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TIL Our founding fathers shared a room together. On a cold Fall day in 1776, while John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were traveling for peace negotiations they were forced to share a bed together at a New Jersey Inn for the night which they argued. More in the comments;

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 7:28 am

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TIL On a cold Fall day in 1776 while John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were traveling for peace negotiations they were forced to share a bed together at a New Jersey Inn for the night which they argued. More to this in the comment section;

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 6:56 am

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What is a depressing truth you have made peace with?

by QuestionGuy May 15, 2022, 5:57 am

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My wife asked if she could have a little peace and quiet while she cooked dinner.

by cringeyjokesman May 7, 2022, 8:35 pm

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TIL that Pax Europaea (the European peace), was the period of relative peace experienced by Europe following World War II —often associated above all with the creation of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors. However, this period of European peace is now considered to have ended in 2022.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 6:33 pm

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TIL that the Korean War never ended. Although the fighting between North and South Korea and their respective allies ended in July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 5:29 pm

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TIL 20% of the population of the Six Nations tribes fought in WW2. The Choctaw language baffled German codebreakers, and Iroquois, who had officially declared war during WW1 and never made peace, officially declared war on Germany again during WW2.

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 3:32 pm

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President Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference

by HistoryBuff April 20, 2022, 7:10 pm

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TIL that in 1883, the tiny community of Lijar in Spain declared war against France for insulting the Spanish king. They declared peace 1983 after negotiating a peace treaty, and no actual fighting ever took place.

by whatilearned April 2, 2022, 2:41 am

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TIL There is a World Instant Noodle Association who’s main Motto is “So that people can enjoy eating delicious instant noodles with peace of mind.”

by whatilearned March 29, 2022, 10:01 pm

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TIL Marie & Pierre Curie’s daughter also won the Nobel Prize (in Chemistry) along with HER husband. Marie & Pierre’s other daughter married a man that later won the Nobel Peace Prize as well. Marie is also the only person to win the prize in two different sciences.

by whatilearned March 24, 2022, 1:30 am

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A man on his retirement, purchased a house situated near a high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace, then the new school year began.

by cringeyjokesman March 19, 2022, 3:34 pm

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