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TIL of Elagabalus, Roman emperor who preferred to be addressed as Lady or Queen, wore wigs and makeup and offered a fortune to any physician who could provide him with a vagina making him the first person in recorded history to seek sex reassignment surgery.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 8:07 pm

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TIL while filming Hellraiser (1987) Cliver Barker offered actor Doug Jones his choice of two smaller roles: Man moving mattress upstairs or Pinhead

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 5:36 pm

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If someone offered you a box with everything you’ve ever lost what’s the first thing your looking for ?

by QuestionGuy September 3, 2022, 5:46 pm

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TIL that the first touch screen in a car was in a 1986 Buick Riviera. The display offered automatic climate control, AM/FM radio with optional graphic equalizer, trip calculations, gauges and even the vehicles diagnostic info. This included status on the powertrain, brake wear and electrical system.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 2:03 pm

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TIL: Steve Jobs offered Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux a job at Apple under the condition he stopped developing for Linux. He declined the job offer.

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 11:35 pm

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If you were offered unlimited power with the only condition being that you had to kill someone, would you take it and why?

by QuestionGuy August 25, 2022, 6:19 am

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TIL about Bolaji Badejo, a Nigerian graphic designer from Lagos. He is known for his his single acting role, as the titular predatory alien in the science fiction horror film “Alien” (1979). Director Ridley Scott’s casting crew found Badejo drinking at a Soho bar, and offered him the role.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 8:49 am

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TIL actor Matt Doherty, who played Les Averman in the Mighty Ducks films, didn’t know how to skate or play hockey at all when he was cast in the first movie. By the time they shot the 3rd movie, he was captain of his high school hockey team and had been offered a scholarship to play in college.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 3:18 pm

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TIL about today’s saint, Maximilian Kolbe, who offered his life in the place of a stranger in Auschwitz. The priest was martyred on the eve of the Catholic holiday of Mary’s Assumption. The man that Kolbe saved later attended Kolbe’s 1981 canonization ceremony.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 5:54 pm

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TIL: Ainu, the indigenous peoples of Japan stole and raised bear cubs to later slaughter in a ritual ceremony. The cub was raised as one of their own, fed the finest grains, massaged and even offered sake. Some believe this is where modern Japanese (Wa) got the idea to raise their cattle (gyu) Wagyu

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 8:24 pm

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If offered immortality, would you accept it, and if yes, why?

by QuestionGuy August 12, 2022, 9:34 am

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You are offered $10 million dollars to play a game that has a manual save option under 1 condition: You have to beat the game without saving at all and without dying, fainting, or losing ALL your HP in one go and respawning. Which game can you beat without saving and dying?

by QuestionGuy August 10, 2022, 6:09 pm

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