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TIL the painting Woman in Gold was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1941 and displayed at the Galerie Belvedere in Austria. The gallery refused to return the art to their original owners and in 2006 after a 7 year legal claim which included a hearing in front of SCOTUS, it was returned

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 3:24 am

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Veterinarians of Reddit, what do pet owners ignore the most?

by QuestionGuy June 13, 2022, 3:45 am

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TIL about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, wherein 146 garment workers died because of the factory owners’ decision to keep all exit doors locked to prevent theft and unauthorized breaks. The owners of the company survived and made roughly $400 per worker due to the insurance payout.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 1:55 am

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Cat owners of reddit, how are your mornings with your fluffy overlords?

by QuestionGuy June 7, 2022, 8:09 am

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TIL in 1972 a traveling circus set up in the village of Uquakwa, IL. Overnight, their elephant was tethered to a tree in the park. Lightning struck and killed the elephant. The panicked Circus owners packed up all of their gear, and scurried out of town, leaving the 6500 lb dead Pachyderm behind.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 4:25 pm

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Pet Owners of reddit, what’s the worst thing your pet has ever done?

by QuestionGuy June 3, 2022, 1:41 pm

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TIL 75% of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70% of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35% of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 12:41 pm

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TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 10:38 am

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Penis owners of Reddit- what takes a blow job from “that was pleasant” to “I think I saw God”?

by QuestionGuy May 15, 2022, 11:39 pm

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The owners of a ‘Happy Days’ themed restaurant are being investigated for fraud for paying existing investors with new investors money.

by cringeyjokesman May 15, 2022, 10:46 am

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TIL Mac Owners are 40 percent more likely to stay at a four- or five-star hotel compared to Windows users and Mac users are willing to spend as much as 30 percent more per night for hotel rooms than those who use PCs.

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 8:32 pm

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TIL Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick, had turned down the role of Gilligan in Gilligan’s Island. He was also in the running to in the shoes of Don Knotts on the Andy Griffith show before he got his own sitcom in 1965: My Mother, the Car, a show about a car possessed by the owners’ mother.

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 2:21 pm

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