

by whatilearned July 26, 2022, 11:58 pm

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TIL about Savita Halappanavar, an Indian woman whose death in Ireland sparked change to the some of the nations longstanding laws.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 10:31 pm

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TIL in 1868 Australia’s first touring cricket company consisted of 13 Aboriginal men from the Jardwadjali, Gunditjimara and Wotjobaluk nations in Australia. The men traveled to England to play 47 matches and were coached / captained by ex all-England cricketer Charles Lawrence

by whatilearned July 9, 2022, 8:17 am

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TIL. From 1966 until his death in 1987. Rudolph Hess was the sole inmate at the 800 cell Spandau prison. Allied nations provided guards on a monthly rotation.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 7:17 am

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And now, the nations of the world, brought to you by Yakko Warner

by CopyPastaArchive May 18, 2022, 1:05 pm

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TIL the history behind the Official Flag of Los Angeles, “Fiesta Flag” representing 3 major Californian crops, and the two nations that ruled the area before it became part of the US.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 5:34 pm

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