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TIL that the Number of the Beast is not, in fact, 666. Papyrus 115, discovered in 2005, which contained the oldest known version of the Book of Revelation (1700 years old) stated the number as 616.

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 5:37 pm

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TIL in 2009 British people rebelled against the ongoing trend of X Factor victors winning Christmas number one by purchasing copies of Rage Against the Machine

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 12:14 pm

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TIL the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) was invented by British retailer W H Smiths because they were moving to a computerized warehouse in 1967. It was approved as a ISO standard in 1970.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 6:38 pm

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Every morning you receive a text message from an unknown number who accurately predicts the events of the day, and they never respond to any replies. What do you do in this situation?

by QuestionGuy July 1, 2022, 10:38 pm

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TIL an April Fool’s Day Joke on the BBC resulted in a number of people contacting them in order to discover how they could grow their own Spaghetti Trees. At the time, Spaghetti was fairly unknown in the UK. It is regarded as one of the biggest hoaxes ever from a reputable news establishment.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 7:36 am

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TIL in 1983, NFL Chiefs running back Joe Delaney sacrificed his life in an attempt to save three children from drowning. His number is unofficially retired by the team and a statue was put up in his hometown.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 12:39 am

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TIL Moneytalks was AC/DC’s highest charting song on the Hot 100, peaking at number 23.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 11:43 pm

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I’ve fapped to this lass a number of times. I regret nothing.

by CopyPastaArchive June 29, 2022, 7:16 am

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Fuck it, large number of unicode symbols for you to copy and paste where you want

by CopyPastaArchive June 28, 2022, 8:34 pm

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What is the most famous number in the world?

by QuestionGuy June 28, 2022, 3:17 pm

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TIL that Keye Luke (Number One Son, Blind Master Po from Kung Fu, and the old shopkeeper from Gremlins) was a successful artist before he was an actor. He painted murals for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, illustrated books and sheet music, and designed movie posters, including one for King Kong.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 7:03 pm

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TIL that during the American Civil War, the Union regularly cracked the Confederacy’s coded messages because the Confederacy relied on a limited number of key phrases for encrypting their messages, one of which was “Complete Victory”.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 3:10 am

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