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TIL the automotive industry is partly responsible for Detroit deep dish pizza. In 1946, a Detroit pizza shop owner used one of the parts trays from an auto assembly plant as a makeshift pizza pan which is why Detroit deep dish pizza is rectangular instead of circular.

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 5:04 am

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TIL Paganism was still practiced in parts of Ireland as late as the 1850s. The idol , Naomhóg was worshiped in the Inishkea Islands and was credited with power over weather, health and potatoes. It was allegedly thrown into the sea by a catholic priest called ‘Big Paddy’ O’Reilly in the 1890’s.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 11:38 am

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TIL in parts of Europe, you can find “Baby hatches” which are boxes placed near hospitals where parents can bring unwanted babies and leave them there

by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 4:28 pm

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TIL of Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. Despite it’s latitude and being adjacent to a glacier, winters are actually very mild with typical temperatures no lower that of some populated parts of the Scottish Highlands.

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 9:09 am

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TIL until 1873, the Japanese divided each day into 12 unequal hours. Daylight and darkness were each split into six equal parts regardless of the season; daylight hours grew longer in summer and shorter in winter, with the reverse occurring for nighttime hours.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 8:15 pm

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TIL that the Ghostbusters no-ghost sign is flipped in Europe vs other parts of the world, because the “no” sign is in different directions in different parts of the world

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 6:29 am

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TIL that in order to enlarge the 1000-year-old Madonna Della Corona church, which was built 800 meters high on the side of a cliff … they had to mine away parts of the cliff.

by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 1:16 am

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Gangsters, drug dealers, smugglers and other hustlers of reddit, what is something that the media portrays incorrectly all the time that annoys you? And what important parts of the criminal life that are often overlooked would you like to be acknowledged?

by QuestionGuy November 13, 2021, 12:55 pm

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Which body part do you like the most in females except private parts?

by QuestionGuy November 5, 2021, 1:50 pm

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TIL Elvis Presley was Elton John’s wakeup call. In 1976 Elton met Elvis backstage in June 1976 “It was sad,” , recalling Presley’s drugged state. John and his mom were escorted to their seats and they watched with equal parts horror and admiration.

by whatilearned October 31, 2021, 12:54 am

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TIL the theory of Peninsular Japonic. Linguists believe a Japonic language was spoken on central & southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. The language supposedly spread to Japan during the Yayoi period migration, while the remaining Japonic went extinct & got replaced by Koreanic-speakers in Korea.

by whatilearned October 29, 2021, 3:08 pm

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TIL Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was not only a nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Ontario. He was a vegitarian who loved animals dearly and had a pet wolf that followed him after he healed its injured leg.

by whatilearned October 29, 2021, 2:40 am

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